630 Forest Ave
Portland, ME 04101
USA
Develop your artistic practice, meet local artists, and celebrate trans joy!
Join us at the Speedwell Gallery this summer for live (clothed) figure drawing sessions! Celebrate trans joy and build community as we come together to encourage each other in our artistic practices and develop our figure drawing skills!
Artists of all experience levels are invited to bring their own supplies, with basic paper and pencils available upon request.
We are initially depending on spontaneous volunteers from the group to model, and will expand toward more elaborate and possibly costumed models as we build the program. Volunteers will not be asked to model for longer than 20 minutes unless it is agreed upon in advance of the session.
We will have a mix of short and longer poses, with the itinerary announced at the beginning of each session. In general it will involve short warmup poses of 1-5 minutes, followed by longer 10-20 minute poses. Breaks are always as frequent and as long as the model needs/feels/wants.
REQUIRED FOR ALL ATTENDEES:
Please read and acknowledge this community agreement and expectations document so we can make sure that you know what to expect and also what is expected of you (and why)!