United States

This page lists life drawing sessions in every state in the United States.

Click here for a worldwide listing of life drawing sessions.

The Birth of Venus (1863) by Alexandre Cabanel. Public domain.

The Birth of Venus (1863) by Alexandre Cabanel. Public domain.

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Lost Pleiad by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1884). Public domain.

Lost Pleiad by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1884). Public domain.

Links to sites listing nude modeling opportunities throughout the United States

In addition to checking the specific locations listed after this section, be sure to check the following references, which provides leads for additional life drawing sessions throughout the United States.

Figure Drawing Classes, Workshops, Open Studios for
900 art schools, studios, and groups in the United States and Canada – Extensive list of figure modeling opportunities in the US and Canada, sponsored by The Art Model’s Handbook: The Naked Truth about Posing for Art Classes and Fine Artists
Figure Drawings and Portraits > Drawing Group
Art Museums and Art Centers – Lists art museums, art organizations, and art centers for all states in the United States
Art Renewal Center (ARC) Approved Ateliers – extensive listing of realistic fine art ateliers
ArtSearch (US) – Comprehensive list of art resources, including art models and classes
Yelp.com – Search for “figure drawing” by city to find multiple listings
Figurative Art Resource: Find a model – Provides free listings for art models
LoveLifeDrawing.com: Classes – provides an extensive listing of life drawing classes throughout the United States

General Resources

CollegeSimply – Listing of all colleges in the United States

Job Search Sites

Find model opportunities for art colleges using the following sites, by using the following search terms: “art model“, “figure model“, “life model“, “studio model“, or simply “nude“.

General listings of art centers and college art centers by state

Alabama

Huntsville Art League – Huntsville (figure drawing)
University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies – Tuskaloosa (online figure drawing class)

Alaska

Kenai Penninsula College – Soldotna (life drawing classes)
University of Alaska – Anchorage (life drawing)

Arizona

Arizona Artist Guild – Phoenix (life drawing sessions)
Arizona State University: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts – Tempe (life drawing classes and open studio)
Art Institute of Dallas – Dallas (life drawing)
Art Institutes of Phoenix – Phoenix (life drawing)
Art Institute of Tuscon – Tuscon (life drawing classes)
City of Scottsdale Recreational Department – Scottsdale (life drawing classes)
The Drawing Studio – Tucson (figure drawing)
Mesa Art Center – Mesa (life drawing classes)
Mesa Community College – Mesa (life drawing classes and open sessions)
Phoenix Center for the Arts – Phoenix (life drawing sessions)
Scottsdale Artists’ School – Scottsdale (figure drawing)
Vihel Center for the Arts – Tempe (figure drawing sessions)
Yavapai College – Prescott (life drawing classes)

Arkansas

Fayetteville Tuesday Night Figure Drawing – Fayetteville (figure drawing)

California

Los Angeles – Multiple listings

Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art – Life drawing, painting, and sculpture classes and workshops

Los Angeles – Specific locations

Ann Bridges Art Studio – Figure drawing and painting classes
Art Institute of California – Los Angeles (life drawing classes)
Art Works Studio – LA and Culver City (“girls night out” life drawing sessions)
Avenue 50 Studio – Open figure drawing
Barnsdall Art Park Foundation – Life drawing classes
deb3321.com – Open figure drawing
Figure Drawing Art – Los Angeles and West LA (figure drawing and painting classes). Web site reports they are always looking to book new and experienced models.
Kline Academy of Fine Art – Figure drawing and painting classes and workshops
Los Feliz Lifedrawing – Life drawing workshops
Society of Artist Models – Lists artists, schools, and workshops in Los Angeles that employ life models
West Los Angeles College – Culver City (life drawing classes)

Rest of state

American Animation Institute – Burbank (figure drawing and painting classes)
Armory Center For the Arts – Pasadena (life drawing classes)
Art Center College of Design – Pasadena (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of California – Hollywood (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of California – Inland Empire – San Bernadino (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of California – Orange County – Santa Ana (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of California – Sacramento – Sacramento (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of California – San Diego – San Diego (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of California – San Francisco (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of California – Silicon Valley – Sunny Vale (life drawing classes)
Art Supply Warehouse – Westminster (life drawing classes)
California Art Institute – Thousand Oaks (life drawing classes)
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) – Valencia (life drawing classes and open sessions)
California State University Northridge – Northridge (life drawing classes)
California State University Stanislaus – Turlock (life drawing)
City of Palo Alto Drop In Studio – Palo Alto (figure drawing and painting)
East Bay Life Drawing and Modeling Group – Oakland (meetup group for life drawing models and artists)
LA Area Life Model Workshops
Laguna College of Art and Design – Laguna Beach (life drawing classes)
Linden Street Figure Drawing – Emeryville (weekly figure drawing sessions)
Life Drawing Workshops, Schools, and Other Places to Draw in Los Angeles – from Society of Artists and Models
MakeSpace Arts – Pasadena (open life drawing sessions)
Nucleus Gallery – Alhambra (open figure drawing)
Patris Studio and Art Gallery – Sacramento (life drawing sessions)
San Bernardino Community College District – San Bernardino (life drawing classes)
San Francisco Figure Drawing Group – Palo Alto (life drawing sessions)
SF Art Modeling Trade: Free Figure Drawing Group (Meetup) – San Francisco (artists take turns serving as the nude model)
University of California, Davis (life drawing classes)
Visual Art Studio La Crescenta – La Crescenta (life drawing classes)
YWCA Santa Monica – Santa Monica (open life drawing)
Westmont College – Santa Barbara (an evangelical Christian college that provides life drawing classes)

