How you can take part!

1. DRAW what you love about where you live on the postcards provided at Burrinja.
2. SHARE your drawing by taking part in our BIG DRAW installation – fasten your postcard to one of the pegs attached to the Studio Gallery wall.
3. STAY IN TOUCH by visiting the Yarra Ranges website. www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/bigdraw

What is 'The Big Draw'?

The Big Draw is an international initiative that attracts the participation of over 280,000 people from over 20 countries in a worldwide celebration of drawing.  Each year hundreds of drawing activities connect people of all ages with museums, galleries, public spaces, artists and each other. The key message is that everyone can draw if they are given the opportunity.

Why Draw?

Drawing is a universal language that unites people of all ages, abilities and cultures. Drawing can help us to understand our world, to interpret and communicate ideas. Drawing is an accessible, creative and non verbal way to explore and express ideas.

Project Background

The Big Draw is lead by the Campaign for Drawing, an independent charity which aims to raise the profile of drawing as a tool for thought, creativity, social and cultural engagement. The Big draw was established in the UK in 2000 as a one day event with 180 partner organisations and has grown to a be the worlds biggest drawing event with a month long festival involving over 1300 organisations internationally.

The Big Draw in the Yarra Ranges

The Big Draw theme for 2014 is, It's Our World, a celebration of our environment - of urban, rural and coastal landscapes’. The Big Draw @ Burrinja is a part of a shire wide Big Draw project that will see the Yarra Ranges Council deliver a range of mostly free and participatory drawing activities across the region and the opportunity to contribute to a large scale ephemeral art work. The theme offers people the opportunity to celebrate where they live and create a snapshot of the landscape at a time when our environment and sustainability are hot topics.