Thursday, November 21, 2024, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Everson Museum, 401 Harrison Street, Syracuse, NY
Open Figure Drawing is traveling to the Everson Museum on Third Thursdays, September 19, October 17, and November 21, for 3 figure drawing events with a nude model.
Entrance to the Everson is pay-what-you-wish, with a minimum of $1 on the 3rd Thursday of the month. There is no charge to participate in the event.
The Everson will be supplying easels, drawing boards, & chairs.
Our plan is to hold these 3 sessions in the Sculpture Court.
Please use dry, non-dust-creating materials, such as pens and pencil. Charcoal, pastels & paints, are not allowed in the Sculpture Court.
We would like to thank Cathrine Walsh for helping us organize these figure drawing events at the Everson Museum.
You may never draw on a blank piece of paper again
Starting Thursday, November 14, 2024, 7 – 9 pm
Delavan Studios, room 413
enter through 501 W Fayette St
Syracuse
Price: $15 (or 1 punch when paying in-person)
In addition to drawing, collage is the primary medium for OFD president Scott Herrmann. Over the course of four sessions, he will share with you what he’s learned about ripped paper, prepared surfaces, found ephemera, mark-making, rudimentary printmaking, and transferring images. If you want to add some dimension to your work, experiment with some new methods, or simply enjoy making a mess and having fun, this is the workshop for you!
Each session will feature demonstrations from Scott, followed by hands-on practice. Your “final assignment” will be to create a fully collaged surface that you will then draw on, working from one of our world-famous live models.
Supplies: you will eventually need a substrate to work on, and your adhesive of choice. Not necessary for the first class, and Scott will discuss his preferred choices. Also start thinking about collecting items to collage with, literally any printed material will do: newspapers, magazines, pages from books, phone books, receipts, wallpaper, wrapping paper, greeting cards, brochures, photographs, postcards, photocopies, paint swatches, etc, etc, etc!!
Check out the following artists:
• Robert Rauschenberg
• Kurt Schwitters
• Hannah Hoch
• Russell Mills
• Nidhal Chamekh
Classes
1. Image Transfer, Thursday November 14, 7 – 9 pm
One of the main hallmarks of collage is taking images out of their original context and forcing them into a new context. Simply pasting two images together is probably the most well known way to accomplish this, but there are other, non-glue ways that can be done with stuff you have lying around the house. Come see how it’s done! We will have plenty of paper to work on and play with, but you are welcome to bring your own. 100# smooth paper is ideal. You are encouraged to find and bring old projects you’ve set aside. One thing we will be continually stressing is that anything old can be made new again. We will also have plenty of imagery to play with but you are more than welcome to bring your own. For the methods being demonstrated, you must bring toner copies! Laser copies don’t work.
2. Textures and Such, Thursday November 21, 7 – 9 pm
Collage translates from French as “pasted papers, ” and for this session Scott will explore how to achieve textures with paper, glue, and paint to create exciting backgrounds to draw on. There will be demonstrations by Scott, and then some hands-on practice. It’s going to get messy!
3. Creating a Surface, Thursday December 5, 7 – 9 pm
There will be a final project for this workshop! You will create a prepared surface using the methods learned and then draw on it. The third session will be a totally hands-on workshop where the process will begin and then you will bring your surface (homework!) to the fourth session…
4. Drawing on the Surface, Thursday December 12, 7 – 9 pm
…where we will work from a live model, using your collaged, prepared surface. Fair warning: you may never work on a blank piece of paper again!
These classes are part of in Open Figure Drawing’s 2024 Education Project – Today’s Studio Artists
All events, times, locations, etc, are subject to change.
Register$15 (or 1 punch when paying in-person)
You must pay to complete your registration.
Register online using the form below
or
by mail or in person during any OFD session by printing and completing this form.
There are scholarships available to help anyone who would like to attend. Call Iver Johnson 315-475-3400.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts.
Delavan Studios, room 413
Every Sunday, starting at 1 pm
We are now holding drawing sessions every Sunday. We have a schedule, but we are still interested in your input. If you haven’t done so already, please fill out our survey.
Our current schedule, based on weeks of the month:
- 1st Sunday, 1 – 3 pm Themed Drawing
- 2nd Sunday, 1 – 3 pm, Long Pose (clothed) (same schedule as Long Pose) Drawing in Nature replaces Long Pose (clothed) in August 2024.
- 3nd Sunday, 1 – 3 pm, Long Pose (nude)
- 4th Sunday, 1 – 4 pm, Wednesday on Sunday (same schedule of poses as Wednesday)
- 5th Sunday, 1 – 4 pm, Wednesday on Sunday (same schedule of poses as Wednesday)
If there’s a 5th Sunday in a month, the session will feature a clothed model
Notice weeks 1 – 3 end at 3 pm, and weeks 4 & 5 end at 4 pm.
Sunday, December 1, 1 – 3 pm
Delavan Studios room 413
501 W Fayette St, Syracuse
Our model will be dress in traditional Vietnamese clothing.
Themed Drawing sessions are the 1st Sunday of every month, except sometimes when the 1st Sunday is a holiday weekend.
Regular rules apply.
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 12 – 3 pm
321 Montgomery St, Syracuse, NY
We will bring a supply of eases and drawing boards.
Suggested donation: $15 or 1 punch.
We would like to thank the Onondaga Historical Association and Scott Peal for hosting this drawing session and allowing us to use their vintage clothing. You can support the OHA by making a donation when you attend our session.
Date and time subject to change.
We have a 12.9″ iPad Pro with Procreate and a 16″ Wacom MobileStudio Pro with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, and Corel Painter available for your use at any WCC session at no additional cost. Just ask the host.
If you’d like some instruction, ask Dan Shanahan. Contact us to find out when Dan will be at Open Figure Drawing.
Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Wednesday this year. Open Figure Drawing is cancelled on those days. We also tentatively plan to cancel Sunday sessions on December 22 and 29, (calendar).
OFD also sometimes cancels sessions due to the whether.