Bowden Village

Bowden Big Draw 2012

will be on Sat 27th October
2pm – 6pm in Bowden Village Hall.

Come along and have fun drawing some of Bowdens buildings, and other interesting things displayed in the village hall. Paper pencils and compressed charcoal provided. For all ages.
Tea, Coffee, Juice served to keep you going!.
ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT.

Entrance free.

See the Bowden Big Draw 2011 Treehouses Gallery

the 2011 Bowden Big Draw will be on Sat 8th October
11am – 4pm in Bowden Village Hall.

imagine!draw!make a treehouse!

Enter the tree-house design studio!
Get Creative & Design a Wonder Tree-house
Then go 3-D with Pop-ups, Mobiles & More
And even add to our very own Forest! Prizes!
with artists Tim Chamberlain & Gareth Hughes

All activities free for all ages.

ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT.

Gareth Hughes and Tim Chamberlain, with SBC Arts Development team, did 6 Big Draw events in October including one in Bowden village hall. The projects were selected for a Highly Commended Award in the annual Drawing Inspiration Awards run by the Campaign for Drawing! The events were funded by the Scottish Borders council Arts Development team  providing the t-shirt press, t-shirts and materials. The theme was plants and machines, and artists could have their drawing scanned and printed on to a t-shirt....in all we did just under1000.  The events were held in Duns, Bowden, Kelso, Galasheils, Peebles and Hawick.

October 2010 is Big Draw month in twenty countries and on five continents. Launched in 2000, this annual initiative has grown from 180 events in the UK to over 1500 worldwide. The Campaign aims to use drawing to connect visitors with museum and gallery collections, urban and rural spaces – and the wider community – in new and enjoyable ways.

Every Big Draw season offers unlimited scope for those who love to draw and those who think they can’t.

Why? Drawing helps us to think, invent and communicate – regardless of age and ability. The Campaign took its initial inspiration from the visionary Victorian artist and writer, John Ruskin.

The Big Draw takes place throughout October each year, offering drawing events for people of all ages and abilities.

For more information on the Big Draw visit The Campaign for Drawing website at
www.campaignfordrawing.org