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.
Drawing from our rich holdings of paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics and sculpture, ‘Women: makers and muses’ is the first display in an on-going series highlighting work by women throughout the history of art and from across the globe.
A series of films made in response to the display in which curators offer further thoughts on featured artworks will be followed by a Q&A with Jane Munro and Rebecca Birrell.
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
Join us in St Peter’s Churchyard for free, practical art making activities. Be inspired by Kettle’s Yard and make your own artworks. Pick up one of our family art activity packs and get creative with our artists. You can collect your materials to make outside at Kettle’s Yard or take them home with you.
This activity is free and for families with children of all ages. Activities are for all but most suitable for children between 3 and 11 years.
No previous art experience is necessary just have fun!
