Radical Life Drawing

We've been running monthly life drawing workshops for almost 3 years now! Why? Because the research shows that regular attendance to life drawing workshops and seeing a variety of naked bodies has a strong correlation with positive body image.

Great right?! Well then come and join us for our FIRST IRL CLASS in almost 2 years!

Our monthly virtual classes are lush, but meeting in person and having a live model sat in front of you is too special to miss out on.

We'll be running two life drawing sessions as part of our New Years' Revolutions series - a collection of 6 events over January and February to honour and celebrate the start in 2022 without the usual 'new year, new you' rubbish.

Each workshop we invite special guests to model and join in while we share thoughts & feelings. This is a space to explore our creativity and our feelings

We also have a small section of the workshop where you can volunteer to model and be drawn by the other attendees. You can be clothed, in underwear or nude if you feel comfortable. There's no. pressure to take part in this but we find life modelling an incredibly empowering experience we want to share with you!

The beginning of every new year is flooded with society’s obsession with starting a new regime, a new diet plan, a new self-improvement project - as if to say there is something very wrong with us at the end of each year or that we haven’t done enough. The cliche of ‘New Year, New You’ encourages us to buy into an idealised version of our future selves, often with a fancy product or price tag attached.

WHAT IF instead of trying to change our body, we learnt to love and respect and live freely in the one we have right now?

WHAT IF we looked forward to 2022 and the future while still trusting our own wisdom?

Throughout January and February Anti Diet Riot Club are teaming up with Peckham Levels to host a series of events inviting you to care for yourself, your body and your community in a loving and soft way. From creative workshops to panel discussions and the premiere screening of ‘The Body Fights Back’ documentary, there’s a little something for everyone who wants to reject diet culture and embrace body acceptance.

Workshop times: 7.15pm - 9pm approx (the venue is open all day if you'd like to come earlier for food and drinks)

What to bring: An open mind! All paper and drawing materials are provided by us but you are welcome to bring your own if you have them.

Venue: Peckham Levels, Floor 5 in the auditorium

Price: £10-15

Two tier tickets:

We don’t want limited funds preventing anyone, especially people from marginalised groups, from attending.

Therefore there are two tiers of tickets and we encourage those with the ability to pay the higher ticket price to do, meaning the lower price tickets can be bought by those who are QTPOC or disabled.

Please get in touch with [email protected] for v limited further discounted tickets if you need them, for carers or those who live locally to SE15 on no income.

Access:

Peckham Levels IS wheelchair accessible with accessible toilets on Level 5 and 6. The 5th and 6th level can be accessed via the ramps inside the building or the lifts available on Level -1 by the car park entrance just round the corner from the main entrance. If you're a wheelchair user please email us at [email protected] to let us know you want to join so we can arrange for you to be met at the entrance.

We can offer free tickets for carers, just get in touch.

We aren't providing a BSL interpreter but if you are hard of hearing please let us know so we can provide a basic transcript.

There are no flashing lights or loud music during our event, however the auditorium room we're hosting it is one part of a large level with multiple bars and food vendors where there will be noise & people.

Please email us if you any other accessibility needs, so we can make the event as comfortable as possible.

We've been looking forward to IRL events for two years and so we are going forward with them but keeping a keen eye on what's happening with the virus.

In the event we have to reschedule if we don't feel it's safe to proceed or due to government restrictions forbidding the mixing of groups in public, all tickets will be automatically transferred to the new dates and refunds offered.

In line with government legal requirements, all visitors to Peckham Levels will be asked to provide an NHS Covid Pass, which demonstrates either proof of vaccination, proof of a negative Lateral Flow Test in the last 48 hours, or proof that they have an exemption from vaccination.

(A valid COVID Pass comes in the form of a digital NHS COVID Pass through the NHS App, the online NHS COVID Pass service, or a NHS COVID Pass letter)

Obviously, please do not come to the event if you have ANY cold or flu-like symptoms. It's safer to assume it's contagious and to rest at home until you're feeling well.

Although we'll be making efforts to ensure there's not too many people cramped into the space, we cannot guarantee we'll be able to keep socially distant and not share materials etc.

Along with the above staff, customers and visitors are advised to wear a mask in communal areas.

Host or Publisher Anti Diet Riot Club