The document provides information about Gil Salk, a retired senior citizen available to pose as a nude model. He has extensive experience posing for figure drawing and painting classes at colleges, universities, and art centers since 2013. His experience includes over 500 hours posing for classes in figure drawing, figure painting, portrait drawing and painting, sculpture, and open studio sessions. He is flexible and able to discuss customizing programs to meet an organization's needs.

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Height: 5’11”
Weight: 190 lbs
Pose: Nude, Clothed, Portrait, Other
Gesture, Short & Long poses
Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Fashion, Theater, Photography, Film
Availability: Retired senior citizen with a very flexible schedule to pose for:
Figure Study classes and studios, colleges, schools, art centers,
open studios, small art groups, senior centers, libraries, individual artists
Talk with me about your program’s needs…I’ve designed successful studio programs from scratch.
MODELING EXPERIENCE – since August 2013
 FIGURE PAINTING
 (57 hours) – University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT - Blake Shirley
 (6 hours) - Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts – Old Lyme, CT – Shira Avidor
 (6 hours) – Lyme Art Association – Lyme, CT – Jack Montmeat
 (12 hours) - "Figurative Painting and the Politics of Representation” - Connecticut College –
New London, CT - Chris Barnard
 (5 hours) - University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT – Watercolor Illustration Master Class –
Huck Scarry & Alison Paul
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 FIGURE DRAWING
 (3 hours) – Manchester Community College – Manchester, CT - Rick Harden
 (60 hours) – University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT – Brad Guarino, Kacie Davis & Jennifer
Wheeler
 (2.5 hours) – Madison Drawing Group - Madison, CT – Thomas Ernst
 (28.5 hours) – Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts – Old Lyme, CT – Peter Zallinger,
Kimberly Monson & Susan Stephenson
 (12 hours) – Connecticut College – New London, CT - Chris Barnard
 (20.5 hours) – Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – Julia Randall & Kate TenEyck
 (30 hours) – Eastern Connecticut State University – Willimantic, CT – Brad Guarino
GIL SALK
107 Jan Drive, Hebron, CT 06248-1022
gilsalk@gmail.com
860-643-0380
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2.  (6 hours) – Lyme Art Association – Lyme, CT – Jack Montmeat
OTHER
 MUSEUM EXHIBITION – (2.5 hours) – University of Connecticut William Benton Museum
– Storrs, CT – live posing as draped nude with student artists for Opening Reception for “Stark
Imagery: The Male Nude In Art” – Nancy Stula
 PORTRAIT SCULPTURE - (30 hours) - Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts – Old Lyme,
CT – Kimberly Monson
 FIGURE SCULPTURE - (28 hours) - Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts – Old Lyme, CT
– Kimberly Monson & John O’Reilly
 PHOTOGRAPHY – (1.5 hours) – Yale University Student Project - Anna Shimshak
 CALLIGRAPHIC DRAWING – (3 hours) – Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts – Old
Lyme, CT – Randy Melick
 PORTRAIT PAINTING – (12 hours) - Lyme Art Association – Lyme, CT – Jack Montmeat
 PORTRAIT PAINTING – (12 hours) Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts – Old Lyme, CT
– Nancy Gladwell & Rick Lacey
 PORTRAIT DRAWING - (6 hours) – University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT – Brad Guarino
 THE FIGURE IN THE INTERIOR - (3.5 hours) – Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
 PORTFOLIO PREPARATION - (3 hours) – 3 Rivers Community College – Norwich, CT -
Sandra Jeknavorian
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 OPEN STUDIOS
 (4.5 hours – three 1.5 hour studios) – New Britain Museum of American Art – Heather
Whitehouse
 (12 hours) – MCC on Main – Manchester CT
 (7.5 hours) - Wethersfield Academy for the Arts – Wethersfield CT
 (6 hours) – Hartford Art School, University of Hartford – Hartford, CT - Laurie G. Kivney, Art
Abbott
 (37 hours) – Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts – Old Lyme, CT - Rick Lacey
 (21 hours) – Figure Study Open Studio – Marlborough Arts Center – Marlborough, CT
 (24 hours) - Figure Study: Painting Or Drawing The Figure: Open Studio – Guilford Art Center
– Guilford CT
 (9 hours) – Lyme Art Association – Lyme, CT – Jack Montmeat
 (3 hours) – Wepa Art Studio – Meriden, CT – Karen Jaime
 (5.5 hours) – The Place – East Hampton, CT – Carla Waclawski