Colorado

The Art Institute of Colorado – Denver (life drawing classes)
Arapahoe Community College – Littleton (figure drawing classes)
Art Students League of Denver – Denver (life drawing, painting, and sculpture classes)
Colorado Alliance of Illustrators – Denver (life drawing sessions)
Community College of Aurora – Aurora (life drawing classes)
Community College of Denver – Denver (figure drawing classes)
Core New Art Space – Denver (life drawing sessions)
Cottonwood Center for the Arts – Colorado Springs (life drawing sessions)
Denver Entertainment Art & Design (DEAD) Academy – Denver (life drawing sessions)
Front Range Community College – Longmont (life drawing)
Red Rocks Community College – Lakewood (life drawing classes)
Redline – Denver (life drawing sessions)
Sangres Art Guild – Westcliffe (life drawing sessions)
Xcentricity Arts & Entertainment – Denver (life drawing sessions and body painting)

Connecticut

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum – Ridgefield (open figure drawing)
Glastonbury Art Guild – Glastonbury (drop in figure drawing session)
Life Drawing With Team Hollow – Mystic (life drawing sessions)
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts – Old Lyme (life drawing, painting, and sculpture classes)
Lyme Art Association – Old Lyme (life drawing, painting, and sculpture classes)
Mystic Art Center – Mystic (life drawing sessions)
New Britain Museum of American Art – New Britain (life drawing classes)
New London Art Students League Facebook page – New London (life drawing sessions)
Silvermine Art Center – New Caanan (figure drawing sessions)
The Space – East Hampton (life drawing sessions) They announced to this site that they are always looking for new models.
West Hartford Art League – West Hartford (life drawing classes)
Wethersfield Academy for the Arts – Wethersfield (life drawing classes)

Delaware

Center for the Creative Arts – Yorklyn (life drawing workshops)
The Darley Center for the Arts – Claymont (life drawing sessions)
Delaware Art Museum – Wilmington (open figure drawing studio)
Delaware College of Art and Design – Wilmington (life drawing classes)
Newark Arts Alliance – Newark (life drawing sessions)
Rehoboth Art League – Rehoboth Beach (life drawing sessions). They also have a Facebook page.

Reclining Nude (1907) by William Woodward. Public domain.

Reclining Nude (1907) by William Woodward. Public domain.

District of Columbia

American University (life drawing classes)
Artists and Models MOCA-DC – Meetup group for models and artists (Provides free training for life models one a month)
Arts Club of Washington (figure drawing sessions)
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (life drawing classes)
The Catholic University of America (figure painting)
Corcoran College of Art & Design (figure drawing, including continuing education)
Duke Ellington School of the Arts (life drawing classes)
Figure Models Guild of Washington DC (lists open sessions throughout the greater Washington DC Region)
Figure Models Guild at MOCA DC Gallery (Model Training Program & Artist & Model Meeting, 1st Sunday of each Month – details listed on their Meetup page – call to verify)
East City Art (open figure drawing sessions)
Foundry Gallery (life drawing)
Gallaudet University (life drawing)
George Washington University (life drawing classes)
Georgetown University (life drawing classes)
Hillyer Art Space (life drawing class) Their life drawing page includes contact information for those interested in modeling
Howard University (life drawing classes)
Male Figure Drawing Group (life drawing sessions)
Smithsonian Associates (life drawing classes)
University of the District of Columbia (figure drawing classes)
Washington Studio School (open life drawing and painting sessions)
Washington Drawing Center (open life drawing sessions)

Florida

18 Rabbit Gallery – Fort Lauderdale (open figure drawing sessions)
Armory Art Center – West Palm Beach (figure drawing classes)
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale – Fort Lauderdale (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Jacksonville – Jacksonville (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Tampa – Tampa (life drawing classes)
Broward Art Guild – Fort Lauderdale (figure drawing and painting classes)
Bakehouse Art Complex – Miami (open figure drawing sessions)
Broward College (Central Campus) – Davie (life drawing classes)
Broward College (North Campus) – Coconut Creek (life drawing classes)
Chiaroscuro Studio of Art: The Florida Academy of Contemporary Realism – Dural (life drawing classes and open draws) – See also their Figure / Portrait life drawing sessions at ChiaroscuroStudio Meetup group for open draws
Coral Springs Museum of Art – Coral Springs (life drawing classes and open sessions)
Crealdé School of Art – Winter Park (life drawing sessions)
Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square – Delray Beach (figure drawing and painting classes)
Digital Media Arts College – Boca Raton (life drawing and sculpture classes)
Figure Drawing St. Pete – Tampa Bay area (listing of several figure drawing groups). Includes a listing of their figure drawing models.
Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton (figure drawing and painting classes)
Florida International University – Miami (figure drawing and sculpture classes)
Maitland Art Center – Maitland (life drawing sessions)
Miami Dade College – Miami (life drawing classes)
Miami International University of Art and Design – Miami (life drawing classes)
Museum of Art – Fort Lauderdale (figure drawing classes)
Museum of Contemporary Art – North Miami (life drawing classes)
New World School of the Arts – Miami (figure drawing classes)
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) – Fort Lauderdale (life drawing classes)
Polk State College – Winter Haven (life drawing classes)
Sfumato Life Drawing Group – Fort Lauderdale (figure drawing and painting classes)
University of Miami – Miami (figure drawing classes)
University of Central Florida – Orlando (life drawing classes)
University of South Florida: School of Art and Art History – Tampa (life drawing classes)
University of North Florida – Jacksonville (life drawing classes)
Wildfyre Life Drawing Group – Fort Lauderdale (figure drawing and painting classes)

