Title : Symposium Behind the Scenes
link : Symposium Behind the Scenes
Symposium Behind the Scenes
As everyone celebrates the joys of sketching in and around the Symposium, here’s a sneak peek into what goes on behind the big stage.
A huge part that drives this group is the community. Connecting with volunteers from different time zones and postal codes, it is amazing to see how technology plays a part in what is there to share even with big bodies of water in between. How the world can feel so small with emails, conference calls, shared drives and group chats! It has always been a way of working while holding hands virtually from different parts of the globe.
Each Symposium experience is unique. The backdrop, workshops, sponsors, people, goodies and challenges are all very different. Each one brings tons of great memories and at the same time it hauls in a lot of things to learn from as the teams prepare for the next one.
It is like a game of relay from volunteers passing the pencil from one team to the next making sure they don’t break it. Sourcing through and brainstorming happen at a local and international level. The solutions can come from any continent. As volunteers come from different walks of life, the contributions that come to the table are as varied and surprising. It makes the world so small and yet so much bigger.
Organizing an event sounds easy but it isn’t especially if it’s done single-handedly. That’s why there are teams set up to support each other to make it an awesome sketchparty. Working with a local team that knows the host city up-close like the back of their hand gives it a solid home ground. With the experience and insight from the international team and the executive board, feedback and support coming from a wider perspective make the whole Symposium process a collaborative effort.
So that’s what goes on from pitching, planning, setting up, selecting the program, designing, inviting everyone about it and finally mounting the event. There are a lot of details and legwork that go on behind the Symposium that everyone loves! The unsung heroes setting up for an unforgettable experience have the passion for sketching so much that they hardly are seen sketching during the event. This is the common factor in each volunteer and participant. Thanks to a community that keeps learning and inspiring each other. Each one wants to generously give back. The challenges are many but the rewards are even more fulfilling!
So let’s give it up for everyone who put this up together this year.
570 sketchers. 34 countries. 1 city.
Everything about Chicago was BIG! It was a big reunion of old and new, near and distant friends who love to sketch against a towering magnificent backdrop of a city. It had a big awesome line-up of workshops and demos, a big goodie bag, big sketchwalks and a big group of local and international volunteers who made sure it went well and was tons of fun!
This year's SWAG was a goodie bag choc-filled with sketch treats. A huge shout out to the Fundraising Team for bagging a massive selection of sponsors this year! It was a lot of gear to play with and the art booths made the whole place like a candy store.
Everything in huge servings deserve a big, big round of applause!
Fernanda started her journey into Symposiums as a participant in Barcelona which was a major life changer for her. She never knew that the next 4 years will change her life even more as she took on being part of the team to host the Symposium in Paraty, Brazil (2014) then becoming part of the organising committee for the next ones in Singapore (2015), Manchester (2016) and heading the Symposium team in Chicago (2017). As the Symposium has been on center stage in her life in the last four years, she will be taking a break to pursue some personal and career goals including sketching on the top of her list as well. A big thank you to Fernanda for all her contributions to Urban Sketchers and wishing her success and fulfilment in all her future endeavours.
See you all out there sketching!
Everything about Chicago was BIG! It was a big reunion of old and new, near and distant friends who love to sketch against a towering magnificent backdrop of a city. It had a big awesome line-up of workshops and demos, a big goodie bag, big sketchwalks and a big group of local and international volunteers who made sure it went well and was tons of fun!
Chicago was inexhaustible even for the sketchers with the biggest appetite. It was larger than life and every nook and cranny was sketch-worthy. The workshops and demos this year offered amazing techniques and media to explore from a varied inspiring faculty. Each offered a slice of Chicago by bringing the class to a designated location which was recommended by the local team. Many thanks to the Education Committee for putting up together a great curriculum that is the gem of every Symposium!
The scale of Chicago was overwhelming and humbling. Trying to capture all that into paper or tablet with ink, gouache or twigs was a beautiful challenge. Inspiration came from everyone, everywhere and everything which was why all Symposiums felt like grand playgrounds! With such a big city, it was a challenging feat as well to make sure everyone was in sight. Big thanks to all the volunteers who worked hard and kept such a big group happily together during the sketch walks.
This year's SWAG was a goodie bag choc-filled with sketch treats. A huge shout out to the Fundraising Team for bagging a massive selection of sponsors this year! It was a lot of gear to play with and the art booths made the whole place like a candy store.
Everything in huge servings deserve a big, big round of applause! The Symposium team was tirelessly coordinated by Fernanda Vaz de Campos, who has brought with her 4 years of invaluable symposium team experience. Fervently working on this year's team was also Alvin Wong, Wiltfried Pathuis, Maria Regina Tuazon, and Chicago's very own, Alexandra Zonis, Barbara Weeks & Joel Berman.
Fernanda started her journey into Symposiums as a participant in Barcelona which was a major life changer for her. She never knew that the next 4 years will change her life even more as she took on being part of the team to host the Symposium in Paraty, Brazil (2014) then becoming part of the organising committee for the next ones in Singapore (2015), Manchester (2016) and heading the Symposium team in Chicago (2017). As the Symposium has been on center stage in her life in the last four years, she will be taking a break to pursue some personal and career goals including sketching on the top of her list as well. A big thank you to Fernanda for all her contributions to Urban Sketchers and wishing her success and fulfilment in all her future endeavours.
To everyone who made this Symposium possible in every way, THANK YOU! To everyone who made it this year and followed the event online, THANK YOU for joining the 8th Urban Sketchers International Symposium. Very soon, before we realise it, we will meet again in Porto for the 9th USk Symposium 2018!
See you all out there sketching!
Thus Article Symposium Behind the Scenes
That's an article Symposium Behind the Scenes This time, hopefully can give benefits to all of you. well, see you in posting other articles.
You are now reading the article Symposium Behind the Scenes with the link address https://capitalstories.blogspot.com/2017/09/symposium-behind-scenes.html
0 Response to "Symposium Behind the Scenes"
Post a Comment