We will meet from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the last time this year to sketch: at 2:00 p.m. inside the Basel SBB train station, at the “meeting point” in the ticket hall (Link) There are many different motifs. For example, on the footbridge to the left of the escalator, there is a sheltered […]
We are guests at Ballet Basel, watching training and rehearsals for a new production that will premiere on 5 February. This performance by two up-and-coming choreographers, Anne Jung and Lilit Hakobyan, is called ‘New Works’. Here is the link to information from Theater Basel: https://www.theater-basel.ch/de/newworkshakobyanjung Meeting point: 9:30 a.m. Café La Manufacture, Elisabethenstrasse 18 (Link […]
Two days before the Morgestraich, we visit the permanent exhibition on Basel Carnival at the Museum of Cultures. The historic rooms convey the carnival atmosphere. They are filled with mostly historical artefacts that give Basel Carnival its distinctive character. It is fun to sketch these, as it invites you to exaggerate and caricature. Children also […]
If you would like to sketch in the midst of the carnival festivities, meet up at the Cortège. The Cortège participants take a short break at Wettsteinplatz, where there is some space available. Meeting point: 3 p.m. at Basel, Wettsteinplatz, on the island by the kiosk. Please note: The city centre is very crowded during […]
In the midst of the carnival celebrations, sketch the playful, chaotic Carnival Tuesday of the children, the small groups (Schyyssdräggziigli). Link to information about Carnival Tuesday: https://www.baslerfasnacht.info/basler-fasnacht/dienstag/nachmittag Meeting point: 3 p.m. Basel Leonhardskirche, at the entrance to the church. Please note: The city centre is very crowded at this time and there are no trams […]
At the kHaus, the former main building of the Basel barracks on the banks of the Rhein in Kleinbasel (Link: kHaus), we’ll make ourselves comfortable in the ‘Plaza’ – a passageway, foyer and stairwell designed as a public living room (Link: Plaza). Here we can sketch the sculptural staircases, the architecture and the interior design […]