TtD 2020 SYMPOSIUM
2B
Drawing Changes
OCTOBER 16-18 2020
online symposium
2B
Drawing Changes
OCTOBER 16-18 2020
online symposium
A full programme of interactive workshops, live discussions, show and tells, get togethers, research talks and collaborative drawing, relating to our theme of Drawing Changes #drawingchanges #2B and the Big Draw 2020 green theme. #climateofchange
Day 1: Climate Change Day 2: Learning Day 3: Healing
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We are excited about the opportunities a virtual symposium offers us – to be greener, to include participants from all around the world who have hitherto been unable to attend in person, to explore drawing at a distance and new possibilities of drawing together online. We have postponed our scheduled 2020 symposium - Drawing Together, to be held at the State University of New York at New Paltz, until October 2021, dates tbc.
2020 has brought unprecedented health, environmental and human rights challenges that have required individuals to shift the way that we work, live, and interact in our daily lives. Our communities are confronting inequality and injustice, and are demanding social change. 2B: Drawing Changes will provide context in which to connect and converse about how our present moment is changing the ways that people make and share drawings, as well as drawing’s usefulness - as a tool for chronicling, confronting, conceiving and contributing to opportunities for change that are presented by our times, our fears, our hopes and our hearts.
For our 2020 online symposium we are working in collaboration with Indiana University Southeast, State University of New York at New Paltz, and The Big Draw.
The symposium will run over 3 days, with 4 hours of live content per day, and local meet ups in all time zones. All live workshops and discussion forums will be recorded and available to ticket holders during and after the event. As a participant you will also gain access to a bank of pre-recorded workshops and presentations, educational resources and archive materials from our previous symposia and professional development courses, 2011 – present.
Your ticket will give you access before, during and after the event to prerecorded workshops and presentations, to view at your leisure, and in preparation for the live event. During the event there will be 10 live workshops over the three days, and live 'show and tell' feedback and discussion sessions. There will be much opportunity to meet fellow drawers and drawing lovers from around the world, in chat rooms, over meals, in live discussions as well as while drawing together. All our drawings will be shared online as we progress.
Funded £120 / Unfunded & students £60
NB: We do not want money to be a barrier to you attending, so please do contact us and let us know why you are keen to attend - we can be flexible with the price of your ticket.
drawingandcognition@gmail.com
2020 has brought unprecedented health, environmental and human rights challenges that have required individuals to shift the way that we work, live, and interact in our daily lives. Our communities are confronting inequality and injustice, and are demanding social change. 2B: Drawing Changes will provide context in which to connect and converse about how our present moment is changing the ways that people make and share drawings, as well as drawing’s usefulness - as a tool for chronicling, confronting, conceiving and contributing to opportunities for change that are presented by our times, our fears, our hopes and our hearts.
For our 2020 online symposium we are working in collaboration with Indiana University Southeast, State University of New York at New Paltz, and The Big Draw.
The symposium will run over 3 days, with 4 hours of live content per day, and local meet ups in all time zones. All live workshops and discussion forums will be recorded and available to ticket holders during and after the event. As a participant you will also gain access to a bank of pre-recorded workshops and presentations, educational resources and archive materials from our previous symposia and professional development courses, 2011 – present.
Your ticket will give you access before, during and after the event to prerecorded workshops and presentations, to view at your leisure, and in preparation for the live event. During the event there will be 10 live workshops over the three days, and live 'show and tell' feedback and discussion sessions. There will be much opportunity to meet fellow drawers and drawing lovers from around the world, in chat rooms, over meals, in live discussions as well as while drawing together. All our drawings will be shared online as we progress.
Funded £120 / Unfunded & students £60
NB: We do not want money to be a barrier to you attending, so please do contact us and let us know why you are keen to attend - we can be flexible with the price of your ticket.
drawingandcognition@gmail.com
The 2020 Programme
We received a wonderful range of proposals from around the world. We will add content to the schedule below, as and when workshops and presentations are confirmed. Do check out the short introductory videos of workshops.
