Welcome to our 2027 workshop season!
We’re excited to kick off the year with our first guest artist, Dan Thompson.
Stay tuned for more exciting workshops and exceptional artistic opportunities throughout the year.
We look forward to seeing you at the atelier!
2027 Workshops
“Hatchmark, Layering & Strategy: Long Pose Figure in Graphite” with Dan Thompson
April 12-13, 2027
Hatchmark, Layering & Strategy: Long Pose Figure in Graphite
Monday and Tuesday, April 12-13
9:00 am - 4:00pm
Description:
This life drawing workshop teaches students to compile an extensive array of drawing principles into a single graphite work. Each session will begin with lecture/demos where insights, skills and the intellectual groundwork will be discussed. Students will learn by studying a single, extended live pose. Individual approaches to the figure will be emphasized.
Materials:
TBA
About Dan Thompson:
Dan Thompson is a New York City-based artist and instructor working in representational drawing, painting, and sculpture. He teaches artists how to visualize the human figure in three dimensions.
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Dan is part Cherokee Indian, and his Native American name is Danuwoa, meaning “warrior.” In his teens, he was a heavy metal singer before becoming a serious art student. His entry into the visual arts began with designing flyers for his band’s live performances.
He graduated from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC, and earned his MFA from the Graduate School of Figurative Art at the New York Academy of Art (NYAA). He further supplemented his training through several years of private study and studio apprenticeships along the East Coast.
Dan has received multiple grants and prestigious awards, including recognition from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the Salmagundi Club, and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. In 2001, he won Best of Show in the American Society of Portrait Artists’ International Portrait Competition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
He co-founded two schools in Manhattan: the Grand Central Academy of Art (2006) and the Janus Collaborative School of Art (2008). His teaching experience includes Studio 126 in New York, the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy School, and Parsons School of Design at The New School. He has also served as Dean of Fine Arts, Faculty Chair, and Curriculum Specialist. His educational programming has explored the intersection of art and medicine.
Dan has been selected as an ARC Living Master Artist.
His work has been exhibited and included in public and private collections throughout the world, including the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the University of Pennsylvania, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the John Noble Museum, the Pasadena Museum of California Art, the National Arts Club, the United States Capitol, and Beijing’s World Art Museum.
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