| SUPPORTERS | THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND
The Heritage Lottery Fund supports the Campaign’s Drawing Attractions programme, which encourages historic and environmental sites to attract and involve new audiences through drawing. PERSIL
Just as The Big Draw allows everyone to set their imaginations free, Persil believes that getting dirty is a natural part of experiencing and embracing life. The freedom to get dirty is the freedom to explore, imagine, create, learn and develop. BEROL
Berol is actively involved in developing the creative process by providing arts and crafts materials for children of all ages.Ìý Berol is sponsoring a marquee in London where children can experiment in designing costumes and is providing free art materials for each launch event. Patrons
Quentin Blake CBE, David Hockney CH, Sir Richard MacCormac, Andrew Marr, Sir Roger Penrose OM, Gerald Scarfe, Posy Simmonds MBE, Robert Tear CBE |
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Now in its sixth year, The Campaign for Drawing’s annual showpiece, The Big Draw, continues to grow larger every year, with more events than ever before. From chalk to charcoal, from 3-ply wire to the click of a mouse, The Big Draw is a month-long celebration of drawing – a chance to experiment, explore and engage with new materials, ideas and experiences. Challenging conventional definitions of drawing, The Big Draw aims to unleash a wealth of creativity across UK – offering families, friends and communities a wide range of opportunities to get imaginative, get involved and, above all, get drawing!
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The Big Draw national launch in London on 2 October will kick start the season followed by launches in every other UK nation and region during the weekend, 8-9 October. A week later, The Big Draw Day on Saturday 15 October invites mass participation. Full details and up to date information on Big Draw programme can be found on www.thebigdraw.org.uk THE CAMPAIGN FOR DRAWING | "we seem to have struck something in the national consciousness it's as though everybody had just been waiting to be told that they are allowed to draw" | | QUENTIN BLAKE CBE |
The Guild of St George, an educational charity, initiated the Campaign in 2000 to celebrate the centenary of its founder, the great Victorian critic and artist John Ruskin. Ruskin drew almost every day of his life. He valued drawing not primarily as a tool for making art, but as a way of helping others to see as clearly as he did, and to care more for the world around them. The Campaign for Drawing has a simple aim – to get everyone drawing.Ìý The Campaign reminds educators and the widest public of drawing’s influence and universality – and its value as a medium for active engagement across the cultural sector. It raises awareness of drawing’s power to make us see, think, invent and act.
The Campaign’s four elements span generations and bridge culture gaps to demonstrate how drawing can change lives.Ìý
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Power Drawing - the year-round education programme, investigates the nature, values and functions of drawing. It presents evidence of its use in supporting teaching and learning across the curriculum, at every key stage and in community education. Drawing Attractions shows how drawing can provide new and enjoyable ways of responding to the built and natural environment and offers an accessible approach to interpreting and understanding heritage sites.
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The Drawing Research Network provides a forum for researchers in a wide variety of higher education institutions involved with different areas of professional practice, or its promotion through publications and conferences. The Big Draw, an annual season of events throughout October, is run in partnership with the majority of UK galleries and museums and increasing numbers of heritage sites, libraries and community centres, to open up drawing to all.
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