Confirmed workshops and presentations to date:
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A USEFUL & CRUCIAL WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS AND ANYONE REFIGURING THEIR WORK IN ORDER TO TEACH ONLINE
Drawing Research Group Workshop by The UWE Drawing Research Group in collaboration with the Visual Communication Department at Birmingham City University, UK. The group’s interests include the role of drawing in teaching, learning and research, and the practice of teaching drawing. The group have an interdisciplinary outlook and are making connections with those working outside the fields of art and design. |
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Sequential Drawing
Workshop by Gagan Singh |
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Anthi Kosma and Eva Miguel - Draw[riot]ing
Improvised, collaborative drawing.
Improvised, collaborative drawing.
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A slow introduction to modern geometry
Workshop by Renaud Chabrier, helped by a french snail Text of his video introduction: Hi, I’m Renaud Chabrier, October is quite a rainy time in France, so a snail will help me with my workshop presentation, to provide a slow introduction to modern geometry. To begin with, we will practice drawing just a snail shell, in order to get used to the shape. Then we will draw the snail as it moves, and we will pay attention to the way the different drawings interact with each other. During this process, I will talk about the different transformations that the snail can show you, and about the geometry that you can use for your general composition. For this workshop, you will need one empty shell, and one living snail or more, plus a branch to make it move. If you can’t find this, I will display a pre-recorded movie of a moving snail in any case. You can use either charcoal, red chalk or black stone. You will also need a comfortable board and A3 sheet of white paper, or something larger. Feel free to use a variety of pencils on coloured paper, or brushes and ink wash if you prefer, but be careful with complicated techniques because the snail may be faster than you think… See you soon! |
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Botanical Drawing through the Sensorium
Workshop by Sara Schneckcloth An embodied action, Botanical Drawing through the Sensorium expands both perception and reaction, enhancing our material, bodily, traces on the page. In this workshop, we combine close pansensory observation of our local neighborhood flora with the act of mindful drawing, working in a range of mediums and easily-accessible techniques. We will do a number of short studies to deepen perception of line, form, structure, and texture, synthesizing techniques to produce one larger piece. |
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Multi-Sensory Tactile Drawing, at the MET NYC
Workshop with Pamela Lawton |
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Ego meets Eco
by Howard Riley |
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Performative Drawing for Change with Beatriz Albuquerque Are you up to the challenge? Allow yourSelf to rejoice while creating this performative"Exquisite Corpse" drawing to bring change to the world. Let your voice be expressed with movement and drawing. Workshop leader: Beatriz Albuquerque Affiliation: CITAR (Research Centre in Science and Technology of the Arts), Catholic University of Portugal. |
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Phenomenology of (bodily) architectural drawings by Mohammad Moezzi Mohammad Moezzi is researching architectural representation and philosophy. He is an architect, designer and draftsman. who holds Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degrees from AZAD University of Mashhad in Iran. He teaches architectural drawing, architectural representation, design studio, design process, environmental understanding and expression, and drawing theory. |
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Cones, Grids and Timelines with Matt Finch What does it mean to picture the future in uncertain times? How can drawing help us make better choices? This workshop will give attendees the opportunity to explore drawing-led methods of foresight work on- or off-line, helping people to identify key uncertainties and generate future scenarios to inform better decision-making. Based on the Oxford Scenario Planning Approach, this workshop offers the opportunity to radically (re)imagine the futures we might face, at any scale from the personal to the global, grounded in a rigorous and disciplined foresight methodology. |
Drawing Together:
The Amber Tree - we will continue to 'grow' the never ending drawing of a mother tree and her surrounding forest of tree drawings, with drawing spirits in the branches and root systems.
Drawing Breath - An exploration of how breathing and drawing can interact, and how drawing can trace and mirror our breath.
Tree Meds - Visualising ourselves as trees, exploring our connections, how we are rooted in and respond to the environment, and how we can learn from trees.
