Vancouver Draw Down 2011

 

VANCOUVER DRAW DOWN FINALE
Saturday, July 23, 2011

The Vancouver Draw Down Finale consisted of a series of two-hour come-and-go, all-ages 
workshops at each of the nine participating sites across the city.

Here is documentation for each of these events:

Sunset Community Centre
6810 Main Street, Vancouver, BC

Creatures at Sunset

Participants were invited to drop by the lobby at Sunset and help create collaborative creature drawings. Each creature began with a random brush mark, and depended on at least three different people’s contributions.
 
For further information about the Vancouver Draw Down events at Sunset contact: Cyndy Chwelos, Community Arts Programmer: 604-718-6521, Cyndy.Chwelos@vancouver.ca

Kitsilano Community Centre
2690 Larch Street, Vancouver, BC

Kitsilano Creatures

Participants at Kitsilano were invited to participate in the Vancouver Draw Down's all-ages collaborative creature drawing activity.

For further information about the Vancouver Draw Down events at Kitsilano contact: Ellen Decamara, RFC: 604-257-6988, ellen.dacamara@vancouver.ca

Museum of Anthropology at University of British Columbia
6393 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC

(F)Light of Birds: Pinprick Drawings

The Museum of Anthropology is full of birds—visitors can find them everywhere they look. MOA's finale participants created pinprick drawings of birds in response to ones they found in the museum.

For further information about the Vancouver Draw Down events at MOA contact: Vivienne Tutlewski, Education + Public Programs Intern: 604-822-5978, programs@moa.ubc.ca
Roundhouse Community Arts + Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC

Roundhouse Creatures

Visitors to the Roundhouse's finale event were invited to contribute to an amazing collection of collaborative creature drawings, where every drawing needed contributions from at least three different people.

For further information about the Vancouver Draw Down events at the Roundhouse contact:
Marie Lopes, Arts Programmer: 604-713-1806, marie.lopes@vancouver.ca


Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby St., Vancouver BC

Creatures from the Land of Dreams

After visiting the amazing The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Artexhibition, workshop participants were able to get in touch with their inner Surrealist and tap into the collective unconscious through a unique collaborative creature drawing activity.

For further information about Vancouver Draw Down events at the VAG contact: Laura Minta Holland, Family Programs Coordinator: 604-662-4700 #2420, lmintaholland@vanartgallery.bc.ca
Carnegie Community Centre
410 Main St, Vancouver, BC

Carnegie Creatures

Visitors to Carnegie participated in a come-and-go collaborative creature drawing activity. Every drawing needed three different people's contributions.

For more information about the Vancouver Draw Down events at Carnegie contact: Sindy Bruno, Volunteer Programmer 604-606-2708, sindy.bruno@vancouver.ca
Oppenheimer Park
400 Powell St, Vancouver, BC

Creatures in the Park

Visitors to Oppenheimer Park created a collection of collaborative creature drawings, where every drawing needed contributions from at least three different people.

For further information about Vancouver Draw Down events at Oppenheimer Park contact: Sandy MacKeigan, Community Programmer: 604-253-8830, sandy.mackeigan@vancouver.ca
Creekside Recreation Community Centre
1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, BC

Creatures at Creekside

Visitors to this beautiful new community centre on False Creek participated in a collaborative creature drawing activity, where every drawing needed contributions from three different people.

For further information about the Vancouver Draw Down events at Creekside contact: Manabu Koshimura, Recreation Programmer: 604-257-3053, manabu.koshimura@vancouver.ca
Britannia Community Services Centre
1661 Napier St., Vancouver BC

Britannia Draw Down Finale

Britannia offered a whole series of exciting activities as part of their Vancouver Draw Down Finale event. The Vancouver Draw Down "Face 2 Face" workshop presented an unusual portrait drawing exercise: one-minute, blind, continuous- line, contour drawings of another person's face. Participants also had the opportunity to try thier hand at "Funny Faces," a collaborative drawing activity, where each person drew one feature then passed the drawing along to their neighbour.

For further information about Britannia Community Services Centre's Vancouver Draw Down events contact: Lorrie Wager, Arts & Culture Programmer: 604-718-5825, Lorrie.Wager@vancouver.ca