Drawing for Life

Fourth Thursday Monthly

Drawing for Life

Each month we invite leading artists and performers to curate poses, subjects and performances for you to draw.

Relax and unwind with short, guided drawing warm-ups, followed by long and sustained poses or still life subjects, with help from our guest artist and team of artist educators.

Ticket includes one complimentary beverage from a selected drinks menu, with food and drinks available to purchase throughout the session.

Whether you’re new to drawing or one of the greats, all abilities are welcome to enjoy this unique and artful experience. All materials provided.

Doors open from 6pm.

_{Presented by HOTA, Home of the Arts.}

Dates

Fourth Thursday Monthly

Where

HOTA Gallery

Duration

2 hrs 30 mins

Tickets

All Tickets $35

Times

Thu 24 October - 6:30pm

Thu 28 November - 6:30pm

July

Nicola Hooper

Join artist Nicola Hooper for a Drawing for Life workshop that blends traditional techniques with contemporary ideas. In this drawing session classical props and animal specimens converge. In the midst of an opulent, gilt frame and luxurious, red, velvet drapery, immerse yourself in the fusion of traditional drawing techniques and the exploration of human-animal dynamics.

Nicola is a Meanjin/Logan artist who lives and works on the land of the Yuggera people. Using drawing and lithography Hooper explores the intricate tapestry of human-animal relationships with a focus on our perceptions of animals, especially in relation to pathogen transmission. Hooper delves into the complexities of this dynamic through her art. She narrates both historical and contemporary accounts of zoonotic transmission intertwining them with mythological narratives.

August & September

Lewis

Join interdisciplinary artist Lewis, one half of the art punk duo Dolphin Milk, for an immersive drawing program infused with cosmic energy. Prepare to engage with a world of costumed mystics in dynamic group poses, apotropaic objects, and iconic dolphin statues. Lewis’s handmade group costumes, reminiscent of voluminous drapes, create a mesmerising visual spectacle. These costumes not only envelop the performers but also unify them into a singular entity. 

Lewis is an innovative interdisciplinary artist based in Queensland, residing and creating on historical Jagun/Gurgun of the Bullongin people (Northern Gold Coast). Their expansive artistic practice includes installation art, performance, music, digital media, costume creation, and community-based programs. Lewis’s work is distinguished by a fusion of various artistic disciplines, creating immersive experiences that invite community participation and expand punk expressions as an artistic form of cultural resistance. 

October & November

Charlotte Haywood

Drawing is key during the stages of inception for all of Charlotte’s interdisciplinary projects. It is a tool and joy that she has relished forever. Life drawing was her favourite class at tech and enjoyed drawing textiles, botanicals and bodies. She is delighted by the power of the line, the dynamics of a brushstroke. Balance, colour and the inversion of observation, or playing with the senses to enable different ways of seeing and embodying the process of drawing. And not always the outcome. She will create playful still-life assemblages, looking at materiality, coexistence and phenomena. 

Charlotte Haywood lives on Bundjalung Country in Northern NSW. She is an experimental interdisciplinary artist working across the senses. She has cultivated a highly collaborative and process-driven practice that is dedicated to eco aesthetics and the nurturing of biodiversity.