Step into the sensational world of the Starkers Academy, where life models are made on the cabaret stage. A documentary by Angelika Winnett.

film, publicLeo Crane3 August 2020animation, production

Nude Triumphant

Jay is trapped in the relentless City until he is forced to confront his relationship with Time and himself. A cross-artform celebration of identity, including live performances, exhibitions, screenings, talks and public workshops.

animation, film, exhibition, public, queerLeo Crane17 May 2020FigurationNude Triumphant, production

Rebel Portraits

Whether we are defying convention, persevering against the odds or transforming our future, there’s a bit of rebel in all of us. We invited participants to reflect and reveal their true selves in this two-day portrait masterclass led by artist Leo Crane.

library, publicLeo Crane19 January 2020British Librarybritish library

Your World Featuring You

Imagine, create and inhabit your own architectural landscape using hand-made collage and green-screen technology.

architecture, families, film, public, animationLeo Crane23 October 2019Royal Institute of British ArchitectsRIBA

Paint Your Selfie!

Two-day workshop as part of Barnet Libraries’ Year of Learning 2019 youth positive activities, in partnership with Barnet Youth Engagement, funded by Arts Council England.

families, library, publicLeo Crane30 May 2019Chipping Barnet LibraryBarnet, portrait

I Am Not Obliged! Create Your Own Visual Story

In the book Sofia Khan is Not Obliged, Sofia finds herself writing a novel based on her experience of life. In this workshop, young learners aged 8-14 created their own stories through drawing.

families, library, publicLeo Crane25 May 2019Orpington Librarycityread

Psychomachia!

Rounding off the British Library’s blockbuster exhibition Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, Figuration and Art Model Collective invited 16 artists to reinterpret one of the most popular stories of the Middle Ages: The Psychomachia.

library, public, exhibitionLeo Crane17 February 2019British Librarybritish library, art model collective

Kiki Mellék's Starkers Academy

We launched into the New Year with our first performance life drawing event at The Glory: a special edition of the Starkers Academy, hosted by ‘Mellékia’s top Professor of Art’.

public, queerLeo Crane8 January 2019The GloryGlory, life drawing, kiki

I Can Do Your Portrait!

This half term, adults and children joined forces for two special workshops at Penge Library and West Wickham Library in collaboration with Better Libraries in Bromley and The Big Draw.

public, library, familiesLeo Crane22 October 2018Penge Librarybromley, big draw

Objectify This!

As part of the V&A's Friday Late, artist and activist Lidia Lidia devised theatrical sets that played with stereotypical ideas of beauty and gender.

public, queer, libraryLeo Crane27 July 2018Victoria and Albert Museumv&a

Drawing Radclyffe

To celebrate Pride in London 2018, we collaborated with Queer model and performer Lager Darling on a life drawing event inspired by Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness

library, public, queerLeo Crane5 July 2018The Sparrowhawksparrowhawk

The Queer Nude in Perspective

Tutor Leo Crane hosted a special evening at the Royal Institute of British Architects for Pride in London 2018 inspired by RIBA’s exhibition Disappear Here with models Kage and Maya.

Drawing 'The Muse'

During May 2018, we teamed up with Cityread London to bring life drawing to 11 local libraries across the capital inspired by Jessie Burton's novel The Muse.

library, publicLeo Crane31 May 2018Cityread Londoncityread

Dulwich Festival 2018

As part of Dulwich Festival 2018, Roy and Leo invited you into their home for a pop-up exhibition celebrating Figuration's creative community.

public, exhibitionLeo Crane20 May 2018FigurationDulwich

Double Dietrich

For this performance life drawing event, Art Model Collective joined us to tell the story of Marlene Dietrich in all her duality. The event was inspired by Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

public, film, queerLeo Crane13 March 2018The Glory

Moominvalley Photobooth

This festive season, Figuration joined 300 people at Dulwich Picture Gallery for a Moomins Winter Eve, celebrating Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson and her much-loved Moomintroll and family.

public, library, filmLeo Crane19 December 2017Dulwich Picture GalleryDulwich

Queer and the City

The only creative workshop in the calendar for Pride in London 2017, celebrating cities at a moment in Queer history at the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Queerly Beloved: An Animation Affair

Queerly Beloved launched this week with An Animation Affair, a collection of short animations featuring queer and feminist themes and a conversation with the film-makers.

animation, film, queer, publicLeo Crane14 June 2017The Glory

Starkers at The Glory: Freyia vs Pavel

Starkers at the Glory launched with Freyia vs Pavel, a queerly themed nude pose-off challenging constructions of masculinity and femininity. Alexandra Penelope chats to model Freyia and Figuration founders Roy and Leo to find out more.

public, queerLeo Crane1 March 2017The GloryFreyia, Pavel, Starkers, Glory

Highlights

Read about select past events & projects here