Embodiment Session: Figure Drawing with Alex Schmidt
Join performance artist Alex Schmidt for an evening of figure drawing influenced by our current exhibitions.
Performer Alex Schmidt (née Body Confidence) responds to exhibitions Not Me, Not That, Not Nothing Either (on view through June 24, 2022) and Lorenza Böttner: Requiem for the Norm (on view through August 14, 2022) with an evening of life drawing. Channeling the works on view, Schmidt invites participants to join them in "reinterpreting existing cultural images" by creating a community-generated wealth of figure drawings. Materials will be provided; you are also welcome to bring your own (however paint, charcoal, and chalk pastels are not permitted.)
Alex Schmidt is an artist, educator, and collaborator whose work imagines the body as both medium and subject. Schmidt has performed at MoMA PS1, the Kitchen, PERFORMA, and La Mama. Schmidt has exhibited sculptures as part of solo exhibitions at Leslie-Lohman Museum (2018) and Rachel Comey (2016). Schmidt is the Co-Founder of @dykesoccer and Founder of @fallintothegay. They have taught improv comedy and clay play to senior citizens as a SU-CASA Artist-in-Residence (2018 + 2019). Schmidt has been featured in the New Yorker, Vogue, The Guardian, Paper Magazine, Girls Like Us, Office Magazine, them, Dazed Digital, Dazed & Confused Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and Art 21.
This event is FREE and open to the public. RSVP is required.
Space is limited, so please arrive promptly to secure your spot.
Join performance artist Alex Schmidt for an evening of figure drawing influenced by our current exhibitions.
Performer Alex Schmidt (née Body Confidence) responds to exhibitions Not Me, Not That, Not Nothing Either (on view through June 24, 2022) and Lorenza Böttner: Requiem for the Norm (on view through August 14, 2022) with an evening of life drawing. Channeling the works on view, Schmidt invites participants to join them in "reinterpreting existing cultural images" by creating a community-generated wealth of figure drawings. Materials will be provided; you are also welcome to bring your own (however paint, charcoal, and chalk pastels are not permitted.)
Alex Schmidt is an artist, educator, and collaborator whose work imagines the body as both medium and subject. Schmidt has performed at MoMA PS1, the Kitchen, PERFORMA, and La Mama. Schmidt has exhibited sculptures as part of solo exhibitions at Leslie-Lohman Museum (2018) and Rachel Comey (2016). Schmidt is the Co-Founder of @dykesoccer and Founder of @fallintothegay. They have taught improv comedy and clay play to senior citizens as a SU-CASA Artist-in-Residence (2018 + 2019). Schmidt has been featured in the New Yorker, Vogue, The Guardian, Paper Magazine, Girls Like Us, Office Magazine, them, Dazed Digital, Dazed & Confused Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and Art 21.
This event is FREE and open to the public. RSVP is required.
Space is limited, so please arrive promptly to secure your spot.
HEALTH, SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY
In order to continue adhering to safety protocols and ensure the protection of our staff and other patrons, we require that all visitors to the museum wear a mask the entire time they are inside the museum. Masks are always available to those who need them at our front desk.
Leslie-Lohman Museum strives to provide a welcoming environment to all visitors. External steps lead to our entrance doors: a wheelchair lift is available. All galleries are wheelchair-accessible, and a single-occupancy accessible restroom is located behind the visitor services desk: all restrooms are gender-neutral. Large print didactics are available.
To request access accommodations please contact info@leslielohman.org at least three days in advance of your planned visit.
Photos by Vivian Rubin