Thinking Through Drawing - 2013 Conference Proceedings

The complete proceedings from the 2013 Drawing Research Network Conference held this past October in New York, hosted by Columbia University and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, are now available online in pdf form.  This is an invaluable document, presenting a range of papers that examine the relationship between pedagogy, drawing, and cognition, from practitioners worldwide.  From the links between medicine and drawing, to drawing and a philosophy of mind, the papers cover vast and deep territory. Should you be interested in collaborative drawing, my paper on three collaborative drawing projects begins on page 166.  Be sure to look at past years' conference proceedings as well.

http://www.drawing-research-network.org.uk/drn-2013-proceedings-new-york/

Court Drawn

A striking portrait of the career of courtroom sketch artist Gary Myrick, this short documentary by Ramtin Ninzad for the New York Times' Op Doc series is also commentary on the wane of attention and empathy.

Graphic Detail

The Economist website sports a feature I have just discovered and quickly fallen for, called Graphic Detail.  A new visual element every day, from charts, to maps, to drawings, GD provides insight into the news in a visually explicit and textured way.  This very recent set of drawn insights into the building of the Eurotunnel sheds light on the inventional strengths of the pen in hand.