Badlands Drawing Research Workshop, Cuba, New Mexico - May 30 - June 5, 2025

Drawing is a way of thinking, a form of embodied cognition that combines sensory observation, material exploration, formal and conceptual invention. The Badlands Drawing Research Workshop is designed for artists, educators and scholars who access drawing within their larger creative or academic practices, and who are keen to connect with drawing colleagues across disciplines. The workshop is premised on exploration of place through drawing.

Each day combines field outings to badlands and canyons, drawing experiments, independent studio time at the Circle A Guest Ranch and dialogue around the transdisciplinary act of drawing. Participants will have dedicated time to share their research and studio work, raise questions and engage in conversations about drawing as research. The session holds a maximum of eight; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Apply for the 2025 Badlands Drawing Research Workshop

Cuba, New Mexico

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Resources on drawing research:

Using Drawing in Visual Research: Materializing the Invisible

Drawing Thought: How Drawing Helps Us Observe, Discover and Invent

Andrea Kantrowitz

Drawing: Research, Theory and Practice

Current and back issues

Thinking Through Drawing

Brew, Fava, Fält, Kantrowitz & Sheehan

Drawing Research Network and TRACEY @ Loughborough University

The Drawing Center, New York

Drawing Matter Journal

Drawing Room, UK

2023 Drawing Research Symposium, Birmingham School of Art, UK