This page lists life drawing sessions throughout Canada.
Click here for a worldwide listing of life drawing sessions.
Listings across Canada
- Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada – provides a listing of Canadian universities by Province
- Figure drawing classes, workshops, and open studios throughout Canada – provides a list of figure drawing classes by province
- Modele Vivant – list of life drawing sessions throughout Canada by province
- LoveLifeDrawing.com: Classes – provides an extensive listing of life drawing classes throughout Canada
Alberta (AB)
- Art Alchemy Studio Gallery – Courtenay (figure drawing sessions)
- Art Gallery of Alberta – Edmonton (life rawing sessions)
- Atlantis Fine Framing Studio – Calgary (open figure drawing sessions)
- Burns Visual Arts Society – Calgary (figure drawing sessions)
- Calgary School of Art – Calgary (figure drawing classes)
- Capitol Hill Community Centre – Calgary (life drawing sessions)
- City Arts Centre – Edmonton (life drawing sessions)
- City of Calgary: Wildflowers Art Centre – Calgary (figure drawing classes)
- Gorrilla House Live Art – Calgary (open life drawing sessions)
- Grant MacEwan University – Edmonton (life drawing and painting classes and continuing education sessions)
- Harcourt House Artist Run Center – Edmonton (open life drawing sessions)
- Macewan University – Edmonton (continuing education courses in figure drawing and painting)
- Red Deer College – Red Deer (open life drawing sessions)
- Ruberto Ostberg Gallery (Purple Door Art Studio) – Calgary (figure drawing classes)
- Sutton Art – Sherwood Park (life drawing sessions)
- The Coloured Web: Tessa Nunn’s figurative workshops – Edmonton (life drawing, painting, and sculpture)
- University of Alberta – Edmonton (life drawing classes, and faculty of extension open life drawing sessions)
- University of Calgary – Calgary (life drawing classes)
General
- Calgary Figure Model Guild – lists various life drawing opportunities in Calgary
British Columbia (BC)
- The Art Institute of Vancouver – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- Basic Inquiry: The Vancouver Life Drawing Society – Vancouver, British Columbia (life drawing sessions) – includes a page for those interested in becoming a model and a listing of art galleries and instruction in the Vancouver area
- Blim Art Center – Vancouver (open life drawing sessions)
- Campbell River Art Gallery – Campbell River (open life drawing sessions). See also Cumberland Lifers Drawing Group.
- Canadian Arts and Sciences Academy – Vancouver (life drawing club)
- Capilano University – North Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
- Center for Digital Media – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- CG Masters Academy – New Westminster (life drawing classes)
- Comox Valley Arts Council – Courtenay (open figure drawing). See also Cumberland Lifers Drawing Group.
- Drawing on Life Art Group – South Surrey, in White Rock Area (figure drawing group)
- Dundas Valley School of Art – Dundas (life drawing sessions)
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design – Vancouver (life drawing)
- Fainting Goat Studio – Vancouver (life drawing)
- Heritage Life Drawing Group – New Westminister (open life drawing sessions)
- Holland/Croft Studio – North Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
- Jan Senetchko – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- Jerico Arts Centre – (life drawing sessions)
- Langara College – Vancouver (figure drawing classes)
- Larger Than Life Drawing Group – White Rock, Surrey (life drawing sessions)
- Music Box Studios / aka Music Box Artist Centre – West Vancouver (life drawing workshops)
- Nanaimo Art Gallery – Nanaimo (open life drawing)
- Next Level Games – Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
- Nicole Sleeth Fine Art – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- North Island College – Campbell River (life drawing)
- North Vancouver Community Arts Council – North Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- The Old School House Arts Center (TOSH) – Qualicum Beach (open figure drawing). See also Cumberland Lifers Drawing Group.
- Opus Art Supplies – Vancouver (life drawing workshops)
- Picard Studio – Vancouver (life drawing, painting, and sculpture instruction)
- Phoenix Art Workshop – Richmond (figure drawing classes)
- Purple Thistle Center – Vancouver (open figure drawing)
- Richmond Artists Guild – Richmond, British Columbia (life drawing sessions)
- Rotary Centre for the Arts – Kelowna (life drawing sessions). Artist Julia Trops provides a life model training program here through Liveessence, the Society for Figurative Artists and Models.
