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 but we do ask that you post an image of yourself or some of your artwork and create an appropriate profile to ensure that you are not removed as a spam user.
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.
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
TRACEY
As of October 2011 TRACEY has become the new hosts for the DRN. TRACEY was, and is, the site for drawing and visualisation research. We aim to stimulate, host and publish diverse perspectives on drawing and visualisation to / for a community of researchers, practitioners, educators and students. We advocate the value of drawing and visualisation in professional and educational contexts. We encourage participation and collaboration.
Our aims are facilitated through three central activities: as host for the Drawing Research Network (DRN), as an open access online journal, and as a project space.
DRN is…
- An international community of researchers / artists / designers / educators
- A place where people can engage in debate about all aspects of drawing practice (theory, philosophy, education, methodology)
DRN does…
- Moderate an email based forum (jiscmail) that supports the easy exchange of ideas and reference
- Provide a website that provides information of events and related drawing activities
- Host a blog for individual observations on drawing research
- Facilitate and coordinates a regular conference with collaborating host institutions
- Hold occasional meetings, symposia and seminars to discuss drawing research
TRACEY | journal is…
- An electronic open access journal dedicated to the discussion of contemporary drawing and visualisation
- Interested in the nature of visualisation – physically, cognitively, creatively
- A place where people can engage in debate
TRACEY | journal does…
- Publish drawing and visualisation research (visual, audio and textual)
- Introduce a diverse range of material to practitioners, educators, students and researchers
- Represent many perspectives on visualisation
- Advocate the value of drawing in professional and educational contexts
- Encourage participation and collaboration
TRACEY | project space is…
- An international academic research environment
- A coherent critical context in which to facilitate and develop a project
- An opportunity to collaborate
- A space to host and develop dialogue
- A showcase to prepare for publication
TRACEY | project space does…
- Offer a specialist drawing and visualisation research context
- Invite researchers to create new or add to existing drawing and visualisation projects
- Nurture projects in an intellectual space to enable them to realise their aims
- Review all project proposals
- Facilitate and anticipate projects publishing in the TRACEY Journal
Please check the relevant pages above and their respective call for contributions if you would like to submit something to TRACEY for publication. If you wish to contact us the please email TRACEY@lboro.ac.uk
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