Carlidoscope Life Drawing

Schedule

Thu Nov 27 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Tullie, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP | Carlisle, EN

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Carlidoscope is a community of artists and creatives of the Global Majority, who live, work or play in Carlisle and surrounding areas.
To run alongside the Colour exhibition – they are presenting their first ever life drawing series – Hues of the Sun.
Hues of the sun will consist of three laid-back salon-style clothed and accessorised life drawing workshops projecting Black and Brown Joy and colourful confidence.
All artists and models are from the Global Majority and will curate their own looks, styles and poses for you to creatively capture with the guidance of an experienced artist.
Arrival for life drawing is from 6pm for a 6.30pm start, finishing at 8pm.
The session will be split into three different poses with short breaks.
A polite reminder to please remember to respect the models and artists by avoiding personal questions or comments.
All materials are provided or feel free to bring your own. There will be a selection of pens, pencils, charcoal, pastels, and paint sticks as well as a selection of paper.
If you fancy some food, social time, or gallery time before you get to sketching – Café Tullie and the Colour exhibition will be open from 4pm. Life drawing is free but admissions charges apply if you want to visit Colour.
30 October – Faniry presents ‘Burnt Orange’
Faniry will be working with their favourite colour orange, infused with imagery from their Malagasy heritage to express vibrancy and emotion.
We will join Faniry in a fearless journey of self-discovery, as they reflect and interpret on the stories of their identity and heritage, towards finding their own artistic freedom.
Poses and drawing guidance from Dani Münzel.
27 November – Lekhani presents ‘Sunflower Yellow’
Lekhani’s poses will feature their favourite flower – the sunflower, expressing how it can brighten up our day through its vibrancy, joy and hope. They’ll be wrapped in a blue and yellow chitenge to honour their Malawian heritage.

22 January – Sukanya presents ‘Turmeric Rising’

Sukanya will be channelling female power, diasporic identity and cultural reclamation as a British-born Sri Lankan Tamil woman who carried heritage, ancestry and hybridity loudly and unapologetically. Turmeric, long a symbol of healing, ritual and everyday survival, is a banner of defiance and rebirth. The pose will fuse tradition with modernity: saree and spice colours with hiking boots and an old skool mic as a nod to her grandparents’ career in Radio Ceylon, and her recent project Sukany4 – The Podcast; a reminder that identity is never singular.

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Tullie, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP, United Kingdom

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