Chester Decorative & Fine Arts Society

A Member Society of NADFAS

Young Arts

The Big Draw

As part of the Big Draw nationwide campaign for Drawing, Chester Young Arts joined with the Grosvenor Museum to hold a free event on Saturday  29th October.  All the children visiting the museum that afternoon were invited to use the materials provided and create a fantasy creature.  The starting point was the museum’s natural history collection, but with a lot of imagination, some card, lolly sticks, a few feathers and the odd googly eye some amazing creations emerged.  The head, body, tail, and countless legs were then joined with split paper clips so the creature could be animated.  The finished menagerie was mounted on the wall for all to see whilst the children continued their tour round the museum and were then collected on the way out.

The afternoon was a great success with a lot of positive feedback and we hope to run another joint Big Draw at the Grosvenor museum next year.

In summer 2010 Chester DFAS YA was involved in Rhino Mania, an initiative designed to raise awareness about environmental issues. This was organised by Chester Renaissance and took place in Chester and Ellesmere Port, for tourists and locals alike.

Meanwhile, to celebrate their 50th Anniversary in 2010, Chester Civic Trust organised a schools' competition to focus on 2000 years of Chester's history. As one of the sponsors of the event, Chester DFAS attended the launch, when we were presented with a monotype etching of one of the bas-reliefs outside the Chester Guildhall by the artist Andy Leigh.