Figure Drawing
This February, the Allied Arts Association celebrates its 75th anniversary by showcasing its longest-running program, figure drawing.
Figure drawing as we know it today has been part of traditional fine arts since the Renaissance, with some of the most famous works from Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci being of the human form.
The Allied Arts Association has facilitated the meeting of artists to practice figure drawing for over eight decades. In 1950, the results of an Allied Arts figure drawing session were shown in an exhibit at Jefferson School. The first recorded instance of a nude painting being shown at the Gallery at the Park was in 1968.
Currently, the Allied Arts Figure Drawing Group meets twice a month in the Gallery at the Park’s education wing. The Figure Drawing Group sketches a variety of models—some clothed, some nude.
Others who have posed for figure drawing at the Gallery through the years include ballet dancers, actors from the Richland Players, and models from Columbia Basin College.
The Gallery at the Park will be showcasing figure studies by the Allied Arts Figure Drawing Group from February 3 through 25.
