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Suhita Shirodkar

WS12 – Dynamic Stories with People Movement and Time

Suhita Shirodkar is a freelance illustrator and an educator who has been an active member of Urban Sketchers for over 12 years. She holds a Master in Communication design from Pratt School of design.

She teaches on-location and reportage sketching workshops year round in the US and abroad. She was correspondent for the Barcelona Symposium and has taught at the Paraty, Singapore, Manchester, Chicago, Porto and Amsterdam USK Symposiums. Suhita has been a blog correspondent and has served on the Editorial Team, the Facebook Page, the local 10×10 team and the Reportage Grants panel.

Suhita has received grants for her reportage work, including a Knight Foundation Grant and a Belle Foundation Grant. As 2023 Creative Ambassador to the City of San Jose, conducted a year-round series of sketch walks that combined sketching with stories narrated by local historians. Suhita is the author of a book on Urban Sketching for Beginners and a book on the vintage signs of San Jose, California.

Find Suhita online at:
Web: SketchAway.wordpress.com
Instagram: @suhitasketch