
BECOME A MODEL MEMBER

Art Model Aficionado Membership
OR choose the basic Model Membership + an AOM item:
LIMITED EDITION!
MODELS
Art of Modeling offers a variety of fine arts modeling opportunities at a broad range of artistic venues in the Denver/Boulder/
Fort Collins metro areas to new and
experienced fine art models.
Art of Modeling provides models new to the profession with the necessary training to be successful in the industry, with basic fine art model training in Boulder, CO or at a master
fine art model training retreat in Jamaica.
Podcast by Courtney Blacker-Reynolds

We pay our models up to $25/hr

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Model Membership $175/yr
*this equals less than 50 cents/day
HOW TO JOIN
-You must be over 18 years of old, as most bookings are nude
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-Complete our Online Application, where you will be asked to p​rovide two professional art modeling references OR, if inexperienced, purchase the fine arts training manual using the purple payment button. After purchased, email us your mailing address and you will be mailed a manual and provided with instructions for your two next steps
in completing the training; observing a
professional fine art model and then completing
a practice session/audition.
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-After your application is reviewed (or after the audition step of training, if previously inexperienced), you may be invited to become a model member depending on our current needs (we very rarely turn away anyone interested in art modeling through us). Once you have been invited to become a model member, you will complete
the sign up steps, below:
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-Submit your Model-Membership fee (purple payment button to the left). While full payment
at one time is preferred, we do have a financing option available.
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-Submit a $100 conditionally refundable deposit (purple payment button to the left)
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​-Complete online Model's Responsible
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-Provide a W9 and a copy of your Driver's License,
email to: artofmodelinginfo@gmail.com
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-Provide a headshot (professional preferred)
& a clothed body shot​ that shows your body type (needn't be a professional grade photo)
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MODEL TRAINING
Our standard fine art model training takes place in Boulder, Colorado
Our master course fine art model training retreat takes place in Negril, Jamaica.
More information on the Jamaica training coming soon!
‘Ed’ by Taha Neyestani
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“A tribute to all life drawing models, and to the passion
of the craft — exploring form, figure, life and all that lies within.”
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Thesis film by Taha Neyestani made at Sheridan College, 2015. Animated in Photoshop. Winner of the Annie Award for best student film, 2015.
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Used with artist's permission
'Not Just a Bowl of Fruit' a short documentary about an 85yr old life model by Greta Griniute
A real, but humorous video- "Why I draw from live Models", Louis Guidetti
Links to articles about fine arts modeling:
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The Psychology of Nude Art Modeling: From a Naked Guy Named Dave *this article features an AOM model
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The Nude Art Model by Daniel Peters *this article features an AOM model
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Meet Andy Pollock | Artist & Figure Model, Shoutout Colorado *this article features an AOM model
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The Challenging, Lasting Career of the Artists’ Model​
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Naked Ambition by, William Hageman
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How To Be A Great Life Model, by Memphis
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Musings of a life model, by Ruby Magic
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The naked truth about life models, by The Guardian
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Life models by The Guardian​
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Figuring it Out by Gage Rabideaux
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Zen and the Art of Art Modeling by Josh Max
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Longmont artists group bares itself in public, by Quentin Young
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Drawing the human body continues to challenge artists, by Marianne L. Hamilton
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Nude models are crucial figures in CSU art class, by The Coloradoan
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6 Art-Historical Poses You Should Know, by Sarah Gottesman​
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FAQ about nude modeling for art classes by Melinda Tichelaar
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The naked truth about nude art modeling by ROBIN EILEEN BERNSTEIN
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Night at the Figure Drawing Class BY DANYA RUBENSTEIN-MARKIEWICZ
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Artists Go Back to School for Will Cotton’s ‘Take Home a Nude’ Drawing Party by Sarah Cascone
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Message behind nude modeling for art: 'There is no one way to be beautiful' by Michael Greenlar​
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For Artists' Models, It's All in a Day's Work by SYDNEY LADENSOHN STERN
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Life drawing artists and nude models tap into creativity at pub venue by Luke Wong
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Naked ambition: Why do people become nude life models? by Hannah Reich and Barbara Heggen
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The bare facts: Exploring nude modelling and life art classes in Adelaide by Brett Williamson
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Nude models, despite initial awkwardness, essential to artist development by Daniel Wheaton
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How To Become A Life Drawing Model
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How to serve as an artist model
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The Art of Figure Drawing, The Science of Modeling
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Art Model Tips, by Charley Parker
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Art classes that pay for your naked ambition, by Rebecca Katherine Hirsch
How I Earned $20 an Hour By Getting Naked — Without Getting Arrested, by Susan Sh
Life Modeling Undraped, by Amy Stoltenberg​
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https://www.youtube.com/c/GESDRAWPARTY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b4hDF_mVqA (scroll toward the bottom of the page)
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https://dhjonathan.com/2016/08/30/a-writer-who-models-for-art/
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