October 2008 | Big Draw Legacy Lab
Exploring creative possibilities between the practice of artists and scientists, curators and managers and those concerned with public engagement in museums and galleries.
This 3-day residential Lab was the result of interest from the people involved in the design and delivery of The Big Draw 2008 launch, ‘Drawing on Life’’.
The Wellcome Collection, UCL Museums and Collections, The Slade School of Art and PAL had not worked together before the Big Draw launch, neither with each other nor with the co-curators of the event The Campaign for Drawing and The Bows Arts Trust. Getting 6,500 people of all ages to take part in 40 free activities exploring creativity in science, art and life depended on the combined energy, enthusiasm and generosity of many people. This Lab looked at The Big Draw 2008 as a case study within a wider exploration building scenarios to take forward as the legacy of the event.
Lab Co-directors
Susan Benn
Matty Pye
Participants
Jack Ashby - Learning & Access Manager, Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL
Annie Bicknell - Head of Education, Bow Arts Trust
Mark Carnall - Curator, Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL
Steve Cross - Public Engagement Co-ordinator, UCL Collections
Jayne Dunn - Manager, UCL Geology Collections
Andrea Fredericksen - Curator, UCL Art Collections
Simon Gould - Contemporary Projects Curator, UCL Museums & Collections
Lisa Jamieson - Events Manager, Wellcome Collection
David Karshmer - artist
Andrew Stahl - artist
Rosie Tooby - Events Offcer, Wellcome Collection
Celine West - Head of Learning & Access, UCL Museums & Collections
Gary Woodley - artist
Visitors
Ken Arnold — Director of Public Programmes, Wellcome Trust
Sue Grayson Ford — Founding Director, Campaign for Drawing
Funded by
University College London
Wellcome Trust
