Purpose of this document This document outlines Drawversity’s expectations for tutors, facilitators, and session leaders when working with life models of colour. It exists to ensure sessions are ethical, culturally aware, and professionally run, and that models are supported, respected, and safeguarded within the space. Life drawing environments are often predominately white and middle-class. WhileContinue reading “Drawversity Safeguarding, Cultural Awareness & Professional Practice for Tutors”
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Drawversity Safeguarding & Professional Boundaries for Life Models
Purpose of this document This document exists to support Drawversity life models in navigating the professional, cultural, and ethical realities of working within life drawing spaces. These spaces are often predominately white and middle-class, and while they are frequently well-intentioned, they can at times produce moments of exoticism, othering, or unconscious bias.My aim is notContinue reading “Drawversity Safeguarding & Professional Boundaries for Life Models”
Drawversity, Pride 2025 // The Last Session at Draw Brighton.
Yep, you read it correctly, we had our last session at the Draw Brighton studio on Saturday 2nd August 2025. Our first home, the setting of Drawversity’s origin story. You’ve probably heard the story hundreds of times, with a well written copied and pasted synopsis paragraph. But I’m going to tell you again, fresh fromContinue reading “Drawversity, Pride 2025 // The Last Session at Draw Brighton.”
ESEA Models & Muses
This year Drawversity will be sharing with you the inspiring, and rather audacious, Chinese and Japanese models and muses in recognition of ESEA Heritage month.
Drawversity // Making changes
I was setting up for my class in the Hove studio, it was June 2024 and I was catching up with the lovely Steve and Mel who come to my class every month at Fine Feather Wellness. Steve started telling me about an exhibition he had been to recently, Bella Hoare’s A Different Green exhibitionContinue reading “Drawversity // Making changes”
Drawversity // Celebrating the Black Dancers who have shaped and changed the course of Contemporary Dance.
Drawversity what? Drawversity where? They say necessity is the mother of invention. Drawversity was created from my own experience working as a life model – living in such a creative city where Life art is so popular – I had found there really weren’t enough BIPOC Life models in the industry, in a city whereContinue reading “Drawversity // Celebrating the Black Dancers who have shaped and changed the course of Contemporary Dance.”
A COVER LETTER OF REFLECTION
I recently applied for a new position as an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion board member at The Charleston House. I had to write why I felt I would fit the position and writing the cover letter gave me the opportunity to really reflect on all my work and successes over the last 5/6 years. ItContinue reading “A COVER LETTER OF REFLECTION”
Drawversity X ESEA Life Drawing Collaboration
In this one-off event, Drawversity was teamed up with ESEA Life Drawing by the founder of Draw; Jake Spicer. As the creative innovator he is, and knower of all Life Drawing classes in the width and breadth of England, he decided to it would be beneficial for all parties, both professionally and socially to bringContinue reading “Drawversity X ESEA Life Drawing Collaboration”
Jade Hylton 