2021 EVENTS UPDATE

Due to the pandemic, the world was in lockdown for almost two years with various levels of travel restrictions globally. As such, the USk Symposium was put on hold even after a host city was appointed. The USk Executive Board and the USk Symposium Team have been reviewing the situation and have decided on a new date with the next USk Symposium Host City for 2023.

USK SKETCH TOGETHER While the world was reopening to gathering again at the end of 2021, the global community of urban sketchers gathered for Sketch Together, sketching on-location and connecting online on 17 October for a 24-hour global sketch crawl with live broadcasts from four time zones and 20 locations. This event was supported by Derwent as the exclusive event sponsor.

USK REGIONAL GRANT PROGRAM To build capacity within our USk Chapters to host more events globally and to decentralize the joy of symposiums, we started the USk Regional Grant program. • 17 applications were received from our enthusiastic community. • 5 chapters were selected to receive a cash grant of $2,000

USD each. • All five regional events are scheduled to be delivered in 2022.