Calling all drawings BY MARIE MABER Correspondent Draw. It's one of those verbs that has several meanings. As a noun it can be just as ambiguous. If you look the word draw up in a standard dictionary, and then again in a dictionary devoted to art terms, the word might begin to haunt you. In old westerns, after 10 paces, someone shouts, "Draw!" to indicate that guns can be taken from holsters, aimed and fired. When an archer steadies his bow and pulls back his arrow, it can be said that he draws on the bow. When you're thirsty, you could draw on a straw that's sunken into an ice-cold lemonade. In art, as in life, "drawing" can be interpreted in several ways. Brookdale Community College is asking New Jersey artists to submit their works for "Making Marks," the upcoming exhibition that might help define the parameters of just what constitutes drawing today. "Making or leaving one's mark is not simple cliché, but a very concrete act," said Sid Godwin, a co-juror of the show, and professor of art at Brookdale. "Drawing is probably the most fundamental of processes in the arts. It is also one of the most natural ways of interacting with the world." "The most fundamental discipline involved in drawing is learning to record what we see," said Godwin's co-juror, Dan Schroll, professor of typography and design at Brookdale. "Drawing is a matter of seeing through the mind." To add fuel to the discussion, Edward Jankowski, art professor at Monmouth University, will present a lecture titled "Making Marks: The Art of Drawing." Both the exhibition and lecture are free of charge and open to the public. "Making Marks" is the first in a planned series of annual drawing competitions at the CVA Gallery, Brookdale Community College. Entry fee: $8 single work; $12 two works. Make checks payable to Brookdale Community College. Media: All traditional and nontraditional drawing media; mixed media works on paper; or works presented on other surfaces besides paper will be considered for this show. Must be framed or otherwise prepared for hanging and display in a public setting. Maximum size in either direction: 48 inches. Drop off entries: Friday and Saturday, Jan. 11 and 12, noon - 4 p.m., CVA Gallery, Brookdale campus, parking lot 1. Entry forms will be available during these drop-off periods. Nonselected works pick up: Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 15, 16, noon - 2 p.m. All remaining works pick up: Saturday, March 8, 10 a.m. - noon; Monday, March 10, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Dates of show: Jan. 17 - March 7. Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 18, 4 - 6 p.m. Opening Night: Gallery Talk, "Making Marks: The Art of Drawing," by professor Edward Jankowski of Monmouth University CVA Building, 6 -7 p.m. Admission is free. Questions and application forms, contact Linda Massaro, BCC Art Department secretary, (732) 224-2520.