In this two-part course you will begin to develop your own technique working with watercolour paint. Structured around a restricted palette of five colours we will explore the opportunity of watercolour in depicting the landscape of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Led by professional artist and award winning painter John Wiltshire, you will extend your knowledge and experience of the technique with creative and exploratory practical exercises and learn how to apply these approaches in creating your own paintings.
This online course introduces learners to soil formation and how to cultivate soil to promote its health. Learners will gain an understanding of the science of soils and the variety of life within it. Most importantly you will learn that soil is the foundation of all successful growing and that how we assess, cultivate and care for our soil ensures a healthy and productive garden.
Come along to this exciting 2-day workshop with a pile of plain fabrics or T-shirts etc and leave with colourful prints inspired by autumn in the Botanic Garden. Our starting point will be to look at the wonderful leaf shapes, seed pods, berries and late-season flowers. Emphasis will be on the experimental, developing your own designs, using paper screen masks, and mixing colour to create your own unique fabrics. This is a great introductory session for anyone new to screen printing as well as for students who would like to develop existing printing skills.
Join Rebecca Roberts, Curator of Gold of the Great Steppe, for a spotlight talk in the exhibition, introducing key themes and highlight objects.
Join Fitzwilliam Museum Curator, Helen Ritchie, for a brief introduction (approx. 30 minutes) to Magdalene Odundo in Cambridge. Curated by ceramic artist Magdalene Odundo DBE, this display marks 50 years since Odundo moved from Kenya to Cambridge to study at Cambridge School of Art and brings together a selection of global collections from Cambridge collections with examples of her own unmistakeable work.
Please note these spotlight talks will take place at the Museum. Booking is free but necessary.
Join us online for a conversation between ceramic artist Magdalene Odundo DBE and organising Curator, Helen Ritchie, who will discuss Magdalene Odundo in Cambridge.
As we take in the splendour and beauty of the gold artefacts from the Great Steppe, we can’t help but wonder about their prehistoric makers and users: Where did they obtain the precious metal? What tools and techniques did they employ to turn it into the elaborate artefacts we admire today? How did they learn their skills? Were these objects used in life, or made for the dead? Scientific analyses provide some answers but also raise new questions.
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Join Rebecca Roberts, Curator of Gold of the Great Steppe, for an online talk introducing the exhibition, its themes and highlight objects.
Soon after the Greek Revolution, the Acropolis was cleared of its Medieval buildings. Byzantine icons too were shunned, even in University Museum collections. This lecture touches on icons in the Fitzwilliam but focuses on the fate of one icon in the Yale University Art Museum, acquired in 1871, but hidden in its storeroom until now.
Three artists using clay, Jayne Ivimey, Elspeth Owen and Mella Shaw, talk about their upcoming group exhibition Breaking Point: fragility in clay and nature which is on show at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
