On September 29th, the Handwerker Gallery along with Professor Jeremy Long and Lin Price from the Department of Art hosted an open live drawing session. This allowed students and visitors to attend a live drawing session with a model. The event consisted of two 45 minute poses. What I loved about this event is how it broke down the barrier of viewing artworks and creating artworks in a gallery. When most people visit a gallery, their visit consists of observing and appreciating another person's artwork. If they are to draw at the gallery, it is to emulate an artist's style or subject instead of creating their own work. This drawing session allowed for visitors to do more than just observe, they created art themselves. Following with the theme of the exhibition, "The Figure", they drew their inspiration from a model. This event brought together students from different levels of artistic expression and techniques. It was great to see the gallery full of enthusiastic students practicing their drawing skills around the wonderful works of the exhibition. I hope everybody has a chance to see the the exhibit! It comes down in just a few days!