Georgia

Art Institute of Atlanta – Atlanta (life drawing classes)
The Art School in Sandy Springs – Atlanta (life drawing classes)
ASIFA Figure Drawing – Atlanta (figure drawing)
Atlanta Artists Center – Atlanta (open life drawing sessions)
Binder’s Art Supplies and Frames – Atlanta (life drawing classes)
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center – Atlanta (life drawing classes)
Chastain Arts Center and Gallery – Atlanta (life drawing classes)
Cherrylion Studio – Atlanta (figure sculpture classes). See also their Facebook group. New models are welcome to apply.
Columbus State University – Columbus (figure drawing classes)
Figure Drawing Open Studios – Jonesboro (figure drawing)
Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art – Marietta (open figure drawing sessions)
North Cobb Arts League – Acworth (life drawing sessions)
Quinlan Visual Arts Center – Gainsville (life drawing classes)
Shane McDonald Studios – Marietta (figure drawing and painting)

Hawaii

Pastel Artists of Hawaii (listing of figure drawing opportunities in Hawaii)
Windward Community College – Kaneohe (open life drawing sessions)

Idaho

The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho – Idaho Falls (life drawing)
Coeur d’Alene Art Association – Coeur d’Alene (leads for figure drawing)
Terry Lee Studios – Coeur d’Alene (figure drawing sessions)
University of Idaho – Moscow (life drawing classes)

Idaho Commission on the Arts (listing of art galleries in Idaho)

Illinois

Chicago

The American Academy of Art – extensive offering of life drawing classes
Chicago Area Figure Drawing Meetup Group – figure drawing sessions
Colibri Art Gallery – life drawing sessions
The Drawing Workshop – life drawing and painting sessions
Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago – Chicago (life drawing classes)
Figure Drawing Chicago – open figure drawing sessions
The 1901 Gallery Theater – figure drawing sessions
Pallette & Chisel – open life drawing sessions and drawing marathons
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – figure drawing classes
Virurvian Fine Art Studio – figure drawing classes
Wicker Park Figure Drawing Group – life drawing sessions

Statewide

The Art Center Highland Park – Highland Park (figure drawing classes)
College of Lake County – Greyslake (life drawing)
Evanston Art Center – Evanston (life drawing and painting classes)
Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumberg – Schaumberg (life drawing classes)
Lewis and Clark Community College – Godfrey (life drawing classes)
Paupers Art Guild – Arlington Heights (life drawing sessions) See also their Facebook page.
Rock Valley College – Rockford (Art 201 Life Drawing)
Wheaton College – Wheaton (evangelical Christian College – ART 323 – Figure drawing/life drawing)

Indiana

Art Institute of Indiana – Indianapolis (life drawing and anatomy classes)
Grinnell College – Grinnell (life drawing classes)
Herron School of Art and Design – Indianapolis (figure drawing classes)
Indianapolis Art Center – Indianapolis (figure drawing and painting)

Iowa

Coe College – Cedar Rapids (life drawing classes)
Cosgrove Drawing Group at the Cosgrove Institute – Oxford (life drawing sessions)
Figge Art Museum – Davenport (life drawing classes)
Maquoketa Art Experience – Maquoketa (figure drawing)
Morning Star Studio – Fairfield (open life drawing sessions)
Upper Iowa University – Fayette (life drawing classes)

Kansas

The Art Institutes International-Kansas City – Kansas City (life drawing classes)
Emporia State University – Emporia (life drawing classes)
Red Door Studios – Kansas City (open life drawing sessions)
Vala Gallery / Studios – Mission (figure drawing)

Kentucky

Louisville Visual Art Association – Louisville (life drawing classes)
Spot 5 Art Studio – Louisville (life drawing sessions)
University of Kentucky – Lexington (figure drawing classes and community sessions)

Louisiana

Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild – Baton Rouge (life drawing sessions)
Louisiana Tech University School of Art – Ruston (open figure drawing sessions)
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts – New Orleans (life drawing)
St. Tammany Art Association – Covington (life drawing sessions)

Maine

Belfast Creative Coalition – Belfast (life drawing sessions)
Harlow Gallery – Hallowell (figure drawing sessions)
Maine College of Art – Portland (figure drawing classes)

Maryland

Anne Arundel Community College – Arnold (life drawing classes)
Atelier Royal – Riverdale (open figure drawing and painting workshops)
Black Rock Center for the Arts – Germantown (life drawing classes)
Bowie State University – Bowie (life drawing classes)
Carroll Community College – Westminster (life drawing classes)
Columbia Art Center – Columbia (life drawing sessions)
College of Southern Maryland, Prince Frederick Campus – Frederick (life drawing classes)
Creative Alliance – Baltimore (life drawing sessions)
Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center – Frederick (life drawing sessions)
Figure Models Guild of Washington DC – List of open sessions throughout the greater Washington DC Region, including Maryland
Frederick Community College – Frederick (life drawing classes)
Frederick Figure Drawing (Facebook page) – Frederick (non-traditional life drawing sessions)
Greater Baltimore Nude Figure Drawing & Art Meetup – Baltimore (life drawing sessions)
Griffin Art Center – Fredrick (figure drawing and painting classes)
Harmony Hall Regional Center – Fort Washington (life drawing classes)
Hood College – Frederick (figure drawing classes)
Howard County Center for the Arts – Ellicott City (life drawing classes)
Howard County Community College – Columbia (life drawing classes)
Maryland Art Place – Baltimore (figure drawing classes)
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts – Annapolis (figure and portrait drawing classes)
Maryland Institute College of Art – Baltimore (life drawing classes)
Montgomery College (Rockville campus) – Rockville (figure drawing classes). Also hosts open draw sessions through their weekend art groups.
Montgomery College (Takoma Park campus) – Takoma Park (figure drawing classes)
Montpelier Cultural Art Center – Laurel (life drawing classes)
Parker Studio of Structural Sculpture – Baltimore (life drawing and sculptural classes and open sessions)
Plaza Art Materials – Rockville (life drawing classes)
Plaza Art Materials – Towsen (life drawing classes)
Prince Georges Community College – Kettering (figure drawing classes)
Rockville Art Department at Montgomery College – Rockville (life drawing sketch and painting sessions)
Ricardo Pontes – Rockville (life drawing and sculpture)
Towson University – Towson (figure drawing classes)
University of Maryland Department of Art – College Park (figure drawing classes)
VisArts at Rockville – Rockville (figure drawing classes and open studio)
Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery – Glen Echo (figure drawing sessions and workshops)

Massachusetts

General Reference

Figurative Art Resource – Provides extensive information about life drawing opportunities throughout Massachusetts. Run by life model Ed Barron.

