Saturday, June 27, 10 am – 1 pm
Saturday, July 4 CANCELLED
Saturday, July 11, 10 am – 1 pm
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Delavan Studios, room 413
The drawing sessions start with 5 two minute gestures, and continues with 3 forty-five minutes poses.
The 1st forty-five minute pose will start soon after the end of the gestures. The rest of the poses will have long enough breaks to be able to start the 2nd & 3rd poses at the top of the hour.
Regular prices and rules apply.
All events subject to change.
Sunday, June 28, 2026, 1 – 4 pm
Wednesday on Sunday follows the same series of poses as our regular Wednesday night Figure Drawing session, except, if there are 2 Wednesday on Sundays in a month, than for the 2nd one, the model is clothed.
More information about Sunday Sessions.
All events subject to change.
Thursday, July 2, 2026, 7 – 9 pm
Delavan Studios, room 413
$10 (normally $15)
The host will guide you through 2 hrs of gesture drawing.
All events subject to change.
Saturday, July 4 2026, 10 am – 1 pm
OFD is taking Saturday morning off on July 4th, so we can enjoy the beach, bbq, and fireworks! Have a great day and we will see you for the regularly scheduled Themed Drawing session on Sunday, July 5!
Sunday, July 5, 2026, 1 – 3 pm
Delavan Studios room 413
Themed Drawing sessions are the 1st Sunday of every month, except sometimes when the 1st Sunday is a holiday weekend.
Same prices & rules apply for all drawing sessions at Delavan Studios.
More information about our various Sunday sessions.
All events subject to change.
Sunday, June 21 – Thursday, September 10, 2026
Reception: Saturday, July 11 2026, 4-6pm. Bring family and friends!
In our founder George Benedict’s memory we encourage anyone who has participated in the Just Desserts Portrait sessions, either here at the Open Figure Drawing’s Delevan studio or at Christine’s home, to submit up to three portrait pieces for our non-juried exhibit.
Deadline For submissions is Saturday, June 20th. Please bring work in on our Thursday, June 11th session.
Please read the rules below.
Rules:
- Anyone who has participated in a Just Desserts Art Guild drawing session within the part year can submit 2D artwork.
Artwork can be from any year. - How To Enter. Submit an entry form with your artwork.
- Deliver artwork to Delavan Studios by Saturday, by June 20, 10 am – 1 pm, during the Saturday Morning session. You can submit up to 3 pieces.
The show ends on Thursday, September 10, during a Just Desserts Art Guild drawing session. - Identify your artwork. Artwork must have identification and contact information on the back. The entry form has labels that you can attach to the back of your artwork to identify it.
- Artwork must be framed and ready to hang from our hanging system.
- Work can be for sale, but does not have to be. Open Figure Drawing takes a 10% commission on all sales.
Deadline: Sunday, April 19, 2026
Reception: Saturday, April 25, 2026, 4 – 6 pm
End of show: Thursday, June 18, 2026
Please pick up your artwork on or before the Speed Drawing event Thursday evening at 7 pm.
Open Figure Drawing is going back to basics for this show: the artwork must be from a nude model.
Everyone is welcome to bring in any figurative artwork from within the last 12 months. You can start bringing in artwork on Sunday, March 1, pick out a spot, and hang it yourself.
Please read the rules below.
Rules:
- Anyone who has joined us for a drawing session in Delavan Studios can submit 2D artwork.
Artwork must be from within the last 12 months.
It should not have been shown in a previous Group Show with OFD. - How To Enter. Submit an entry form with your artwork.
- Deliver artwork to Delavan Studios on Sunday, April 19, 1 – 3 pm, during the Long Pose Nude Drawing session. You can submit as much artwork as will fit on 2 cables using our hanging system. If you have smaller artwork, you will be able to fit more pieces.
The show ends on Thursday, June 18. We will be hanging a new show on June 21, so do not delay in taking your artwork home. You can take it home on Saturday, June 20, 10 am – 1 pm, during Saturday Morning Figure Drawing, or Sunday, June 21, 1 – 3 pm, during Long Pose (nude). - Identify your artwork. Artwork must have identification and contact information on the back. We will have labels that you can post next to your artwork to identify it.
- Artwork must be framed and ready to hang from our hanging system.
- Work can be for sale, but does not have to be. Open Figure Drawing takes a 10% commission on all sales.
The 2025 Group Shows Catalog contains artwork from 3 different shows, Portrait Show, Anything but People, and Fashion Show. It contains 97 artwork submissions by 33 artists. It is one of our largest catalogs: 11 x 8.5 ” and 72 pages.
Available at any drawing session at Delavan Studios, Room 413, for $25 each. Buy one at your next visit to OFD.
Many other catalogs from previous OFD group shows are available too.