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Art comes to life with nude figure drawing class

BELFAST, Maine (WABI) - From prehistoric Venus figurines to Michelangelo’s David, artists have tried to capture the natural beauty of the human form for thousands of years. In Belfast, a weekly class ...
Sarasota Magazine

At Ringling College, Figure Models Play an Integral Role in Teaching Art Students

A few minutes before today's advanced figure drawing class begins, students slowly file into a classroom at Ringling College of Art and Design. Like chefs preparing their stations, the students go ...
Yahoo

17 Nude Models And Artists Shared Their Wildest Stories From Figure Drawing Classes, And They're Drawer-Dropping. I Mean, Jaw-Dropping

I don't know about you, but I've always been curious about whether weird stuff ever goes down in art classes that involve nude modeling. So when Reddit user u/Candy26262 asked people to share their ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Art Ventures hosts figure drawing class with drag queen as model

WHAT -- Art Ventures will host a figure drawing class featuring drag queen model Umami Origami. The course is three hours long and will allow participants to hone their drawing skills while capturing ...
Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Rec & Parks Department's Tyson Cultural Arts Center will cease using nude models

The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department's cultural arts center will cease using nude models in its art classes for liability reasons, a department spokesperson said. Registration for art classes ...
Miami New Times

With Raw Figs, Vida Sofia Creates Community Around Figure Drawing

A female model stands perfectly still – and perfectly posed – on a table underneath a straw tiki hut. The salmon-colored sky and patio string lights hanging from the surrounding trees help frame the ...
The Boston Globe

How do you sit still and get paid at the same time? Try becoming a nude, figure-drawing model.

‘If we all saw each other naked in more casual settings, it wouldn’t be such a big deal anyway,’ says one retiree, who’s been drawing at the Boston Figurative Art Center for a decade WATCH: Posing ...
The Advocate

LSU students bare it all as nude art models: 'It’s a very brave thing to be able to do.'

For many, attending school naked is nothing more than a titillating nightmare (or fantasy), but some students at LSU really do show it all before their classmates. They’re the nude art models in the ...
Yahoo

Row as nude models told to put clothes on at life-drawing class

A row has broken out after a life-drawing class in north London was told its nude models should wear clothes following complaints. Organisers of the daytime class have accused “puritanical” Hampstead ...
Wyoming News

Figure drawing class is offered at CFAC

ROCK SPRINGS — Fall is time for classes to begin again at the Community Fine Arts Center (CFAC) in Rock Springs. New to our list is an introductory figure drawing class on Saturday, Sept. 9 from 9 a.m ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Figure drawing classes at Beall

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Emerson at Beall Park continues its winter season of figure drawing on Sunday nights from 6 - ...