News & Events

Long Pose (clothed)
Artwork by Scott Herrmann, May 2025

Saturday June 8, 2025, 1 – 3 pm

This Sunday is our June Long Pose (clothed) session.

Long Pose drawing sessions consist of 1 pose, with breaks for the model, for the entire 2 hr session. Long Pose (clothed) sessions are usually on the 2nd Sunday of the month, & 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.
More information about Sunday Sessions.

Anything but People
Artwork by Dan Shanahan

a Group Show of our Collective Works

Deadline: June 18, 2025
Bring your artwork to room 413, Delavan Studios, on or before the deadline!

Reception: Saturday June 21, 2025, 4 – 6 pm

All Open Figure Drawing participants are welcome to contribute to our Group Show!

For this show we are accepting work containing Anything but People.

Please read the rules below.

Rules:

  1. Anyone who has attended Open Figure Drawing in the last year may submit art, regardless of when the art was made.
    The focus of the artwork should not be people.
  2. How to Enter
    Submit an entry form with your artwork. Your artwork cannot have been part of a previous group show.
  3. Deliver artwork to Delavan Studios on Wednesday, June 18, between 7 – 10 pm, during Open Figure Drawings 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 June 18, you can deliver your artwork sooner. Contact us if that doesn’t work for you.x
    The show ends Sunday, September 21, 1-3 pm.
  4. 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.
  5. Artwork must be framed and ready to hang from our hanging system.
  6. Work can be for sale, but does not have to be. Open Figure Drawing takes a 10% commission on all sales.
  7. 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.

Portrait Show
Artwork by Dave Hicock, Feb 2025

The Portrait Show is now hanging!

End of Show:
Sunday, June 22, 2025,
during Wednesday on Sunday

Open Figure Drawing will have 4 show this year & every year. This year, they are:
1. Mike Show
2. Portrait Show
3. Anything But People show
4. Clothed show featuring Fashion Drawings

Please read the rules below.

Rules:

  1. Anyone who has joined us for a drawing session in the last year may submit clothed 2D artwork.
    Artwork must be of a clothed person & not have been shown in a previous Group Show with OFD.
  2. How to Enter
    Submit an entry form with your artwork. Your artwork cannot have been part of a previous group show.
  3. Deliver artwork to Delavan Studios on Wednesday, March 19, between 7 – 10 pm, during Open Figure Drawings 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 Sunday, June 22, 1-3 pm.
  4. 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.
  5. Artwork must be framed and ready to hang from our hanging system.
  6. Work can be for sale, but does not have to be. Open Figure Drawing takes a 10% commission on all sales.
  7. 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.

Open Figure Drawing, since 1989