Drawing Crowds Around the World and Down the Road
For immediate use: 25/09/14
From 1 October – 2 November, the world’s biggest drawing festival, The Big Draw, will be
taking place in fourteen countries and includes a vast range of events across the UK.
Throughout October, many of the nation’s community venues, as well as national landmarks, will be
transformed into creative spaces, where people of all ages and skills can flex their drawing muscles.
This year, the Campaign for Drawing is celebrating its 15th international Big Draw festival and the list of
participating venues is staggering: from Alexandra Palace, The Baltic and Cutty Sark to York Minster, the
Palace of Holyroodhouse, National Gallery and Jurong Park in Singapore. Events are being added daily,
including an adults-only sketchbook scavenger hunt on London’s streets; an invitation to delve into the
archives of The Royal Society; and the even rarer chance to become a life-size compass in
Northumberland.
Jacqueline Wilson, renowned children’s writer and supporter of The Big Draw, will be fronting the 2014
Big Draw Launch at the V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green on 28 September. She comments: I
loved drawing as a child – I still do now, even though I’m not very good at it. I think it’s a wonderful idea to
have a whole month worth of activities aimed at encouraging absolutely everyone to pick up a pencil.
Happy drawing!
Campaign Director Sue Grayson Ford adds: No matter where you live, and regardless of your age or
ability, The Big Draw invites you to pick up pen, pencil, crayon or any other mark-making device, and
explore our world in new ways.
This year’s theme, It’s Our World, encourages everyone to celebrate their environment – rural, urban or
coastal – and to explore its sustainability. Additionally, art in any medium made by 14-19 year olds can be
uploaded onto an online gallery by Big Draw organizers, in a wider initiative developed by Business in the
Community. These images will be shown on digital screens nationwide to celebrate UN World Environment
Day (5 June 2015).
Many Big Draw events are also part of The Family Arts Festival, spanning autumn half-term 17 October –
2 November. This is the second year of The Big Draw’s successful partnership with this major new
initiative, offering a huge variety of family-friendly events across all art forms during the half term holiday.
The 2014 Big Draw Festival is sponsored by Faber-Castell, manufacturer of the high quality Playing &
Learning art materials.
Comments, interviews and images of events and drawings are available on request; contact Sue Grayson
Ford by email at sue@campaignfordrawing.org or tel: 020 8351 1719 (07947 346050 outside office hours).
See over for selected events
Notes to Editors
1. Launched in 2000, The Big Draw has encouraged over a million people back to the drawing board. It
has notched up two world records – for the longest drawing in the world (one kilometre) and the greatest
number of people drawing simultaneously (over 7,000). The Big Draw has transformed national museums,
Trafalgar Square, and even the South Kensington underground tunnel into dynamic creative spaces
enjoyed by thousands of people for a day. Every year, The Big Draw season includes hundreds of drawing
activities in schools, galleries, museums, and heritage sites UK-wide, and now in 20 countries (1 October
to 2 November 2014). Selected regional events can be found at www.thebigdraw.org/press.
2. The Campaign for Drawing aims to get everyone drawing. It raises drawing’s profile as a powerful tool
for thinking, creating and communicating. Its long-term ambition is to change the way drawing is perceived
and used by the public and professionals. The Campaign’s annual flagship, The Big Draw, proves that
drawing can be a public activity as well as a private passion. The original inspiration came from visionary
Victorian writer and artist John Ruskin, whose mission was to teach people to see through drawing. The
Campaign demonstrates that drawing can also connect communities. www.campaignfordrawing.org
3. The second Family Arts Festival (17 October - 2 November 2014) will see over 500 leading arts
organisations across the UK host over 2,000 family-friendly events, spanning theatre, dance, music, visual
arts and more. The festival was launched in 2013 as part of the Family Arts Campaign, an initiative of six
national arts membership bodies and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts
Council England. In 2014 the Family Arts Campaign and Festival is being supported in Wales through
additional funding from Arts Council Wales. The Family Arts Festival aims to increase the amount and
range of high quality arts available across the country to families and was established to foster lifelong
interest and passion for the arts. www.familyartsfestival.com.