Boston

Boston Figurative Art Center – Somerville (life modeling) – provides free listings for life models. Also see their Meetup site for more information.
Bridgewater State University – Bridgewater (life drawing classes)
Cambridge Center for Adult Education – Cambridge (figure drawing sessions)
Drop in Studios – Listing times and locations in the Boston area
The Eliot School – Jamaica Plain (open figure drawing sessions)
Figurative Art in Boston – Boston (lists life modeling sessions in the Boston area)
Figure Drawing in the Artist’s Studio, Meetup group – Allston (figure drawing sessions)
Gordon College – Wenham (A premier Christian college that routinely uses life models) Their policy detailed here.
Harvard University – Cambridge (figure drawing classes)
Museum Of Fine Arts – Boston (open figure drawing sessions)
New England Artists / Models Group – Boston (meetup for figure drawing artists and models)
New England Institute of Art – Boston (life drawing classes)
Out of the Blue Art Gallery – Cambridge (life drawing sessions)
Schools and Education Centers – in and around Boston

Rest of state

Brookline Adult & Community Education – Brookline (life drawing classes)
Brookline Art Center – Brookline (figure drawing open sessions and classes)
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum – Lincoln (figure drawing and painting classes)
Gordon College – Wenham (evangelical Christian college offering life drawing classes) – See their Policy on the Use of Nude Models in Art
is183 Art School of the Berkshires – Stockbridge (life drawing open studio)
John Kilroy Fine Art Academy – Rockland (figure drawing and painting classes)
Montserrat College of Art – Beverly (life drawing classes)
Springfield Technical Community College – Springfield (figure drawing classes)
Westport Art Group – Westport (figure drawing workshop)
Williams College – Williamstown (life drawing classes and open studios)
Woburn Art Guild – Woburn (list of life figure drawing sessions)

Michigan

Art Institute of Michigan – Detroit (life drawing classes)
Kalamazoo Valley Community College – Kalamazoo (life drawing and photography classes)

Minnesota

Art Institutes International Minnesota – Minneapolis (life drawing classes)
The Atelier – Minneapolis (life drawing an anatomy classes and workshops)
Bethel University – Saint Paul (an evangelical Christian college that incorporates life drawing into their art program)
College of Visual Arts Open Figure Drawing Co-Op – St. Paul (open figure drawing sessions)
Minnesota State University Moorehead – Moorehead (life drawing classes)
Old Town Artists – St. Paul (open life drawing sessions)
Paramount Visual Arts Center – St. Cloud (figure drawing sessions)
Twin Cities Life Drawing Co-ops – Minnesota region (list of several open life drawing sessions)
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis (life drawing classes)

Mississippi

Jerrod Partridge’s Adult Figure Drawing – Jackson (figure drawing and painting)
Memphis College of Art – Memphis (continuing education open life drawing sessions)
Mississippi Museum of Art Museum School – Jackson (open figure drawing)
Mississippi State University College of Architecture, Art and Design – Mississippi State (life drawing classes)

Missouri

The Art Department KCMO – Kansas City (open figure drawing)
Art Institute of St. Louis – St. Louis (life drawing classes)
Kansas City Art Institute: School of Continuing Education and Professional Studies – Kansas City (open life drawing sessions)
Lindenwood University – St. Charles (life drawing classes)
Red Door Studios – Kansas City, MO (open figure drawing)

Montana

Missoula Art Museum – Missoula (open figure drawing)
University of Montana – Missoula (figure drawing classes)
Missoula Fine Art Studio

Nebraska

Hot Shops Art Center – Omaha (life drawing sessions)

Nevada

Art Institute of Las Vegas – Las Vegas (life drawing classes)
Contemporary Art Center – Las Vegas (open life drawing)

New Hampshire

Wildwood Alice Studio – Nashua (life drawing open studio)
Sharon Arts Center – Sharon (figure drawing)

New Jersey

Arts Guild New Jersey – Rahway (life drawing classes)
Draw-Mania! – Hoboken (figure drawing and variety show!)
Figure Drawing Class @ Paul Vincent Studios (Meetup) – Hoboken (life drawing classes)
The Gazhi Studio – Linwood (life drawing sessions)
Master Arts Studio – Ridgewood (life drawing classes)
Ocean City Artist’s Guild: Open Studio Workshops -Ocean Heights (includes life drawing and clothed model studios)
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Arts Council of Princeton (life drawing classes) Their website notes they are always looking for new art models
Princeton University – Princeton (life drawing classes)
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey – Summit (life drawing classes) /
Willingboro Art Alliance – Willingboro (life drawing sessions)

New Mexico

Harwood Art Center – Albuquerque (life drawing sessions)
Fuller Lodge Art Center – Los Alamos (life drawing studio)
New Mexico Art League – Albuquerque (life drawing sessions)
The Ryder Studio – Sante Fe (life drawing)
University of New Mexico – Albuquerque (life drawing classes)

New York

New York City

Art schools, academic art ateliers, and art education facilities – New York City (extensive listing of art schools with figure drawing and painting classes)
Art schools, academic art ateliers, and art education facilities – New York City (extensive listing)
Figure drawing sessions and walk in ateliers – New York City (extensive listing)

