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THE BIG DRAW FESTIVAL 2016 - GET CREATIVE THIS HALF TERM!
There's so much to get involved with this half term as part of The STEAM Powered Big Draw Festival! Just click a day Mon 24 - Fri 28 October for the daily events and get involved! Tag #STEAMBDF16 @The_Big_Draw and tell us where you've been! :)
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TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER
Design, decorate and launch your own paper plane with the pros @ The Museum of Army Flying, re-enact Aristotle and Canaletto in drawing the world though a camera obscura @ The Bristol Folk House, Be inspired by the beauty of Autumn with Kenwood House, draw and explore the tiny + gigantic in the natural sciences @ Princess Pavillion and Gyllyngdune Gardens + More...
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THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER
There's a super volcano about to erupt @ Middlesex University employ drawing and science to protect and rebuild our world in the face of disaster, get the cogs churning with a STEAM Powered day of drawing fun @ Mid Hants Railway, The Watercress Line, get theatrical with Alnwick Playhouse, draw with light and join Yorkminister in exploring what makes you say 'WOW'? + more...
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SPOTLIGHT ON YOU! THE BIG DRAW FESTIVAL GALLERY
You've made us laugh (just look at Bristol Grammar School's Art Teachers as their art heroes)! and dropped our jaws at your inventiveness. Well done and good luck to all #STEAMBDF16 Organisers! View the gallery here and remember if you register your #STEAMBDF16 event you are eligible to win one of 8 Big Draw Festival Awards worth up to £1000!
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GOT A BRIGHT IDEA?
STILL TIME TO REGISTER!
There is still time to join our global community of drawing enthusiasts embracing STEAM Power for The 2016 Big Draw Festival 1-31 October. From libraries to lidos, schools to science centres, ANYONE can organise a Big Draw Festival event!
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#STEAMBDF16 HIGHLIGHT EVENT #5 : BLETCHLEY PARK
They'll be some code-breaking, art making... 27 -29 Oct | FREE | Drop in AND ENJOY
Next up for the #STEAMBDF16 highlight events will be a focus on the role of creativity in problem solving. See interpretive artwork from artist Mark Sibley, crack codes on the family art trail and get hands-on with embossing and printmaking.
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MONDAY 24 OCTOBER
Paint with magnets and get sticky with icing sugar graffiti @ The Piece Hall, add your own wild beast sketch to the menagerie of animals @ The Tower of London, wrap The Castle, Bude with your creations, get back to nature and create Botany Books @ Brewhouse Arts Centre, Taunton + More...
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WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER
Have a go with conductive drawing materials with The STEAM Powered Big Draw circuit drawing project @ Clipstone, Mansfield Central, Dukerie, East Leake, Balmoral Libraries and Idlewells Shopping Centre, help the Queen and court painter decorate the palace @ Kensington Palace, invent your own Mad Monster @ Littlehampton Museum + More
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#STEAMBDF16
THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER
Make your mark on a starry universe @ Oriel Bevan Jones Gallery, find your inner electrician and explore paper circuitry, design your own mechanical bird and draw with copper tape @ Guildford House Gallery, get to know the local natural resourses and draw waves with light @ Whitley Bay Library, not a fan of the new fiver? Design your own @ Bank of England Museum + more below...
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THE BIG DRAW DIRECTOR KATE MASON ON STEAM POWER!
Why STEAM? What is STEAM?
The Big Draw Director, Kate Mason on why the STEMtoSTEAM campaign has been embraced by Ships, schools, castles, museums, architects, engineers and every sector you can imagine! Click Kate above to watch video :)
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PERKS FOR BIG DRAW FESTIVAL ORGANISERS
Why join The Big Draw Festival this year? Beyond all the benefits of joining a growing global community, this year you will receive: A bumper welcome pack, digital resources, sponsorship and marketing guidance materials, eligibility to win one of 9 awards worth up to £1000 and more...
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#DRAWNTOGETHER THE BIG DRAW HERALDS ARTS EDUCATION
Drawn Together: Collaborating Creatively was a summit of seven arts and education All Party Parliamentary Groups that took place at Parliament as part of the international Big Draw Festival, which this year celebrates a STEAM Powered theme in support of arts education.
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