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We're so excited to announce that we'll be hosting the official launch of The Big Draw Festival 2025 in Bradford, the UK City of Culture, this September with @bradford2025 & @nationaltrust! 💓 Find out more and let us know if you'll be joining ⬇️🙌 eventbrite.co.uk/e/drawn-togeth…

Want to come along to a Big Draw Sketchcrawl? 👣 Join us for an afternoon sketching some of London’s most beautiful & historic churches with architectural historian and broadcaster Dr @JonathanFoyle 🗓️Sunday 3rd Aug 🕐1:30-4:30PM 🎟️£16-20 eventbrite.co.uk/e/architectura…

We're SO excited to announce this year's Festival Theme... 🥁 #DrawnTogether celebrates how creativity unites us, how The Big Draw has brought people together over the past 25 years, & how collaboration & connection are at the heart of making & creating. thebigdraw.org/about-us/the-b…

Want to join us on our next sketchcrawl?? Artist and Big Draw Patron @GaryScribbler is leading two Literary London Sketchcrawls in May, where we'll be retracing the footsteps of Dickens and Shakespeare 👣 Tickets £12-15 (+ booking fee) 🙌 eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-big-draw…

This Saturday, #CharltonLibrary are running a Big Draw sketchbook walk from 11am-1pm! Draw & explore movement  in the lovely surroundings of Charlton park 🌳🌷 Call 02083192525 to book! More info: bit.ly/4b5ZDx2 🎨 #LoveYourLibrary #TheBigDraw @GreenwichLibs @Better_UK

📣 We’re looking for a Programmes & Operations Manager to lead The Big Draw's events programme & ensure the smooth running of both the charity and The Big Draw Festival’s operations! Find out more and apply: thebigdraw.org/opportunities £30k-32k | Full-time Deadline: Sun 23 Feb

Join us for a day-long drawing symposium celebrating the interplay between what we see and what we create. The event combines drawing sessions & hearing from artists & designers including Emma Stibbon RA & Charles.O.Job! 🗓️ Thurs 16th Jan 🎟️ £11.55 eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-the-eye…

📣 Time is running out to enter the 7th John Ruskin Prize! ⏰ Deadline: Monday, 25 November 2024, 5PM GMT 🏆 Awards: £8,000 total, with a TOP prize of £3,000 📍 Exhibition: Trinity Buoy Wharf in London, January 2025 🔗 artopps.co.uk/opportunities/…

Come and celebrate the WINNERS of The Big Draw Festival Awards 2022 and 2023 🏆 Our virtual awards ceremony video will go live in just under 10 minutes at 12:30pm (GMT) 🥂 see you there! youtube.com/watch?v=hBApUm…

Celebrate #DrawinginMontion @TheCourtauld this #HalfTerm with @The_Big_Draw 🙌 ⏰ Weds 30 Oct, 10:00 - 15:00 🎟️ Free with entry ticket. Friends, students and under-18s go free. All materials provided. 🎬 Toya Walker myaccount.courtauld.ac.uk/events

Calling all creatives, urban doodlers, history enthusiasts and literature lovers 👣✏️📚 This November, join The Big Draw Patron @GaryScribbler as he re-traces the steps of two of Britain's greatest writers! eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-big-draw…

📆 Drawing event coming up in Whitstable! ✏️🌊✨ Join us and artist @LizAtkin for a #SketchcrawlbytheSea 👣 Together we’ll explore the unique charm of #Whitstable, starting at @thehorsebridge before heading along the waterfront towards the harbour. eventbrite.co.uk/e/sketchcrawl-…

October is finally here, and you know what that means - it's officially The Big Draw Festival month! 🎉🍂🖍🌍 The Big Draw Festival is the world’s largest drawing festival, and guess what? Everyone can take part! 1/5🧵 thebigdraw.org/about-the-big-…

It’s #bfrbawarenessweek from 1-7 Oct each year, I am delighted to be able to share the Stories article on #skinpicking & art I have contributed for @ExploreWellcome #dermatillomania #artforrecovery wellcomecollection.org/articles/Zu1Pl…

Sketchcrawls are back! Join us in Whitstable with artist & Big Draw Ambassador @LizAtkin to explore this charming coastal town with charcoal and pencils in hand 🌊🪸 #SketchcrawlbytheSea #DrawinginMotion 📆Sunday 13 Oct ⏰10:30-12 🎟️£20 (materials inc) eventbrite.co.uk/e/sketchcrawl-…

📢 There are just under 2 weeks left to send in your artworks for #ALetterinMind! Be part of @BrainAppeal's joyous envelope art fundraiser supporting neurological care and research at Queen Square ✉️ aletterinmind.org #ALIM24 Artwork by Axel Scheffler 🐭

We are SO excited to announce this year's Festival Theme... 🥁 #DrawinginMotion encapsulates the fluidity and energy of the drawing process, celebrating how lines, shapes, and forms can capture the essence of movement and bring art to life! 🌟✏️ #BDF2024 thebigdraw.org/the-big-draw-f…

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Cracking news… my🥚🍳found a home yesterday! So delighted to be part of this wonderful eggxhibition fundraiser. Open 12-4 today & tomorrow support @fourthwallfolkestone buy a unique, 1 of a kind, ceramic egg, they’re decorated by almost 100 wonderful artists £40 donation

I am Front Row Radio 4 talking about the great Caravaggio , Supper at Emmaus tonite after the Archers … with the also great Samira Ahmed