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The Big Draw

Thursday, October 7th, 2010. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Cultural & Exhibitions by

Big Draw Day is this Saturday 9th October and numerous planned events are happening across the region.

‘October 2010 is Big Draw month in twenty countries and on five continents. Launched in 2000, this annual initiative has grown from 180 events in the UK to over 1500 worldwide. The Campaign aims to use drawing to connect visitors with museum and gallery collections, urban and rural spaces – and the wider community – in new and enjoyable ways.’

Quentin Blake, the famous illustrator of Roald Dahl’s children’s books is a founder patron of the Campaign for Drawing the organisation behind the Big Draw.

Some events in Portsmouth are:

Blue Reef Aquarium – Become an artist for the day as part of The Big Draw event. Sketch a seahorse, paint a puffer fish or create your own fishy work of art inspired by the amazing variety, patterns, colours, shapes and sizes of marine creatures.  Pictures will be entered into our Young Marine Artist of the Year competition.

Elm Grove Library, Elm Grove, Southsea – 10 Sketchbooks will be available to sign out and use with the title ‘Making your Mark on the Future’. This will be part of the ‘Visual Libraries Project‘ a collaborative international visual project that examines the creative use of sketchbooks in public libraries. From 8th November until the sketchbooks are full.

St Thomas’ Cathedral – Year 7 pupils will be working in conjuction with Artist-in-Residence, Pete Codling, to create a large scale drawing of Noah’s Ark in the Cathedral. From 1st-3rd November.

Aspex – 11am-3pm on 9th October. A free creative drawing workshop with artists Ilse Black and Melanie Rose.

Making Space – Havant – 10-3pm 30th October. A Halloween theme to get creative.

The School of Art Design and Media at The University of Portsmouth have turned the corridor at Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth into a large blackboard  and welcome everyone in the Faculty and beyond to come along and respond to the theme of the moment. Coloured chalks will be provided to draw with.
They plan to photograph it daily and when its full rub out and start again!
This for everyone to enjoy students, staff, visitors alike its your board for the rest of the month!

Wake Forest University Library Workshop

BIG Draw Day 2010

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4 Comments to The Big Draw

  1. If anyone is in Havant or Leigh Park there is also an event happening at Making Space on the 30th of October:

    http://www.makingspace.org/events/

    Paul Gonella on October 7th, 2010

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  3. updated the post with this – ta.

    claire sambrook on October 7th, 2010

  4. doesnt matter what you draw. just draw. every day. without fail. its the only way my brain stays alive.

    mydogsighs on October 8th, 2010

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The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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