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"The Drawing Room" The Drawing Room is a dedicated space for visitors to get creative and start drawing. 19 Sept - 7 Oct artists will be working with students from Colchester secondary schools and colleges to develop drawing skills. The students artwork will be exhibited 15 - 29 Oct. Plus Art Stop - join Beth Hull for fun and creative family drawing workshops. Family Sats 24 Sept, 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Oct 10.30 am - 12.30pm £1 Normal admission charge Lee Valley Regional Park Authority Youth and Schools Service, Abbey Farmhouse, Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1XQ (01992 702227) Ìý"Pretty Pavements, Chalky Creatures & Handy Habitat" Celebrate the Park's important wildlife species with pavement art, aimed at 8-12 year olds and budding young artists - or those young at heart. Help create a habitat display and the creatures that live there. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults are encouraged to take part! Booking essential - contact Lee Valley Park Information Service (tel above). 5-12 year olds Sat 15 Oct 10am - 3pm Free No admission charge Long Ridings Primary School Long Ridings Avenue, Hutton, Brentwood, CM13 1DU "Wall Mural" As a school we intend to design and produce a P.S.H.E. external wall mural with the help of Shenfield High School, Brentwood. Children in Oct tbc not applicable No admission charge | "The Big Draw is a month-long celebration of drawing – a chance to experiment, explore and engage with new materials, ideas and experiences." | | The Campaign for Drawing |
"The Big Draw" Shenfield High School is linking up with Long Ridings Primary School to produce an exterior mural on Long Ridings school wall. The painting will be of children playing. Pupils of both schools Two week period in October school hours not applicable No admission charge Activate c/o Art Development, Chelmsford Borough Council, Civic Center, Chelmsford, CM1 1JG (07742 526493/07813 682443) "Art on the Move" An event to encourage everyone to get involved in visual art. Activate, Chelmsford's Visual Arts Group, invites you to join them to draw. We will be creating simple images, in a storyboard format, which will be assembled for giant sized digital projection in the town centre after dark. All Ages Sat 15 Oct 10am - 4pm workshop, 7 - 9pm projection Free No admission charge Brentwood Borough Council Town Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, CM15 8AY (01277 312645)Ìý "Space To Draw Ya Face" 'Space To Draw Ya Face' event will take place at the Brentwood Centre, where users of the Centre will be able to draw a self portrait using reflection. The finished work will be permanently displayed at the Centre to promote Healthy Living within the Community. Participants can also have the opportunity to take part in 'Essex Eye' Big Draw event. All Ages 13 - 14 & 17 - 18 OctÌý No admission charge Canvey Island Library High Street, Canvey Island, SS8 7 RB (01268 683741) "Street Art" Design a mural to decorate a Skateboard Park Teenagers Sun 16 Oct 1 - 4pm tbc No admission charge. Organised by: Hadleigh Library, 180 London Road, Hadleigh, SS7 2PD Castle Point & Rochford Adult Community College Rocheway, Rochford, SS4 1DQ (01702 544900) "The Big Draw" Family workshop working with the College Art & Design Team. Adults and children, aged 5-16 working together, will be encouraged to draw from a range of exciting stimulus materials and media. No unaccompanied adults or unaccompanied children please. Please contact the college for enrolment details. Families with children 5 -16 Sats 15 & 22 Oct 9.30am - 12.30pm Small charge for materials No admission charge Chelmsford Museum Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, CM2 9AQ (01245 615100)
