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The Queer Men's Erotic Art Workshop
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LLGAF hosts a gay men's erotic life drawing workshop. The express purpose of this life class is to afford artists the opportunity to study and render actual sexual behavior with no holds barred — it has been a great success.
INTRODUCTION TO THE QUEER MEN'S EROTIC ART WORKSHOP
There is one Wednesday evening workshop each week directed on alternate weeks by Rob Hugh Rosen and by Harvey Redding. The two directors manage the workshops independently, but in similar ways. To attend, one should be on both Rob Rosen's and Harvey Redding's email lists. Reservations by email are necessary.We draw from 7pm - 10pm in the Leslie/Lohman Basement Annex. The address is 127-B Prince Street between West Broadway and Wooster, close to the corner of Wooster Street. Look for the stairs in the sidewalk going down to the basement. Come a little early to get a good spot. We encourage the artists not to run off right at 10, but to stay and look at each other's work. We provide folding chairs, and a few easels are available, but just a few. Bring your own art materials and a small drawing board that can be balanced in your lap.
The usual workshop fee is $20, but members of the foundation pay $15. Occasionally we have two models and then the fee is higher. We serve wine and seltzer and cheese and crackers during the breaks. Most of the artists take turns bringing other additional snacks to add to the festivities, such as fruit, nuts, chips, etc. The space we use is donated by the LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION.
To make a reservation call: 212-431-2609
Click on the following link to see examples of work produced by the workshop: WORKSHOP.
THE WORKSHOP HAS SIX RULES.
1. Attendance is by reservation only.
2. If you do not cancel your reservation on time and do not show up, you are responsible for the workshop fee. There are NO exceptions to this rule.
3. No one may speak to the model, and there is to be no interaction between the artists and the model, when the model is ON the model stand, except the one in charge of directing the pose.
4. If an artist finds the model so alluring that he cannot concentrate on drawing, he may not simply sit and gape. He MUST at least PRETEND to draw.
5. Each artist must clean up after himself, i.e., if you have left pencil shavings on the floor, please sweep them up.
6. Photography is not permitted unless a special prior arrangement is made with the workshop director and the model.
For further information see the following articles from The ARCHIVE: Boy Bordello by Harvey Redding, Sex Coma: A Combustible Mix of Art and Sex by Frank Sheehan, What Happens When High Art and Hot Sex Collide? by Christian Bain, Workshop Artists Create A “Living Archive” of Erotic Art by Christian Bain, and Delicious Depravity Descends on the Gallery by Christian Bain.
A series of mini-shows have been produced from these workshops called, “The Studio Series:”
Studio Series 1: March 6 - 12, 2002. Greg Mann, Harvey Redding, Marc Van Cauwenbergh
Studio Series 2: May 8 - 14, 2002. Boyway, Robert W. Richards, Richard Rosenfeld
Studio Series 3: August 21 - 27, 2002. Rob Hugh Rosen, Frank Sheehan, Wayne Snellen
Studio Series 4: October 30 - November 5, 2002. McWillie Chambers, Peter McCaffrey, Leonard Todd
Studio Series 5: April 23 - 28, 2003. Brian Bendarek, Le Mec, Dan RomerAlso, there have been several larger shows produced as follows:
“Boy Bordello,” Aug. 14 – 26, 2001
“SexComa,” July 17 – August 17, 2002
“Dirty Little Drawings,” May 1 – 4, 2003
“Naked,” Sep. 9 – Oct. 18, 2003
"Dirty Little Drawings - Tunnel of Love," Oct 21 - 24, 2004
"Dirty Little Drawings - 2005," Oct 21 - Nov 8, 2005
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Comments? Questions? Requests? E-mail us: The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation