Join six internationally acclaimed artists and celebrities Aggie MacKenzie,Vic Reeves, Levi Roots, Alison Steadman and Lynne Truss for two hours of drawing in the inspirational surroundings of the National Portrait Gallery.
An exhibition of drawings by opens at the Derby Museum & Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby DE1 1BS on August 13th and will run until the 30th October 2011. The preview will take place on Friday August 12th at 5 -7 p.m.
Drawing Spaces in Portugal presents an open residency with Joa Gridfonte/João Dias from 12th-23rd October. Joa uses drawing as the base of his work, which takes shape through a variety of media.
20 countries on four continents are running hundreds of Big Draw events this October. Launched in 2000, this annual initiative has grown from 180 events in the UK to over 1500 worldwide. The Campaign aims to use drawing to connect visitors with museum and gallery collections, urban and rural spaces – and the wider community – in new and enjoyable ways.
You are warmly invited to a drawing performance by Gosia Wlodarczak at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. This is entitled DUST COVER PAINTING: The Trail by Sydney Nolan and the events will take part on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th October.
The power of drawing, as a stimulus to perception, creative thinking, imagination, communication, problem solving and visual planning will be explored through a variety of workshops over a weekend. This drawing weekend will take place at the University of Gloucester in Cheltenham from the 3rd to 5th September.
The Campaign for Drawing has one aim: to get everyone drawing! Why? Drawing helps us think, invent and communicate – regardless of age and ability. Details of the forthcoming BIG DRAW event due to take place this October can now be found on the Campaign for Drawing website. Find out how to join in an event by reading more…
A series of guerrilla pop-up drawing events through Islington in London are due to take place from 25th June to 4th July. The sessions will feature a range of activities in unusual spaces: from the top of a bus to a shopping arcade, and the programme will culminate in an event at Islington Museum as part of Cubitt People’s Republic: a major exhibition of work exploring community, democracy, creative freedom and Islington’s radical past.
A 3-day intensive studio-based drawing masterclass that brings together both Fine Art and Art Psychotherapy in relation to drawing practice is due to take place at the University of Herefordshire in Hatfield from 28th to the 30th June 2010. For further details of this event please read further…
This one-day symposium will explore the special nature of glass in craft and industry. Focusing on the development of innovative approaches and creative opportunities for glass and glass making. It seeks to explore similarities and differences across the differing attitudes to the nature of ‘glass’. The event takes place on Friday 27th August at the School of Art, University of Wolverhampton.
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