Make your mark at castle (From Oxford Mail)
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Make your mark at castle
10:20am Friday 5th October 2012 in News
Phillip Jones, back left, with, from left to right, artists Hannah Kayes, Dar Al Naim Mubarak Carmona, Elizabeth Cox and Francesca Shakespeare with castle guide Robert Thacker
VISITORS to Oxford this weekend are invited to get creative with chalk and leave their mark on Oxford Castle.
The Big Draw, a national event, encourages people to explore their creativity through drawing.
The event at Oxford Castle – Unlocked will feature a large map of Oxford on the ground, on which people can “draw their stories, whether real or imagined”.
Oxford illustrator Phillip Jones, who will be helping out budding artists, said: “Everyone has got the ability, you don’t have to be a professional, and you don’t have to have any experience. Just get out and do. It is a great way to celebrate Oxford.”
The event has been organised by Oxford Castle – Unlocked and the O3 Gallery.
O3 manager Helen Statham said: “Established artists will join forces with visitors to Oxford Castle in order to create a series of chalk drawings that will reach right across Castle Yard.”
The event is free and runs tomorrow and Sunday from 10am until 4pm on both days.
