News
Wednesday 19 March 2008
Celebrating the art of drawing - Drawing Out (21 April - 9 May)
Sketches and doodles by art and design staff at Nottingham Trent University are to be shown as part of a major exhibition celebrating the practice of drawing. Drawing Out will feature hundreds of illustrations by both academic and support staff, which will be combined to create a huge ‘drawing wall’ for the event from 21 April to 9 May.
Everybody from the Dean of the School of Art and Design, right through to academics and support staff are being invited to contribute to the exhibition, being staged in the university’s Bonington and 1851 Galleries.
The event will also feature a curated show of work by artists based in the School, which will attempt to look at drawing in its widest sense.
This will range from working drawings for set and costume design, to illustrations that use new laser-cutting technology as a drawing tool; and a series of illustrations produced for publication in international newspapers, to photographic responses to archived drawings in the university’s international lace collection.
“Drawing is and always has been seen as a core element within art and design education, and is an activity that pervades all courses within the School of Art and Design,” said Professor Terry Shave, exhibition co-ordinator and Academic Team Leader for Visual Arts.
He added: “Everybody has a view of what drawing is and what drawing should be in art schools and this will be an opportunity to push boundaries and pose questions on the subject. It is also a celebration of the university as a place for dynamic, contemporary art and design, as well as a community of people who meet on a daily basis in a work environment.”
As well as The Drawing Wall and curated show, the exhibition will feature hands-on drawing sessions for staff and students, which will include the creation of a white board animation. There will be a roundtable discussion on what drawing means to different people, an online spotlight of images which have significant meanings for staff, and invited speakers from the School of Art and Design.
Ann Priest, Dean of the university’s School of Art and Design, said: “We’re all really excited about this exhibition, particularly as it aims to involve as many people as possible from across the School. We’re hoping that it will really demonstrate the huge diversity of approaches to drawing as an activity or subject.”
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Notes for editors: Drawing Out runs from 21 April - 9 May in Nottingham Trent University’s Bonington Gallery and 1851 Gallery.
Opening times are 10am-5pm Monday to Thursday, 10am-4pm Fridays, and 1pm-5pm Saturdays. Private view, by invite only, is Wednesday 30 April , at 6-8pm.
Dating from 1843, Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art and Design is one of most established and respected centres of creative excellence in the United Kingdom. It offers a world-class portfolio of innovative, diverse and exciting courses for study at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Within a thriving multi-cultural community, located on the vibrant Nottingham city centre campus in impressive state-of-the-art design facilities, its programmes are dynamic, contemporary, cross-cultural, interactive, innovative, exploratory, exciting and life-changing. Its courses have an established international reputation for design excellence and outstanding achievement, taught by leading experts, and incorporating flexibility, innovation, independent learning and professional practice.
For more information visit http://www.ntu.ac.uk/art/
Seawhites of Brighton have provided the paper for The Drawing Wall images.
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