4. Since 1761, family-run Faber-Castell has manufactured pencils in the small town of Stein, Nuremberg in
Germany. They have a long history and vast experience of producing a variety of 2,000 different high
quality implements for writing, drawing and creative design, and aim for creativity and innovation in
everything they produce. The company is committed to using environmentally-friendly processes and
materials, sourcing pencil wood from its own certified, sustainable forests. Faber-Castell’s Playing &
Learning range offers safe and innovative children’s art materials that encourage kids to explore their
imaginations and creativity through the world of colour. Available here: www.stonemarketing.com/fabercastell-playing-learning
5. What our supporters say about The Big Draw:
Sir Quentin Blake, Campaign Patron: We live under a bombardment of manufactured images, and in the
face of that we need to be able to draw as a way of discovering the reality of the world about us, as well as
the life in ourselves.
Andrew Marr, Campaign Patron: I became Andrew Marr again when I started to draw once more. That
was the first time I knew who I was properly and became myself again.
David Hockney OM CH RA, Campaign Patron: Drawing should be part of visual education, in the same
way that press-ups are part of an athlete’s training.
Selected Events
London
V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9PA
Tel: 020 8983 5227; http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk
Join The Big Draw Party!
28 September, 11:30am to 16:30pm; All ages; Free
Join special guests writer Jacqueline Wilson and illustrators Nick Sharratt and Marion Deuchars for the
launch of the 2014 Big Draw. Help Pip and Squeak throw a surprise party for Wilfred, one of the Museum's
shyest residents.
The Parade, Watford Town Centre
Centre, The Parade, Watford , WD17 3EX
Tel: 01923 278 333
The Big Draw: Celebrating Watford's Animal Farm
4 October, 11am to 4pm; All ages; Free
Celebrate Watford's Animal Farm and animate the Parade! Discover printing, animation, dance, drawing
and heritage with Quirky Pictures, Culture Cart, Roger Kattenhorn (WRAP) and Farzana Chaudry. with
Watford Museum, Watford Palace Theatre, Campaign for Drawing, Halas & Batchelor and Watford
Borough Council.
Streets of London
StoryHands Illustration Collective, Monument to the Great Fire of London Fish Street Hill, London, EC3R
8AH
Tel: 07591416986
StoryHands London Sketchbook Scavenger Hunt
18 October and 1 November, 1:30pm; Ages 18+; Free
As part of the Big Draw festival, StoryHands is offering the chance to flex your drawing, looking and
imagining muscles and to discover a side of London you might not have seen before. Using unique
recycled drawing materials, embark on a guided walk and scavenger hunt of drawing challenges that
encourage you to really look and learn about London past, present and future, and to imagine the stories
that might take place in the less known corners of this amazing city.
The Royal Society
6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG
Tel: +44 (0)20 7451 2500; https://royalsociety.org
Drawing Science
25 October, 11am to 5pm; All ages; Free
Visitors will have the chance to view and draw historic artefacts and scientific illustrations pulled from the
Royal Society’s extensive archives. Visitors will be invited to create drawings inspired by the displayed
artefacts and illustrations, as well as extraordinary architecture of the Carlton House Terrace building.
The event will inspire visitors to explore the areas where art and science overlap, and view rare items from
the most prolific names in the history of science.
William Morris Gallery
Lloyd Park, Forrest Road, London, E17 4PP
Tel: 020 8496 4390; www.wmgallery.org.uk
Drawing with Indigo
25 October, 1pm to 4pm; All ages; Free
We demonstrate the versatility of textiles with an afternoon of hands-on drawing activities. Textile artist
Lucille Junkere will be showing us how to draw with stitch and ink, inspired by her recent People series.
Lucille is the William Morris Gallery’s Artist in Residence for 2014 and will be investigating Morris’s love of
the colour indigo and his experiments with natural dyes. Lucille has run workshops using natural dyes all
over the world including Jamaica, Barbados and Nigeria.
Battersea Park Children's Zoo
Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ
Tel: 0207 924 5826; http://www.batterseaparkzoo.co.uk
Marvellous Meerkat Montage
25 October, 11am to 4pm; Under 11s; Paid event
Upon completing your fun booklet of animal sketches we'll ask you to cut out your Meerkat and add it
to our world scene... Will it be waiting for a bus or spray painting a message in the city scape? Maybe it'll
be sitting in a deck chair sipping bug juice, whilst sunning itself on the beach, in the tropical scene? Or
perhaps it'll be photographing the birds in the trees in our Finches' Forest? You get to draw,
create and decide!
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
Tel: 020 7747 2865; www.nationalgallery.org.uk
Bring an Ipad: Talk and Draw
31 October, 6:30pm to 7:30pm; Ages 12+; Free
Bring your own Ipad or equivalent electronic drawing device. You will need to be familiar with your Ipad's
own drawing app. Spaces are limited to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis. Join an artist and
lecturer to explore a painting in two different ways. First, listen to a brief talk then respond by making your
own ipad work in this short, artist-led drawing session taking inspiration from the work of Luca Giordano,
known as 'Luca fa presto' (speedy Luke) because of how quickly he could cover a surface with paint.
North West
Alexandra Park
Moss Side, Manchester, M16 7JL
Tel: +44(0)7816683171
Kaleidoscopic Drawings
4 October, 1 to 4pm; All ages; Free
Come to Alexandra Park and make a kaleidoscopic drawing with artist, Naomi Kashiwagi. Trap and layer
your drawings, leaves, cut-out shiny coloured plastic shapes in between sheets of plastic to make rotatable
and waterproof kaleidoscopic drawings that can be used as viewfinders in the park. This event is part of
'Pankhurst in the Park', a programme of events at Alexandra Park, Manchester, based around a series of
talks and installations by local artists and accompanied by an integrated arts educational programme, with
St Mary's Primary School in Moss Side.
Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum
Dove Cottage, Grasmere, Dove Cottage, Ambleside, LA22 9SH
Tel: + 44 (0)1539435544
Japanese Art Afternoon
30 October, 2 to 4pm; Under 16s; £3 per child (adults free)
Learn new art skills with your family this half-term at the Wordsworth Trust’s great Japanese Art Afternoon!
Ideal for children under 12 and their parents, the workshop introduces families to different creative skills
popular in Japanese culture, including writing haikus, calligraphy and origami. All materials provided.
Tate Liverpool
Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB
Tel: 0151 702 7400
The Big Draw: Lively Lines
28-31 October, 1:30 – 4:30pm; All ages; Free
Have lots of fun in these exciting free workshops for families led by Artist Sarah Marsh. You’ll look and
listen to artworks in our DLA Piper Series: Constellations display, then get creative drawing and moving to
drum beats. Experiment with bending and stretching wire to make long and lively sculptures. You’ll be able
to take your creations home or add them to the week- long display in our lovely Art Dock Studio.
Wales
Penrhyn Castle
Bangor, LL57 4HN
Tel: 01248 353084
Big Draw day
4 October, 11am to 4pm; All ages; Normal Castle admission
Slate plays such an important part in Penrhyn Castle's history; the Bethesda slate quarry was part of the
Penrhyn estate and helped fund the building of the castle that we see today. So, we thought it was fitting to
use for this event where we will be creatively looking at Penrhyn Castle and our local environment. Find out
more about slate as a material, its connection to Penrhyn Castle and how it is a fantastic tool for drawing
and getting creative. Your drawing can form part of a communal slate installation.
