The night of 1000 Drawings, held on Thursday 19 November 2015, attracted 781 pre-booked tickets and an additional 1101 walk-ins. The event raised nearly R100,000 and broke the record for a crowdfunded art exhibition in Johannesburg.
The organisers received and hung about 4000 pieces of A5 artwork from all over Johannesburg, Nelspruit and Cape Town. Out of the doodles received, they sold around 800 pieces, each for R100. Some ardent supporters went home with entirely new art collections.
TechRig gave technical help to the value of R68,000, T-shirts from Sharpie South Africa, bunting was sponsored by Charmaine Elliott at CME Decor Specialists, stationery came from Dalrod and furniture from Bunker. The DJs, Kid Fonque, DJ Lebza from YFM and DJ Ed Surreal donated their time and talent. The crowds were also kept on their toes by live music from George Town, the Awesome4some and The Runaway Train Cult.
