PRESS STREET & Recycle for the Arts present
The Second Annual DRAW-A-THON
Saturday November 17th - Sunday November 18th
The Green Room @ The Green Project
2831 Marais, entrance on Press Street
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. All drawing materials will be provided.
Free coffee and Hubig’s pies!!
Come for an Hour. Come for the Day. Or Night.
6:30am 2nd Annual Draw-a-thon Commences
Amazing Art-o-mat opens, with a Real Live Artist inside! Coffee, free-drawing warm-ups.
8:00-12:00pm "The Drawing Room" where every surface is covered in paper. Various exciting
family activities with Laura Richens and Susan Gisleson: Drawn to Green, Line King,You Are Here.
12:00 – 2:00pm Micro Comix Making
Local comix artist Caesar Meadows will teach match-book sized comic book construction.
12:00 – 2:00 Tasty Catfish Po-boys by local non-profit Camp Marigny. Bring $!
1:00 – 3:00pm Courtney Egan and Kourtney Keller Honor Filmmaker Helen Hill
with a workshop using some of her simple hand-painted filmmaking techniques. Later in the evening, filmstrips will be projected. Music by Alex McMurray.
2:00 – 4:00pm Gesture Drawing Collage come explore drawing and perspective beyondtraditional form and surface with NOCCA|Riverfront visual arts program: Ashley Teamer & Tracey Bullington.
3:00– 5:00pm Making an Impression Times-Picayune illustrator Kenny Harrison will demonstrate printmaking techniques using reconstruction materials.
5:00 – 9:00pm Delicious food by The Que Crawl, pulled pork, smoked brisket, marinated vegetables and goat cheese quesadillas, grit fries, collared greens and more! Bring $!
6:00- 8:00pm Sketch the band: music by Dixon Ticonderoga
featuring Joe Cabral, Doug Garrison, Anthony Cuccia, Dan Oestreicher
8:00 – 9:00pm Iron Draughtsmen, mc’d by Brad Benischek. Test your skills and creative agility with mystery ingredients. Celebrity judges! Dramatic music by Helen Gillet.
10:00 -12:00am Speed Drawing with Drill Sgt. Gary Oaks. Capture the dynamic nature of the human figure in under-a-minute drawing sprints. Live models!
12:00 -2:00am Samoan Mouth-painting with graphic artist Tim Phillips.
2:00 – 5:00am “Werewolf in the Toilet” Absurdist drawing games til dawn!
5:00 -6:30am Celebratory Pancake Breakfast & Mimosas& Inventory!
ALSO: Guest Appearances by Local Artists, a special tribute to the King of Swaziland, films on art-making, and other on-going activities.
Contact info: 250-7975* noladrawathon@gmail.com* press-street.com
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