- St. George’s School – Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
- Simon Fraser University – Vancouver (the Cartel student life drawing club)
- Shadbolt Centre For The Arts – Burnaby (open life drawing)
- Simply Drawing – North Vancouver (open life drawing)
- South Delta Artists Guild – Tsawwassen (open life drawing)
- Suite E Life Drawing Group – Coquitlam, British Columbia (life drawing sessions)
- Supernal Arts Academy – Vancouver (life drawing classes) – also see their S.A.A. Life Drawing Club Facebook page
- Think Tank Training Centre – North Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- University of British Columbia – Vancouver (figure drawing classes)
- University of Victoria – Victoria (figure drawing classes)
- Vancouver Film School – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (vanarts) – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- Vancouver Island School Art – Vancouver (open life drawing sessions)
- Vancouver Life Drawing Society – Vancouver (life drawing sessions)
- Victoria College of Art – Victoria (open life drawing)
- West Vancouver Community Arts Program – Vancouver (life drawing classes)
- Whistler Life Drawing – Whistler, British Columbia (life drawing sessions)
- Xchanges Gallery – Victoria (open life drawing, painting, and sculpture sessions)
Manitoba (MB)
- The Winnipeg Art Gallery – Winnipeg (open life drawing sessions)
- The Cre8ery – Winnipeg (life drawing sessions)
- Winnipeg Sketch Club – Winnipeg (figure drawing)
General reference:
New Brunswick (NB)
- New Brunswick College of Craft & Design – Fredericton (open figure drawing studio)
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
- Anna Templeton Centre – St. John’s (figure drawing classes)
Nova Scotia (NS)
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design – Halifax (open figure drawing and classes)
- Tidnish Bridge Art Gallery – Tidnish Bridge (life drawing workshops)
Ontario (ON)
- Algoma University – Sault St. Marie (life drawing classes)
- Animation Portfolio Workshop – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
- Art Gallery of Sudbury – Sudbury – (Life Drawing in a Drawing Circle open sessions)
- Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) – Toronto (life drawing, painting, and sculpture classes)
- Art Works Art School – Toronto (life drawing classes)
- Artisans at Work – Toronto (life drawing sessions)
- Artists 25 – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
- Avenue Road Arts School – Toronto (figure drawing)
- Ben Navaee Gallery – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
- Centennial College – Toronto (life drawing classes)
- Central Connection – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
- Club Draw: Open Life Drawing at LucSculpture School & Studios – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
- Framing Dames Art School – Toronto (life drawing sessions)
- Freehand School of Art – Toronto (life drawing classes)
- Greenboro Pavillion Life Drawing – Ottowa
- The Gladstone Hotel (Melody Bar) – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
- Humber College – Toronto (figure drawing classes)
- Koffler Centre of the Arts – Toronto (figure drawing and painting classes)
- Lakehead University – Thunder Bay (figure drawing classes)
- Life Drawing at the White House Studio Project in Kensington – Toronto (life drawing sessions)
- Loyalist College – Belleville (life drawing classes)
- Open Life Drawing Group at Mill Pond Gallery – Richmond Hill (life drawing sessions)
- OCAD University – Toronto (community life drawing sessions and classes)
- Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) – Toronto (figure drawing and painting classes, including continuing education)
- Open Life Studio / Rumble Open Studio – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
- The Patrick House Art Studio and Gallery – Toronto (life drawing sessions)
- Red Light Sessions: Life Drawing with a Kick – Toronto (figure drawing in speak-easy venue)
- Ryerson University -Toronto (figure drawing classes)
- Sandy Hill Life Drawing Workshop – Ottowa (life drawing sessions)
- Sault College – Sault St. Marie (life drawing classes)
- Sheridan College of Art & Design – Oakville (life drawing classes)
- Shelburne Life Drawing – Shelburne (unstructured life drawing sessions)
- Thunder Bay Art Gallery, on the Confederation College campus – Thunder Bay (figure drawing classes)
- Toronto District School Board – Toronto (figure drawing and painting classes)
- Toronto Heliconian Club – Toronto (open life drawing sessions)
- Toronto School of Art – Toronto (figure drawing and painting and sculpture classes)
- The Underground Group – Sault St. Marie (open life drawing)
- Visual Arts Brampton – Brampton (open life drawing sessions)
- Willowdale Group of Artists – North York (open life drawing sessions)
- York University – Toronto (life drawing classes)
Prince Edward Island (PE)
- Confederation Center of the Arts – Charlottetown (life drawing sessions)
Quebec (QC)
- Bohemiarte School and Gallery – Quebec (figure drawing and painting)
- Concordia College – Montreal (life drawing classes)
- Model Vivant/Life Drawing – Quebec (life drawing sessions)
- Montreal Art Centre – Montreal (life drawing sessions)
- Montreal Figure Drawing Meetup Group – Montreal
Saskatchewan (SK)
- Creative City Centre – Regina (life drawing sessions)
- University of Saskatchewan: Center for Continuing & Distance Education – Saskatoon (life drawing classes)

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