Drawing Salon
Amanda Nedham
IN PERSON - 8 weeks

Day of the week: Sunday

8 Weeks of Classes: March 5, March 12, March 19, March 26, April 2, April 9, April 16, April 23

Time: 1-4pm (EST)

Length: 3 hrs.

About this course:

In this in-person studio course we will explore drawing as a catalyst, a conjurer, and collaborator. Over eight weeks we will focus on reacquainting your mind with your hand and deepening your relationship to this unique medium. 

Drawing Salon is designed for anyone who wants to make drawing a more significant part of their practice and looking for community. We will embark on observational drawing from the model, collaboratively curated still lives, drawing with your eyes closed, mini marathons, experimental approaches, and employ other strategies to get out of your own way while making work, while the emphasis will always remain on the journey led by line. This class is also ideal for those who want to hone their drawing to serve a specific concept related to their greater studio practice, or who want to push boundaries. 

The course will utilize demos, short presentations of works ranging from the unconventional to the contemporary, and discussions, all alongside the primary act of drawing which makes up the core of each class. We will engage practically, historically, and philosophically with this mystical medium that humans have been participating in for tens of thousands of years. 

There will be no mandatory assignments outside of class time, however discussions will be encouraged about contemporary drawing, and a generous bibliography along with PDFs related to various aspects of drawing will be made available. We will discuss tools and techniques and dabble in the kind of time travel that only drawing can take us on.

Please note this 8-week course begins in March and will be hosted at the NYC Crit Club studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on the 4th floor.

Recent exhibitions include I’ll draw you a fly at Field Projects in New York City, Frida Smoked at Invisible-Exports in NYC, My Boyfriend is a Peacekeeper at Putty's Coronation in NYC, Q: Are you an undertaker? A: No Q: Are you a service provider? A: Yes at LE Gallery in Toronto, Extract IV Young Art Prize at GL Strand in Copenhagen, and the Hello Future Talents Archive Project at the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens. Amanda has received grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. More recently she attended the Wassaic Project residency in Upstate NY and prior to that participated in ARTHA's studio residency program in Brooklyn, New York. She runs workshops on radical love letters and in 2019 published her first book of drawings and love letters, My Boyfriend is a Peacekeeper.

Financial Aid is available. NYC Crit Club provides payment plans, BIPOC scholarships and additional aid based on extenuating circumstances. Please click here to learn more before checking out.