Friday night is… CULTURE NIGHT

Culture Night is a national celebration of creativity in Ireland – and as it falls shortly before our festival, an opportunity for us to give you a taste of things to come. This year, the Galway Cartoon Festival will be contributing in two ways: With a cartoon drawing workshop, and by helping to organize Galway’s first event of the new Culture Night Late initiative.

Cartoon Workshop

Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop

6:00 – 7:30pm. Free entry (but space is limited)

The Festival will organize a cartoon workshop, introducing techniques and games to help you enjoy cartooning as a fun way to be creative. Materials will be provided, but you can bring your favourite drawing tools if you like. The event will be held in the Art Section (naturally), and numbers will be limited.

We will also be encouraging you to take part in the following Culture Night Late event…

Let’s Draw

Spanish Arch

9:00pm – Late. Free entry (outdoor night event)

Brilliant French street art company The Live Drawing Project is joining the Galway Cartoon Festival to provide an interactive digital cartoon experience!

Meet us at the Spanish Arch with your phone or tablet – or just join in online. We’ll be projecting a vast collaborative canvas with everyone’s drawings that keeps evolving all the time. Draw as much as you want. Express yourself along with some of the big-name cartoonists taking part!

Guest artists appearing in person include national cartoonists Graeme Keyes (The Phoenix) and Harry Burton (Irish Examiner), comic creator Mari Rolin (Iron Circus), Festival guest Joey Mason and team members Tom Mathews and Richard ‘Serg’ Chapman. Other names in the cartoon business may be making live or online appearances, including our guest for the upcoming festival, French comic artist Lucie Arnoux!

Think of it as a circus, but one where you can join in. All you need is an average smartphone – check The Live Drawing Project website for instructions.