thiNK | BIG DRAW drawing festival

Local arts educator Bradfield Dumpleton launches his latest creative brainchild –
thiNK – a free drawing festival for people of all ages as part of The Big Draw
international drawing festival 2013. The event will be held in The Thinkubator at
Channel Court Shopping Centre in Kingston between 7 – 13 October.

This new and inspiring event consists of a series of free, one-day drawing
playshops open to 120 participants over the week. Participants will spend a day
immersed in drawing games and activities designed to make them think and
draw in new ways. Drawing (no pun intended) on The Big Draw theme of “Draw
Tomorrow” the participants will draw interconnected panels to add to the Brain
Tree, a huge evolving drawing mural.

The focus of the event is for participants to use drawing to think about
connecting: connecting lines, ideas, people, synapses, community. Making
creative connections in the brain has positive flow-on effects for health and
wellbeing.

One of the highlights of thiNK is that has been developed to enable broad
community participation. A day has been set aside for the very young (0-7), two
days for kids aged 8 – 13 years, a day for young people 12 – 24, and a day for
the young-at-heart aged 50 and over. On one of the days the Migrant Resource
Centre will be bringing a group of young people from a range of cultural
backgrounds along to participate. This will further enhance the cultural exchange.

The thiNK drawing festival will culminate on Friday 11 October with an official
opening and exhibition of the completed mural and other artworks. It will then be
open to the public the weekend of 12 & 13 October. During the open days there
will be the opportunity for anyone to draw & contribute to the public artworks
gallery.

All information about the event and bookings can be found at:
bradfielddumpleton.com.
Jane Brown