Life Drawing with the East London Strippers Collective

WHAT’S THIS? ANOTHER LIFE DRAWING CLASS IN AN EX- STRIP PUB IN EAST LONDON? HOSTED BY ACTUAL STRIPPERS? About Life Drawing with ELSC first launched in 2013 as a natural progression from the age-old practice of hiring professional harlots & hussies as models for art. We run bi-weekly, fast-paced life drawing classes with strippers as muses! Our class is fast paced & involves high-octane aerial pole poses with a unique section we call “strip-freeze” – a striptease routine interspersed with one minute poses. We incorporate some traditional life drawing with a couple 5, 10 and 15 minute poses. We also have an extremely popular “audience participation” exercise, incorporating multiple figures to draw. We work to de-stigmatise sex work & create our own working conditions through this interdisciplinary class. All our models have experience as strippers or sex workers. ELSC welcomes all gender expressions & identities, and artists from all ethnic & cultural backgrounds. We support a diverse audience that reflects our community of strippers & sex workers. We are giving artists a unique opportunity to draw strippers performing and pole-dancing, in a venue once lauded for it’s striptease shows. The class will be led but not tutored. All levels of ability welcome. All paper & drawing materials are available for a £2.50 donation (free materials for students who bring photo ID). Our doors are open to professional artists, designers, sketchers, illustrators, animators, doodlers, students and first-timers alike. No experience necessary – we can’t wait to make love and make art with you, every other Monday, 7-9:30pm! Read more Toggle Drawing