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Directories and listings of art museums, schools, exhibits, shows and workshops in and around New York city.

√ Drawing workshops and ateliers

Comprehensive listing of New York city figure drawing workshops and ateliers : walk-in, open session sketch classes, some instructed drawing and painting classes. There are some sculpture classes and studios listed as well. Only reputable workshops are considered here, and the emphasis is on the academic style, and on realistic nude model drawing. User reviews are posted for your convenience.

√ Museums

A comprehensive web directory listing of the foremost art museums located in and around New York City.

√ Schools

The listing is by no means an exhaustive list of the schools, and art education facilities throughout New York City, but list those institutions that tend to emphasize the academic style, art education and realistic drawing.

√ Shows and art exhibits

A selection of New York art exhibits and art shows gleaned from the NY Times and other sources published at present. These exhibits are by no means an exhaustive list of the local shows, however they tend to favor realism and figuration. We encourage that you post your opinions about any NY show that you saw recently, in our reviews of recent shows and exhibitions area.

√ Website art links

An open links area to post pertinent art links. We are always looking to expand this open area of figurative arts links to include male and female figure drawing, charcoal figure drawings, figurative sculpture, figurative photography, figurative oils, figurative drawings, digital figurative art, figurative watercolors, even artistic anatomy lessons, among other things.