The Drawing Marathon workshop led by Amanda Nedham is a 2-day opportunity to explore drawing as a catalyst, a conjurer, and collaborator. During the course of the workshop, you will focus on reacquainting your mind with your hand and deepening your relationship to this unique medium. This workshop is designed for anyone who is invested in making drawing a more significant part of their practice, who are seeking to break out of creative blocks and for artists who are looking for community! The workshop will encompass experimental drawing practices, collaborative approaches, observational drawing and other strategies to get out of your own way while making work, while the emphasis will always remain on the journey led by line. This experience is also ideal for those who want to hone their drawing to serve a specific concept related to their greater studio practice, or who want to push boundaries. The primary act of drawing will be the core of the Drawing Marathon, but as part of the workshop experience there will also be demos, short presentations of works ranging from the unconventional to the contemporary, and discussions. As a group we will engage practically, historically, and philosophically with this mystical medium that humans have been participating in for tens of thousands of years. There will be no mandatory assignments outside of the workshop days, however discussions will be encouraged about contemporary drawing, and a generous bibliography along with PDFs related to various aspects of drawing will be made available. We will discuss tools and techniques and dabble in the kind of time travel that only drawing can take us on.