Imagine you are sitting behind a table, with a blank sheet of paper, new  sharp pencil in hand, and your creative genius is flowing widely. Now  think, where are you? …That’s right, The Chuck Jones Big Draw!

Surrounded with some of the greatest cartoonist/artists made learning how  to sketch, draw, paint, sculpt, design, and to over all have fun, the Chuck  Jones way a priceless experience that had no age limit. With over 300  creative minds working you can imagine the joy and energy in this  18,000sq ft. venue. Chuck Jones once said, “Once you have heard a strange  audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the  word joy is all about.” I can say first hand the laughter and smiles were in  excess throughout each station and a shear  sign of joy was seen on every face.

Everywhere you looked you would find something to do, whether it was learning the tricks of photography with Val Westover and Stephanie Adriana or learning how to sketch storyboard with one of the Simpsons artists, Stephan Reis.

Towards the end of the day, The Chuck Jones Big Draw attempted to break the world record for largest Bugs Bunny sketch class. 150 children, teenagers, and adults sitting down to learn the secret of drawing the one and only Bugs Bunny via a video tutorial from Chuck Jones himself!

I wish to thank the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and EventComplete for the amazing event put on; it changed my perspective on cartoons and unleashed my creative genius. The Chuck Jones Big Draw is over, but keep an eye out for more amazing possibilities everywhere you go… That’s not all folks!

Press Release
For Immediate Release

Contact: Kim Johnson
(949) 218-0866
kjohnson@eventcomplete.com

“IT’S OFFICIAL! CHUCK JONES BIG DRAW GOES FOR GUINNESS WORLD RECORD- LARGEST ART CLASS!

Costa Mesa, CA—The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity announced today that the Guinness World Records have approved their request to set the Guinness World Record for the largest art class held in a single venue.  Scheduled for Sunday, August 7th at 2 PM sharp during the Chuck Jones Big Draw (11 AM to 5 PM) to be held at SOCO (South Coast Collection), 3303 Hyland Avenue, Costa Mesa, California, the Center will host a 45 minute drawing class during which participants will learn how to draw the star of Warner Bros. cartoons, Bugs Bunny.  The cost is $25.00 each or $40.00 for a family (or group) of four.  Tickets for the event are available through EventComplete.com.  Special pricing for organizations are available by contacting EventComplete.com.

“Attempting to break the recent record of 817 people at an art class held in Copenhagen, Denmark in June of this year will be an awesome feat and a great experience for everyone involved,” exclaimed Craig Kausen, Chairman of the Chuck Jones Center and the grandson of Chuck Jones.  “I know that Chuck would have loved the idea of over 800 people all learning how to draw Bugs Bunny, at one time, at one location; in fact, I believe he would have loved leading the class himself!”

The Chuck Jones Big Draw is a fun-filled event that allows people of all ages and levels of artistic accomplishment to be nurtured and guided by the Center’s teaching artists in a non-judgmental environment.  Intended as an exploration of each person’s creativity, the Chuck Jones Big Draw will allow participants to experience a personal journey filled with insight and joy.  It is designed to ignite their creativity so that it may be used in all aspects of their life including school, business, sciences, sports and all of the fine arts.
Artists scheduled to offer their expertise during the Chuck Jones Big Draw include, Stephen Reis, storyboard artist for “The Simpsons”, California surf artist, Bob Elias and master draftsman, Christopher Scardino, the Center’s resident teaching artist.

The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is hosting the Chuck Jones Big Draw with the sponsors for this event, SOCO (South Coast Collection, Costa Mesa), Art Supply Warehouse (Westminster, Ca) and Pencils.com (a California Cedar Products Company). The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity was founded in 1999 by four-time Academy Award recipient, Chuck Jones to promote his unique philosophy of developing the creative genius that resides in all of us, utilizing his drawings, films and writings as the springboard to a more joyous and innovative life.  Through public educational programs such as the Chuck Jones Big Draw, the Center reaches out to families, students and adults through interactive programs that lead them to a more passionate, joyous, and harmonious life and world.

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If you did not attend the first “Chuck Jones Big Draw” event on May 22nd then we better see you this summer.  We are pleased to announce our next event on August 7, 2011 at the South Coast Collection in Costa Mesa!  We had such a great turnout last time and enjoyed  making Ipad Art, sketches and more…so we are ready to take art to the next level.

P.S. stay tuned to hear about the “World Record” that we are aiming to break!

Want to know what happened at the last event? Check out Brad Montgomery’s testimonial.

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When you hear some one say, “What’s up, Doc?” typically you will think of the classic animated charcter, Bugs Bunny.  Chuck Jones helped create and bring to life Bugs Bunny along with many other popular characters; Elmer Fudd, Porky the Pig, Pepe Le Pew and The Grinch who stole Christmas to name a few.  We have teamed up with the staff at The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and will have our first creative art workshop, “The Chuck Jones Big Draw.”  We want children of all ages to learn how to spark their creativity and use their imagination in their everyday lives.  Parents of students who have attended previous classes through The Chuck Jones Center of Creativity have had nothing but inspirational feedback.

“My child really enjoyed this class and would look forward to it every week!  And it helps to take the place of non-existent art programs in public schools”

The Chuck Jones Big Draw will be held on May 22, 2011 at the Irvine Marriott.  Details are coming soon!