Art Institute of New York City – Manhattan (life drawing classes)
Art Lab – Staten Island (life drawing sessions)
The Art Students League of New York – Manhattan (figure drawing and painting)
The Art Studio in Manhattan – Manhattan (extensive offering of open figure drawing sessions)
Bk Society of Draftsman Figure Drawing in the Boroughs (Meetup) – Brooklyn & Queens (life drawing classes)
Bridgeview School of Fine Arts in Queens and Manhattan – Queens (life drawing and painting classes)
Brooklyn Nude Figure Drawing (Meetup) – Brooklyn
Bushwick Figure Drink and Draw at the Teaching Studios, Meetup group – Brooklyn (figure drawing sessions)
Carroll Gardens Figure Drawing (Meetup) – Brooklyn (life drawing sessions)
Central Park Sketching and Art Meetup Group – Manhattan (regular figure drawing sessions)
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art – Manhattan (life drawing)
Draw-Mania! – Manhattan (figure drawing and variety show!)
Dynamic Figure Drawing in Brooklyn (Meetup) – Brooklyn (life drawing sessions)
Figure Drawing NYC (Meetup) — Summer Sketch Group – Manhattan (life drawing sessions)
Gay Men’s Male Figure Drawing Group at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center – Manhattan (open life drawing sessions)
Grand Central Academy of Art – Manhattan (life drawing and anatomy classes)
National Academy School of Fine Arts – Manhattan (open life drawing sessions)
New York Academy of Art – Manhattan (life drawing, painting, sculpture, and anatomy classes)
The New York Figure Drawing Meetup Group – Manhattan (open life drawing sessions)
MadArts – Brooklyn (figure drawing sessions)
National Academy School of Fine Arts – Manhattan (open life drawing sessions)
The Renaissance Workshop & Artist Salon (Meetup) – Chelsea, Manhattan (figure drawing workshops)
Salmagundi Club – Manhattan (open life drawing sessions)
Skin – Manhattan (monthly life drawing session with rock bands and multiple models, sponsored by Artists 4 Israel)
School of Visual Arts – Manhattan (figure drawing)
Society of Illustrators – Manhattan (open life drawing sessions)
Spring Studio – Manhattan (life drawing year round)
SVA Drawing Workshop – Manhattan (open life drawing sessions)
Teaching Studios of Art – Brooklyn (life drawing and painting and anatomy studies). See also Instructed Figure Drawing at the Teaching Studios of Art (Meetup) – Brooklyn
Williamsburg / Bushwick Figure Drawing and Painting (Meetup) – Brooklyn (life drawing and painting sessions)
92nd Street Y – Manhattan (figure drawing classes)

New York State

General references

Specific Locations

Adelphi University – Garden City (figure drawing classes)
Artists and Models – Peekskill (meetup for models and artists)
Beacon Chill Life Drawing Group – Beacon (near Poughkeepsie) (life drawing sessions)
The Barrett Art Center – Poughkeepsie (figure drawing, painting, and sculpture classes)
Broome County Arts Council: Windsor Whip Works Art Center – Binghamton (life drawing sessions)
Cayuga Community College – Auburn (life drawing classes)
Cazenovia College – Cazenovia (life drawing classes)
Community School of Music and Arts – Ithaca (life drawing sessions with single and duo models)
Cornell University – Ithaca (life drawing classes)
Cultural Council of Corland County – Cortland (unstructured life drawing)
The Drawing Studio – Smithtown (figure drawing classes)
Delavan Art Center – Syracuse (life drawing sessions)
Figure Drawing and Painting @ STUDIO No.9 – Peekskill (figure drawing sessions)
Figure Drawing & Painting Workshop – Peekskill (figure drawing and painting sessions)
Hamilton College – Clinton (life drawing classes)
Hartwick College – Oneonta (life drawing classes)
Hudson Valley Community College – Troy (figure drawing classes)
Ithaca College – Ithaca (figure drawing classes)
Ithaca Open Life Drawing Sessions – Ithaca (life drawing sessions)
Mill Street Loft – Poughkeepsie (figure drawing and painting classes)
Monroe Community College – Rochester (life drawing classes)
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute – Utica (life drawing sessions)
Nazareth College – Rochester (life drawing classes)
Open Figure Drawing – Syracuse (figure drawing). This website includes a page soliciting life models.
Onondaga Community College – Syracuse (life drawing classes)
Red House Art Center – Syracuse (life drawing sessions)
Rochester Institute of Technology – Rochester (life drawing classes)
Steve Carpenter Studio – Rochester (life drawing classes)
Stony Brook University – Stony Brook (life drawing classes)
SUNY Cortland – Clinton (figure drawing classes)
SUNY Oswego – Oswego (life drawing classes)
Syracuse University – Syracuse (life drawing classes)
Teaching Studios of Art – Oyster Bay, Long Island (life drawing and painting and anatomy studies)
Tompkins/Cortland Community College – Dryden (life drawing classes)
The Wallkill River School of Art – Montgomery (figure drawing classes)
University of Rochester – Rochester (life drawing classes)
Wells College – Aurora (life drawing classes)

North Carolina

Appalachian State University, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts – Boone (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Charlotte – Charlotte (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham – Raleigh-Durham (life drawing classes)
ArtSpace – Raleigh (life drawing classes)
Asheville Figure Drawing – Asheville (life drawing Facebook community)
The Bascom – Highlands (life drawing classes)
Brevard College – Brevard (figure drawing classes)
Cameron Art Museum – Wilmington (life drawing classes)
Charlotte Art League – Charlotte (life drawing classes)
East Carolina University – Greenville (life drawing classes)
Franklin Square Gallery – Southport (life drawing sessions)
The Lawter Studios – Asheville (life drawing sessions)
Life Drawing at CFBG – Greensboro (life drawing sessions)
Projekte Gallery – Wilmington (life drawing sessions)
River’s Edge Studio – Asheville (open life drawing sessions)
Tryon Painters and Sculptors – Asheville (open figure drawing)
University of North Carolina – Wilmington (life drawing classes)

