Thursday, May 21, 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.
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.
Saturday, May 23, 10 am – 1 pm
Saturday, May 30, 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, May 24, 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.
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.