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Draw Together on the Third Saturday of Each Month

DrawingFolx is a free, monthly social event for adults who want to draw. Ever wished you could draw random people without feeling creepy? Come up to the “drawing room” at MarCellar’s, where all adults are welcome, as long as you bring your art supplies and tip your bartender.

The Chill Place to Draw Together

We’ve been drawing together since February 2024. Why, though? Art is therapy. Art is for everyone. Art should be free for everyone to do. Anyone can draw! Explore your talents, express yourself, make connections, and find your people in a Safe place free of judgement, harrassment, and prohibitive barriers to entry. Join us for a gathering of folx who just want a chill place to draw together.

What to Expect

This is not an art class, but it’s an excellent way to improve your drawing skills in a relaxed setting. All skill levels are welcome. DrawingFolx is a rare, non-academic social gathering where pros and amateurs can draw together, free of judgement, for fun and practice. We hope the schedule works well for both 9-5 and service workers, for whom seldom the twain shall meet.

Sessions will start on time. Seating is first come, first served, up to a safe capacity. Sit, stand, or move around with your own sketchpad and dry media. Models will be fully clothed. You must be there to draw. There will be timed sketches, starting with short warmup sketches and ending with longer ones. There will be breaks. You can have adult beverages, too, as long as you purchase them from the venue. Draw as you wish, and have fun doing it!

DrawingFolx Mission

  • Make art affordable: Make the experience of drawing practice accessible to everyone, regardless of skill level, career, identity, or socioeconomic status.
  • Decentralize word-of-mouth: Demonstrate the benefits of events worthy of organic promotion, independent of social media, paywalls, and traditional advertising. Please share this page with anyone who wants to draw.
  • Gather people together: Encourage people to expand their circles, make new friends away from the internet, explore their hobbies, and enjoy the company of like-minded people.
  • Be around better grownups: Welcome adults 21+ of all genders, identities, and backgrounds into a Safe, inclusive space.

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Free Drawing Sessions

Unless otherwise stated, events are FREE, and are on the third Saturday of every month, 12-2pm MST, upstairs at MarCellar’s, which is 21+.

    Always on the 3rd Saturday of the month
  • NEXT: 15 FEB 2025
  • 15 MAR 2025
  • 19 APR 2025
  • 17 MAY 2025
  • 14 JUN 2025
  • 19 JUL 2025

No RSVP; just show up. Space is limited, so arrive early to get a seat and do warmup exercises.

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Code of Conduct

In order to foster a Safe, inclusive, welcoming, and positive community, all DrawingFolx participants are empowered to call out and attempt to resolve disrespectful, disruptive, harassing, hateful, harmful, or threatening (defined below as: “inappropriate”) behavior, and the organizers (aka “we” and “us”) are empowered to enforce this Code of Conduct.

The Short Version

Be respectful of venue patrons and DrawingFolx participants. Respectfully call out anyone behaving inappropriately, ask them to stop, and direct them to this Code of Conduct. Stand up for one another. If you need help resolving an issue, talk to us. If you are unable to follow the Code of Conduct, you will be restricted from participating in DrawingFolx events.

The Long Version

DrawingFolx is an event designed to foster creativity in a Safe Space for all kinds of people with diverse backgrounds, abilities, talents, experiences, cultures, and opinions. We are an inclusive environment, and we respect all individuals.

  • Be cool. Be considerate, kind, and respectful. Like that one gym motto, this is a judgement-free zone. Avoid inappropriate behavior. If you’re unsure about something that was said or done, ask someone instead of assuming.
  • No overcrowding. Seating is very limited and not guaranteed, so arrive no earlier than 11am, when the venue opens, to secure a place to sit. We will monitor room capacity to stay within fire code, which means there may not always be room for you to participate.
  • Speak up. Model respectful behavior, and address inappropriate behavior when you see it. One of the best ways to create a respectful community is to speak up when you see inappropriate behavior, and not just rely on us to act.
  • No outside alcohol. This is a bar, and they are incredibly generous to let us draw here. Stay hydrated, but don’t sneak in your own alcoholic beverages. Give the venue your patronage, and do tip your bartender.
  • Be here to draw. For everyone’s comfort, NO spectators, period. If you’re done drawing, kindly give up your seat. Bring your own drawing materials. If you need a pencil or paper, we have some to lend.
  • No photos. There will be no professional or amateur photography allowed of anyone else’s faces or original artwork without their express permission.
  • Don’t sell. Please don’t attend in order to advertise or promote anything.
  • No touching. Do not touch or harass the models, or anyone else here, for that matter. Tip your model.
  • No wet media. Please only draw with dry media (e.g., pen, pencil, crayon, charcoal) so we can keep the space as clean as possible.
  • Don’t come sick. Sharing is caring, unless you are coughing and sneezing around otherwise healthy people. Thanks in advance.

Resolve Peacefully

If you see someone behaving inappropriately, we encourage you to respectfully dissuade them from such behavior. If you experience inappropriate behavior and feel unable or unwilling to respond or resolve it peacefully, please bring it to our attention, and we’ll work to resolve the matter.

Bounce Back...

Should you catch yourself behaving inappropriately, or if someone calls you on such behavior, please listen with intent, own your words and actions, and apologize. No one is perfect, and even well-intentioned people make mistakes. What matters is how you stick the landing and that you avoid doing it again.

...or Don’t Come Back

If we determine that someone is intentionally behaving inappropriately at a DrawingFolx event, we may take any action we deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion and exclusion from future DrawingFolx events. We will seek to resolve conflicts peacefully and in a manner that is positive for the venue and all participants. We can’t foresee every situation; therefore, if, in our judgement, the best thing to do is to remove a harmful individual, we will do so.

Thank You, and See you Soon!

Venue

MarCellar’s is located at:

Contact

For questions or comments, please reach out via:

  1. email
  2. text message
  3. Mail: PO Box 352, Rigby, ID 83442, USA
  4. Show up and ask for Melanie

Organizers

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To support our efforts to hire models and host events, please consider donating via:

  1. PayPal
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  3. Cash App
  4. Cash, in person

Special Thanks

The Book Shelf: Fine Used Books
575 3rd Street, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, USA
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