"Fun Day with The Big Draw" A choice of drawing activities and other activities for all the family. Draw an eye on a postcard and have it included in an artist installation in Essex County Hall, Chelmsford, in November! All Ages Sat 22 Oct 10am - 5pm Free No admission charge Colchester Castle Museum Castle Park, Colchester, CO1 1YG (01206 282940) "Medieval Painting" Use a range of traditional materials and techniques to complete a small painted item. Techniques include: Pouncing - transferring an image using powdered charcoal; Modelling: fixing the charcoal lines to the paper using traditional inks and a quill pen; plus stencilling to finish the design. Learn about paints, paper and ink, how they are made and where they come from. Children Mon 24 - Fri 28 Oct Booked sessions: 11am, 12, 1pm, 2.30 & 3.30pm 50p Normal admission charge
Organised by: Colchester Museums, Museum Resource Centre, 14 Ryegate Road, Colchester, CO1 1YG Colchester Natural History Museum High Street, Colchester, CO1 1YG (01206 282941) "Create your own Monster" Drawing competition. Create your own monster, by combining different parts of different animals in the museum. Be as imaginative as you like – you could even give it a name! Winning entry receives 'Monsters Inc' on DVD. Children Mon 24 - Fri 28 Oct 10am - 4.30pm Free No admission charge
Organised by: Colchester Museums, Museum Resource Centre, 14 Ryegate Road, Colchester, CO1 1YG County Hall (Atrium) Essex County Council, Chelmsford, CM1 1YS (01245 244661) "Essex Eye" Artist Clare Birk's installation made from 'eyes' drawn by Essex children at schools and museums around the county. See local press for details of where you can draw your 'eye' to be included. All Ages Take part throughout Oct; Exhibition: 14 - 24 Nov Check press normal admission charge where applicable Normal admission charge
Organised by: Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6YT Essex Record Office Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6YT (01245 244644) "Big Draw @ the ERO" Be inspired by our collection and try out the art of illuminating letters; make your own illuminated scroll. Booking essential. Children Fri 28 Oct 10am -12pm, 1 - 3pm Free No admission charge Focal Point Gallery Southend Central Library, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EX (01702 612621) "Bizarre Bodies" Drawing and collage. Create crazy mixed-up portraits in this version of the classic children’s game 'exquisite corpse' by choosing your favourite heads, bodies, legs and feet from around the World. Mix Aztec masks with Egyptian Mummies, tribal warriors and trainers. Places limited. Contact the gallery to book or for more details. Children Mon 10 Oct 4.30 - 6.30pm £1.50 (to cover art materials) No admission charge
"We’re Wally!" Drawing and photography. Instead of saying Where’s Wally, imagine we’re ALL Wally! What would different people from around the world look like as Wally? And how many people can you get to dress up as Wally? Children Tues 11 Oct 4.30 - 6.30pm £1.50 to cover art materials No admission charge "Make Me A Star" Performance, photography, video. Come and perform as a famous pop star or band – think you can be McFly or Mariah, Green Day or Kylie? You don’t have to sing, just mime and play ‘air guitar’ to your favourite songs, and we’ll see who makes the best star! Children Wed 12 Oct 4.30 - 6.30pm £1.50 to cover art materials No admission charge "Karaoke Kulture Kollage" Drawing, collage and performance. Wear the face of your favourite pop, TV or sports star, give him or her your face and then try to imagine what you each would look like if you came from a very different culture! Places limited. Contact the gallery to book or for more details. Children Thur 13 Oct 4.30 - 6.30pm £1.50 to cover art materials No admission charge "The Temple Of Phone" Love your phone? Can’t bear to be without it? Dreaming of a new one? Share your feelings about the little piece of plastic that has transformed the way we communicate and crossed global boundaries by creating a loving shrine to everything phone-related. Children Fri 14 Oct 4.30 - 6.30pm £1.50 to cover art materials No admission charge "The Big Picture" Photography, collage. Create monster-size portraits that mix up you and your friends faces using photography and collage techniques to create ‘composite’ faces. Then display them to the world! Children Sat 15 Oct 11am - 2pm £5 No admission charge Gardens of Easton Lodge Preservation Trust Warwick House, Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow, CM6 2BB (01371 876979) "An Invitation to Draw" Artists are invited to create work