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:

• Manitoba Art Links

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)