The Fort Point Arts Community Gallery is pleased to announce “Drawing & Sparring” –an exhibit featuring work by Fort Point artists inspired by the art of boxing, June 4-July 3, 2015. 

The Club by George Foreman III opened in January 2014 in the Midway Studios Artist Building. George Foreman III made it clear in his early plans for the Club that it would be a place open to all. Looking for a way to get the neighborhood artists interested, Joanne Kaliontzis (FPAC artist and gym member), proposed the idea of live drawing by artists as boxers sparred in the ring. Artists showed up with pencils, charcoals, watercolors, digital tablets and cameras…

This exhibit reflects some of the results of what was done during these drawing and sparring sessions at the Club. Some drawings were complete within seconds, and others have since been revised or used as studies for subsequent work. Some artists respond to the dance-like motions the boxers make or the energy behind the punch. Others find beauty to the gestures, poses, equipment they wear –as well as the gym itself.

Drawing & Sparring is a multi-media exhibit that includes drawing, painting, photography, and video. Some sketch work created on-site will be on display as well as more refined work completed in the artists’ studio. This exhibit is a work in progress -with hopes that it will inspire more artists to take part in more Drawing and Sparring sessions at the Club in the future.