PLUS:
Kate Mason, Director of The Big Draw, will outline their 2020 #climate of change campaign and their community educational work.
Dr Curie Scott will lead a workshop on visual communication and wellbeing, and sit on a Wellbeing and Healing discussion panel on Sunday 18th October.
Emma Fält - Drawing at a Distance. Exploring sound and drawing, distance and delay.
Please contact us if you would like to prerecord a workshop or presentation as part of our programme - we have space for more prerecorded workshops - all the LIVE slots are filled.
See below for materials and proceedings from our previous events 2011 to the present.
The Amber Tree - we will continue to 'grow' the never ending drawing of a mother tree and her surrounding forest of tree drawings, with drawing spirits in the branches and root systems.
Drawing Breath - An exploration of how breathing and drawing can interact, and how drawing can trace and mirror our breath.
Tree Meds - Visualising ourselves as trees, exploring our connections, how we are rooted in and respond to the environment, and how we can learn from trees.
PLUS:
Kate Mason, Director of The Big Draw, will outline their 2020 #climate of change campaign and their community educational work.
Dr Curie Scott will lead a workshop on visual communication and wellbeing, and sit on a Wellbeing and Healing discussion panel on Sunday 18th October.
Emma Fält - Drawing at a Distance. Exploring sound and drawing, distance and delay.
Please contact us if you would like to prerecord a workshop or presentation as part of our programme - we have space for more prerecorded workshops - all the LIVE slots are filled.
See below for materials and proceedings from our previous events 2011 to the present.
2020 BIOGRAPHIES:
Drawing Research Group
The UWE Drawing Research Group was founded at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK and for this workshop is collaborating with the Visual Communication Department at Birmingham City University, UK.
The group’s interests include the role of drawing in teaching, learning and research, and the practice of teaching drawing. The group have an interdisciplinary outlook and are making connections with those working outside the fields of art and design.
The members are Gary Embury, Senior Lecturer in Illustration, UWE; Anouk Mercier, Lead Technical Instructor in Visual Studies, UWE; Chloe Regan, Lecturer in Visual Communication, Birmingham City University and BIFCA, China; Lucy Ward, Senior Lecturer in Drawing and Print, UWE.
www.uwedrawingresearch.com
Instagram: uwe_drawing_research
Beatriz Albuquerque lives and works between Porto and New York. She received her Doctoral from Columbia University and her Master from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was selected by Flash Art magazine as one of the 100 most relevant international artists under the age of 45. Awards include the Breakthrough Award for the 17th Cerveira Biennial; Myers Art Prize Award, Columbia University; and the Ambient Performance Series Award, PAC/edge Performance Festival. Beatriz Albuquerque exhibits internationally, with solo and group exhibitions at the Chelsea Art Museum, International Istanbul Biennial, Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, among others. www.beatrizalbuquerque.com
Renaud Chabrier is a draftsman, filmmaker and artist-researcher. He works with sketches and movement, and believes that any single stroke in drawing can act as a vector of transformation. Much of his work involves creating animation movies and installations for science museums, using tools like morphing or real-time animation. Since 2017, he has been leading a research project involving biology, computer graphics and philosophy, with the aim of understanding which geometries we use when we draw the spatiality of life.
Affiliation: Institut Curie, PSL University / LIX, Ecole Polytechnique, IP Paris
Matt Finch of mechanicaldolphin.com is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Southern Queensland and a facilitator on the Scenario Planning course at Oxford University. He helps communities, institutions, and individuals to look at the future, find good ideas, and make them happen.
Anthi Kosma and Eva Miguel are the founders of imprografika, a collective of improvised, collaborative drawing, running online and offline sessions worldwide.
Anthi is currently giving classes at the University of Thessaly in Greece. She studied architecture in Democritos University and holds a PhD (Cum laude and special honor) from the School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM).