Cardiff Story, Tourist Information, Cardiff
The Hayes, Cardiff City Centre & other locations across the City
Cardiff, CF10 1BH
Tel: 01792 652016
Drawing with Wire (A Welsh language event)
22 October, 11am to 4pm; All ages; Free
Drawing the City with wire. Create a continuous line drawing with wire in response to the shapes and forms
that you observe in the city center, with Rhian Wyn Stone.
Pontypool Park (event repeated at different locations)
Pontypool, NP4 8AT
Tel: 01495 762200
Arty Parky
25 & 26 October, 1 & 2 November, 10am to 3pm; All ages; Free
Work with artist Kate Raggett to create a large, outdoor piece of art using natural materials found in the
park. A chance to get creative and enjoy the great outdoors! Forage for natural materials such as twigs,
leaves, conkers and seeds in the park and use them to create a large, communal artwork which celebrates
the local environment. Each participant will receive a free postcard of the artwork created.
South West
The Royal West of England Academy
Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1PX
Tel: 0117 973 5129
Paint Pals
24 October, 2-3pm; All Ages; Donation
Paint Pals, an intergenerational project connecting communities, brings together children and older people
living in care homes through exchanging painted postcards and making art together. This is the first time
ever that Paint Pals is open to the public! Come along and watch the children and residents involved in the
project with the opportunity to chat with organisers, and let loose your own creativity after being inspired by
what you’ve seen!
National Marine Aquarium
Rope Walk, Coxside, Plymouth, PL4 0LF
Tel: 0844 893 7938
Ocean Cities
25 October – 2 November, 10am to 5pm; All ages; Free
Explore the National Marine Aquarium by taking part in the annual Big Draw event, Ocean Cities. Find as
many different underwater habitats or 'cities' in the aquarium as you can. Be amazed by the unusual
shapes, stunning colours and intricate patterns of the huge variety of animals that live in the world's
oceans. Have a go at drawing the animals using materials available in the aquarium.
Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA
Tel: +44 (0)117 917 2300
Big Family Arts Picnic
1 November, 12 – 4pm; All ages; Free
Come along to our giant celebration as we invite families to take over Arnolfini’s Auditorium and transform
it into a fantastical and imaginative world. Take part in exciting Big Draw activities with Bristol Children’s
Scrapstore and Architecture Centre as we imagine what the city would look like if families were in charge,
work with amazing local artists and bring your lunch along to take part in our huge family picnic.
North East
Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon
Soho Street, Shildon, DL4 1PQ
Tel: 01388 777999
The Big Draw - It's Our World
1-31 October; Ages 0-11; Free
The Big Draw – It’s Our World – this year come and help us recreate the railway world with a giant paper
track and cardboard train and landscape to decorate, colour in and draw on!
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
South Shore Road, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 3BA
Tel: 0191 478 1810; https://www.balticmill.com
BALTIC Big Draw
4 October, 1pm to 4pm; All ages; Free
Join BALTIC artists, teachers and students from the NEATEN network, the North East Art Teacher and
Educator Network, to help create big-draws, little-draws, moving-draws, light-draws and sculpture-draws.
Durham Cathedral
Cathedral Education Centre, 15a The College, Durham, DH1 3EQ
Tel: 0191 374 4070; http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk
The Big Draw: 'It's Our World'
28 & 29 October, 10:30am to 4pm; All ages; Free
Invent your own world on paper in the inspiring setting of Durham Cathedral. This event is for those who
love to draw and those who think they can't!
Scotland
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, Ayr, KA7 4PQ
Tel: 08444 932601
Charms of Nature
13 – 18 October, 1 to 4pm; All ages; Paid event
Gathering natural materials from the smallholding and gardens at Robert Burns Cottage, we'll be using
them to inspire and help create beautiful artworks to transform our learning space!