that commemorates the events that took place at the Gardens of Easton Lodge during World War II. Submissions deadline 25 Sept. Works selected by an independent panel will then go on display in our Drawing on Memories exhibition 14-16 Oct at the Great Dunmow Maltings. For more information phone or email enquiries@eastonlodge.co.uk. All Ages Aug - 25 Sept in your own time Free No admission charge "Drawing on Memories" Come along to our exhibition and find out more about the events and the people who were based at Easton Lodge in the 40s. Professional artists will be leading workshops designed to get families to take an imaginative look at the items on display. Participants will be able to add their own works to a temporary display wall. All Ages Fri 14 - Sun 16 Oct 11am - 4 pm £1 Normal admission charge "An Invitation to Draw - Drawing Trail" Join in a grand drawing trail around the Gardens and find out more about the events and people who were based at Easton Lodge in the 40s. See the new art installations created by artists Kiran Chahal, Stella Eldon and local school children. Event linked to the Drawing on Memories Exhibition at the Great Dunmow Maltings. All Ages Fri 14 - Sun 16 Oct 12 - 5 pm £1 Normal admission charge George Yard Shopping Centre George Yard, Braintree, CM7 1RB (01376 563518) "The Braintree Birthday Big Draw" Drawing activities. All Ages Sat 15 Oct Free No admission charge Organised by: Braintree District Arts Council, 15 Barn View Road, Coggeshall, CO6 1RF Gibberd Gallery Civic Centre, The Water Gardens, Harlow, CM20 1WG (01279 446760 x240) "Bugs, Bacteria and Brain Cells" Drop in and take part in a science themed day of drawing sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline. Come and create your own bugs and bacteria with artist Kathy Schicker using card, glitter, beads, pipe cleaners and textiles. All works will be added to giant petri dishes and displayed in the gallery. All children must be supervised. Family Thurs 27 Oct 10am - 12pm & 1 - 3pm Free No admission charge Hadleigh Library 180 London Road, Hadleigh, SS7 2PD "The Big Draw" Cedar Hall schoolchildren drawing castles. Cedar School pupils Wed 12 Oct 10am - 2pm not applicable No admission charge Hollytrees Museum High Street, Colchester, CO1 1YG (01206 282940) "Runic Clay Tiles" Decorate clay plaques using runic motifs and other inspiration from the museum. Please book a session. Children Mon 24 - Fri 28 Oct 11am, 12, 1, 2.30 & 3.30pm 50p No admission charge. Organised by: Colchester Museums, Museum Resource Centre, 14 Ryegate Road, Colchester, CO1 1YG Marks Hall Marks Hall Estate, Coggeshall, CO6 1TG (01376 563796) "The Big Draw" Workshops for all ages, based at the Visitor Centre at Marks Hall. All Ages Sat 15 - Sat 22 Oct Normal admission charge Museum of Harlow Muskham Road, Harlow, CM20 2LF (01279 454959) "Feel it, Draw it!" Mystery objects from the museum collection in feely bags - what shapes can you feel, what will your drawing look like? All Ages Sat 15 Oct 10am - 5pm Free No admission charge Museum of Power Hatfield Road, Langford, Maldon, CM9 6QA (01621 843183) "The Power of Art" Come and produce an artwork inspired by the steam engines or other objects in the museum, or by the railway, grounds or wildlife areas outside. All Ages Sat 22 Oct 10am - 5pm Normal admission charge Saffron Walden Museum Museum Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1JL (01799 510333) "The Big Draw Sleepover" Spend an evening of drawing fun and games and sleep overnight in the Museum! Suitable for ages 6-12 yrs accompanied by an adult. Phone Museum to book. Family Sat 15 Oct From 7.30pm £5 per child No admission charge South Benfleet Library 264 High Road, Benfleet, SS7 5HD (01268 758558) "Street Art" Design a mural to decorate a Skateboard Park. Teenagers Sat 15 Oct 2 - 5pm tbc No admission charge. Organised by: Hadleigh Library, 180 London Road, Hadleigh, SS7 2PD The Mill Arts & Events Centre Bellingham Lane, Rayleigh, SS6 7ED (01702 318171) "The Mill Big Draw" Work with professional artists to draw a REALLY BIG Rayleigh. Family Sat 15 Oct 12 - 4pmÌý No admission charge. Organised by: Rochford District Council, Council Offices, South Street, Rochford, SS4 1BW | 
