The Big Draw DE
Mispillion Art League (MAL) presents The 2019 Big Draw Festival DE sponsored by Bayhealth. This festival takes place during the month of October, offering over 50 activities and classes suitable for artists and non-artists, families, and kids throughout the state of Delaware. The Festival is part of an international annual event taking place in over 25 countries and involving more than 500,000 participants.
The aim of the Festival is to encourage community members to participate in art-making and enjoy the benefits of self-expression and creativity using a multitude of mediums. There will be drawing activities for all skill levels, photography classes, painting classes, and sandcastle making. In October, folks will be making chalk art on the street, painting a mandala on the Mispillion Art League building, crafting origami birds, sketching dancers and actors in costume, taking photographs with light, learning to create wicked zombie makeup for Halloween, and much more.
Participating with MAL are Jerry’s Artarama in Newark, Milton Arts Guild, Rehoboth Art League, DAC (Developing Artist Collaboration) in Rehoboth Beach, Downtown Dover Partnership, and Nanticoke River Arts Council to bring these and other exciting art opportunities to our surrounding communities.
Saturday, October 5
Art at the Farmers Market!
-Handprints at MAL - Have a Hand in The Big Draw for old or young!
-Paint Pumpkins/Gourds - kids will have fun! Pumpkins compliments of Good for the Core Farm.
-Community Canvas painting - make your mark!
-Postcard Connection Table - draw or write on postcards that will be delivered to patients at Bayhealth
-Mandala Painting - We provide the design and all the materials, you paint in the colors and help create a permanent installation on MAL's exterior wall! Mandala designed by Robin Dean and Gervasio Ruiz, Jr.
Saturday, October 12 (Park Avenue to be closed)
Take it to the Street!
-Painting with Feet - no hands, no brushes, just fun!
-Chalk Walk - on the sidewalks!
Coffee Pour - macchiato masterpieces with help from our friends at Dolce Cafe
-Sand Castle building - tons of sand! compliments of Pennsy Supply and the City of Milford
-Mandala Painting - We provide the design and all the materials, you paint in the colors and help create a permanent installation on MAL's exterior wall! Mandala designed by Robin Dean and Gervasio Ruiz, Jr.
Saturday, October 19
Art in the Park!
-Art Trail - draw at each location along the Riverwalk from prompts
-Vinyard Shipyard - sketch boats and artifacts along with Urban Sketchers
-Scribble Saturday - turn your scribbles into art!
-Mandala Painting - We provide the design and all the materials, you paint in the colors and help create a permanent installation on MAL's exterior wall! Mandala designed by Robin Dean and Gervasio Ruiz, Jr.
Saturday, October 26
Let Your Imagination Run!
-History Sketch at the Milford Museum
-Imagination Stations at MAL
-Post it - sticky notes - blind contour faces
-Origami birds - color then hang on trees
-Trace Bodies on long roll of paper
-Mandala Painting - We provide the design and all the materials, you paint in the colors and help create a permanent installation on MAL's exterior wall! Mandala designed by Robin Dean and Gervasio Ruiz, Jr.
-and more!
The 2019 Big Draw Festival DE news and events - for MAL and our Partners - will be posted on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thebigdrawde2019 and at https://www. mispillionarts.org/big-draw-de/, and on Delaware Scene’s online calendar. We will be posting more information, along with details about each event, as we move closer to October.
Modal title