North Dakota

Bismark Art and Galleries Association – Bismark (figure drawing)
ecce art + yoga – Fargo (life drawing sessions)
Figure Drawing Co-op – Fargo (figure drawing and painting)
North Dakota Museum of Art – Grand Forks (figure drawing classes)
Rasmussen College – Fargo and Bismark (figure drawing classes)

Ohio

Art Academy of Cincinnati – Cincinnati (life drawing sessions)
Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati – Cincinnati (life drawing classes)
Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green (ARTS 211, Drawing: The Figure)
Capital University – Columbus (figure drawing)
Central State University – Wilberforce (figure drawing and painting)
Classical Fine Art and Illustration – Worthington (life drawing classes)
Columbus College of Art and Design – Columbus (Drawing II: Figure and Human Anatomy)
Columbus State Community College – Columbus (figure drawing)
Cutural Arts Center – Columbus (figure drawing sessions)
Cuyahoga Community College District – Cleveland (life drawing)
Kent State University – Kent (life drawing sessions)
Lakeland Community College – Kirtland (life drawing)
Lancaster County Art Association – Lancaster (life drawing classes)
Lourdes College – Sylvania, OH (figure drawing)
Miami University-Oxford (life drawing)
Ohio Art League – Columbus (life drawing sessions)
Ohio Northern University – (life drawing)
Ohio State University (OSU) – Columbus (life drawing)
Ohio University – Athens (figure drawing)
Ohio Wesleyan University – Delaware (figure drawing)
Tyler Village Open Figure Drawing, meetup – Cleveland
University of Akron – Akron (life drawing)
University of Toledo – Toledo (life drawing)
Wild Goose Creative – Columbus (figure drawing)
Wright State University – Dayton (figure drawing group)
Xavier University – Cincinnati (life drawing)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Art Guild – Oklahoma City, OK (figure drawing classes)
Philbrook Museum of Art – Tulsa (life drawing)
Tulsa Community College – Tulsa (opens studio life drawing)

Oregon

Art Institutes International of Portland – Portland (figure drawing classes)
Ashland Art Center – Ashland (life drawing)
Boom Bap – Portland (figure drawing)
Brush & Palette Creative Arts – Portland (figure drawing classes)
Columbia Center for the Arts – Columbia (life and portrait drawing sessions)
Clatsop Community College – Astoria (life drawing classes)
Hipbone Studio – Portland (life drawing sessions) – includes a list of life models
Oregon Society of Artists – Portland (figure drawing)
Portland State University – Portland (life drawing classes)
Sunday Salon (Facebook Page) – Portland (open life drawing sessions)

Pennsylvania

Abington Art Center – Jenkintown (figure drawing sessions)
Allens Lane Art Center – Philadelphia (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Philadelphia – Philadelphia (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Online Division – Pittsburgh (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of York Pennsylvania – York (life drawing classes)
The Baum School of Art – Allentown (life drawing classes)
Cheltenham Center for the Arts – Cheltenham (life drawing sessions)
Delaware County Community College – Media (life drawing and painting classes)
Delaware Valley College – Doylestown (life drawing classes)
Edinboro University of Pennyslvania – Edinboro (life drawing classes)
Erie Art Museum – Erie (life drawing classes)
Fleisher Art Memorial – Philadelphia (life drawing classes)
Gold Light Studios – New Hope (life drawing classes)
Hanover Area Arts Guild – Hanover (life drawing sessions)
Harrisburg Area Community College – York & Lancaster (life drawing classes)
Lehigh University – Bethlehem (life drawing classes)
Life Drawing at the Moose Lodge – Bloomsburg (life drawing sessions)
Marion K. Stephenson (MKS) Studios – Lancaster (life drawing sessions)
Mercyhurst University – Erie (figure drawing classes)
Millersville University – Millersville (life drawing classes)
Muhlenberg College – Allentown (life drawing classes)
Northhampton Community College – Bethlehem (life drawing classes)
Oxford Arts Alliance – Oxford (life drawing sessions)
Pennsylvania State University – University Park (life drawing classes)
Penn State Abington – Abington (life drawing classes)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts – Philadelphia (life drawing sessions)
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D) – Lancaster (life drawing classes)
Pennsylvania State University – University Park (life drawing classes)
Penn State Abington – Abington (life drawing classes)
The Philadelphia Sketch Club (PSC) – Philadelphia (open life drawing workshops)
The Plastic Club – Philadelphia (figure painting and drawing workshops)
Public Art Academy – Williamsport (figure drawing sessions)
Rittenhouse Drawing Group – Philadelphia (open figure drawing group)
Startup Incubator – Erie (life drawing sessions)
Studio Incamminati – Philadelphia (life drawing and painting classes)
Tyler School of Art, Temple University – Philadelphia (life drawing classes)
York Art Association – York (life drawing sessions)

Rhode Island

AS220– Providence (life drawing sessions)
Kate’s Studios – Providence (life drawing sessions)
Newport Art Museum: Coleman Center for Creative Studies (life drawing sessions)
Providence Art Club – Providence (life drawing sessions)
RI Open Drawing (Facebook group) – Newport (one life drawing sessions)
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative (open figure drawing sessions)
Rhode Island College – Providence (life drawing classes)
Sandywoods Farm Agricultural Arts Community – Tiverton (figure drawing)
Wickford Art Association – Wickford (life drawing classes)

South Carolina

Art Institute of Charleston – Charleston (life drawing classes)
The Artists Loft School – Charleston (figure drawing)
Figure Drawing at the Historic Taylors Mill (Meetup group) – Greenville (life drawing sessions)
Figure Drawing with JJ Ohlinger – Greenville (figure drawing classes)
Lunchtime Figure Drawing Meetup – Charleston (figure drawing)
Spartanburg Art Museum – Spartanburg (life drawing classes)

South Dakota

Dahl Arts Center – Rapid City (life drawing)
South Dakota Art Museum, South Dakota State University – Brookings (figure drawing classes)
South Dakota State University – Spearfish (life drawing classes)

