SPRING STUDIO
64 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-7240

Considered by many artists to be the best place to draw in New York City,
Spring Studio is a professional art studio offering ongoing life drawing
sessions 7 days a week. Located in downtown Manhattan on the edge
of SoHo, on the colorful and busy corner of Spring and Lafayette Streets,
the studio celebrated its fifteenth anniversary of year-round sketch classes
this year. Started by artist Minerva Durham in 1992, Spring Studio is known for
its excellent models, its prompt starting times, its participants' gracious manners,
and for its spirit of artistic tolerance. It attracts artists and students from all
over the world.

Draw from the model all day, every day, and six evenings a week in NYC.
Learn to draw the figure by relating disarticulated bones to the living
body in Minerva Durham's drawing classes Saturdays and Thursdays
at 9:30am. Improve your portrait drawing skills Sundays at 1:30pm in the
Portrait Workshop taught by Lyle Gertz. Practice approaches from Bargue with
Jerilyn Jurinek Tuesdays at 9:30 and from Nicolaides' "Natural Way to Draw"
with Julia Foote Wednesdays at 9:30am. Study the long pose with Bob Palevich
Friday mornings at 9:30am. Bring soft vine charcoal, an 18" x 24" newsprint pad
and enjoy long and short poses, gestures and croquis in figurative drawing workshops
in the company of serious and congenial artists at all levels of skill development.
Beginners are welcome. Walk-in, first-come, first-served.

Spring Studio is mentioned in "The Undressed Art, Why We Draw" by
Peter Steinhart, a best selling book which examines the phenomenon of figure drawing
from practically every conceivable angle.