This September, the 2nd Swiss USk Symposium will take place in the Engadine from Thursday noon to Sunday noon. Around 70 symposium passes will be available.
In addition to the workshops, public sketch crawls are planned in Zuoz. All interested sketcher are invited to participate and then to end the symposium at the Lyceum Alpinum together.

The Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz is a boarding school in Switzerland (near St. Moritz) for over 100 years. 200 internal pupils from all over the world as well as 100 external pupils from the region are prepared for the Matura from the 7th to the 12th grade.

We are very grateful that we were able to win the Lyceum as partner and venue for the Swiss USk Symposium again.

The Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz offers a limited number of places for accommodation and meals (half board). The rooms are located in the guest house "Convict" (single room, double, quadruple). This offer can be booked together with the registration. Alternatively, there are several hotels in Zuoz and the region.

Symposiums-Pass: EUR 250.-
Participation in two workshops
Visitor-Pass: EUR 25.-
Participation in the opening and closing events

Half board at the Guesthouse Convict EUR 180.- to EUR 520.-
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Registration will open at noon CET July 1st on eventbrite.

Capturing the essence of Zuoz. The aim of this workshop is to capture the essence and unique atmosphere of Zuoz using line and tint techniques.

Workshop 5 (English): 18. September, 09:00-12:00
Workshop 14 (English): 19. September, 14:00-17:00

Big Shapes and line detail. The students in this workshop will learn how to use areas of colour, line detail and blank space to construct an urban sketch with fineliners and watercolour.

Workshop 6 (English): 19. September, 09:00-12:00
Workshop 12 (English): 19. September, 14:00-17:00

Making your mark – Bright colors and bold shapes with acrylic markers. In this workshop, we will focus on using a new material: Acrylic markers. In contrast to watercolours, acrylic markers are not transparent but opaque, which means you can work light over dark, and cover up marks you already made.

Workshop 3 (German): 18. September, 09:00-12:00
Workshop 9 (German): 19. September, 09:00-12:00

First the big picture, then the small special. In the workshop, we focus on the right framework for sketching and painting architectural landscapes.

Workshop 4 (English): 18. September, 09:00-12:00
Workshop 8 (English): 19. September, 09:00-12:00

People and space. In this workshop we try different approaches to sketching people on location. We focus on quick exercises.

Workshop 2 (German): 18. September, 09:00-12:00
Workshop 11 (German): 19. September, 14:00-17:00

Go where your (coloured) pencil will carry you... We sharpen our view on the special things in our environment and bring our sketches to the point.

Workshop 7 (German): 19. September, 09:00-12:00

Mountain landscape in watercolour. In this workshop we will explore the secrets of the mountains through brush strokes.

Workshop 13 (German): 19. September, 14:00-17:00

Learn to sketch, draw and paint on the ipad, anywhere and everywhere you go! We will focus on working in Procreate, a drawing program with everything that one needs to create fantastic art.

Workshop 1 (English): 18. September, 09:00-12:00

Capture the view of Zuoz and its surroundings with coloured pencils and sketchbook. We deal with the image detail and proportions. We use different perspectives to represent the architecture.

Workshop 10 (German): 19. September, 09:00-12:00

Alois Carigiet meets Urban Sketchers. We want to follow in his footsteps. Let us be inspired by his work and let us get involved with the lightness and verve of his pictures!

Workshop 15 (German): 19. September, 14:00-17:00