The first drawing classes led by instructors from the Repin St. Petersburg Academy of Arts will take place April 12 at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. They are a continuation of a longstanding historical tradition, bringing together future artists and art lovers.

There will be six drawing class sessions held at Manege during the exhibition’s run. Each one will consist of three master classes of three hours each, led by an instructor from the Academy of Arts. Anyone 17 years of age or older is eligible to register for participation, but as space is limited students will be selected based on merit.

Each drawing class will focus on just one of the sculptures featured at the Manege exhibition. During the class, students will create a pencil sketch of the sculpture and receive advice from the instructor.

To participate, students must fill out an application and be selected. Currently no more applications are being accepted, as all classes have been filled.

The Manege team will provide all students with a tripod easel. Participants must supply their own sketch boards, paper, pencils, and erasers.

Drawing class schedule:

• April 12, 13, and 14 (11:30 – 14:30)

Instructor: Nikita Mogilevtsev. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, graduate of the Academy of Arts, drawing instructor for upper-level classes in Yury Vitalyevich Kalyuta’s studio in the Faculty of Painting.

Sculpture: Peter I (bust), Mark Matveyevich Antokolsky

• April 15, 16, and 19 (11:00– 14:00)

Instructor: Aleksandr Fyodorov. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, graduate of the Academy of Arts, drawing, composition, and lithography instructor at the Academy of Arts’ Faculty of Graphic Arts.

Sculpture: Runaway Slave, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Beklemishev

• April 20, 21, and 22 (11:30 – 14:30)

Instructor: Vladimir Romanov. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, graduate of the Academy of Arts, senior drawing instructor for the upper-level classes in Andrey Nikolayevich Sklyarenko’s studio in the Faculty of Painting.

Sculpture: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Ilya Yakovlevich Gintsburg

• April 26, 27, and 28 (11:00 – 14:00)

Instructor: Yevgeny Khlyunev. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, graduate of the Academy of Arts, drawing instructor in the Faculty of Painting in the first course studio under Andrian Aleksandrovich Bersenyev.

Sculpture: Neapolitan Fisherman Playing the Mandolin, Mikhail Petrovich Popov

• May 4 and 6 (11:00 – 14:00), May 7 (17:00 – 20:00)

Instructor: Ivan Pokidyshev. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, graduate of the Academy of Arts, instructor in the Academy of Arts’ preparatory courses (drawing, painting, and composition).

Sculpture: Philoctetes, Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky

• May 12, 13, and 14 (11:00 – 14:00)

Instructor: Anna Anikina. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia, graduate of the Academy of Arts, instructor in the Academy of Arts’ preparatory courses (drawing, painting, and composition).

Sculpture: Peter I, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Opekushin

We would like to thank the Aivazovsky School of Drawing for Adults for its assistance in organising the classes!

If you have any question, please write to akimova@manege.spb.ru