Got an opinion on Penrith? Have a bright idea for your town? Don’t put it in writing – put it in a drawing!

This Saturday Penrith will host Eden’s contribution to The Big Draw, a nationwide project using drawing to connect visitors with their museum and gallery collections, urban and rural spaces. Local action group Heart of Penrith and Eden artists A Dab Hand are being supported by The Learning Revolution to run “Drawn in Time” on the next two Saturdays, 24 & 31 October, from 10-3pm.

It’s your chance to have your say – visually – about aspects of Penrith town, whether it’s brand new developments like New Squares or a forgotten corner that has a special place on your heart. And the project will help bring new activity into the town by using one of the currently empty shops in Devonshire Arcade.

“We will be on hand to provide inspiration and give friendly advice” said artists Alex Jakob-Whitworth and Diane Steadman. “It doesn’t matter how old you are or when you last picked up a pencil. The important thing is that everyone is being given a chance to say something.”

The drawings will be professionally bound into a “Book of Aspirations”. Those who can’t access the sessions can submit their drawings via the internet on drawnintime@yahoo.co.uk or at participating Penrith shops, Artware, Sands and Bluebell Book Shop, and architects John Bodger Associates.