Camp DRAW-A-THON 2023

Camp DRAW-A-THON is a free summer intensive for rising 7th-9th and 10th-11th graders led by Teen Art Salon in partnership with The Drawing Center. Over a one-week period, young artists engaged in a dynamic daily drawing marathon to fill a sketchbook.

This program builds on Teen Art Salon's use of the sketchbook as a tool for experimentation, risk-taking, and reimagining. Throughout the week, participants looked at work in A Greater Beauty: The Drawings of Kahlil Gibran and Naudline Pierre: This Is Not All There Is and were given exercises to use the sketchbook as space to dream, prepare, rehearse, record, and realize artistic vision.

In a collaborative setting with guidance from instructors, artists deepened their conceptual and observational drawing skills, through exploring individual style, the search for inspiration, and spatial awareness on & across the page. The goal was for participants to further a generative routine drawing practice and to celebrate what they are uniquely motivated to sketch.

Week 1: Rising 7th-9th graders

Week 2: Rising 10th-11th graders

Drawing All-Stars is led by Teen Art Salon's Isabella Bustamante in partnership with The Drawing Center's Director of Education and Community Programs, Aimee Good.