Press Office

The Big Draw HQ
Studio 36, 
Riverside Building,
Trinity Buoy Wharf,
64 Orchard Place
London, E14 0JW

Tel: 0203 758 4118

press@thebigdraw.org

Press Releases

28 October 2024 - The Big Draw Festival 2022 and 2023 Award Winners Announced - read

29 August 2024 - Announcing the theme for The Big Draw Festival 2024, 'Drawing in Motion' - read

14 December 2023 - The 6th John Ruskin Prize Announces Shortlisted Artists - read

17 August 2023 - The 6th John Ruskin Prize Announces Judges - read

21 March 2023 - The Big Draw Festival 2023 Theme Announced - read

18 January 2023 - The Big Draw Festival 2020 and 2021 Award Winners Announced - read

19 December 2022 - The Big Draw launches The Christmas Draw - read

31 August 2022 - The Big Draw announces Jane Barnes as new Executive Director - read

10 May 2022 - The Big Draw and Russell Walker take over Coningsby Gallery this June - read

27 April 2022 - Derwent joins The 2022 Big Draw Festival as Official Art Material Partner - read

8 March 2022 - Announcing the 2022 Big Draw Festival theme, 'Come Back To Colour' - read

9 October 2021 - The Big Draw announces the Concepts Drawing Challenge- read

26 August 2021 - The Big Draw announces New Chair of The Board of Trustees - read

3 July 2021 - Announcing a new partnership with Urban Hybrid Architecture & launch of 'The Big Draw Festival China' - read

8 June 2021 - The Big Draw announces four new Digital Residencies with UK artists - read

29 April 2021 - Announcing The Big Draw Digital Residencies Judging Panel - read

9 March 2021 - Announcing the 2021 Big Draw Festival theme, 'Make the Change' - read

1 December 2020 - The Big Draw Festival 2019 Award Winners Announced - read

5 November 2020 - Meet the Judges for the 2019 Big Draw Festival Awards - read

13 October 2020 -  The Big Draw receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund - read

14 September 2020 - Care UK announced as Health and Social Care Sponsor of The Big ‘Green’ Draw Festival 2020 - read

1 July 2020 - The Big Draw removes individual artists subscription fee - read

25 February 2020 - Announcing the 2020 Big Draw Festival theme- 'The Big Green Draw: A Climate of Change'  - read

18 December 2019 - Millie Marotta becomes newest Patron of The Big Draw - read

24 September 2019 - Every Apple Store in the world to celebrate The Big Draw Festival 2019 - read

12 September 2019 - The Big Draw Festival 2019 'Drawn To Life: Creativity & Wellbeing' launched in Manchester - read

15 July 2019 - Announcing the winners of The 5th John Ruskin Prize - read

17 June 2019 - Announcing the winners of The Big Draw Festival Awards 2018/19 - read

9 April 2019 - The Big Draw announce new chair of The Board of Trustees - read.

8 February 2019 - The 5th John Ruskin Prize calls for Agents of Change in bicentenary year - read.

28 September 2018 - People around the world uniting in the name of Play! - read.

26 September 2018 - The Big Draw Festival 2018 comes to Apple Stores - read.

18 September 2018 - Ivan Harbour to be announced as Patron of The Big Draw - read.

15 August 2018 - The Big Draw Festival 2018 Launch Partners Announced - read.

6 November 2017 - Narinder Sagoo becomes Patron of The Big Draw - read.

2 October 2017 - Apple Collaborates with The Big Draw for the world's biggest drawing festival - read.

1 October 2017 - Creatives, cities and countries unite for global drawing festival - read.

25 July 2017 - Announcing the Winners of The Big Draw Festival 2016 - read.

16 May 2017 - The John Ruskin Prize 2017 Shortlist Announced - read.

21 February 2017 - 2017 Big Draw Festival theme - Registration for Living Lines is now open - read.

8 December 2016 - The John Ruskin Prize 2017: Call for Entries - read.

21 October 2016 - Cass Art Supports The Big Draw - read.

11 October 2016 - The Big Draw Festival at Parliament, Drawn Together: Collaborating Creatively - read.

16 September 2016 - The Whitworth to host launch of World's Biggest Drawing Festival - read.

7 September 2016 - GBBO ‘Designer Baker’ Frances Quinn becomes Ambassador of The Big Draw - read.

24 August 2016 - A Visual Learning Adventure for Educators - read.

18 August 2016 - ‘Wonder cartoonist’ Zoom Rockman becomes youngest Ambassador of The Big Draw - read.

15 June 2016 [revised 19 July] - It's Time to Invest in the Future of Drawing - read.

26 May 2016 - Announcing the Winners of The Big Draw Awards 2016 - read.

16 May 2016 - New Director of The Big Draw Reveals STEAM Powered Agenda - read.

26 April 2016 - Exhibition ‘Recording Britain Now: Society’  opens in London’s Docklands - read.

7 April 2016 - The STEAM Powered Big Draw Festival 2016 - read.

9 February 2016 - The John Ruskin Prize 2015/16: Preview and Prize-giving - read.

28 January 2016 - Artists Unite for Environmental Art in Support of The Big Draw - read.

14 December 2015 - The John Ruskin Prize 2015 - Shortlist Announced - read.

10 November 2015 - UK Artists are Recording Britain Now for National Art Prize - read.

15 September 2015 - Top science, media and architecture institutions open doors for international drawing festival - read.

6 August 2015 - Oxford hosts launch of the world’s biggest drawing festival - read.

4 August 2015 - Drawing the World with The Big Draw - read.

30 June 2015 - The John Ruskin Prize 2015: Call for Artists - read.

18 May 2015 - Mike Leigh announces winners of International Big Draw Awards - read.

5 May 2015 - Art Education is an Election Issue: A message from Bob and Roberta Smith RA - read.

23 April 2015 - The Big Reveal by Andrew Marr opens registration for The Big Draw 2015 - read.

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