THE BIG DRAW 2005
Drawing fun for all ages at National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool is hoping to unleash the artist in all of us throughout October by holding a programme of activities as part of the Big Draw 2005.
The Big Draw is an annual national event - now in its sixth year - encouraging people to put pen, pencil, crayon or even charcoal to paper and get drawing! With 1,500 events being held nationwide in schools, colleges, museums, galleries, shopping centres and other heritage centres, its aim is to challenge popular perceptions of drawing, make it accessible to people of all ages and stimulate creativity.
Juliet Staines, the learning officer for the Lady Lever Art Gallery says: “The Big Draw is a national initiative which has a simple aim - to get everyone drawing! National Museums Liverpool houses rich and diverse collections of paintings, textiles, furniture, sculpture and ceramics - taking inspiration from this collection, where better to look, think, invent, act and express yourself through drawing.”
The following activities are free and open to visitors of all ages:
- The Lady Lever Art Gallery is pulling out all the socks for its Big Sock Draw, an activity inspired by the exhibition, Pulling the Lever: Sculptures by Pete Ellis. Visitors will be asked to bring a sock to draw, design a sock or even make a sock puppet and all finished articles will be displayed in the gallery. 15 & 16 October 2005
· Little Artists John Cake and Darren Neave will be offering their expertise at the Walker Art Gallery by devising Fun and Drawing Games, with the chance to see your own work showcased in the gallery.
8, 9, 22, & 23 October 2005
11am - 4pm
· World Museum Liverpool’s Weston Discovery Centre will hold its first ever Big Draw event, with its own masks, puppets and sculptures offering inspiration to all visitors who want to create their own masterpieces.
15 & 16 October 2005
11am-4pm
· Visitors to the Clore Natural History Centre will have the chance to see their drawings up in lights, when they are converted into digital images and projected into the gallery for all to see.
15, 16, 22, & 23 October 2005
11am -4pm
11am-4pm
· Cartoon drawing is this year’s thing at Customs & Exercise National Museum and the whole family is invited to come along and learn how to create their very own characters.
15 & 16 October 2005
11am - 4pm
· Professional cartoonist Bill Stott will be showing off his work and offering advice and tips to any one who wants to perfect their technique. 16 October 2005
1:30pm - 3pm.
The best drawings from all of the Big Draw 2005 activities will be showcased in a special gallery on our website.