The Big Draw - October 2015

This is the 16th year of The Big Draw - which takes place throughout October in various countries across the world as well as across the UK

Last year 414,000 people attended over 1800 events by more than 1000 organisers across 26 countries! Now that's BIG!

The theme is announced via drawing

Key facts for anybody interested in drawing 

....or knows children, young people, adults or older people who like to draw

Big Draw Map of  Events across the UK

• There are events all over the UK throughout October. They include a drawing event, exhibition or workshop. You can: 
• Find out where these are on the Big Draw map (much better this year!)
• You can even locate International Drawing Events which have registered with the Big Draw
• Sign up to our newsletter to receive alerts whenever a Big Draw event arrives near you.
• This year's theme is Every Drawing Tells a Story
• There's a BIG Draw Competition - inviting you to design a logo
• The Big Draw’s first Architecture Drawing Day will be launched in partnership with the RIBA (10 October, London). This includes a series of workshops to encourage different approaches to drawing buildings and places, including  RIBA Explore and Draw, Drawing through a lens and more.
• On 11 October there is Drawing the World Sunday 11 October, 11 – 4 pm at Granary Square, King’s Cross. There will be activities all day - including a lot particularly suitable for children. More details here on the blog.
• There are also  lots of resources for encouraging Drawing in Schools
• These are the nice people who provide the facilities and funding which makes this all happen.

Plus allied to the Big Draw is the Ruskin Prize art competition - which I've written about previously. See The John Ruskin Prize 2015: Call for Entries - Making a Mark (29 Jun 2015) Overview of the Call for Entries for the John Ruskin Prize 2015 - on a theme of 'Recording Britain Now: Society'. Deadline: 23 November 2015