Friday, June 7th 5-8 pm

Model: Edson Rosas

Join us at the studio for a live figure drawing event! Practice your observational skills and draw reference from a live, clothed model. We will have basic drawing materials and paper available but you are welcome to bring your own clipboard, sketchbook, or other rigid surface to draw on.

Come and go as you please during the evening. The model will pose for varying lengths of time during two segments, with a break in-between. Here is a loose schedule for the evening:

Segment One:

• 5:00 - 5:25: Range of 1-5 minute long poses

• 5:30 - 5:45: 15 minute pose

• 5:50 - 6:20: 30 minute pose

• 6:20 - 6:35: Model break/transition time

Segment Two:

• 6:35 - 7:00: Range of 1-5 minute long poses

• 7:05 - 7:25: 15 minute pose

• 7:30 - 8:00: 30 minute pose

This event is first come, first served. Advance registration is not required but you can sign up for a reminder email. Participants are required to mask during the session, additional masks will be offered. 18+.

Accessibility: We will have chairs available for participants to sit at during the session. A couple of tables will be available to sit at but remaining participants will draw on a rigid surface that they can hold in their lap.

About the model: Edson Rosas is a queer Mexican-American artist, educator, and arts administrator based in Minneapolis. He is a printmaker, an installation artist, a soft sculpture maker, and a haiku writer. His work is autobiographical and is currently focused on exploring his Mexican roots and how that plays a role in his everyday life and queer-hood. The work is often honest and open, making the personal become universal.