Figure Drawing Open Studios, Workshops,
and Continuing Education Classes
in the United States and Canada... Over 600 listings and growing!

This is a directory of places where artists can sketch, draw, paint, or sculpt live figure models, including instructed classes and uninstructed sessions. Drawing groups come and go, and schedules change, so it is wise to confirm with the organizer before attending—website, email and/or telephone is listed for each group. See submission guidelines if you would like a free listing. Please report any defunct groups or nonfunctioning links to directoryartmodelbook.com. Thanks!

USA: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California ( L.A. · O.C./San Diego · Central Coast · Bay Area ),
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
CANADA: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, New Foundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan

Submission Guidelines

To add a free listing for your figure/life art workshops, please email the following information to directoryartmodelbook.com with the name of your group in the subject line. If your organization offers more than one class or session, please submit one listing, and explain the various offerings in the description.

  • Name of Group/Organization
  • Street address of drawing workshop location
  • City, State/Province, Zip/Postal Code. (Postal code is used for sorting geographically.)
  • URL, Email and/or Telephone where prospective attendees can get additional information
  • Instructed or Uninstructed
  • Description. 100 words maximum, plain text. Inlcude any pertinent information such as regular meeting day and time, whether models are nude or costumed, gender of models, length of poses, equipment provided (benches, easels), fees, atmosphere, etc. Please write as a permament description—do not include enrollment deadlines or start dates.

Submissions deemed off-topic or unverifiable may be excluded. The focus of the directory is figure drawing—nude, costumed, or street clothes. To maintain focus, portrait class submissions will not be added, although a description may mention portrait sessions if they are in addition to figure sessions.

Listings are free. A reciprocal link is always appreciated.


Long Live Life Drawing

• The Charcoal Club has held life drawing sessions in Baltimore for over 125 years.
• Winnipeg Sketch Club has been sketching from live models since 1914.
• Friday Night Open-Figure Drawing has been a resource in Milwaukee for over 50 years.
• Taos Open Figure Drawing Group has been meeting for over 35 years.
• Florence Hill has hosted the Figure Drawing Co-op in Minneapolis since 1976.
• Basic Inquiry in Vancouver BC was established in 1983.
• Rene Farkass has held life drawing sessions in Denver for over 20 years.
• Open Figure Drawing Inc. has met on Wednesdays in Syracuse since the late 1980s.
• Established in 1992, Spring Studio hosts figure drawing 7 days a week in NYC.


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