Gallery Visits San Francisco

Figure Drawing Fridays

## [Figure Drawing Fridays](https://abramsclaghornshop.com/products/figure-drawing-fridays-2025) ### Fridays 6-9pm A Weekly Open Figure Drawing Session This is a short pose session. We start with 2 minute warm ups, with each set of poses getting a little longer. We usually finish the evening with 20 minute poses. The gallery will provide chairs and tables. Easels on request. Bring your own paper, pencils, pens, etc. Snacks and water will be served. Please register in advance.

Sketch Club at Golden Gate Overlook

Come and enjoy the amazing view at Golden Gate Overlook on the California Coastal Trail. There are several batteries nearby and spectacular view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Meet inside the circle. How to get here: https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/golden-gate-overlook

Street Photography Gallery Show - Opening Reception, Adam Teitelbaum

Bayview Opera House

Interesting small Opera House in the Bayview.

Live Speaking: Vision Masters Toastmasters

We want to share how much we like our group with you and how much we support each other. Vision Masters Toastmasters is a club dedicated to personal growth as speakers and leaders in the world. This club started for the benefit of practitioners at East Bay Church of Religious Science and retains a spiritual flavor. We are open to everyone. The Toastmasters program is a great way to grow in many ways from deepening your comfort and expertise in speaking to relationships and joy of a supportive, collaborative community. Feel free to join us as a guest and as a member. We meet most Fridays. Here's our club site: http://visionmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

First Saturday Urban Sketchers at the Sea Captain Boudrow's House

First Saturday Urban Sketchers Saturday, October 3, 10:30am-12:30pm Sea Captain Boudrow [House](https://www.facebook.com/groups/141573009319447/user/100064768058372/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZhY9wh9u80g8_dMHGYLAY46uNsWmy7LtYG1XL7K0NqMmVFlP1i3cbhnJ0l7PoIiwm1QWaBhwM9mKhi7SPG2CO-pnTOyuhvdGNGkaG-pf260cGJxSYIsDOVg_KcMhtJoTuP1gvONMvbK&__tn__=-%5DK-R) 1536 Oxford St., Berkeley Let's go sketch this amazing sea captain's house, a beautiful four story Queen Anne/Eastlake, built in 1889. This house was saved from demolition in the 1970's and is a Berkeley City Landmark designation. We'll meet out front at 10:30am and meet back again at 12:15pm for the sketchbook throw down. Text Cathy Raingarden (510) 206-6481 with any questions.

Walking San Francisco: Chinatown Dim Sum + Free Asian Art Museum Sunday

Firehouse at Fort Mason

This scenic location is right on the water with views and many buildings to sketch. There is an historic boat near the firehouse as well.

Julia Morgan,Architecture Tour-Elmwood&Claremont Ct.+add*Berkeley City Club Tour

**\*\*Don't be a no-show or a last minute canceller. *See the Group's no-show policy below.*** Do the Meetup tour in the morning, stop for the pizza and then: ***\*On*** *the 4th Sunday of the month there are **45 min**. docent led tours of*[ Julia Morgan's Berkeley City Club](https://berkeleycityclubconservancy.org/docent-tours/), *2315 Durant St., starting at 1:00pm-3:30pm.* (Photo above JM in Paris, 1900, Cathedral Notre Dame in the background. For more information about JM, read here and see the photos below.) We're meeting outside the, Berkeley Playhouse/[Julia Morgan Theater on College Ave. at Derby St.,](https://berkeleyplayhouse.org/) our first stop on the tour. (Optional stop after the tour, at nearby, Nabolom Bakery & Pizzeria.) If you're not going for the City Club Tour, consider a matinee performance at the Julia Morgan Theater and a chance to really take in the interior of a classic JM design. Public places like Asilamar and Hearst Castle offer a chance to see a JM interior, a must to fully appreciate her work. (Along the way we'll see Bernard Maybeck's, First Church of Christ Scientist, a Nat'l Landmark site, where free tours are offered on the first Sunday of every month at 12:15 PM. [One of the best ways to experience these buildings is to attend an event there.](https://www.friendsoffirstchurch.org/tours-and-events) Across the street is Julia Morgan's 1918 Baptist Theological Seminary. (Bowditch & Dwight Way). Built having a brick facade to resemble the Ashmolean Library of Oxford. Britain's first public museum and the world's first university museum. *note.* The Seminary's windows and Tudor details recall the period when the Baptist Church was founded. (We'll pass 2727 Dwight Way, one of the oldest, non-JM houses on the tour, 1891, remodeled in 1917 by Willis Polk.) Morgan graduated UC in 1894 with a degree in Civil Engineering, one of her specializations was structural engineering. (This benefited her clients greatly, as was seen after the 06' earthquake in her still standing buildings.) She arrived in Paris in 1896. A few years later it was reported in the San Francisco Call: **Paris, Oct.30,1902** - *Julia Morgan of San Francisco passed the examination with honors at the Architectural section of the School of Fine Arts, Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris France.* The first woman to do so. Ironically one of the greatest architects in history, was made to wait two years, taking entrance exams before admission. By the end of her 45 yr. career she had received over 700 commissions. It was said, "Her rational approach to home design and the public success of her large commissions gave Julia Morgan a solid reputation. It also won her the confidence of her clients. With the hard work, genius, inspiration and true artistic and historic perception to create memorable works. Over the course of her career, Morgan designed nearly one hundred buildings across California and the nation for women’s organizations. Her commissions included social and civic clubs for women; academic, residential, and recreational buildings; primary schools; orphanages; hospitals, sanitariums,and nursing residences. She also designed more than thirty YWCA buildings, including those in San Francisco and Berkeley. We'll concentrate on the many Julia Morgan designed houses, churches and buildings in the Claremont Ct. and Elmwood neighborhoods. Unique here are the Julia Morgan ensemble houses, where she creatively and economically placed two houses on one large lot. We'll see several of these ensembles. In fact when JM bought her own house at Washington & Divisadero in SF in 1925, she bought a pair of houses there. To read more about the many Julia Morgan public buildings, such as the Hearst Castle etc. go to wikipedia. She was one of California's most prolific architects. The first woman to receive the American Institute of Architects highest award, the AIA Gold Medal, awarded posthumously in 2014. The three projects that immediately solidified her future career as a great architect, engineer and fully capable project/construction manager were the rebuilding of the new Fairmount Hotel after its semi-destruction following the earthquake. The design, engineering and building of the beautiful Bell Tower at Mills College and Carnegie Library there, both of which survived the earthquake without a crack. And the completion on time and within budget of the construction of the Greek Theater at UC for John Gayland Howard, campus architect. **\*\*Don't be a no-show.** Don't be a no-show and lose your membership in the Group. *Attendance is always taken per name tags that are not picked up.* After the last Julia Morgan home we'll find our way back through what I call the "Pacific Heights" of Berkeley. Look for parking on the smaller side streets or College Ave. Option for lunch afterward. (In my opinion the best slice of organic flour pizza or best overall, in the Bay Area.) Here are some links if you would like to help with Meetup expenses. [Here is a Venmo link.](https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3262702482882560580&created=1757371525), for my account. Here is my Paypal account. '[herrmann48@comcast.net'](http://herrmann48@comcast.net'/) *\*Docent-led, 45-minute tours of Julia Morgan's Berkeley City Club on Durant, are offered on the fourth Sunday of every month (except December) from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM. These are drop-in, public tours that cost $10 per person.*