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Cannongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8DX
Tel: 0131 556 5100
Big Draw at the Palace of Holyrood House
13 – 19 October, 9:30am to 16:30pm; All ages; Paid entry
Visit the Palace during the October half term and find out what life was like at the Palace for the kings and
queens of Scotland. Delve deeper into the historic palace with the family audio tour and record your
findings through an activity trail with The Big Draw, a national campaign to get people drawing.
Cathcart Circle train line
Glasgow Central, via Cathcart station, Glasgow, G1 3SL
Tel: 0141 276 9318
Round in Circles
18 October, 11am to 3pm; All ages; Free
All aboard the museum train! The Cathcart Circle, Glasgow's only circular train line will be transformed into
a mobile artist's studio with museum objects to inspire your creative juices. While sitting on the train, or
waiting at the station, draw with others on the line to create a beautiful, travelling artwork.
South East
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
University of Oxford Andrew Wiles Building Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2
6GG
Tel: 020 7831 1865
Free Family Drop in workshops
25 & 26 October, 12 to 4pm; Ages 6+; Free
An opportunity to make your very own colours from the natural environment and use them to create
drawings inspired by the fascinating Radcliffe Observatory Quarter and Simon Periton's new sculpture
commission for the site
Turner Contemporary
Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate, CT9 1HG
Tel: 01843 233 000
Big Print
29 & 30 October, 1pm to 4pm; All ages; £3.50
Make large scale industrial prints with artist Jennifer Price.
Guildford Borough’s Big Draw
Tunsgate Arches
140 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AA
Tel: 01483444767
It’s a Bug’s Life
4 October, 12pm to 5 pm; All ages; Free
Try linocut, screen-printing and mono-printing with Ochre Print Studios. Add a bug of your choice to the Big
Print and create a second print to take home!
The Mill Studio
at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UX
Tel: 01483 44 0000
Make Your Own Paper Windmill
4 October, 9.30am to 2pm; All ages; Free
Join illustrator Stacey Allan to construct, decorate (and take home) a paper windmill.
The Keystone Pub
3 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4BL
Tel: 01483575089
Paint a Door for the Big Draw
8 October, 12 noon to 5pm; All ages; Free
Fun family activities with artist Paige Harris: painting & illustrating door panels to make doorways into your
world, local town, family – or the creatures at the bottom of the garden. Children must be accompanied by
an adult.
Watts Gallery
Down Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DQ
Tel: 01483 810 235
The Big Draw at the Watts Gallery
11 October, 11am to 4pm; All Ages; 16s and under Free; 2 for 1 on Gallery Admission
Take a traditional Victorian drawing class at easels with G.F. Watts! Make an imaginative installation with
illustrator Esther Coombs & help create a giant painting with The Art Forum.
Guildford House Gallery - The Brew House
155 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Tel: 01483444751
Max Ernest inspired Workshop
31 October, 11 am to 1 pm and 1.30 pm to 3 pm; All ages; Free
A drop in workshop with a touch of Halloween fun and drama, using drawing and rubbing techniques led by
artist Claire Harrison.
The Guildford Institute
Ward Street, Guildford, GU1 4LH
Tel: 01483 562 142
The Dwelling in the Woods
1 November, 10am to 4 pm; All Ages; Free
Create wire sculpted trees, fauna and flora for display in the Institute's studio window.
East
AccessArt
Tel: 01223 262134; http://www.accessart.org.uk
#DrawMyDinner
1 – 31 October, all day; All ages; Free
Wherever you are in the world, and whether you are an individual, an arts organisation, a gallery or a
school, join us and #DrawMyDinner!
During October, Send us your drawings of your dinner on a postcard. We're imagining beautiful charcoal
studies of fish and rice, colourful salads in soft pastels, graphite fries, and felt-tip school dinners! Fast food,
fast drawing? Fine dining, fine art?