Tennessee

Art Institute of Tennessee – Nashville (life drawing and anatomy classes)
Austin Peay State University – Clarksville (life drawing classes)
Loza Studio & Atelier of Figurative Art (LSAFA) – Collegedale (life drawing, painting, and sculpture classes). Includes a page seeking fine art models of all ages, body types, and ethnicity.
Nashville Drink N’ Draw (Meetup group) – Nashville (BYOB life drawing sessions)
Plaza Art Materials – Nashville (life drawing classes)
Townsend Atelier – Chattanooga (life drawing classes)
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film – Nashville (life drawing classes)

Texas

Art Institute of Austin – Austin (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Dallas – Dallas (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Fort Worth – Fort Worth (figure drawing sessions)
Art Institute of Houston – Houston (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of Houston-North – Houston (life drawing classes)
Art Institute of San Antonio – San Antonio (life drawing classes)
Austin Drink & Draw, Meetup group – Austin (open figure drawing sessions)
Brookhaven College – Dallas (life drawing and painting sessions)
Cedars Art Gallery – Dallas (life drawing sessions)
Channel to Channel – Nashville (life drawing sessions)
Collin County Community College – Plano (life drawing)
Creative Arts Center (CAC) of Dallas – Dallas (figure drawing sessions)
Dallas Contemporary – Dallas (figure drawing sessions)
Dallas County Community College District: Brookhaven College – Dallas (figure drawing classes)
Dallas County Community College District: El Centro College – Dallas (figure drawing classes)
Dallas County Community College District: Mountain View College – Dallas (figure drawing classes)
DFW Art Models – List of art classes and open life drawing sessions in the Dallas / Fort Worth TX area
Fayetteville Arkansas Tuesday Figure Drawing Group – Fayetteville
Fort Worth Community Art Center – Fort Worth (figure drawing sessions)
Kettle Art Gallery – Dallas (figure drawing sessions)
Oil & Cotton – Dallas (figure drawing sessions)
SMEILINGone.COM – Houston (list of open figure drawing sessions in Houston)
Sofia Art Academy – Dallas (life drawing and anatomy classes)
Tarrant County College – Fort Worth (life drawing classes)
The Society of Figurative Arts – Dallas (life drawing classes and workshops)
Texas Academy of Figurative Art – Fort Worth (figure drawing classes)
Texas Christian University (extended education) – (life drawing classes)
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville (figure drawing classes)
University of North Texas – Denton (figure drawing classes)
University of Texas at Arlington – Arlington (life drawing classes)
Visual Arts Guild of Frisco – Frisco (life drawing sessions)

Utah

Art Institute of Salt Lake City – Salt Lake City (life drawing classes)
Art Model Guild at Utah State University – Logan (figure drawing sessions)
Brigham Young University – Provo (open figure drawing with swimsuit model for students and faculty only)
The Center for Academic Study and Naturalist Painting (CAS) – Springville (open figure drawing sessions)
Corry Studio of Figurative Art – Salt Lake City (a small, private atelier)
Stepping Stones life drawing, Meetup group – Draper (open life drawing sessions)
University of Utah – Salt Lake City (open life drawing session)

Vermont

Artistree – Woodstock (open figure drawing)
Middlebury College– Middlebury (life drawing classes)
River Arts – Morrisville (open figure drawing)
Vermont Studio Center – Johnson (figure drawing)

Virginia

202 Market Square Gallery (Facebook page) – Roanoke (life drawing sessions)
Academy of Fine Arts – Lynchburg (figure drawing, painting, and sculpture classes)
Arlington Arts Center – Arlington (life drawing sessions)
Art Haus Visual Art Studio – Midlothian (figure drawing and sculpture classes)
Art Institute of Washington – Arlington (life drawing)
Art Institute of Washington-Dulles – Dulles (figure drawing classes)
Art League School – Alexandria (life drawing classes and open sessions, anatomical drawing)
Art Space Herndon – Herndon (figure drawing classes)
Art Works Studio and Gallery – Richmond (twice monthly figure drawing)
The Artful Lawyer – Blacksburg (open life drawing)
Beverley Street Studio School – Staunton (figure drawing classes)
Charles H. Taylor Arts Center – Hampton (figure drawing classes)
Charlottesville Figurative Drawing and Painting Group – Charlottesville (life drawing sessions)
Christopher Newport University – Newport News (figure drawing)
Clifton Forge School of the Arts – Clifton Forge (life drawing classes)
College of William & Mary – Williamsburg (life drawing classes)
Corcoran College of Art & Design – McLean (figure drawing, including continuing education)
Del Ray Artisans – Alexandria (open life drawing sessions)
Fairfax County Public Schools, Adult and Community Education (ACE) – Fairfax (figure drawing)
Figure Models Guild of Washington DC – List of open sessions throughout the greater Washington DC Region
Floyd Figures Art Group – Floyd (life drawing) << contact Charlotte @ 540.651.3831 This group welcomes new models
Fredericksburg Figure Drawing – Fredericksburg (life drawing sessions)
George Mason University – Fairfax (figure drawing classes)
Great Falls School of Art – Great Falls (life drawing and painting classes)
Henry Wingate Studio – Madison (life drawing sessions)
Horizons Art School – Ashburn (figure drawing classes)
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts – Floyd (life drawing sessions)
James Madison University – Harrisonburg (figure drawing classes)
J. Sargent Reynolds Community College – Henrico (figure drawing classes)
John Tyler Community College – Midlothian (figure drawing)
Hollins University – Roanoke (figure drawing classes)
Larkin Arts – Harrisonburg (open life drawing sessions)
Longwood University – Farmville (life drawing)
Mary Baldwin College – Staunton (figure drawing classes)
Marymount University – Arlington (life drawing classes)
McLean Project for the Arts – McLean (open life drawing)
McGuffey Art Center – Charlottesville (figure drawing sessions)
Norfolk Drawing Group – Norfolk (figure drawing)
Norfolk State University – Norfolk (figure drawing)
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) (Alexandria Campus) – Alexandria (life drawing classes)
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) (Annandale Campus) – Annandale (life drawing classes)
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) (Loudon Campus) – Sterling (life drawing classes)
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) (Woodbridge Campus) – Woodbridge (life drawing classes)
Penninsula Fine Arts Center – Newport News (figure drawing classes)
Radford University – Radford (life drawing classes)
Randolph College – Lynchburg (life drawing classes)
Randolph-Macon College – Ashland (figure drawing classes)
Rappahannock Art League – Kilmarnock (figure drawing sessions)
Rawls Museum Arts – Courtland (figure drawing workshops)
Red Art and Design – Occoquan (figure drawing sessions)
Richard Bland College – Petersburg (life drawing classes)
RVA Figure Drawing – List of open sessions in the Richmond VA area (a great resource provided by the Richmond Figure Models Guild)
Sedalia Center – Big Island (life drawing sessions)
Shenandoah University – Winchester (life drawing classes)
Society of Communication Artists – Richmond (open life drawing)
Thomas Nelson Community College – Hampton (life drawing)
University of Mary Washington – Fredericksburg (life drawing classes)
University of Richmond – Richmond (drawing, sculpting the human figure)
University of Richmond Art Club – Richmond (figure drawing workshops)
University of Virginia, McIntire Department of Art – Charlottesville (figure drawing classes)
VCU Alumni Association – Richmond (open life drawing)
Vienna Art Center – Vienna (open life drawing)
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) – Richmond (figure drawing classes)
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art – Virginia Beach (figure drawing classes)
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School – Richmond (life drawing classes)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) – Blacksburg
Virginia State University – Colonial Heights (life drawing classes)
Visual Arts Center of Richmond – Richmond (life drawing and painting)
Workhouse Arts Center – Lorton (open life drawing session

