Your creations will be inspired by the Handpicked: Painting Flowers exhibition and artworks and objects on display in the Kettle’s Yard house, resulting in new and unique floral artworks to take home.
During the session we will briefly visit both the exhibition and house. We will be using clay, plaster and trying some fun printmaking methods.
Inspired by Japanese artist Kenji Umeda, the session will move between drawing, making and looking. Using simple materials and a playful approach, participants will explore how a line can become a structure, a sculpture can become a drawing, and how small forms can hold surprising ideas.
Participants will leave with drawings, sculptures, and a new way of seeing the relationship between them.
Explore the Kettle’s Yard house and current exhibition Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today, discovering how different artists express themselves through their paintings. Join artist Damaris in the Clore Learning Studio and get expressive using charcoal mark-making and acrylic paints.
The Cambridge Herbarium holds around 1.1 million plant specimens, representing over 300 years of botanical history. This includes the collections of famous natural scientists such as Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, but also those of other key botanists that may be less familiar.
In this talk, come and learn about the history of some of the wonders hidden away in the Herbarium. Whether that be plants which are now extinct in the wild, Victorian teaching resources or gorgeous botanical illustrations, there are a wealth of plant-related treasures to explore.
The upcoming Polar Panoramas exhibition at the Polar Museum features the art of John Kelly, an artist who has undertaken extensive fieldwork in the polar regions. Combining drawing, painting, photomontage and audiovisual work with observation and historical research, Polar Panoramas offers a compelling comparison between the Arctic and Antarctic as places of both human endeavour and environmental encounter.
Join author and cultural historian Ben Highmore, Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, as he introduces ways of understanding the abstract painting that has defined Bowling’s practice since the late 1960s.
Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.
Get hands-on with creative activities inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard.
No art experience needed — our friendly artists and volunteers will support you step-by-step. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to participate but Studio Sunday is most suitable for children between 3–11 years.
We invite families with children who have additional sensory needs to join us for our Studio Sunday Relaxed Session. These quieter art making workshops aim to provide a comfortable creative experience at Kettle’s Yard.
In our Clore Learning Studio, participants can make art inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard, supported by artists and volunteers. No prior art experience is required.
Activities are designed for children ages 3–11 and we encourage parents and carers to create alongside their child.
Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.
Get hands-on with creative activities inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard.
No art experience needed — our friendly artists and volunteers will support you step-by-step. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to participate but Studio Sunday is most suitable for children between 3–11 years.
We invite families with children who have additional sensory needs to join us for our Studio Sunday Relaxed Session. These quieter art making workshops aim to provide a comfortable creative experience at Kettle’s Yard.
In our Clore Learning Studio, participants can make art inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard, supported by artists and volunteers. No prior art experience is required.
Activities are designed for children ages 3–11 and we encourage parents and carers to create alongside their child.
