‘Drawing People-Sculptures’ Workshop

Join us in our Education Lab, ‘Open Art School,’ for a drop-in creative workshop to celebrate The Big Draw Festival 2024 theme ‘Drawing in Motion’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.

Facilitated by artist Robert Luzar, participants are invited to respond to the exhibition ‘Phyllida Barlow. unscripted’ by using their entire bodies to make live drawings incorporating buildable, playful objects.

This drop-in event is free and suitable for all ages. Please note that children must be accompanied by an adult and places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

About Robert Luzar 
Robert Luzar is an artist, writer, educator and senior lecturer in Fine Art at Bath Spa University, UK. He holds a PhD from Central Saint Martins, London, UK. His works engage with notions of ‘event’ and ‘trace’ through forms of change, thought, point and body in ‘precarious’ forms of existence, using drawing experimentally with live-art performance, video, internet and space.

About The Big Draw Festival 
The Big Draw is the world’s largest drawing festival with thousands of drawing activities connecting people of all ages with museums, outdoor spaces, artists, designers, illustrators and each other. The Big Draw theme for 2024, ‘Drawing in Motion’, illustrates how the act of drawing can bring ideas, emotions, and stories to life in ways that are as varied and dynamic as the movements they depict. Hauser & Wirth is a Sponsor Partner for The Big Draw Festival 2024. 

About Education Lab: ‘Open Art School’ 
In conjunction with the exhibition, Hauser & Wirth Learning has launched a new Education Lab, ‘Open Art School’, in partnership with Bath Spa University. Taking Barlow’s life-long engagement with arts education and notably her ethos of there being ‘no right or wrong way’ to be creative, the Education Lab draws on the latest thinking within creative pedagogy and experimental learning. ‘Open Art School’ provides an interactive space for new ideas, experiments and working methods, inviting a multitude of voices and communities to engage through making.

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Please be advised that photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.