“If you look around… we are completely surrounded by things that were once sketched out by human hand, human mind and a human heart.”
– Big Draw Patron, Andrew Marr, Journalist & Broadcaster
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Drawing Beyond Borders: The Big Draw 2018
The world’s largest drawing festival returns to Japan with an art event crossing countries, cultures and time zones. October 28th 2018 Yoyogi Park, Tokyo & Ruskin Land, U.K. .
Drawing Together: UK – Japan Big Draw Festival October 28th 2018 | Details & Registration Here
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Art For Hope: Visual Literacy
“Images are very powerful and we need to teach younger people how to use them and at least how to interpret them…
Visual literacy should be taught…where I came from we couldn’t afford any 8mm cameras or anything like that… I drew pictures; I imagined that they moved, but I drew them.”
– Martin Scorsese On The Importance Of Visual Literacy
Art For Hope: Inspiring Articles On Drawing, Art Education & The Value Of Human Expression
For More, Click Here
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Royal Society of Arts Japan Event
Ruskin Calling: Educating Hands, Heads & Hearts In The Age Of AI
A key area of the RSA’s work is education and working towards “… an education of the head, hand and heart…” but what does this mean in 2018 and could a man born 200 years ago give us some clues?
Fun Fact: Japan holds the largest collection of John Ruskin’s work outside of the U.K.
Event Recap & More About RSA JFN Here
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Illustration For The Curlew Nature Journal
Illustrations in print for my friend and neighbour, Jeremy Hill’s, beautiful piece for The Curlew Nature Journal.
The Curlew is a high-quality, non-profit, printed periodical dedicated to fine writing and illustration about the natural world and supporting conservation. Considered such high quality for its content and production, it is collected by the UK National Poetry Library, the British Library and the National Library of Wales.
The Curlew Nature Journal Website Here
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Upcoming Events:
Tokyo October 28th 2018 3:30-6:30pm Big Draw Japan (click here): A bilateral, UK-Japan art event for the world’s biggest drawing festival
Tokyo November 15th 2018 7pm Drawing Changes Lives: Lakeland University, Shinjuku
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info@divyamariekato.com
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Divya Marie Kato, When In Doubt, Draw
Artist | Drawing | Workshops
Online:
Divya’s Online Drawing School
In Person:
Atelier Kato Tokyo
Commissions & Workshops:
info@divyamariekato.com
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This summer, I’m taking care of a new friend called Modjo (pictured left) and collecting resources for my latest project.
Life As A Canvas – A Video Tribute To My Friend Karen Thomas
