Press & Publicity.
BBC Radio Scotland.
Good Morning Scotland • September 13th 2021
At 2h 44min Joanna and Gary discuss Life Drawing Life (BBC2), why life drawing isn’t something to laugh about, plus what it was like for Joanna, as a tutor and host, to pose nude for her online subscribers.
The Sunday Post.
Fiona Gibson • September 2021
“In my home city of Glasgow a local group, All The Young Nudes, holds life drawing sessions in the upstairs room of a pub.
Music plays and the vibe is fun and relaxed – a far cry from the hushed atmosphere of old-school art studios where the model’s proportions would be meticulously measured and you could hear a pin drop.”
The Herald.
Caroline Wilson • December 2020
At 2h 44min Joanna and Gary discuss Life Drawing Life (BBC2), why life drawing isn’t something to laugh about, plus what it was like for Joanna, as a tutor and host, to pose nude for her online subscribers.
The Times.
Mike Wade • December 2020
“An artist who runs life drawing classes is considering legal action against Instagram after it removed her account apparently because the nude imagery was considered indecent.
Joanna Susskind, of Maryhill, Glasgow, had moved her business online during the pandemic and at the height of lockdown had 500 would-be artists signed up to her lessons.”
The Scotsman.
Peter Ross • February 2012
“The name of the pub is the Flying Duck. The name of the night is All The Young Nudes. It is a life-drawing club. Every Tuesday, for two hours, around 50 people gather here in a back room down a back lane with sketchpads and cans of cider. This is, perhaps, the only bar in Glasgow where a Stanley knife taken out and laid on the table implies not a threat of violence but an intention to sharpen one’s pencils.”
Daily Record.
Jenny Morrisson • August 2016
“Life drawing teacher Joanna Susskind has persuaded hundreds of people to shed their clothing but had always been to afraid to do it herself - until now. She’s trained hundreds of others to take their clothes off in the name of art so Joanna Susskind thought it was about time she did it herself. The businesswoman, who has helped fuel a boom in art classes , decided to put her money where her mouth is and become a life model.”
The Irvine Times.
Andy Hamilton • August 2018
“The Scottish Maritime Museum’s vast, Victorian glass roofed Linthouse will be the scene for some after hours life drawing on Friday, August 31 – hosted by Glasgow’s All The Young Nudes Drawing Club.
The informal evening will begin at 6.30pm when guests will get an opportunity to see the exhibition and listen to live folk music by DLú before sketching begins at 7pm.
Sketchers can choose to draw everything and anything from beautiful historic boats and detailed engineering machinery through to two life models or the whole scene as it unfolds.”