Application Deadline: Thursday 17th July 2025 at 12 Noon
Fee: £300
Keighley Creative are looking for seven visual artists from Keighley and surrounding areas to produce creative responses on the outer walls of the Mega Drawing Box, LIVE for the visiting public.
WHAT IS THE PROJECT?
The Drawing Box Project was founded in 2020, inspired by Keighley Creative artists & studio holders Naseem Darbey and Gemma Hobbs. The project ran throughout the COVID-19 crisis as a way of supporting community connection and wellbeing through creative practice.
Around 500 individuals and families in and around Keighley received a special drawing box full of materials and ideas to get creative at home. New activities were released each week through digital platforms, worksheets and participatory performances taking place at Keighley Creative, ‘live from the gallery window’.
Since then it has expanded and evolved to reach new audiences and new places. In 2023, things got MEGA and Keighley Creative produced a giant white walled drawing cube and delivered a drawing event in the Old Beales Department Store! We celebrated drawing, with dancers who drew with charcoal feet, Keighley folk made their mark with crazy mark making tools and artists created murals on the outside of the cube.
Mega Drawing Box Highlights Film
Now it’s time to take the MEGA Drawing Box on another adventure to The Beacon for Bradford 2025 at Cliffe Castle Park for ONE DAY ONLY!
Artist Jane Fielder at The Mega Drawing Box 2023 Photo: Bob Smith Photography
What’s the opportunity?
We are looking for seven visual artists from Keighley and surrounding areas to produce creative responses to Keighley Creative’s chosen theme, on the outer walls of the Mega Drawing Box. LIVE for the visiting public!
What’s the theme? – NATURE!
The Mega Drawing Box is an approximately 8 metre by 8 metre structure that will take residence in the Bradford 2025 Beacon on Wednesday 6th August 2025. This large scale installation is a space for the public to make marks and play with creativity all over its walls.
The seven selected artists will be provided with an approximately 2 metre by 2 metre white wall to create a mural inspired by the theme of NATURE.
For more information about the opportunity and how to apply please use the link below
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Events & Operations Manager, cathryn@keighleycreative.org
