Clyfford Still, PN-5, 1942. Pastel and crayon on paper, 5 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO. © City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
Check-in starts at 5:30 p.m.
Drawing sessions from 6-8 p.m.
Optional sharing from 8-8:30 p.m.
Join us for another night of figure drawing led by artist and educator Kaitlyn Tucek. This time, we ask you to come with an open mind to alter your reality and play with the concepts and subversion of surrealism.
Using a variety of playful tasks, participants will be able to try new things while working from a live model in the galleries. Tucek will discuss the influences of Surrealism on the Abstract Expressionist movement, and artists will have both short and long poses with the nude model.
We believe that learning through play doesn’t have to stop when you grow up. In fact, we know that learning happens through play. We already have many successful programs fostering play and artmaking for our audiences under 18, and we wanted to bring that same sense of learning through play to our members. This accessible activity is open to all levels and designed to be open-ended, exploratory, and, above all, fun!
Materials will be provided, but you can bring your sketchbook and pencils. Please note that only graphite is allowed in the gallery sessions, and the model will be nude.
This event is limited to members and their guests. Not a member? Join today.
Space is limited. Registration is required.
Artist Statement
With undercurrents of art historical references as well as folk and popular illustration influence, Tucek’s work is a fantasia, charged with a queer and feminine sexual energy.
Always pushing the boundaries between drawing and painting, space and time, surreality and reality, chaos and control, Tucek creates fairy tales for viewers to escape into.
In addition to two-dimensional works, Tucek has created events such as The Dinner Party in September of 2023, and off-site installations like The Lilac Hour in the Ashcroft Ghost Town outside of Aspen, CO. Tucek often writes poetic narratives to parallel her two-dimensional bodies of work. Tucek also engages in installation, textile, sculptural, video, and sound work and frequently creates and facilitates figure drawing programming in Colorado.
About the Artist
Kaitlyn Tucek lives and works in Denver, CO. From Long Island, NY, Tucek graduated from Pratt Institute in 2006 and was awarded a Master’s from CUNY Queens College in 2013. Tucek is a multi-disciplinary artist. Tucek’s work has been shown in New York, Aspen, Palm Springs and Denver, including exhibits at The Dairy Arts Center, Leon Gallery, Friend of a Friend and K Contemporary Gallery. Tucek also works in education at the Clyfford Still Museum and Arapahoe Community College. Tucek has been featured in Hyperallergic, The Aspen Times, Westword, Denver Life Magazine, Modern in Denver, CPR’s Denverite, and was named one of Denver’s top 5 artists to watch and collect by 5280 Magazine.