sign up/login
The Big Draw
  • Festival Festival
    • About The Big Draw Festival
    • All events
    • Awards
    • Care UK & The Big Draw Festival 2021
    • Derwent & The Big Draw Festival 2022
    • Organisers Area
    • Sponsor Partners 2022
    • The Big Draw Festival 2022: Come Back To Colour
    • What the Organisers Say
  • Blog Blog
    • Support Support
      • Shop Shop
        • Gallery Gallery
          • Our Work Our Work
            • 2021 Digital Residencies
            • About Us
            • Concepts & The Big Draw
            • Concepts Drawing Challenge
            • Contact
            • Drawing in Schools
            • FAQ's
            • Opportunities
            • Press
            • Russell Walker & The Big Draw
            • The Big Draw Ambassadors
            • The Big Draw Patrons
            • The Ruskin Prize


          Membership area

          Drawing Changes Lives

          The Big Draw
          • Festival Festival
            • About The Big Draw Festival
            • All events
            • Awards
            • Care UK & The Big Draw Festival 2021
            • Derwent & The Big Draw Festival 2022
            • Organisers Area
            • Sponsor Partners 2022
            • The Big Draw Festival 2022: Come Back To Colour
            • What the Organisers Say
          • Blog Blog
            • Support Support
              • Shop Shop
                • Gallery Gallery
                  • Our Work Our Work
                    • 2021 Digital Residencies
                    • About Us
                    • Concepts & The Big Draw
                    • Concepts Drawing Challenge
                    • Contact
                    • Drawing in Schools
                    • FAQ's
                    • Opportunities
                    • Press
                    • Russell Walker & The Big Draw
                    • The Big Draw Ambassadors
                    • The Big Draw Patrons
                    • The Ruskin Prize

                  Membership area

                  The World's Biggest Drawing Festival


                  The Big Draw Festival Awards 2016 North Yorkshire County Council Record Office

                  The Big Draw Festival is really important to organisations such as ourselves as it gives us an opportunity to showcase the fascinating documents in our holdings in a new way. We were thrilled to be awarded the Community, Participatory and Libraries Big Draw Award at the ceremony held at the beautiful Hoxton Hall in May 2016.

                   




                  The day was filled with inspirational and magnificent groups of people from all over the country (and The Netherlands!), and all shared in celebrating everyone’s achievements. We particularly enjoyed drawing the wonderful Drawing Circus; it was a joy to see everyone having a go and getting involved. The miniature Yorkshire Puddings were also amazing!

                  Drawing is fundamental to education, understanding, and of course, history. Historically, everything has been written and drawn by hand; from maps and portraits of family to plans of buildings and engines, it all started with a drawing. Using The Big Draw Festival as a platform we are able to take these invaluable sources of information and use them to create art.

                  What was also evident from our own Big Draw event in October 2015 was that conversations between participants were stimulated as they learned from each other, not only about their connection with Northallerton, but also the history of the town through the maps.

                  As we left for our train back up to North Yorkshire, we were filled with ideas and concepts, spurred on by the fabulous people we had met at the awards. Both fellow winners and guests at the awards were a pleasure to meet and talk with.

                  I would recommend anyone, whether an individual or an organisation, to get involved with The Big Draw Festival. There are so many possibilities and fantastic outcomes and as we proved, you don’t need a huge budget. This year’s theme ‘STEAM Powered Big Draw’ has the potential for many interesting and exciting events.  We are busy planning our second event and look forward to being involved again this year!

                  Emily Ward

                  Records Assistant

                  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
                  Big Draw in VIlafranca 2016
                  Big Draw in VIlafranca 2016
                  Ajuntament de Vilafranca del Penedès. Servei de Cultura
                  Fern Hill Primary School pupils collaborate with The Kingston Academy to create a navigable maze.
                  Fern Hill Primary School pupils collaborate with The Kingston Academy to create a navigable maze.
                  The Kingston Academy
                  Artist Workshop led by Kaitlyn Ferguson and Annie Brunditt at the SCVA. Students responding to the the theme
                  Artist Workshop led by Kaitlyn Ferguson and Annie Brunditt at the SCVA. Students responding to the the theme 'Play' drawing 'Beasts' by Lynn Chadwick
                  Ormiston Denes Academy
                  Children with their beautiful blue morpho butterflies
                  Children with their beautiful blue morpho butterflies
                  WWF-UK Living Planet Centre
                  A quartet
                  A quartet
                  Malvern Theatres Trust Ltd
                  Wheel drawing with ink and pastels
                  Wheel drawing with ink and pastels
                  Ashburton Festival Association
                  UGM kids draw animals
                  UGM kids draw animals
                  Hisa! drustvo za ljudi in prostore (House! society for people and places)
                  Arterie@Lifehouse Final display
                  Arterie@Lifehouse Final display
                  Chris O'Brien Lifehouse - Arterie Program
                  STEAM Powered Big Draw in Berwick
                  STEAM Powered Big Draw in Berwick
                  Berwick Visual Arts
                  all aboard the Fulbourn Flyer. AAl
                  all aboard the Fulbourn Flyer. AAl
                  Fulbourn Arts
                  Drawing without looking at the paper. Fish
                  Drawing without looking at the paper. Fish
                  Springwell Learning Community
                  A very busy Story Sack Animation Workshop
                  A very busy Story Sack Animation Workshop
                  Young Animators Club (Community Interest Company)
                  Our youngest visitor at the Get Drawing @Chatsworth workshops in the Garden
                  Our youngest visitor at the Get Drawing @Chatsworth workshops in the Garden
                  Devonshire Educational Trust
                  Preparing to draw falling seeds
                  Preparing to draw falling seeds
                  Saint Josephs Catholic Primary School
                  Drawing Arctic weather with scissors
                  Drawing Arctic weather with scissors
                  Animate Arts Company
                  smART and Chips for our Young Carers
                  smART and Chips for our Young Carers
                  Dover smART Project
                  Making our own snow!
                  Making our own snow!
                  John Jamieson School
                  the earth is my pillow
                  the earth is my pillow
                  Malvern Theatres Trust Ltd
                  busy creating
                  busy creating
                  Wasps Links Studios
                  Famous Art on Post-It
                  Famous Art on Post-It
                  Barkingside Art Club
                  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