Jan & Feb 2026
Across the North
DRAW!
Supported by David Hockney
We looked back on a year of drawing with this exhibition in public spaces across the North.
We teamed up with our pals at JCDecaux to bring the best of DRAW! to people across the North.
Thousands of you took part in our year-long nationwide drawing project DRAW!, taking inspiration from the likes of Johnny Vegas, Rose Blake, Adébayo Bolaji, Harry Hill and Dame Zandra Rhodes to create your own drawings on 12 monthly themes. In January 2026, we chose some of our favourite DRAW! submissions for a huge exhibition, taking place at bus stops, train stations and shopping malls – not just in Bradford but across the North, from Manchester to Newcastle.
I like drawing because I get to be in my world. I feel proud that it is on display to lots of people and I hope it puts smiles on their faces.”
DRAW! artists
Posted July 9, 2025
Draw a Birthday with Morag Myerscough
Morag Myserscough asks us to draw a Birthday – part of DRAW! supported by David Hockney.
Posted June 2, 2025
Draw a typical Sunday morning with Harry Hill
Harry Hill asks us to draw 'A Typical Sunday Morning' – part of DRAW! supported by David Hockney.
Posted November 4, 2025
Draw something that makes you happy with Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas asks us to draw what makes us happy – part of DRAW! supported by David Hockney.
More artworks
Posted February 1, 2025
January’s DRAW! gallery
Check out some of your DRAW! submissions in January, hand-picked by Bradford 2025's Creative Director Shanaz Gulzar.
Posted March 12, 2025
February’s DRAW! gallery
Take a look back at some of your DRAW! submissions in February, hand-picked by artist Adébayo Bolaji.
Posted April 1, 2025
March’s DRAW! gallery
Come and see some of your DRAW! submissions in March, selected by artist Jason Wilsher-Mills.
Posted April 28, 2025
April’s DRAW! gallery
Take a look back at some of your DRAW! submissions in April, for the month's theme of draw a view from a window.
Posted July 8, 2025
May’s DRAW! gallery
Have a look at some of your May DRAW! submissions hand selected by Zandra Rhodes, for the month's theme of patterns.
Posted July 7, 2025
June’s DRAW! gallery
Check out some of your DRAW! submissions in June, for the month's theme of draw a typical Sunday morning.
Posted August 1, 2025
July’s DRAW! gallery
Check out some of your amazing entries for July's DRAW theme of birthdays.
Posted September 30, 2025
August’s DRAW! gallery
Check out some of your amazing entries for August's DRAW theme of landscape.
Posted September 30, 2025
September’s DRAW! gallery
Check out some of your amazing entries for September's DRAW theme of drawn together.
Posted December 1, 2025
October’s DRAW! gallery
Check out some of your amazing entries for October's DRAW theme of street style.
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