Bound & Drawn: Live Shibari Drawing

Get ready for a unique experience blending art and bondage at Bound & Drawn - where Shibari meets live figure drawing!

We’re back! Join us for the second installment of Bound & Drawn — a live shibari figure drawing salon centering rope, stillness, and sensual creativity inside a BIPOC-led studio built for artistic freedom. Medicine Wall Studio provides affordable creative space, resources, and services for those involved in healing, liberation, and community work.

Why Shibari?

Shibari — the Japanese art of rope bondage — offers striking shapes, intentional tension, and dynamic lines that make it a powerful subject for figure drawing. The way rope interacts with the body creates depth, texture, and emotion on the page, offering artists a unique opportunity to study form, stillness, and sensual architecture in motion.

Proceeds from your ticket purchase help sustain Medicine Walls and its' work to continue to provide a space for radical creativity, healing, and liberation.

Event Timeline:

7:00–7:30 PM: Doors open & guest arrivals

7:30 PM: Orientation begins promptly. Doors closed at this time to respect the space and intention of the night.

7:40–9:40 PM: Live shibari figure drawing with short, mid, and long timed poses

9:40–10:00 PM: Wind-down and final sketches

Optional: 10PM — After-hours community art share and kickback (weather permitting)

What to Know & Bring:

Light refreshments and immaculate music selections will be provided

Please do not bring meals into the space

BYOB beverages/wine welcomed

420 friendly

Bring drawing supplies/sketchbook/whatever you love

If needed, some supplies can be provided

No photos of the model (phones checked at the door)

Respect the space and everyone in it

Feel free to dress up or down, whatever brings you joy!

COVID-19 Precautions:

Masks are required unless you’ve tested negative for COVID-19 within 24 hours

Hand sanitizing stations will be available

Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19