Masterclass | Open Figure Studio w/ Model with Instruction

Artists of all levels are invited to BYOM(aterials) and set up in the figure studio Masterclass. This session will be guided by instructor/artist Michele Del Campo. Unlike the regular Open Figure Studio Sessions, this will include verbal instruction and examples along the way.

• Pre registration is required as space is limited!
• The model will be nude or partially nude.

• Easels are first come first served upon arrival
• Drawing boards are available, are first come first served upon arrival
• Artists are welcome to bring their own easels
• Only Drawing materials welcome!
• Space is limited
• This session is for artists 18+
• The model for this session is FEMALE (Kitty)

Ticket/Registration options:

1 . Online registration $15.00 paid with credit card or Debit card

2 . Online registration and will pay with check or money order at the door. Please click get tickets and reserve your spot with the pay in person ticket option. All checks must be made out to the Delray Beach CRA. IF YOU RESERVE A CHECK TICKET AND CAN NO LONGER ATTEND, PLEASE CANCEL YOUR TICKET OR CALL 561-330-9614.

NO CASH PAYMENTS ARE ACCEPTED

With any questions, contact us!

** Please note, Refunds will be processed only if requested 72+ hours prior to scheduled workshop date/time. No refund will be given if requested less than seventy two (72) hours until scheduled workshop time for any reason. Only one ticket transfer will be allowed per person per workshop type, and will only occur if requested outside of the 72 hour mark of the registered workshop. To request a refund and cancel your ticket, please call 561-330-9614**

Instructor Information:

Michele Del Campo

Grew up in San Nicandro Garganico, a small town in southern Italy. Isolated in the countryside, he would spend his time drawing and cycling long distances, when not at school. When he was 18 his family moved to Milan, and after beginning to study Fine Arts, disappointed with the learning, at the age of 20 he began a pilgrimage which led him to live in many places around the world. After studying Illustration in Falmouth (England) and then Dundee (Scotland) he went to Madrid (Spain) where he resumed his studies in Fine Arts and at the same time he began exhibiting in art galleries. In 2006 he won the most prestigeous painting prize in Spain, the “Premio BMW”, and in 2007 he finished his Master of Fine Arts.

In 2008 he moved to London, where he had several solo exhibitions, and in 2016 to Glasgow (Scotland). In this city, where there is hardly any of the sun that he grew up with, and while he was preparing solo exhibitions for international galleries in Lima (Perú), Madrid (Spain) or San Francisco (USA), he decided there was no point in struggling to find a good artist studio and commit to spending years in the same place. He stopped accumulating objects, got rid of possessions and began to travel and paint wherever he was, and then take the rolled-up canvases to the galleries with which he collaborated. In 2017 he began to travel with two suitcases and a tube for the canvases, where he captured the inspiration found in each place. In 2023 Del Campo moved to Miami. Del Campo has had solo shows in Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, London, Milan, Lugano, Lima, San Francisco and Dallas, and has participated in group shows and art fairs in Europe, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

In his art, locations remain unidentifiable, as he frequently blends aspects from one city with those of another. Instead, his primary emphasis lies on individuals, their narratives, connections, and emotions, which surpass geographical boundaries and manifest in a more extensive human encounter.

He paints people his friends and family, and the people he meets in his travels, and fondly cultivates his circle without borders. His paintings, far from simply seeking to capture a resemblance with his sitters or the reality as it is, strive to construct a narrative. He gets inspiration from the stories of his sitters, to speak about the uprooting, the zest for life, the solitude and the awareness of the ephemeral.

In his recent paintings, he’s transcending realism, crafting compositions that embody fragments of a reality formed by diverse moments and places. This connection mirrors the way we engage with images nowadays.

More info micheledelcampo.com