$10 Thursdays
Room 413
We are rescheduling our new sessions from Tuesday (Gesture Drawing) and Friday (Speed Drawing) to Thursday starting in November 2025, and, starting in January 2026, adding additional Thursday sessions to fill up all the Thursdays in every month.
Christine Patsos already has a monthly portrait drawing session on 2nd Thursdays in Open Figure Drawing’s studio, room 413 in Delavan Studios, starting at 6:30 pm.
It’s not an Open Figure Drawing program. It’s a Just Deserts Art Guild program.
Rather than requesting her to meet on a different day, we are moving our sessions to Thursdays.
Every Thursday session is $10!
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7 – 9 pm
Room 413, Delavan Studios
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.
Sunday, November 23, 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, December 4, 2025, 7 – 9 pm
Delavan Studios, room 413
$10 (normally $15)
The host will guide you through 2 hrs of gestures.
This session is now part of the new Thursday sessions, where, stating in January 2026, we will have a $10 session every Thursday.
All events subject to change.
Sunday, December 7, 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. Refer to OFD’s calendar for exact dates of future events.
Same prices & rules apply for all drawing sessions at Delavan Studios.
More information about our various Sunday sessions.
All events subject to change.
The Fashion Show is a Group Show of our Collective Works.
Deadline: Wednesday November 5, 2025, 7 – 10 pm, during Open Figure Drawing
Bring your artwork to room 413, Delavan Studios, on or before the deadline!
Reception: Saturday November 8, 2025, 4 – 6 pm featuring guest speaker Chloe Schnell, a local fashion designer.
All Open Figure Drawing participants are welcome to contribute to our Group Show!
Bring your artwork that has something to do with Fashion.
Please read the rules below.
Rules:
- Anyone who has attended Open Figure Drawing in the last year may submit art, regardless of when the art was made.
- How to Enter
Submit an entry form with your artwork. Your artwork cannot have been part of a previous group show. - Deliver artwork to Delavan Studios by Wednesday, Novermber 5, between 7 – 10 pm, during Open Figure Drawing’s session. You can submit up to 3 pieces. Please check out our hanging system to make sure it works with your frames. If you can’t make if on November 5, you can deliver your artwork sooner. Contact us if that doesn’t work for you.
The is moving to the Fayetteville Library at the end of December. The artwork will come back to room 413 in early February. - Identify your artwork. Include your name and phone number (or e-mail or street address). Optionally, include a title, media, and size information. We also suggest signing and dating your work.
- 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.
- Optional: Package your artwork.
Since we will not be transporting the artwork for this show, it is up to you if you think it needs packaging to deliver it safely to us. Please take all packaging with you after you deliver your artwork.
All events subject to change.
This project is made possible through the CNY Arts Grants for Regional Arts and Cultural Engagement regrant program thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature, the Office of the Governor and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.