Each year, The Big Draw brings people together in a festival of creativity
including classes, workshops and community initiatives to get people
​drawing and creating all around the world

​"The Big Draw Festival is a timely development on last year's exploration into the relationship between people and our living environments.  In 2021, we want to take action, to explore and discover ways to live in balance with the world around us, to reconnect with each other and demand a better world for future generations.  This is a great year to bring your community together through positive activism and creativity, and be part of The World's Biggest community of drawing enthusiasts!"
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... from The Big Draw Festival website - www.thebigdraw.org    instagram @thebigdraw

Big Draw Activities in Kington
October 2021

More activities are being added regularly so do check back here
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Date	Venue		Description
Fridays (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th Oct):  9.30am-1pm:   Saturday 16th: 9.30am-3pm      Drop in	Kington Market Hall alongside Friday Food Market & Art & Craft Market	Free	Giant Dream Catcher Pop into the Market Hall and pin your own personal pledge to ‘Make a Change’ to the Giant Community Dream Catcher; each small step makes a difference and really counts!
Sat 2nd Oct 11am-4pm      Drop in	Birches Farm Nature Reserve A4111 Near Kington	Free (donations)	Hedgescapes with Richard Bavin, Rebecca Finney and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust.  Hedgerows are an extraordinarily rich and diverse habitat which provide enormous benefits to wildlife and the environment. Using charcoal, ink, pastels and more we will work together to create a large-scale collage of our hedgerow experiences at this beautiful site.
Wed 6th Oct 10am-12noon      Drop in ​	The Lion Café, ​Bridge St, Kington	Free	The Drawing Room: Community Mark Making Using various materials, tools and approaches to freeing our hands from the nervousness that often limits our creativity, we will create a giant community picture!
Sun 10th Oct 10am-4pm      Drop in	Hergest Croft Gardens	Entry Fee to Plant Fair	Weather permitting, The Drawing Room, Community Mark Making will pop up alongside Made in the Marches Gallery’s gazebo stall at the Autumn Plant Fair.
Mon 11th Oct 11am -2pm (limited places,  booking required)	Made in the Marches Gallery	£30	Make a Needlefelt Gnome for your Home! Learn to needlefelt in this 3 hour workshop with Freya Gamble at Made in the Marches Gallery.  Includes materials and tools to make two gnomes to take home, keep the tools.  For more information or to book a place click here or pop into the gallery. Light refreshments included.
Wed 13th Oct 10am-12noon      Drop in	The Lion Café, ​Bridge St, Kington	Free	Small Step Posters – Draw your own poster to mark where you live.
Wed 20th Oct 10am-12noon      Drop in	The Lion Café, ​Bridge St, Kington	Free	Hedgerow/River Community Frieze – Help to create a collage map of the River Arrow and surrounding countryside
Thurs 21st Oct 10am-4pm	The Barn, Birches Farm Nature Reserve A4111 Near Kington	£55*	Intaglio Printing Workshop with Michael Hancock For more information and booking, visit www.herefordshirewt.org ​*If you book both the Intaglio Printing workshop and the Gelatine Printing Workshop, get both for £100
Fri 22nd Oct 10am-4pm	As above	£55*	Gelatine Printing Workshop with Michael Hancock For more information and booking, visit www.herefordshirewt.org​ *If you book both the Intaglio Printing workshop and the Gelatine Printing Workshop, get both for £100
Wed 27th Oct 10am-12noon      Drop in ​	The Lion Café, ​Bridge St, Kington	Free	Medals for Everyday Courage – do you know someone who deserves to know how much their strength and spirit has helped you lately?  Perhaps its you!?  Make that hero a beautiful, unique medal from scraps and trinkets.
Fri 29th, Sat 30th Sun 31st ​Drop in	Kington Market Hall, The Burton Hotel and  No 54 Studio, Bridge St	Free	Public Art Works Display – A range of art and craft celebrating Kington, a town of festivals and rich mythology: on display across three venues, over three days.