Publishing. Drawing. DRA|W Zine #2:
Five Years Drawing Correspondence Research Group:
Carol Mancke, Edward Dorrian, Ilga Leimanis,
Jhinuk Sarkar and Sally Morfill  
28 Feb–8 March 2026
Open: Saturday-Sunday 2-6pm

Dear ___________

We’re * continuing our contribution to DRA|W through an event in the space at Five Years 28 February - 8 March 2026.  We’re taking on the editorial role for Issue #2 of the DRA|W Zine and will be working, over the two weekends through an open, live exploration of drawing as correspondence, research, and collective practice in preparation for publication.

Just as a reminder, in 2023 Ilga initiated “drawing correspondence” as a collaborative action leading to an exhibition and discursive project at Five Years. What began as an exchange between Five Years’ members expanded into a symposium proposal and publication, opening our drawing correspondence to broader participation. This evolution is an attempt to reframe publishing itself as a form of drawing: an active, performative, and processual practice rather than a fixed outcome.

Publishing. Drawing. DRA|W Zine #2 will be staged in the space at Five Years. Tables, chairs, books, recording devices and materials from previous projects including, drawings and facsimilies will be available for handling, rearranging, and discussion. Participants are invited to contribute prompts, fragments, texts, drawings, or references in a collective practice of publishing-as-drawing.

DRA|W Zine #2 may be seen both as the project’s goal and a by-product of a collaborative method. The process—public making, shared reading, editing in situ—is foregrounded, and publishing becomes both the accumulation of artefacts and the live articulation of thought.

The zine will be distributed by DRA|W as a downloadable PDF, and available at  https://www.drawingarticulations.co.uk/draw-zine
                       
If you want to take part, or contribute please come along.

all the best

* Five Years Drawing Correspondence Research Group
Carol Mancke, Edward Dorrian, Ilga Leimanis,
Jhinuk Sarkar and Sally Morfill
 
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28 Feb 2026: 2-6pm open making sessions 
1 March 2026: 2-6pm open making/editing session
7 March 2026: 2-6pm open making/editing session
8 March 2026: 2-6pm open editing session

 

https://www.drawingarticulations.co.uk/