Art Safari
Harbourmaster's Office, Ferry Quay, Woodbridge, IP12 1BW
Tel: 01394 382235; www.artsafari.co.uk
Urban Jungle
25 October, 10am to 3pm; All ages; Free
In an exciting two-centre creation, Art Safari, Apsley Paper Trail and Two Rivers Paper present Urban
Jungle, a Big Draw event using a cityscape and wildlife as the inspiration for a monumental drawing. The
drawing starts on Sunday 12th October in Frogmore Mill as an urban scene, using projections of Apsley to
draw from. The panels will then be installed at Art Safari in Woodbridge for our BIG DRAW EVENT
on Saturday 25th October when cut-outs and drawings of world wildlife will be super-imposed onto the
cityscape, re-claiming it as wild space. The final piece will then return to Frogmore Mill for exhibition.
Valentines Mansion
Emerson Road, Ilford, IG1 4XA
Tel: 020 8708 8100; www.valentinesmansion.com
The Big Draw at Valentines: Our Garden
26 October, 11:30am to 12:30pm and 2pm to 3pm; All ages; Free
Take our drawing trail with a chance to: draw with charcoal and mud; make rubbings with leaves, bark and
bricks; draw minibeasts with magnifying glasses; draw with feathers and ink; then help us make a giant
collage of the garden.
East Midlands
Rufford Gallery and Creative Learning Centre
Creative Learning Centre, Rufford Abbey Country Park, Rufford Craft Centre, Near Ollerton, Newark,
NG22 9DF
Tel: 01623 822 944; www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk
Future Fields
5 October to 16 November, 10:30 to 4pm; All ages; Free
Come and join in our award-winning Big Draw activities exploring clay and all things drawing to create your
own piece of the Future Field. Rufford's Big Draw will coincide with the commemoration of WW1 and we
are producing an exhibition that respectfully nods towards this event by commissioning artists to work
around the county to produce artworks with groups that take inspiration from this. Using the idea of poppy
seed balls we will create thousands of future fields of poppies by mixing clay, soil and seeds with water and
then embellishing them with drawings and marks with tools, stamps, found objects and by drawing in 3D
turning the materials into mini seed head sculptures. Future Fields seed balls/creations made by groups
can be taken to Rufford to become part of the exhibition.
X-church
x-church, Ashcroft Road, Gainsborough, DN21 1BY
Tel: 07908771107; http://www.slumgothic.co.uk
It's Our Floor
4 October, 11am to 5pm; All ages; Free
At x-church, Slumgothic and artist friends are celebrating this year's Big Draw with ‘It’s Our Floor’, a
mammoth drawing-collage event during which we’re hoping to cover 1,000 square metres of floor in 6
hours using blank rectangles of card that you can draw on, write on or make a pattern with, whichever way
you wish. Entry and materials free, and home-made food served all day in the brand-new x-church Kitchen.
Organised by Slumgothic.
Wollaton Hall and Deer Park
Wollaton Park, Nottingham, NG8 2AE
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/article/22779/Homepage
Sketch & Draw
26 October, 11am to 3pm; All ages; Free
Visitors will be able to sketch artefacts from Wollaton Hall's natural history collection including spiders and
bats. This event is great for families because everyone can join in. There are also lots for all the family to
see around the museum in our Natural History Collection. Organised by Nottingham City Museums &
Galleries.
West Midlands
Enginuity
Coalbrookdale, Telford, TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 433424
Create ‘Sticky Critters’
25 October – 2 November; 11am – 1pm, 2pm – 4pm; All ages; Free
Design and make a creepy, ‘suction-cup’ that can stick to your windows at Enginuity, near Ironbridge over
the half-term holiday from 25th October to 2nd November. Inspired by the suction capabilities of an
octopus, the colourful creatures can also be based on frogs, geckos or any other creature of your
imagination.
The Blists Hill Big Draw
25 October – 31 October, 11am – 1pm, 2pm – 4pm; All ages; Free
Go along to Victorian town Blists Hill during the October school half-term holiday and take part in a variety
of fun drop-in activities from dipping fabulously colourful candles and building a wall with mini-bricks to
discovering Morse Code and colouring in pictures of Victorian scenes.
