About

The Drawing Research Network (DRN) was established in 2001 as part of the Campaign for Drawing.   The DRN is an international network of individuals and institutions who are involved in some way with improving our understanding of drawing, for example through professional practice, education or general interest. It aims to use this knowledge to raise the profile of drawing and drawing research. Some participants are based in universities and colleges of art and design with established teaching and/or research profiles in drawing. Other participants have an interest in, for example, drawing therapy, the cross-curricular role of drawing in schools or digital drawing. Some participants simply have an interest in drawings and the drawing process which might include making, thinking about and communicating with drawing. Individuals and institutions use the DRN to communicate news, to explore possibilities for cooperation in drawing research, to formulate collaborative projects and to share outputs. Membership of the DRN is free.

The DRN has two websites, http://www.drawing.org.uk/ has been in existence for several years. It continues to provide a database of information about drawing events, drawing projects, institutions, and contact details. It also links to the DRN gallery of drawn images.

The new web site http://www.drawing-research-network.org.uk/ is still in development and we welcome the participation of all drawing makers, drawing users and drawing researchers as this new resource takes shape. We aim to create an online space where people can collect and deposit information on drawings, share drawings and thoughts on drawing, and generally further the discipline of drawing.

The DRN also has an email forum. Details for joining this are given below.

You are most welcome to browse and share in all these resources.

The DRN holds occasional meetings and conferences. The next DRN conference will take place on 14 September 2010 and is hosted by the University of Brighton.

Joining the DRN email forum

The homepage for this can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/drawing-research.html. Here you will find links enabling you to subscribe and unsubscribe from this email forum and links to the archive of drawing research messages going back to 2001. You can also change your settings, for example, you can temporarily suspend deliveries of messages to your inbox. If you join, you can send a message to all readers of the Drawing Research forum simply by sending an email to drawing-research@jiscmail.ac.uk