Hesketh Hubbard Art Society
The Hesketh Hubbard Art Society...
offers both amateur and professional artists the opportunity to work from life models in untutored sessions.
Concern about the perceived decline of drawing skills amongst British artists is not a purely modern phenomenon. So in 1930, the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society was founded by the Royal Society of British Artists with the aim of offering both amateur and professional artists the opportunity to work regularly from life models.
The Hesketh Hubbard Art Society was founded in 1930 by the Royal Society of British Artists as a drawing club and was sponsored by Eric Hesketh Hubbard RBA, who became its first President. Over the years, it developed into a separate art society and was renamed in his honour in 1957. It now has some 120 members and prides itself on being London’s largest life drawing group.
The Society meets at Mall Galleries once a week, either on Mondays or Fridays, where members may choose to work from three models: the 'quick' 15 / 30 minute nude poses, the two-hour 'long' nude pose and the two-hour clothed portrait pose.
Becoming a Member
Annual membership is £340, for which there are 44 drawing sessions and no cover charge. Prospective members are invited to attend one session free of charge before deciding if they wish to apply for membership.
Hesketh Hubbard Bursaries
The Hesketh Hubbard Art Society offers three free year-long membership bursaries to young artists aged between 18 and 30.
