Workshop Schedule

Session One
• The Art
• Life-drawing in art

• Who “should” model
• Models’ rights
• Modeling
and career
• Art modeling vs. fashion modeling
•
Artist-model relationships

• The Business
• Resume preparation
• Business cards
• Photo “Model Release”, Part 2

Session Two
• The Art
• Length of sessions
• Holding poses
• Types of poses
• Practicing poses, Part 1
• Exercises

• The Business
• Portfolio preparation
• Getting assignments
• The Interview
• Photo “Model Release”, Part 2

Session Three
• The Art
• Furniture and props
• Clothes and accessories
• Group poses
• Practicing poses, Part 2

• The Business
• Some don’ts
• Financial records
• Contracts
• Model and artist evaluations

Session Four
• The Art
• “Models for modeling”, books, magazines, TV shows
• Dealing with the unexpected
• Social contracts
• Practicing poses, Part 3

• The Business
• Forming a group (or joining one)
• Practicing together
• Professional advancement
• Course evaluation

Session Five (in three to six months)
The Art and the Business
• Pros and cons on the modeling experience
• Pose demonstrations
• Discussion of newly-discovered source materials
• Resume and portfolio updates
• Suggestions for Workshop improvement
• Next steps, if applicable

30/04/2010