We like to drink, we like to draw. We're Drink & Draw.
Inspired by the Drink & Draw Social Club which was started by three famous Los Angeles-area cartoonists in '05, Michael Pope founded the Triad chapter in April of '08. Drink & Draw migrates unevenly from bar to bar every Sunday night, meeting up for spirits, serendipitous encounters, and all varieties of skewed artistry.
Presented by Exhibit A, a Greensboro-based non-profit organization, Drink & Draw is much, much more than its name implies. Besides adding to the cultural fabric of our community, our members will periodically hold art events at children’s hospitals and at nursing homes. As Drink & Draw is all about utilizing the creative, communal & social aspects of its meetings for good, art from club meetings & projects will benefit various charitable groups in the area. You may see our work on t-shirts to heighten awareness of a social concern or on greeting cards sold to benefit a challenge we all share. It’s a different kind of volunteering, but one which is no less beneficial to our local community and humanity at large. We've got big plans, and we can’t do it alone.
It doesn't matter how good you are, whether you draw stick figures with your eyes open or reproduce Rembrandts with your eyes closed. If you like fun, meeting new people, drinking, and expressing yourself, we invite you to bring some friends - including, of course, a
Designated Drink & Draw-er - & join our often unholy army of the night. There’s a seat for you, and we hope to see you there. Bring materials to work with, an ambitious liver to drink with, and tipping money for the waitstaff. Let's party!
DRINK & DRAW. The best damn way to spend Sunday nights.
Locations & times, Art Challenges & Entertainment are always posted online, and if you join, we'll also keep you in the know via EMAIL .
~ Heraclitus
Come on. It’s a club called Drink & Draw, how many rules could we have? “Rule†is such a harsh word. Think of them more as “considerationsâ€. We are occupying a public space in large numbers. Being the good citizens we are, we need to respect the space, the staff, and the business owners. As such, these are our only requirements:
1) No wet media, such as paints, watercolors, or acrylics. Keep your tools limited to pens, pencils, markers, charcoal, and, if you feel like getting a little messy, pastels. The staff shouldn’t have to clean up spilled beer AND spilled paint from the same table.
2) We don’t care what kind of paper you bring, but please be mindful of space considerations and other patrons by limiting your paper size to realistic dimensions. In other words, if your sheet of paper takes up two bar tables, needs to be mounted, hung, suspended across the bathroom entrance, or held in place by railroad spikes, please complete your opus at home (and be sure to let us see it when you’re done).
3) This one is incredibly important, and while we can’t and won’t kick you out of our club for not abiding by it, we’ll be sure to jest, alienate, and otherwise humiliate you for choosing to disregard it. TIP YOUR STAFF!!! The fine men and women who make these nights possible deserve to be compensated. It’s not easy waiting on a large group of inebriated artists, so make it worth their while so that we remain a welcomed presence.