Urban Sketchers Greenville- November 7th Birthday Event with Craig Ragsdale

Practice on-location drawing while meeting fellow architects, artists, and drawing enthusiasts. We're excited to celebrate our 4th birthday by returning to Falls Park, where it all began! Local artist Craig Ragsdale will be teaching an oil pastel demonstration and sharing tips from his artistic practice, followed by a sketch scavenger hunt around the park. Bring your oil pastels if you have them, as only a limited number will be available to borrow. We hope you'll join us for this special event! Learn more about Craig and his work below. website: craigragsdale.com instagram: @craig_ragsdale email: [email protected] Craig Ragsdale is an entrepreneur and artist who has built his career at the intersection of business and creativity. He is an owner and Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Operations at Martin Printing Company, a third-generation print marketing and packaging company founded in 1902, where for more than 20 years he has led business operations and strategic growth. He is also co-owner of Curate Art & Interiors. A South Carolina native, Craig studied advertising and design at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, and art and art history at Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy. That blend of business and creative training shapes everything he does. Since 2017, Craig has operated Craig Ragsdale Studio at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts in West Greenville’s arts district. His paintings, heavily textured palette-knife oils on wood panels accented with gold, silver and copper leaf, draw on the landscapes and natural beauty of the South. He exhibits at 10 to 12 art shows across the Southeast each year and teaches mixed media workshops at GCCA. Craig is deeply involved in the Upstate community. He serves as Vice Chair of the GCCA Board of Directors and chairs the Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s Institutional Partnerships Committee. He is Past Chairman and a current Trustee of the Printing Industry of the Carolinas, and has served as board chair of Pickens County Meals on Wheels and alumni board chair of Christ Church Episcopal School. Craig and his wife Melissa have four teenage children and live in West Greenville’s arts district. Who: Anyone who loves to draw Where: We will meet at the plaza under the shade sail outside Spill the Beans 531 S Main St, Greenville, SC 29601 Bring: Sketchbook & preferred sketching medium. Please bring oil pastels if you have them! Portable folding stool/chair*. Provided: Coffee and Donuts *Please expect some walking and standing at our event. You are welcome to bring a portable folding stool or chair. We meet once a month to practice on-location drawing in downtown Greenville. Our events begin with a short lesson followed by sketching on your own at different locations. We end with a throw-down of our drawings to admire each other's work and take a group picture. Now earn 2 AIA Learning Units, tell us your AIA Number when you sign up! Find us on: Facebook- Urban Sketchers Greenville Instagram- Urbansketchers_greenville