Sketch Hedge Coffee (Cafe Art Circle)

Cafe Sketching at Hedge Coffee in the SF Mission District. 📍 1:00pm meet inside. Look for us with sketchbooks. 🎨 Bring your own art supplies. Roam freely. Sketch what you see. ☕ Pull up a chair anytime to draw with us and talk art. 📓 2:45pm. We wrap things up with a show & tell throwdown. Hedge Coffee has high ceilings and a warehouse-like feel, and has DJs typically spinning every weekend during their "Coffee & Beats" / "Lose Yourself" residencies. Good mix of creative and hip. This is organized by the **[Cafe Art Circle](https://www.zenbay.org/cafe_art_circle)** meetup under SF Sketchers. We explore coffee and tea shops around the Bay Area, using sketching as a way to experience the atmosphere of each place and its neighborhood. All skill levels welcome. Message Jimmy or post on the group board if you need help finding us.

SF Bay Area Stationery Meetup - Pen Show Hauls!

Hi Stationery Friends! Another pen show in the books and now that we've rested up it's time to show off our treasures! Bring your show exclusive pens, your brand new rainbow of inks, the washi tape you'll only use up if you give away a few loops, all your planned and impulse purchases. Missed the show? On a no-buy? Bring something that's currently bringing you pen or planner or notebook peace, beloved purchases from shows past, anything you're really itching to show off or talk about. Whether or not you can make it this month, [join us on Discord](https://discord.gg/TG8pK5BTkT) to talk stationery, learn about future meetups, and vote on themes. Rickshaw recommends the nearby Coffee Shop, Piccino Cafe, La Stazione, and Neighbor Bakehouse for coffee & pastries. Street parking is available but pay close attention to the restrictions - they're different on basically every street surrounding Rickshaw. The 48 & 55 buses drop off just about at Rickshaw's door, the Caltrain 22nd Street Stop is a short walk away, and so is the 23rd Street Stop of Muni's T Line.

Plein Air Paint Out at the Conservatory of Flowers — Golden Gate Park

🎨 Bay Area Plein Air Paint Out at the Conservatory of Flowers — Golden Gate Park Join fellow artists for a plein air painting session at one of San Francisco’s most beloved landmarks, the beautiful Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. With its historic Victorian architecture, lush gardens, colorful blooms, and surrounding park landscapes, this location offers endless inspiration for painters and sketchers. Capture the elegance of the Conservatory, explore nearby garden views, and enjoy a day of creativity with the Bay Area plein air community. Artists of all levels and mediums are welcome — oils, watercolor, acrylics, pastels, and sketchbooks. Come share your process, exchange ideas, and enjoy the camaraderie of painting outdoors together. 🖌️ Bring your own supplies, easel, and a chair if needed 🌿 All mediums and skill levels welcome 📍 Golden Gate Park — Conservatory of Flowers ☀️ Weather permitting Come paint, connect, and celebrate the beauty of San Francisco’s gardens and landscapes!