Draw On!
About The Program:
March 27 to April 10, 2010
Program Chairs:
Peter H. Reynolds,
Maurice Sendak, KAWS
Draw On! is a community program started by The Aldrich in 2006. It is designed to bring together people of all ages through something as simple as drawing, while also fostering new and imaginative ways to draw. For more information visit: drawon.org
Click here for a complete list of 2010 events taking place at
The Aldrich
Read about Draw On! in the News: Bedtime Stories Children Draw Cartoons for Pillow Book
Special Opportunity for Ridgefielders:
Transform Your Home With Tape Art
Bring The Aldrich into your house, and your house into The Aldrich during Draw On!
Monday, March 29, to Friday, April 2
$200 per house or site
Taping sessions: 9 to 11 am; 11:15 am to 1:15 pm; 1:30 to 3:30 pm; 3:45 to 5:45 pm; and, 6 to 8 pm
“It's one thing to be able to see an exhibit at a museum, but to get to watch art transform your own space is something else entirely. The kids haven’t stopped talking about it.” --A. Kagan
“It's so beautiful, it's hard to believe that these little pieces of tape could make something like this.” –Kagan children
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Courtesy of Tape Art artists Michael Townsend and Colin Bliss
Courtesy of Tape Art artists Michael Townsend and Colin Bliss
Courtesy of Tape Art artists Michael Townsend and Colin Bliss
Courtesy of Tape Art artists Michael Townsend and Colin Bliss
Courtesy of Tape Art artists Michael Townsend and Colin Bliss
Courtesy of Tape Art artists Michael Townsend and Colin Bliss
This year, the Draw On! celebration will become a part of the lives of 25 families! The Aldrich is inviting Ridgefield residents to support Draw On! by sponsoring Tape Art artists Michael Townsend and Colin Bliss to create a temporary tape drawing on a wall in their homes.
Families can also sponsor Tape Art to make a tape drawing at a local school or business. We ask that you obtain permission and make arrangements directly with each site in advance.
On April 4, families will take the drawings off the wall, create a tape ball from the remains, and bring the ball of tape to The Aldrich. Tape balls will be displayed along with a photo of each Tape Art drawing in a small exhibition that will be on view for everyone to see, from April 6 to 10. Following the exhibition, families will receive the photo and the tape ball to keep.
Sign up today!
To register your house, please call Carolina Pedraza at 203.438.4519 x 40. To learn more about Tape Art, visit tapeart.com or download the Tape Artists’ process statement [PDF].
Get In Touch:
For more information about getting involved in Draw On! please contact: Carolina Pedraza, Head of Youth & Family Programs, at cpedraza@aldrichart.org
Draw On! is sponsored in part by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, AT&T, HSBC, Marcus Dairy, Building Blocks Art Supplies, Weston Woods Studios, General Electric, Subway, and by Humongo. The greatest agency in the land.
