Draw for heaven's sake! Until death comes with club guest Anke Kuhl

Anyone can breathe life into drawn figures, whether human or animal. But how do I draw lifeless people and animals? With her drawings in the children's book Radieschen von unten (Klett Verlag), Anke Kuhl has shown that she can do it pretty well. And now everyone has the chance to try it out in her presence. The monthly drawing club is being moved to a different location for the first time. There, surrounded by gravestones, people can draw until death comes. 

‘I find that dead people and animals exude a very special beauty and peace, provided they haven't died a violent, cruel death. I don't find the sight of them disturbing and had no inhibitions about drawing them,’ says Kuhl. That's why she didn't hesitate when the author Katharina von der Gathen asked her to contribute drawings for a joint children's book on the subject of death. 

Who is Anke Kuhl? Born in Frankfurt am Main in 1970, she studied Free Drawing at the University of Mainz and later Visual Communication at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach. After graduating in 1999, she founded the Labor Ateliergemeinschaft together with Philip Waechter, Moni Port and other artists in Frankfurt am Main, where she still works today. This was followed by numerous publications in the field of picture books and children's books, some with her own texts. In 2011, she received the German Youth Literature Prize for Alles Familie! Her first children's comic was published in 2015. Anke Kuhl lives with her family in Frankfurt am Main. 

The drawing club meets every last Wednesday of the month. New guest artists always present their work at the drawing club and invite you to draw along, discover new perspectives and inspire each other. Whether you are new to drawing or have been doing it for years - all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to join the drawing club. The drawing club is an idea of the ‘Café Drawing Group’ and Theresa Marx and is organised by the ZI Drawing Institute in cooperation with Hier im Quartier (Schlachthof Cultural Centre).

Participation is free of charge. No registration necessary. Please bring your own drawing utensils: soft pencils, thin and thick brushes, black ink and sturdy paper. Other pens, drawing pens and colours for colouring according to personal preference (watercolours, coloured pencils, chalks ...)