Vancouver Draw Down, Saturday June 15, 2013
Over 35 free workshops at various locations throughout Vancouver!
Think you can’t draw? Think again. Vancouver Draw Down is an annual,day long celebration of drawing that challenges every single Vancouverites, young and old to dispel their preconceptions about drawing, touch a pen to a piece of paper, and make a mark
If you can write your name, you can draw!
Saturday June 15, 2013, over 35 different arts and cultural organizations across Vancouver will host diverse, hands-on drawing workshops in community centres, parks, schools, art galleries, cemeteries, and on the street!
You can create a flip book, do a diorama, draw with an iPhone, create your own pigments, design a hotel, participate in inventing creatures never before seen, generate a moving mural, draw with massive crayons,and much more. The workshops are designed with a come-and-go atmosphere, and participants are encouraged to move around to different events throughout the day.
All workshops are open, inclusive, and free (or free with admission). Led by professional artists, these creative happenings are about process and pleasure, not about technical skill. No matter what your age or skill level, there’s something for everyone at Vancouver Draw Down.
This is the fourth annual Vancouver Draw Down, and the biggest one yet with participation from every Community Centre in Vancouver: Britannia, Crab Park/Carnegie Community Centre, Champlain Heights, Coal Harbour, Creekside, Douglas Park Community Centre, Dunbar, Elm Park/Kerrisdale Community Centre, False Creek, Hastings, Hillcrest, Kensington, Killarney, Kitsilano/Hadden Park, Marpole, Mount Pleasant, Ray Cam, Renfrew, The Roundhouse, Strathcona, Sunset, Thunderbird, Trout Lake, West End, and West Point Grey, AND ArtStarts in Schools, Collage Collage, the Contemporary Art Gallery, COV Main St. Poodle, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, Mountain View Cemetery, Satellite Gallery, UBC Learning Exchange, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Find us online at vancouverdrawdown.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/VancouverDrawDown, and on Twitter at @VanDrawDown
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BUT I’M NOT AN ARTIST. WHY SHOULD I DRAW?
We’re glad you asked…Drawing is a way of capturing ideas, encouraging observation, and expressing thoughts. It’s a problem-solving tool, a brainstorming mechanism, a way to visualize outcomes and a means of creative exchange.
It’s also a powerful communication device that transcends barriers of language and literacy. The more you draw, the more detail you see in your every day life — shadow, colour, shape, reflection, texture.
It’s time to spark the right side of your brain and connect with the innovative and imaginative recesses of your mind. This is about process and pleasure, not about technica l skill. That’s why everyone — including YOU —can participate!