Queering the Body: Figure Drawing Through a Queer Lens

TOTAL COST: $325
Course Fee: $275
Non-refundable Model Fee: $50

DATES: SUNDAYS, FEBRUARY 2, 9, 16, 23, MARCH 2 & 9, 2025
TIME: 11:00AM – 1:00PM PST
LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced
AGE GROUP: Adult (ages 18+)
LOCATION: Building 306, Fort Worden, Port Townsend. 

DESCRIPTION
Join us for Queering the Body. A figure drawing class for queer, gender non-conforming, and trans folk, in which we will celebrate bodies of all sizes, genders, races, sexual orientation and disability. In this class, we will learn the art of figure drawing from basic quick gestural study of the human form, to more advanced study of form, movement, texture, light and shadow with longer poses as the course progresses.

Figure drawing is a practice historically rooted in the celebration of whiteness and “conventionally attractive” bodies. This class seeks to discard that harmful convention by we giving our undivided attention, intention, artistry and craft to the practice of finding the immense beauty, magic, and value in all bodies.

Your teacher, Makenna O’Keeffe has been practicing, and loving figure drawing since she took her first class at age 14. They went on to take many more figure drawing classes, including anatomical drawing to learn structure, musculature, and how each part of the body builds upon itself to create form and movement. She loves doing portraits of queer and gender diverse humans. Makenna is thrilled to have the opportunity to create a fun and queer centered space for learning figure drawing in 2025 at Northwind, and looks forward to meeting you all!

Note: Models for the class will be nude or partially clothed. Models will be welcomed to choose what they feel comfortable with, and whatever supports them celebrate their gender expression.

SUPPLY INFORMATION
The non-refundable model fee goes directly to the models.

All materials are student provided:

Materials needed:
- Big pads of newsprint
- Big drawing board w/ clip
- Charcoal & vine

Optional/Extra Materials:
- Colored pencil
- Butcher Paper
- White Gouache

COURSE DETAILS
After registration, course details are available via the Northwind Art School learning portal. Learn more

ABOUT MAKENNA
Makenna O’Keeffe (she/they) is a designer, artist, illustrator, ex-architect, and community arts organizer living, working and supporting community in the unceded Chimacum & S’Klallam Territories (Port Townsend), Washington and unceded Duwamish Territory (Seattle). Makenna is a white, cis, queer, anti-zionist jew, who loves to build community through art, creative expression, activism, and mutual aid.

Artist website: Makenna, @makenna.okeeffe

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DISCOUNTS
This course is eligible for a 10% member discount at the Supporter level and beyond. Get a membership today!

Don's Pharmacy and Art Toolkit in Port Townsend offer Northwind Art School students a 10% discount on art supplies.

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CANCELLATION POLICY
If Northwind Art has to cancel a course for any reason, all enrolled students will receive a 100% refund (including any materials fee).

Students who withdraw from a course at least seven days prior to its first meeting will receive a 90% refund (less any materials fee). 

Students withdrawing fewer than seven days from the first day of class are not eligible for a refund except in the case of illness or injury, in which case they are eligible to receive a 40% refund (less any materials fee).

Please note that 10% of every course’s registration fee is considered to be a non-refundable deposit in cases of withdrawal to cover administrative overhead. All refunds will be applied to the same credit card that was used for enrollment. No credits or transfers will be granted. 

Please email admin@northwindart.org if you wish to withdraw or for more information.