You Are Here – Open House Artist Residency 2016
Isabella Martin, Open House Artist in Residence 2016, has been working in collaboration with residents and community groups in North Cambridge to create a new map of the area. Martin and a team of Artist Facilitators have been gathering local stories, memories and ideas for the future of the area. With all this information Isabella has drawn a new map…
Stories, Statues and Stillness
Exploring movement and mindfulness with preschoolers at the Museum of Classical Archaeology. This year, the Cambridge Festival of Ideas was based around the theme of ‘movement’. This was very exciting for those of us working with very young children who, from an adult point of view, move around a lot! Often at great speed and in unpredictable directions. In fact…
Prehistoric poop!
For most people, the idea of finding old poo is disgusting, and the idea of dissecting it and sorting through it is even worse! Unless of course you’re a child of a certain age and the poo in question is dinosaur poo. A chance conversation with a colleague, when I should have been paying attention in a meeting, turned into…