Eva is an architect from the School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM) and co-founder of Me, a brand and design laboratory on the move with bases in London and Menorca.
https://imprografika.wordpress.com/
https://www.anthikosma.com/
http://www.mebrandlab.com
Pamela Lawton
Pamela Lawton’s 2019-20 “Multisensory Drawing In Siena” project awarded her a U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant at the Siena Art Institute in Italy. Catapulting her artwork into tactile realms, she merged her own artmaking with community-engaged teaching at the Uffizi Galleries, the Benaki Museum (Athens) and elsewhere.
Her solo shows include the Galeria Nacional, Costa Rica, the Galeria Isabel Ignacio, Spain, and The Conde Nast Building, 180 Maiden Lane, and The Atrium Gallery, New York. Group exhibits include the Metropolitan Museum Mezzanine print shop, Pierogi, Sideshow, and Tibor De Nagy galleries. Lawton was an artist-in-residence at the World Trade Center through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Poetry collaborations include Anne Waldman and Lewis Warsh. She has a BA from Bennington College, an MFA from City College, NY and Scuola Lorenzo De Medici in Italy, and received a merit scholarship from Yale Summer School of Music and Art. While at New School University, she created a Sri Lanka-based class. She teaches at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Manhattanville College.
http://pamelalawton.com
Mohammad Moezzi is a PhD student of Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape in the University of Calgary in Canada, where he is doing research on architectural representation and philosophy. He is an architect, designer and draftsman who holds Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degrees, both from AZAD University of Mashhad in Iran. As an architect, he has been working in more than forty projects. He also has been a Lecturer in Iran and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Canada since 2012. He taught courses on architectural drawing, architectural representation, design studio, design process, environmental understanding and expression, and drawing theory.
https://www.instagram.com/m.h.moezzi/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-h-moezzi/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/mohammad_moezzi
Howard Riley is Professor Emeritus, Swansea College of Art, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He studied at the Hammersmith College of Art, Coventry College of Art, the Royal College of Art and holds a doctorate in the practice and pedagogy of drawing. He has published in the areas of drawing pedagogy and visual semiotics. Riley's drawings have been exhibited in Australia, Finland, Serbia, the USA and the UK.
Professor Howard Riley PhD MA(RCA) CertDes FRSA FHEA
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Howard_Riley
https://howardriley.wordpress.com
Sara Schneckloth
Schneckloth’s studio practice is motivated by the question of how science, imagination, and the body inform one another through the activity of drawing. She has shown drawings in over eighty exhibitions throughout the US, UK, South Africa, Norway, and France. Her essays on drawing and embodiment have appeared in the Journal of Visual Culture, Visual Communications Quarterly, TRACEY, and the Manifest INDA. She holds degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, is an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina, co-curates the Svalbard Seed Cultures Archive, and directs Drawing Canyon, Sage, and Sky in rural New Mexico.
www.saraschneckloth.com
www.seedcultures.com
www.canyonsagesky.com
Offerings film: https://vimeo.com/387107770
Gagan Singh is a Delhi based artist who also conducts Drawing based workshops.
His interest has been how to think through Drawing through Sketchbooks, working on
site and Video where he uses Humor as an entry point. He graduated from
Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, Kent in 2005 with an MA in Fine Arts.
He is represented by Chatterjee & Lal Gallery based in Mumbai.
http://chatterjeeandlal.com/artists/gagan-singh/
https://www.instagram.com/gagansingh05/
https://indiaartfair.in/gagan-singh-i-sometimes-envision-when-i-am-drawing-that-i-am-doing-stand-up-comedy
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PREVIOUS EVENTS & PROCEEDINGS:
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Drawing Rocks!
What is Drawing Good For?
TtD 2018 Symposium
June 5-6th 2018
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in The Secret Drawing Room BFI Southbank London |
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'Drawing Rocks' brought together leading researchers, educators and drawing practitioners to continue our exploration of what drawing is, what it does, and how it does it. To this end, we shared drawing practices and research findings, and discussed the many roles of drawing. The 2 day event consisted of practical workshops, presentations of recent cognitive research relating to drawing practices and learning, and discussions.
The Secret Drawing Room, BFI, Southbank, London