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lisa peet's avatar

Love this—such genuine openness and connection! And laughter.

Nysa Kline's avatar

That looks like so much fun!

Nancy Gruver's avatar

Fabulous!

Stine Hansen's avatar

Such a fabulous video— it captures the Zero Gravity for the Soul feeling of the process!

Beenish Khan's avatar

The reactions of the participants warmed my heart. Thank you for sharing. ♥️

Heather Murray's avatar

Wonderful human exercise in connection through art and play ! I’m going to give it a whirl in our home town !

Wendy MacNaughton's avatar

wonderful! the toolkit is available at the link above. Can't wait to see how it goes!

Patti's avatar

This was amazing! I love it—so many smiles and so much laughter and connection!

Elizabeth Aquino's avatar

So cool!

Fi Wilkie's avatar

How wonderful ! I’m in a tiny town in southwest Australia and would love to do this while our town has its big Open Studios event and bursts with visitors galore ! Do you have a date you stop accepting images?

Wendy MacNaughton's avatar

hi! go for it!! can't wait to see how it goes. AT this point it's an open window. As the tour and larger project shapes up I'll put deadlines on things ,but for now, it's open ended. :)

Art Auntie Kathleen's avatar

Wendy may answer this later, but from how I read it, there’s no end date.

“And if (when!) you host a DrawTogether Strangers public experience, please remember to share images (send to studio@wendymacnaughton.com), and tag #DrawTogetherStrangers on social media posts so we can keep the momentum going and the project growing, and keep track of its impact.”

So do it! And share so we know how it went!

Andrea Dooley's avatar

I love this! Have you done it with groups that know each other already? If so, is it different?

Wendy MacNaughton's avatar

yes! and it's wonderful to look closely at people we think we've seen (but really haven't Seeeeen.) I did a piece in the NYT about it. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/arts/wendy-macnaughton-diary-project.html

Wendy MacNaughton's avatar

highly suggest trying and let us know how it goes for you!

Nancy Rankin's avatar

Bravo, Wendy! The NGA did a great job of capturing the essence of your brainchild. I loved seeing not only the drawings, but the reactions of the participants. Beautiful!

Bronwyn's avatar

SUCH a delightful video! I love this project Wendy, well done on creating it from thin air!!

Sue Barford's avatar

wonderful way to connect people !

Catherine Stifter she/her's avatar

Got me thinking that an RV park might be a great place to host! I've got Covid right now. When I'm through I want to give it a try.