This year we are bringing our free studio workshops to the Big Weekend! Find us in the University of Cambridge Museums marquee on Parker’s Piece and get creative with an artist.
Activities are suitable for all ages, with no experience required.
Free, come along anytime between 12 – 4pm.
About Big Weekend
One of the city’s best-loved free outdoor events, organised by Cambridge City Council, Big Weekend welcomes thousands of people of all ages across the three days.
Join us for a one-day workshop all about flowers. Jim Ede, founder of Kettle’s Yard, spoke of the ‘all embracing delight … experienced in nature, in stones, in flowers, in people.’
Join Iku Nishikawa of Kintsugi Oxford for an experimental workshop of the centuries-old Japanese technique for repairing broken ceramics, Kintsugi, which translates as ‘gold-mend’.
Kettle’s Yard has two objects in our collection which have been repaired using the traditional Japanese technique of Kintsugi; ‘The Heron’ by William Staite Murray, c. 1928 and a Song Dynasty temmoku tea bowl.
11 - 14 yrs
Work with staff and artists on a special Arts Award project to develop and test creative ideas for an upcoming exhibition on the theme of food, feasting and fasting. Find out about what goes on behind the scenes at the Museum and share your own mini-exhibition at the end of the week.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. To register your interest please tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk.
Image: Pierre Auguste Renoir, Apples and walnuts (detail)
11 - 13 yrs
Find your Fitzwilliam favourites or discover something new to inspire your very own artwork. There is no set theme but lots of lovely art materials – join us and get creative in the Studio with artist Iona McCuaig.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. To register your interest please tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.
Drop-in on the first Saturday of the month and join us for activities and art-making on the theme of 'circus tricks'.
Plus
Family tours
Tours last 30 minutes and leave at 14.00 and 15.00. Recommended for children aged 5+.
Story time
Storytelling lasts 30 minutes and leaves at 14.30 and 15.30. Recommended for Children under 5.
Number restrictions apply for both, please collect a sticker from the Courtyard Entrance.
Drop-in on the first Saturday of the month and join us for activities and art-making on the theme of 'caring for our museum'.
Plus
Family tours
Tours last 30 minutes and leave at 14.00 and 15.00. Recommended for children aged 5+.
Story time
Storytelling lasts 30 minutes and leaves at 14.30 and 15.30. Recommended for Children under 5.
Number restrictions apply for both, please collect a sticker from the Courtyard Entrance.
0 - 2 yrs
This gently structured session allows babies to discover aspects of the collection through sensory exploration of colour, shapes, texture, sounds and movement. Look at the galleries together and get creative in the Studio.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult throughout the duration of the workshop.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. To register your interest please tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.
2 - 5 yrs
Exploring art together can be magical. Hear stories about objects in the collection, and make art of your own to take home.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult throughout the duration of the workshop.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. To register your interest please tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Places will be confirmed on receipt of payment.
