Get creative on select Free Thursday Nights with art-making activities designed by artists. Draw, dance, paint, and connect over creativity! Check below to see this month’s offering.
Plus, visit the galleries, and grab a drink from the ICA Wine + Coffee Bar*. No experience necessary.
Participation is drop-in on a first-come, first-serve basis as space allows. While all experience levels are welcome, this workshop is designed for adult audiences. *Refreshments available for purchase.
September 17 | Art-Making After Dark: Go Figure
Join the Boston Figurative Art Center for a night of figure drawing and portraiture! Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artist, get ready for a night of creativity, experimentation, and fun! Learn or practice the foundational tools of drawing in two exciting workshops! You’ll start to see figure drawing in a whole new way.
Live Model Drawing: Roll up your sleeves for instructor-led drawing sessions of clothed models. Portrait Party: Grab a pencil, meet new friends, and draw some zany portraits based on laugh-out-loud prompts in the Art Lab!
About the Boston Figurative Art Center
The Boston Figurative Art Center is a creative community space and figure drawing studio in Union Square, Somerville. They regularly host social events, open figure drawing sessions, art workshops, multi-week classes, and creative meet-ups! They also hosted artisan markets, book readings, music events, and much more. Basically a catch-all for all things creative and communal, fit for any skill level and medium. “We believe so strongly that creativity and community are vital to our overall health, just like going to the gym or eating vegetables. We are not just a space for practiced artists, but a home for anyone looking to weave more creativity into their life.”—Boston Figurative Art Center
This program is inspired by To My Best Friend.
October 8 | Art-Making After Dark: Let’s Dance Afrobeats!
Dance the night away in this drop-in introductory Afrobeats dance class! Learn this high energy, expressive genre from an experienced dance coach and move together.
This program is inspired by Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki).
November 12 | Art-Making After Dark: Leilah Babirye
Inspired by the idea of the queer wedding, Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki) debuts a new body of sculptures by artist Leilah Babirye. In this vibrant installation, each sculpture embodies a role in a wedding ceremony and adorned in headdresses and jewelry.
Tonight, you’re invited to participate in a sculpture-making activity created by exhibiting artist Leilah Babirye.
December 10 | Art-Making After Dark: Printmaking
Head to the ICA for an evening of printmaking led by Boston-based printmaker Louis Meola.
This program is inspired by the exhibition Cynthia Daignault: Valley.
About Louis Meola:
Louis Meola is a Boston local who received a BFA in printmaking from Emmanuel College and an MFA from SMFA at Tufts University. An avid printmaker who will “literally print anything,” Louis has made prints with a multitude of nonrational matrices. Materials like discarded metal or flattened tomato cans all have a story that connects Louis’ practice with family, tradition, and everyday life.
