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.

A show that stretches the limits of drawing, bringing the artists mark off the page and into real space or out of the gallery and into the city. Featuring new and classic work by individually selected artists who use drawing to illustrate, illuminate, experiment and question what can be done with the drawn mark. Event takes place in Southampton until 4th July 2010

In a collision between dance and drawing, the movements of a dancer are transformed into a series of lines drawn live by the Australian visual artist Rochelle Haley. ‘Gesture & Trace’ investigates drawing as an embodied and performance based activity. At the heart of this project is the reciprocity between the body, motion and line.

The Campaign for Drawing launches its 10th Big Draw month-long season of drawing events for people of all ages and abilities. Over 1000 venues will use drawing, painting and a vast range of other media to connect visitors with museum and gallery collections, urban and rural spaces – and the wider community – in new and enjoyable ways.

DRAWING SPACES, FÁBRICA BRAÇO DE PRATA in Lisbon is holding an Open Residency for Guida Casella from the 17th March until 3rd April 2010. The opening presentation will take place on the 27th March. There will also be a roundtable discussion taking place on 1st April.

DRAWING OUT is a trans-disciplinary conference. It explores drawing across the boundaries of disciplines. It addresses drawing as a way of thinking and communicating in the twenty-first century. Whoever we are, drawing is part of our everyday and professional lives. This event takes place in Melbourne Austrailia from 7th to 9th April 2010.

Drawing Spaces is a project space located in Lisbon that seeks to promote investigative practices related to drawing. This project supports collaborations between artists & researchers from Portugal and abroad. The event entitled ‘The draughtswomen/men draw one another’ takes place during February 2010.