who we are

The BROADWAY DRAWING SCHOOL (BDS) is founded on a strong belief in the fundamental nature of drawing practice as the basis of all creative pursuits, and in its capacity as the basic form of visual language to act as a as vehicle for all manner cross-disciplinary communication.

The BROADWAY DRAWING SCHOOL (BDS) is founded on a passion for drawing that thrives on the energy and enthusiasm that is manifest in the simplest of marks made on a surface with creative intent.

The BDS is located in the friendly surroundings of a working artist’s studio and is dedicated to providing a unique choice of advanced level, professional drawing and painting instruction to adult paying customers. We specialise in developing 'bespoke' courses for professional development and portfolio building.

The emphasis and ethos at Broadway is on friendly professional instruction based on a productive synthesis of classical ‘atelier’ training and a wide range of more contemporary approaches to the discipline. Life drawing and specialist anatomical study, always working with professional models, are seen as the bedrock of the bespoke instructional programs and this is complemented by a comprehensive approach to media and techniques, both traditional and experimental.

Dr JAC SAORSA: DIRECTOR and SENIOR INSTRUCTOR

Jac holds an MPhil in philosophy, and a PhD in Contemporary Drawing Practice and a Postgraduate Certificate in Anatomical Sciences, She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a published author.

A visual artist, writer and researcher, Jac has a classical training in drawing the human form and anatomy gained at the New York School of Figurative Art. Her professional practice is mainly within the medical field (see links below) where she focuses on the existential experience of illness, and this has taken her throughout the UK, to the USA, and to Africa. Her works are in private and public collections in Wales, England, Cyprus, Australia, Central America and the USA .

Jac has extensive experience in teaching at all levels across the creative arts curriculum in higher education institutions, and in other venues both nationally and internationally. She has led drawing workshops at The New York Metropolitan Museum and has taught drawing across disciplines with students from a plethora of backgrounds from architects to surgeons.. She regularly teaches on the MSc Medical Art programme at Dundee University, where she also carries out cadaveric dissection to further her knowledge and understanding of the human form from the inside out.

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