Grand Central Atelier Celebrates Winners of Figure Drawing Competition

Eleven artists drew the same model for 40 hours over 5 days, participating in the Figure Drawing Competition of Grand Central Atelier.

Savannah Tate Cuff was awarded the $10,000 Grand Prize of the Grand Central Atelier's Figure Drawing Competition at the Eleventh Street Arts gallery in Long Island City, New York on July 6, 2016. Benjamin Chasten/Epoch Times

NEW YORK—Eleven artists drew the same model in the same studio together for 40 hours over five days, with $10,000 on the line for the first prize of the Figure Drawing Competition of Grand Central Atelier (GCA). Their intense concentration culminated with a lively awards reception on the evening of their last day of drawing on July 6.

People attend the Figure Drawing Competition Awards Reception of Grand Central Atelier at Eleventh Street Arts gallery in Long Island City, New York, July 6, 2016. Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times