NYC Drawing the Dance Art Show is derived from the NYC Drawing the Dance Workshops, organized by Creative Performances and hosted at Dixon Place Theater. These workshops are one of a kind. The artists create their artwork with moving dancers as their models.

This Art Show showcases selected artworks created in the workshops organized during 2024.

Opening Reception of 2024 Art Show: (If tickets are SOLD OUT on Eventbrite, drop in between 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. on Sat, Dec 7th, and enjoy seeing and appreciating the amazing artworks... it is a free event)

The artworks are for sale! They’re perfect for buying a unique Christmas gift for that special person. All proceeds go to the artist. Please check our Instagram to see all the amazing artwork!

The art show will remain open until January 5th, 2025, with appointment visits after the opening night.

Featuring Artists:

Alexis Marino, Anita Rundles, Christine Liu, Elena Barbashova, Janet Morgan, Marie Roberts, Melissa Joskow, Selen Ä°mamoÄŸlu, Shireen Soliman, Veronika Doljenkova, Wendy Beth Jackelow.

The artworks on display feature these amazing dancers who modeled and danced in our workshops this year:

Camila Schäefer Rodrigues, Joy Chen, Tori Hey, Hovie Nguyen, Carol Trindade, Ishita Bhattacharya, Kristina Kalabacas.

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FAQ:

What are my transport/parking options for getting to the event? Here is the transportation link to Dixon Place

Delancey and Essex Municipal Parking Garage on 105-113 Essex Street & 112-120 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002, is very affordable and is about 5 blocks from Dixon Place, about 7 min walk.

Can’t make it to the reception, but love art and want to buy it? Please email creativeperformances.nyc@gmail.com for more info.

You can further support this initiative by making a DONATION to our Non-Profit Orgnization.

Thank you for your interest. See you at the Opening Reception.

About the artists:

Alexis A. Marino @alexismarinoart

Alexis Marino is an artist and illustrator working in her native city, New York. Having always been fascinated by the sights and sounds of her home, she finds inspiration in often overlooked vignettes, working en plein air, and natural shapes. She uses a lot of her references in her large-scale artworks on paper.

Anita Rundles @anitarundles_art

Anita Rundles is an illustrator and educator based in Brooklyn. One of her primary joys in art is drawing from life, often turning live drawings from models into finished art pieces. She loves taking part in Drawing the Dance workshops.

Christine Liu @dittofunkysketch123

Christine ‘ditto funky’ Liu was born in Chinatown, New York City. She received her BFA in illustration from Parsons School of Design and worked as an in-house designer for various industries for over 15 years. Her illustrations have been published in Uppercase Magazine, and some have been displayed at the Freelancers Hub Art Showcase. Christine works in New York City, where she sketches at live events or at home with her imagined stories.

Elena Barabashova @barabele

In her recent works, Jersey City-based artist Elena Barabashova explores the human form, the expression of a body, and the story of a face. Using mixed media allows her to keep the drawings spontaneous. Her aim is to reveal the energy and express the movement and personality of the model.

Janet Morgan @janetmorganarts

Janet Morgan has had a long and varied art career, involving painting, public art, dance, environmental work, curation, and children’s books. Lately, she developed and curated the Fearless Watercolor show and co-curated the Salon de Refuses, a 200-artist show of art rejected from the Brooklyn Museum at BWAC in Brooklyn.

Marie Roberts @mariearoberts

Marie Roberts is a painter living and working in NYC. She holds an MFA from Queens College, CUNY, and is a Professor of Art at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She was a show painter for the Coney Island Circus Sideshow for 25 years and is currently with The Squidling Brothers Shows.

Melissa Joskow @mcjosk

Melissa Joskow (she/her/hers) is the Senior Manager of Graphic Design and Communications at PEN America. Melissa also sketches and paints in a variety of media. You can find more of her work at melissa-joskow.squarespace.com

Selen Imamoglu @selen.imm

Selen Imamoglu is an interior and experiential designer based in New York. As a storyteller, she constantly explores new ways to forge connections between people and feelings through art and design. Drawing inspiration from her surroundings and small details in everyday life, she loves observing, reflecting, and capturing the moment across diverse mediums.

Shireen Soliman @shireendessinesoliman

As a Muslim and Egyptian-American artist, educator, and mother in NYC, Shireen celebrates underrepresented stories through her art, transcending stereotypes. Her illustrations, influenced by her background in fashion design, use watercolor, marker, and pencil to capture the beauty, radiance, and grace of dancers.

Veronika Doljenkova @nycsketchartist

Veronika has been an artist in residence at the Upernavik Art Museum, Greenland, and Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Her illustrations were published in Cell, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, and Conservation Matters magazine. In November 2024 her artworks were displayed throughout New York City on #LinkNYC kiosks as a part of the #Artonlink initiative.

Wendy Beth Jackelow @wbjackelow_studios

Wendy Beth Jackelow is an artist based in Staten Island, NY.
Trained as a medical illustrator at the Rochester Institute of Technology, she focuses on printmaking, painting, and drawing outside of her medical illustration work.

Time: 5:00-7:00 pm EST

Free!

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