Drawing Conversations 3: Drawing Talking to Sciences

This project brought together artists and scientists to assess the potential of drawing to make meaningful contributions to knowledge outside the arts.

This research led-exhibition and one-day conference organised by Dr Sarah Casey and Gerald Davies invited artists and scientists to explore the contribution of drawing to this rapidly expanding area of interdisciplinary research, in light of Ruskin’s advocacy of a daily practice of drawing as a way of understanding the world.

The accompanying exhibition, Drawn to Investigate, explored how drawing continues to work across boundaries: between observation and expression, empiricism and invention in a range of investigative practices.

Project Leads: Prof Sarah Casey, School of Arts, and Gerald Davies‌, School of Arts