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.
Sunday, March 15, 2026, 1 – 3 pm
Long Pose drawing sessions consist of 1 pose, with breaks for the model, for the entire 2 hr session. Long Pose (nude) sessions are usually on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Check our calendar for the exact date each month.
More information about Long Pose sessions.
All events subject to change.
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 7 – 9 pm
Room 413, Delavan Studios
$10
Speed drawing trains participants to capture the character of their partner. It is a new networking event for artists in the community.
As participants check in, they choose desks. Two people site at opposite sides of the desk. At 7 pm, anyone who doesn’t have a partner will be assigned one by the host.
Once the session begins, half the artists draw the person across the table from them, and half pose for 10 or 20 minutes. They are encouraged to get to know each other in the process. When the the time is up, partners will switch who draws and who poses.
When both people have drawn, one artist moves to the right, and one stays where they are.
Think of “Speed Dating” and you’ll get an idea of where the name comes from.
All events subject to change.
Saturday, March 21, 10 am – 1 pm
Saturday, March 28, 10 am – 1 pm
etc…
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, March 22, 2026, 1 – 4 pm
Wednesday on Sunday follows the same series of poses as our regular Wednesday night Figure Drawing session.
More information about Sunday Sessions.
All events subject to change.
Thursday, March 26, 2026, 7 – 9 pm
room 413, Delavan Studios
$10 per session
Taylor Wood hosts the Still Life drawing sessions.
All events subject to change
Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1 – 4 pm
Wednesday on Sunday follows the same series of poses as our regular Wednesday night Figure Drawing session, except the model is clothed.
More information about Sunday Sessions.
All events subject to change.
Sunday, March 1 – Thursday, June 18, 2026
Some new artwork arrived on Sunday, March 1. There’s plenty more space.
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. The deadline is whenever the room is full.
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, March 1, 1 – 3 pm, during the Themed 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.
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Everson Museum, 401 Harrison Street, Syracuse, NY
Open Figure Drawing is traveling to the Everson Museum on the 5th Thursday in April, April 30.
Entrance to the Everson is pay-what-you-wish, with a minimum of $1 on every Thursday. There is no charge to participate in the event.
The Everson will be supplying easels, drawing boards, & chairs.
This session will be in the Everson Museum’s education center, in the basement. All types of art materials are allowed. There is no need to avoid dusty material or paint, like there is 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.