The Third Annual 24 Hour DRAW-A-THON
Saturday November 22nd- Sunday November 23rd
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 & HUBIGS PIES
Come for an Hour. Come for the Day. Come for the Night.
6:30am 3rd Annual Draw-a-thon Commences
Amazing Draw-o-Tron 3000 Opens, with a Real Live Artist inside! Coffee, free drawing warm-ups.
8:00am-12:00pm The Drawing Room in which every surface is covered in paper. Various family activities with Wanda Gautschi, Laura Richens, and Susan Gisleson: Explore the Cabinet of Curiosities, Miscellaneous Materials Library, Try Drawing with Both Hands, Perspective Drawing with Non-dominant Hand, Subtractive Drawing, and more.
BREAKFAST! 8:00am-12:00pm La Divina Gelateria pastries, muffins, and other sweets to start your day.
10:00am-12:00pm Silence is Violence Neighborhood Workshop musical accompaniment by Shamarr Allen and his music clinic students.
10:00am-12:00pm workshop led by NOCCA/Riverfront visual arts program students Ashley Teamer.
12:00-2:00pm Micro Comix Making Local comix artist Caesar Meadows will teach match-book sized comic book construction.
12:00-‘til Beth’s Book Stand a selection of art books, comics and graphic novels for your amusement and inspiration.
LUNCH! 12:00-2:00pm Tasty Catfish Po-boys by local non-profit Camp Marigny. Bring $$!!
1:00-3:00pm Group Drawing Project With Non-Traditional Materials lead by Xavier art professor Ron Bechet.
3:00-5:00pm Drawing with Light in the Dark Room Times Picayune Features Design Editor and Illustrator Kenny Harrison will offer the unique experience of drawing with light, capturing the images with a photograph.
4:00-6:00pm Drawing Machine Construction learn how to create kinetic drawing machines with James Goedert.
5:00-7:00pm Sound Painting/Drawing with an Amplified Brush Artist and NOCCA instructor Marcus Brown will demonstrate his one-of-a-kind Sound Painting technique.
DINNER! 5:00-8:00pm Delicious Food by Pearl Taco Truck Bring $$!
6:00-8:00pm Painting on Film with Courtney Eagan Workshop using simple hand-painted filmmaking techniques.
7:00pm the Scrib- Sketch the Band- acoustic music by Doug Garrison, Joe Cabral, and Anthony Cuccia
7:00-9:00pm Drawing Round a la Ronde musical chairs drawing collaboration led by artist Shawn Hall where you finish where you start.
DESSERT! 8:00pm-12:00am La Divina Gelateria cake, gelato, and more...
8:00-9:00pm Win, Lose or Draw Drawing Game show mc-ed by Recycle 4 the Arts own dreamy Garyt Shiflett.
10:00pm-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 Blind Folded Sound Drawing Sound Technician Steve Reynolds will blindfold participants who will listen to music on headphones and draw what the music inspires.
1:00-3:00am Remote Control Drawing engineered, performed, and instructed by sculptor Jeff Becker.
3:00-5:00am Werewolf in the Toilet Absurdist drawing games til dawn!
BREAKFAST! 6:00am Celebratory Pancake Breakfast and Drawing Inventory.
ON-GOING ACTIVITIES
The Amazing Draw-a-tron 3000 a curious machine that draws any and all requests.
Draw Inside a Giant Paper Bag artist Brad Benischek’s challenge to create and then draw in your own paper sleeping bag.
Back to Basics Corner graphic designer Tim Phillips’ focus on the fundamentals of drawing.
Slide Librarian Elizabeth Underwood director of AORTA Projects offers a selection of slides from the 1940’s- 1960’s as well as nude slides from a local art school; trace the images as a starting point for your own drawing.
Insect Drawing with Miro! Follow the trails of insects with your pencil and imagination.
Mirror-Mirror attempt to draw while looking in the mirror- a lot trickier than it sounds.
Sand Drawing drawings in sand projected on the wall.
Eye Wall an exploration of drawing eyes of all kinds.
Post-It Note Drawing Collage, Shadow Clock Silhouette Drawing, Magnetic Picture Poetry, Cave Painting, and much, much more!
Photo Gallery
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