From life : 7th drawing competition of the figure
Date
Location
parlor, skylight, & Hartley galleries
Sponsor
Alexander Katlan
Admission
$45 | Salmagundi members discounted price
Tickets available only online; will not be sold at the door.
Schedule of Events
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Competition
12:00 PM -12:30 PM | Lunch break (brown bag or neighborhood restaurants)
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Jurying, photograph artists
3:15 PM | Pizza for artists
4:00 PM | Doors open to the public
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Contest winners announcement
Artist Eligibility
All schools of art, ateliers, academies, and artists national and international are eligible. Limited to 60 artists.
Note
Objective
This will be a one-day on-site competition, in which artists work from life. Full figure or partial figure drawings are acceptable.
Prizes
$4,500 in cash prizes awarded:
1st Prize / Purchase prize | $3,000 + Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials gift certificate + Kurian Frames. The artwork will enter the Salmagundi Club’s permanent art collection, subject to SCNY Board of Directors’ approval.
2nd Prize | $1,000 + Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials gift certificate + Kurian Frames
3rd Prize honorable mention | $500 + Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials gift certificate + Kurian Frames
Cash prizes were made possible through the generous donation of a private foundation. It is through the generosity of Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials and Kurian Frames that all art materials have been made available for the prizes. All three prize winners will receive a free ticket to the next competition at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme , CT.
Medium Limitations
The following media are permitted for this drawing competition: graphite, pencils, charcoal or red chalk/sanguine. Silverpoint is allowed. Toned paper and white pencils/white chalk are allowed. No colored pencils, pastels, colored or black inks are not permitted. Because of space restrictions no drawing/board may be larger 18” x 24”.
Judging
This competition will follow a blind judging process, which requires artists to not put a signature on their drawing. If a signature is found, the artwork will be disqualified from consideration. Artists may also choose to be omitted from being judged for prizes, if they so choose.
Easels
Easels are limited; up to 12 available for +$10
If easels tickets are no longer available when RSVP-ing, Alexander Katlan (alexkatlan@aol.com) may be contacted prior to the event to be added to the waitlist.
Models
Five models will be participating in three different galleries: 10 to 15 artists will work around each model, thus maintaining the six foot separation needed for the safety of the models, participants and assistants. The models will all pose in a Contrapposto stance. The models may also be seated.
Each model will hold a single pose for five hours (breaking every twenty minutes for 5 minutes). The highly experienced models are Kimmah Jones, Nellie Suppa, Alisa Ermolaev, Freddie Borges, Aubrey Zich, and substitute model Giovanni Ortiz.
What does Contrapposto mean?
Contrapposto is an Italian term that means “counterpoise”. It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot, so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs in the axial plane.
This term usually refers to a standing human figure carrying its weight on one leg so that the opposite hip rises to produce a relaxed curve in the body, although it can be used more generally to describe any twisted figure.
Sketching location
Upon entering the skylight gallery, each artist will draw a lottery number and proceed to the easel spot and model assigned to that number. Easel locations may not be changed or traded.
Selling
The artists may sell their drawings if they so choose when open to the general public at 4:00 PM. The first prize winner is a purchase prize and becomes part of the Salmagundi collection subject to Board approval.
Panel of Jurors
Three distinguished artists of the New York Metropolitan art scene will serve as jurors:
Andrew Lattimore
Born and raised in New York, Andrew Lattimore has practiced fine art since the age of 12, when he began his artistic training. He studied anatomy with Steven Rogers Peck, who wrote the consummate book on anatomy, Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist.
Once he completed his training at The National Academy of Fine Arts in New York, he spent three years in Italy and England which became a definitive influence in his professional life. Throughout his artistic career, the human figure has remained his most inspiring subject. His work is collected both privately and in museums within the US, Europe and China.
Jon de Martin
Jon de Martin‘s work centers on the human figure within an environment with an emphasis on 16– 18th century drawing techniques, but applied to contemporary subject matter. He stresses the importance of drawing from both life and the imagination as the ultimate goal in composition and picture making.
His work has been exhibited at the Albright Knox Museum, the Cameron Museum, the Arnot Museum, the Florence Griswald Museum, the Butler Museum of Art, and the Beijing World Art Museum. He’s exhibited at the Hirschl & Adler Gallery and had a one-man show at the John Pence Gallery. DeMartin has taught life drawing and painting for more than twenty-years at schools including the Arts Students League, the Grand Central Academy of Art, the Janus Collaborative School of Art and Studio Incamminati. He is the author of Drawing Atelier THE FIGURE: how to draw in the classical style, which has been translated into Chinese and French.
Rodrigo Mateo
Rodrigo Mateo is an artist currently residing in New York City. He works as resident artist and instructor at Grand Central Atelier cultivating his passion for painting.
His current interest includes still-life and symbolic narrative works done mostly from live models and observed scenes in nature.