Local Lines: A Sketchbook Project

This month’s session will focus on place and be led by local artist Kay Westhues. Come ready to share a sketch (sketches should be no larger than 9” x 12”) of your own, created in response to this prompt:

Sound and Place Drawings
Think of a favorite place in your town, neighborhood, or region—somewhere meaningful or interesting. Head to that spot with your preferred drawing materials in hand.

Once there, settle into a comfortable position. Close your eyes and tune in deeply to the sounds around you. Notice the relationships between different types of sound—natural and human-made, nearby and far off, present or remembered. Try moving to a few other locations within the space. What changes? What stays the same?

Draw some of the sounds that you hear. You might focus on one sound and make marks that describe the sound, or draw several sounds together to create a visual representation of the layered soundscape. Try drawing with your eyes closed to connect even more closely with the sounds. Your drawings can be abstract or representational.

This prompt was inspired by Pauline Oliveros, a composer who developed and utilized the practice of Deep Listening in her work.

During the program, we’ll share sketches, discuss artistic choices and techniques, find inspiration in each other’s and Osborne’s work, and take on a new sketching challenge inspired by this month’s theme. Local Lines is open to artists aged 15 and up.

Anyone

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
100 Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Notre Dame
Indiana
46556-0368
US

• Has assistive hearing loop
• Has wheelchair-accessible car park
• Has wheelchair-accessible entrance
• Has wheelchair-accessible toilet
• Has gender-neutral toilets