The new Kenyon Drawing Club was unanimously approved by Student Council on Oct. 6. The club was proposed by Ireland Bone ’26, who saw an unfilled artistic niche in the club offerings at Kenyon.

The club will provide free materials to draw with and a space for students to express themselves artistically, according to Bone. It also plans to host workshops and potential visits from alumni with artistic careers. While there are already on-campus community figure drawing events, the new Kenyon Drawing Club will focus only on observational drawing. Although the club is not directly affiliated with the art department, Associate Professor of Art Craig Hill will serve as its advisor.

Bone is excited to welcome people with all levels of drawing experience and interest. “The club will essentially just look like a space for students to come together and draw. You know, whether that’s more cartoony or realistic, kind of a space for all styles,” they said. “I know there’s an interest in a club like this, so I thought it would be fun to just start it up, since there seemed to not really be anything like it on campus.”

The club is also planning a picture book project. According to Bone, its members will decide on a popular children’s story to illustrate, publish and sell to the Kenyon community. The Business and Finance Committee has agreed to fund the project.

Bone plans to hold the club’s first meeting this semester and hopes to send an email to the student body soon to provide a link to a dis-list sign up.