Big Draw at Enginuity
25 October – 2 November, 10:30am to 3:45pm; All ages; Free
This October half-term take part in our free Big Draw workshops. The Big Draw workshops will take place
from 10.30am-3.45pm.
Coventry Transport Museum
Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1JD
Tel: 024 7623 4270
Big Draw Made in Coventry Drawing Trail
25 October – 2 November, 10am to 4pm; Under 11s; £1.50
Take part in this fun drawing trail as you explore Coventry Transport Museum. It's Our World, and this is
Our Coventry! Discover some of the amazing things which were Made in Coventry and complete our
drawing challenges in your activity book.
Ikon Gallery
1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Tel: 0121 248 0708
Musicadoodle-do
30 October, 1 to 4pm; All Ages; Free
As part of The Big Draw and the Family Arts Festival, a UK-wide festival of family arts events, Ikon
and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group present an afternoon of all things ‘drawing with sound’. Have
a go at making your own graphic score for musicians to perform and make live drawings to music.
Yorkshire
National Coal Mining Museum for England
Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH
Tel: 01924 848806; http://www.ncm.org.uk
Craft of the Miner - printing and spells
26-31 October, 12pm to 4pm; Ages 0-11; Free
Learn how to create a simple relief print and find out about the woodcut prints used to illustrate a wonderful
medieval mining manual. Craft a spooky spell or poem taking inspiration from our 'cauldron' of mining
words and handling objects.
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
Lister Park, Bradford, BD9 4NS
Tel: 01274 431212; http://www.bradfordmuseums.org
Hello Hockney
29 October; All ages; Free
Join local artist Tim Curtis and sculptor Sam Shendi to create artwork on the theme of It's Our World.
Castleford Museum
Carlton Street, Castleford, WF10 1BB
Tel: 01977 722084; http://wakefieldmuseumsandlibraries.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-forum-castleford.html%20
Henry's Drawings
30 October, 11am to 2pm; All ages; Free
Castleford artist Henry Moore is renowned for his sculptures – but he also created incredible drawings. We
are going to make tools that we will use to make our own artworks in Moore’s unique style!
Northern Ireland
Coleraine Town Centre
The Diamond, Coleraine, BT52 1DE
Tel: 0287 083 1400
Coleraine Big Draw
4 October, 10:30am & 8pm; All ages; Free
Draw a footballing statue in the Diamond and have a quick game of football when you’ve finished. Join an
outdoor life class and draw the busker in action. Take shelter in your very own market stall and draw a
shop front. Take a very long line for a walk with your friends and family in Bridge Street. Bring a drawing
on the theme of “It’s Our World” with you and show it with others in Church Street; or just draw one on the
day. Choose a Harvest Day subject to draw inside St. Patrick’s Church. Fancy drawing a pint? Why not
draw one or more, than one on the Big Draw Evening in a pub on the Waterside?
Island Arts Centre
The Island, Lisburn, BT27 4RL
Tel: 028 92509509
It's Our World - Printmaking Workshops
8, 15, 22, 29 October, 10am to 12pm; All ages; Free
The 2014 Big Draw Campaign theme, It’s Our World, is a celebration of the environment and sustainability.
Work with artist, Sarah Thomson, in our series of print–making workshops focussing on both local and
global aspects of the world we live in.
Project 24
Queen's Parade, Bangor, BT20 3BH
Tel: 028 9127 0371
The Big Draw @ Project 24
18 October, 11am to 2pm; All ages; Free
Figure drawing, cartooning, doodling, sketching, line drawings are just a few of the ways in which the whole
family can get involved in The Big Draw 2014 @ The Hub @ Project 24. Use your hands, feet or even your
mouth! Chalk, pencil, paint, clay, potato, rope, textiles, powders, tape are just some of the materials
available to create your masterpiece. Live DJ entertainment.