sign up/login
The Big Draw
  • Festival Festival
    • About The Big Draw Festival
    • All Events
    • Big Draw Festival Awards
    • Sponsor-Partners 2023
    • The Big Draw Festival 2023: Drawing with Senses
    • What the Organisers Say
  • Blog Blog
    • Support Support
      • Shop Shop
        • Gallery Gallery
          • Our Work Our Work
            • About Us
            • Concepts & The Big Draw
            • Concepts Drawing Challenge
            • Contact
            • Drawing in Schools
            • FAQ's
            • Opportunities
            • Press
            • The Big Draw Ambassadors
            • The Big Draw Patrons
            • The Big Draw Trustees
            • The Ruskin Prize


          Membership area

          Drawing Changes Lives

          The Big Draw
          • Festival Festival
            • About The Big Draw Festival
            • All Events
            • Big Draw Festival Awards
            • Sponsor-Partners 2023
            • The Big Draw Festival 2023: Drawing with Senses
            • What the Organisers Say
          • Blog Blog
            • Support Support
              • Shop Shop
                • Gallery Gallery
                  • Our Work Our Work
                    • About Us
                    • Concepts & The Big Draw
                    • Concepts Drawing Challenge
                    • Contact
                    • Drawing in Schools
                    • FAQ's
                    • Opportunities
                    • Press
                    • The Big Draw Ambassadors
                    • The Big Draw Patrons
                    • The Big Draw Trustees
                    • The Ruskin Prize

                  Membership area

                  The World's Biggest Drawing Festival


                  Recording Britain Now prize-winning piece purchased by Millenium Dome Architect

                  Architect Mike Davies of Millennium Dome and Pompidou fame – among many other things* - is a man whose long list of accolades put him at the forefront of groundbreaking design. We are thrilled to announce that at our event, last night, he selected the winning drawing from our Recording Britain Now exhibition to adorn his studio.

                   

                   

                  If you haven’t yet seen the exhibition, we encourage you to visit before it closes on Sunday 30th November, and also to contact us to find out more about opportunities to enter our 2015 John Ruskin Prize.

                    

                  The Recording Britain Now exhibition includes drawings, paintings, prints and textiles by 23 artists shortlisted for the 2014 John Ruskin Prize. The works on display reveal a rich mix of techniques and topical commentary, exploring our endangered towns and countryside.Established and emerging artists present fresh, contemporary visions of their urban, rural or social environment – from haunting pastoral vistas to evocative depictions of 21st century suburbia.

                   

                  The winning piece, Slowly Creeping, created by artist Maggie Hargreaves, is a study of the last remains of a Victorian cyanide works, which produced dyes for the Manchester textile industry. Her two epic charcoal drawings, both nominated for the Prize, show how we interact with, and affect, our environment, and how nature eventually takes its revenge.

                   

                  "I am delighted to be in the ‘Recording Britain Now’ show, where the breadth of drawing practice today is clearly evident. I was hugely encouraged, by winning this prestigious award, to continue exploring our relationship with the world through drawing", said Maggie Hargreaves, winner of the 2014 John Ruskin Prize.

                   

                  Recording Britain Now is inspired by John Ruskin, artist, writer, critic and scholar, who believed that drawing helps us to see and understand our environment more clearly. Founded by The Campaign for Drawing, in collaboration with the Guild of St George, the annual John Ruskin Prize invites submissions from artists working in drawing, painting, watercolour, print and mixed-media.

                   

                  We will soon announce the 2015 John Ruskin Prize, and encourage you to email amdin@campaignfordrawing.org if you would like to be kept informed.

                   

                  The final event in the Recording Britain Now  programme, The Building Site Project will take place on Sunday 30th November and is the last chance to see the exhibition, where Maggie’s second piece, and several others are available for purchase.

