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About / News & Press / Why drawing needs to be a curriculum essential
News & Press

Why drawing needs to be a curriculum essential

Posted on: November 23rd, 2015

Anita Taylor   |   The Guardian

Drawing has seen something of a renaissance in the last twenty years in the UK. From the Campaign for Drawing to the Drawing Research Network, from the Drawing Room to the Rabley Drawing Centre, we’ve witnessed a proliferation of passion, effort and energy matched by increased museum exhibitions, dedicated degree courses, professors, publications and conferences.

All of the above have been established in pursuit of understanding, developing and promoting drawing, and many inside and outside the sector endure to evidence drawing as both the most sophisticated means of thinking and communicating, and an activity for all. See full article>>

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