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The Big Draw 2004The first Big Draw was launched by artist Colin Lanceley and the Patron of Big Draw Australia, Professor Di Yerbury. Following the opening speeches, Di Yerbury invited children to join her in starting the chalk mural, Make Your Mark at Macquarie!
A leading Australian artist whose work is held by galleries in Australia and internationally, Colin Lanceley became known as a member of the Annandale Imitation Realists in the 1960s. An avid collector of objects, Lanceley used these in his collages and assemblages that responded to urban street culture and a sense of place. Annual exhibitions of Lanceley's work were held in the UK , Australia , New York and Europe from 1962, including a solo print exhibition at the Tate, London , 1976, and a large survey exhibition at the AGNSW in 1987.
» Drawing with Colin Lanceley / Colin Lanceley, Artist Colin Lanceley led a workshop inviting participants to look closely at everyday details in the surrounding environment through drawing. These drawings were then placed together in the gallery creating a collage of different perspectives of the campus including trees, fire hydrants, sculptures, taps, leaves, buildings and water.  Drawing Innovation Awards 2004Drawing Innovation Awards recognise Big Draw events that use imaginative ways of engaging audiences in creative activity - or stimulating enquiry. Magnus Shopping Dockets Award» Mapping the Ecstatic Body / Rod Pattenden, Artist The workshop invited participants to have their body outline drawn onto a large sheet of paper and then creatively added to with media including paint, pencil, folding, cutting or marking with found earth materials. These individual works were then laid on the 100 plus tall gum trees in the main quadrangle to create a harbour of shapes that represented the diversity of bodies that make up our community. Boats, journeys, and diverse bodies are key ideas that made this a dynamic and timely celebration of culture in Australia.
Co-op Bookshop Awards» The Big Picture! / Roberta Simpson, Artist Participants contributed to a larger than life 'portrait' of Di Yerbury, Vice Chancellor of Macquarie University. Using charcoal and black pastel, each participant magnified a small section of the image to build up a complete portrait.
» Collective Monoprinting - Marking the Day / Roberta Simpson, artist Simply put, a drawing is a build up of marks. We unconsciously leave marks on our daily environments as we go about our activities. In this workshop participants collectively created large monoprints that translated this unconscious mark making to controlled depictions of our activities.  » Drawing on the Landscape / Ambrose Reisch, artist The idea behind this workshop was to arrest the human shadow. Shadows were cast from animated poses by workshop participants. The shadows were then traced and embedded with a mosaic of white pebbles. The use of white pebbles accentuated the contrast against the grass and also suggested light in contrast to the darkness of the shadow. Once the shadow had moved and the pebbles were exposed to the sun they suggested not much shadows, as time.
Vice-Chancellor’s Awards» Families: Poetry and Drawing / Marcelle Freiman, writer and Rhonda Davis, curator Poetry related to the theme of the exhibition of paintings by Andrew Sibley titled Families, provided the inspiration for participants to explore interconnections between word and image. The poems below follow the order of the workshop. This is the order in which they were written, and they track Marcelle’s creative process as she responded to the exhibition. 
» Drawing in 3D: Sculpture as Drawing
/ Sculptures in the university's Sculpture Park , provided the inspiration for participants to explore drawing in three dimensions. Using materials such as wire, paper and cardboard, Errol invited participants to consider new ways of seeing in 3D.
» Practical Basics / Lambert Visser, Artist Lambert invited participants to examine basic properties of drawing media, and explore ways that these can be applied through diverse drawing styles. Participants wishing to further develop their drawing skills had opportunities to do so through reference to the work of a range of artists.
» Colouring in Sound / Guy Morrow, Musician Guy's workshop explored the various ways in which emotive responses to music and sound can be expressed with different colours. The workshop began with live percussion and guitar demonstrations. It then moved into one of the Department of Contemporary Music Studies music labs where the software programs Cubase SX and the MetaSynth were used to demonstrate how the link between the visual image and sound can be taken into the digital realm.
» Drawing with Live Music Musical group
Nature Nature The music of Nature Nature, a musical group that combines flute and didgeridoo, was the inspiration for a workshop exploring connections between sound and image and responding to contrasting soundscapes. More information about Nature Nature is available at: http://www.natureband.com.au/
» Drawing with the Past / Karl Van Dyke, Curator, Macquarie University Museum of Ancient Cultures and volunteers Sally Greenwood, Sheridan and Katherine Stuart
The Museum of Ancient Cultures houses objects from the ancient Mediterranean world including Egypt , Greece , Cyprus , Israel , Palestine , Rome , Jordan , and Jericho . It contains the largest collection of papyri in Australia , decorated mummy covers, coins and many other objects. Participants were invited to look closely and sketch selected items from the collection to transport themselves to another time. Highly Commended» Children's Mural / Suallyn Mitchelmore, Arts Educator Suallyn led an event especially for children at the Co-op Bookshop that drew inspiration from children's stories.
» Drawing Together: Australian History
/ Australia has a long, rich and diverse history that the Australian history museum reflects in its four major themes: Indigenous Australia, Immigration, War & Society, and Women. Using the museum's extensive collection of twentieth century items including maps, photographs, war memorabilia, postcards, cartoons and items portraying day to day life; reference material, and imagination, participants were invited to create posters and postcards drawing on the themes in Australian history.
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on Earth History / Participants were invited to join Alan who was sketching fossil specimens all day in the Earth Sciences Museum. There were some magnificent rocks in the adjacent Earth Science Garden that inspired visitors to make their own interpretations of the Earth in deep time.
» Drawing in the Herbarium/Ron Oldfield, Senior Researcher in Biological Sciences
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