                   

                  *Mike Davies CBE, RIBA, FRSA, FRGS, FICPD was a founding partner of the Richard Rogers Partnership and is a senior partner of the firm’s current incarnation, Roger Stirk Habour + Partners. He started his career at Airstructures Design in London while studying at the Architectural Association. Following his master’s degree at UCLA he co-founded Chrysalis Architects in the USA, a firm specialising in lightweight structures. He joined the partnership between Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano in 1971, shortly after they won the commission to design the Pompidou Centre in Paris. In 2010 he was appointed a Chevalier of the Order of the Légion d’honneur. Main projects include Pompidou Centre, Paris; IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique), Paris; INMOS, the UK government microchip factory, Newport; First strategic development masterplan for the Royal Docks 1983-4, London; Masterplan for the City of Dunkirk; Masterplan for the Greenwich Penisula; Lloyd’s Building, London; Millenium Dome, London; Grand Paris Strategic Masterplan for the President of France; Heathrow West Masterplan and Terminal 5 Complex, London Heathrow.

                   

                   

                  facebook twitter instagram pinterest YouTube
                  Find an event

                  search Advanced search »

                  Receive Big Draw News

                  Subscribe to our mailing list

                  Add me to the list
                  Penguin Posse Poster of Prints
                  Penguin Posse Poster of Prints
                  Yorkshire Penguin Posse
                  24H Drawing Lab (Rome) - Tactile Drawing at Archivio Menna Binga
                  24H Drawing Lab (Rome) - Tactile Drawing at Archivio Menna Binga
                  24H Drawing Lab
                  drawing workshops at TAAG this weekend
                  drawing workshops at TAAG this weekend
                  Teignmouth arts action group
                  Local Primary school children working with Hodgson students
                  Local Primary school children working with Hodgson students
                  Hodgson Academy
                  Technology  Location: Artists Smart Phone Photo: Claire Davenhall Media: Conte
                  Technology Location: Artists Smart Phone Photo: Claire Davenhall Media: Conte
                  Claire Davenhall - Visual Artist
                  Big Draw Bake Off - Keith Haring
                  Big Draw Bake Off - Keith Haring
                  The Norwood School
                  Mandalas too
                  Mandalas too
                  Saltburn Community and Arts Association
                  Team work!
                  Team work!
                  British School of Beijing
                  Postcards from Ilythyr Primary School, Rhondda
                  Postcards from Ilythyr Primary School, Rhondda
                  Cynon Valley Museum
                  Benjamin Britten
                  Benjamin Britten's Composition studio
                  Britten-Pears Foundation
                  Pinhole Pictures students from Newark College made images through exploring photography and drawing for our 2021 Big Draw event..
                  Pinhole Pictures students from Newark College made images through exploring photography and drawing for our 2021 Big Draw event..
                  University of Lincoln
                  Colour Splash @ RIA RAC centre, The Kingdom of Bahrain
                  Colour Splash @ RIA RAC centre, The Kingdom of Bahrain
                  Dr. Anamica Bhattacharya
                  Ilford High Street Challenge #highstreetsforall
                  Ilford High Street Challenge #highstreetsforall
                  Ilford Business Improvement District
                  Textile group
                  Textile group
                  Calderdale MBC- Discover
                  Sophie Rodin
                  Sophie Rodin
                  Sophie Rodin
                  the Pintar Rapido exhibition
                  the Pintar Rapido exhibition
                  Pintar Rapido
                  Scambio di saperi attraverso il disegno
                  Scambio di saperi attraverso il disegno
                  Comitato Popolare Antico Corso
                  'Postcards from a Happy Place' at Rich Mix, 13th Oct are giving away FREE Goodie Bags to participating families!
                  Art Hoppers
                  24H Drawing Lab (Rome) - Tactile Drawing at Archivio Menna Binga
                  24H Drawing Lab (Rome) - Tactile Drawing at Archivio Menna Binga
                  24H Drawing Lab
                  Our school made with hands painted from the primary students, flowers from nursery and kindness heroes from KS3
                  Our school made with hands painted from the primary students, flowers from nursery and kindness heroes from KS3
                  Braeburn Garden Estate Schools
                  Gallery View The
                  Big Draw

                  @ The Big Draw

                  Tweets by @The_Big_Draw
                  • About us
                  • Terms and Conditions
                  • Organise an event
                  • Press
                  • Privacy policy
                  • Contact
                  The Guild of St George Urban Space Management East London Chamber Alan Davidson Foundation Foster and Partners Trinity Bouy Wharf Trust Trinity Bouy Wharf Here for Culture Concepts Derwent Lottery funded