Weekend Top 6 Picks for November 23 and 24, 2019

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Saturday November 23, 2019

2pm to 5pm Free. Sketch Crawl at Ivanhoe. Washburn Imports, 1800 N. Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32804. Come sketch with us along the historic stretch
of Orange Ave near Lake Ivanhoe once known as Antique Row. This area
offers glimpses of Orlando’s past with it’s 1900-era shop buildings
built along a railroad and also offers glimpses of the future with
construction of new high-rise apartments across from beautiful Lake
Ivanhoe. Unique shops, restaurants and bars line the stretch of this
easily walkable area.

Schedule:

Sketch crawl along Orange Ave from Washburn Imports towards Virginia
Dr. If you miss the meet up at 2pm, you will find us sketching along
this 3 block stretch.
Sketchbook Throwdown: 4:30pm at The Lucky Lure, 1427 N. Orange Ave, Orlando, FL.

Parking -lot on corner of Orange and New Hampshire across from Washburn
Imports, street parking along Orange Ave, NE Ivanhoe, Alden Rd, and a
small lot at Gaston Edwards Park at Lake Ivanhoe. Be aware, parking may
be time limited.

Tip: You may find yourself wanting to stay a bit
longer as Virginia Drive Jingle Eve begins at 5pm. Along Virginia Drive
there will be shopping, Christmas events, music, fireworks, and food.
After the meetup, a few of us may walk to this area to get food/drink
and sketch some more.

All drawing levels and skills are welcome.

Bring your sketchbook and sketching supplies of your choice. As this
event is OUTDOORS be prepared with drinking water, a hat, portable
chair/stool, and appropriate clothes for the weather.

5pm to ? Free. 2019 Jingle Eve.  Ivanhoe Village North Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32804.
12 Wines of Christmas, Santa’s Village, live music, food trucks,
vendors and more! Last year we had over 3,000 visitors on this night to
remember.

5pm too 7pm Free. McRae Studios Open House to Feature Guest Artists Victor Bokas and Matthew Cornell. McRae Art Studios 1000 Arlington Street in Orlando. On-site parking is available. McRae Art Studios’ 2019 Holiday Open Housewill serve up art works by its 22 members and former McRae members Victor Bokasand Matthew Cornell. The annual event at McRae (mcraeartstudios.com)
gives artcollectors and gift-givers a unique opportunity to browse
artist studios, visitwith the artists and purchase original art.
Hundreds of original art works willbe available including paintings,
pastels, drawings, photographs, mixed media,sculpture, jewelry and
ceramics. The open house is free and open to the public.

Sunday November 24, 2019

10am to Noon. Free. Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation Class. University, 5200 Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32811. The Method of Heartfulness A simple and practical way to experience the heart’s unlimited resources. 

11am to Noon $5 Yoga. Lake Eola near red gazebo.

Noon to 3pm Donation based. Music at the Casa. Brian Hayes. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Members
of the public are invited to visit our historic home museum on a Sunday
afternoon to listen to live music and take a tour of our historic home
museum and the James Gamble Rogers II Studio by trained docents.

Jingle Eve offers gift options in Ivanhoe Village.

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Jingle Eve happen every December in Ivanhoe Village. All the shops on Virginia Avenue are open late and Mark Baratelli‘s Food Truck Bazaar supplies the food. I had to pick up a painting from Bare Foot Spa which is on Virginia so I got a sketch and an errand done with one trip. Artist John Glassman Gardner discussed a project he started in which he pays artists to fill a page in a sketchbook. I offered to fill a page, but the sketchbook is still making the rounds in some artists studio.You might notice that even in December, Orlandoens dress in T Shirts, shorts and sandals. You gotta love that.

I didn’t buy anything on this sketch outing but I discovered a glass shop that had all the tools and supplies needed to create stained glass windows. Bare Foot Spa (801 Virginia Dr, Orlando, Florida) always has exhibits of local artists in the front room. An exhibit curated by Parker Sketch will be opening this Saturday September 9th from 6pm to 9pm. The show is titled Television and it features art of television personalities, art of televisions, art of anything related to televisions. Here you will see classic television shows, cartoon characters, Atari, the evening news, and more. This show features 30 pieces of art by 17 different artists. I submitted one sketch done of Brian Feldman on the evening that all the analog signals were switched off. He had one analog TV for each station and one by one the sets switched to static. On that day if you had an analog TV, it became a relic and you had to go out and buy a digital TV. I wonder how much TV sales spiked around the country on that day. Anyway, stop on out to the opening if you are in Ivanhoe Village that day and say hi.