General leads:

Richmond Culture Works – Lists arts and cultural organizatios in Richmond, VA
Virginia’s Community Colleges – Lists all community colleges in the Virginia system
Virginia Private Colleges – Lists private colleges in Virginia
Virginia Four Year Public Institutions – Lists public colleges and universities in the Virginia state system, including community colleges
Richmond Good Life: List of Richmond VA Art Galleries – Comprehensive list of art galleries in the Richmond VA area

Washington

Art Institute of Seattle – Seattle (life drawing classes)
Arts Umbrella – Bothell (open figure drawing group). See also Eastside Figure Drawing Meetup Group
Clark College, Vancouver (figure drawing classes)
Cornish College of the Arts – Seattle (life drawing classes)
DigiPen Institute of Technology – Redmond (open figure drawing lab)
East Sprague Art Gallery – Spokane (life drawing sessions)
Georgetown Atelier – Seattle (life drawing and painting classes)
Gage Academy of Art – Seattle (life drawing, painting, sculpture and anatomy classes)
Gonzaga University – Spokane (figure drawing classes)
Lake Washington Institute of Technology – Kirkland (life drawing classes)
Life Drawing on Eastside, Meetup group – Seattle (life drawing sessions at Digital Double)
Olympic College – Bremerton (life drawing classes)
Orcas Island Life Drawing – Orcas Island (life drawing sessions)
Pratt Fine Arts Center – Seattle (figure drawing classes)
Seattle Sculpture Atelier – Seattle (life drawing, painting, and anatomy classes; life drawing open session)
Seattle Figure Drawing, Meetup group – Seattle (life drawing sessions throughout Seattle)
Seattle Community Colleges – Seattle (figure drawing classes)
- Seattle Central Community College
- North Seattle Community College
- South Seattle Community College
Spokane Art School – Spokane (life drawing classes)
Spokane Art Supply – Spokane (life drawing classes)
Spokane Falls Community College – Spokane (figure drawing classes)
University of Washington – Seattle (figure drawing classes and open community sessions)
Whitworth University – Spokane (life drawing classes)

West Virginia

Huntington Museum of Art – Huntington (figure drawing sessions)
Monongalia Arts Center – Morgantown (open life drawing)
Taylor Books Annex Gallery – Charleston (figure drawing sessions)

Wisconsin

The Academy of Fine Art – Denmark (figure drawing sessions)
Art Institute of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (life drawing classes)
Beloit College – Beloit (figure drawing classes)
Bright Red Studios – Madison (life drawing classes)
Carroll University – Waukesha (figure drawing)
Carthage College – Kenosha, WI (ART 225, figure drawing)
Craig Blietz – Sturgeon Bay (figure drawing workshops)
Dakota State University – Madison (figure drawing classes)
Edgewood College – Madison (figure drawing classes)
Evolution Arts Collective – Madison (life drawing
Healing Forest Studio – Waukesha (figure drawing classes)
Madison Area Technical College – Madison (life drawing classes)
Milwaukee Figure Drawing – Milwaukee (figure drawing sessions)
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design – Milwaukee (figure drawing sessions)
Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts – Brookfield (figure drawing classes)
University of Wisconsin Art Department – Madison (figure drawing and painting)
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Continuing Studies – Madison (figure drawing and painting)
University of Wisconsin at Parkside – Parkside (life drawing classes)
University of Wisconsin at Stout – Stout (open life drawing sessions)
University of Wisconsin at Whitewater – Whitewater (open figure drawing session)
Wisconsin Visual Artists – Kimberly, near Appleton (open figure drawing sessions)

Wyoming

Art Association of Jackson Hole – Jackson (open life drawing)
Laramie County Community College – Cheyenne (life drawing classes)

ArtModels360 art reference photos for sculptors, painters and students

Recommended Life Drawing Materials (Blick)

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