Santibanez, an actress, says she is particularly pleased when a student has captured her thoughts through an expression or gesture. Berg, a theater director and teacher in New York City, says she has become addicted to modeling, because she likes the human contact. By contrast, making art is life-enhancing. When someone draws her arm, she feels touched, although the touching was pencil to paper or brush to canvas. There are perks.
Some art schools offer free classes to models.
She has also employed models from the School of Visual Arts for clothing catalog shoots. For some, modeling is a way to live forever. Clark considers those she meets at the art school as family. The head of the model registry, Paolo Tanan, is like a brother. Another model, an older woman, she considers a mother.