1 - 7 October
8 - 14 October
15 - 21 October
22 - 28 October
| Venue: | Kettle's Yard |
| Event title: | FRESH: ideas inspiration art |
| Description: | Relaxed workshops that give you the space to take your art in new directions. Artist Lara Jones offers support to help you develop your artwork and opportunities to explore a range of quality materials. |
| Audience: | For 13 to 17-year-olds |
| Date/Time: | Mondays 1, 8, 15, 29 October; 5, 12 November, 4:30 - 6:30pm For a full listing of dates please see the Kettle's Yard website. |
| Cost: | £6 each (£5 concessions) per session |
| Booking: | Booking essential |
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| Venues: | Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |
| Cambridge University Botanic Garden | |
| Cambridge and County Folk Museum | |
| Museum of Classical Archaeology | |
| The Fitzwilliam Museum | |
| Kettle's Yard | |
| Scott Polar Research Institute Museum | |
| Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences | |
| Whipple Museum of the History of Science | |
| University Museum of Zoology | |
| Event title: | pArtworks |
| Description: | Join in with Cambridge's biggest ever game of ‘Consequences’, a fantastic drawing game taking place in 10 different museums and collections. Pick up a scroll from any of the venues throughout October and be part of the fun! |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 6 to Sunday 28 October 2007 |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Scott Polar Research Institute Museum |
| Event title: | Polar pArtworks |
| Description: | Take inspiration from the Polar Regions with drop in artist-led workshops throughout the day. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 6 October 2007, 11am - 1pm & 2 - 4pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Cambridge University Botanic Garden |
| Event title: | Big Draw Workshop |
| Description: | The Big Draw has got even bigger in Cambridge this year. All the museums and the Botanic Garden are collaborating in a giant game of ‘Consequences’. Make your own imaginary person inspired by the amazing plants at the Botanic Garden. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 6 October 2007, 11am - 1pm & 2 - 4pm |
| Cost: | The Big Draw workshop is free, but normal admission charges to the Bontanic Garden apply. |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Event title: | Drop In and Draw |
| Description: | Enjoy a day drawing in the museum and studio. An artist will be on hand to help and inspire. Materials provided. |
| Audience: | Families |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 13 October 2007, 11am - 1pm & 2 - 4pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | University Museum of Zoology |
| Event title: | The Lab of Senses |
| Description: | What does velvet sound like? Why are colours loud? Does a bubbly shape 'look' like sandpaper? Artist Dino Alfier will show you how to draw sounds and textures as well as what you see. Let your imagination travel across your senses and be inspired by the animals around you. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 13 October 2007, 11am - 1pm & 2 - 4pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Cambridge and County Folk Museum |
| Event title: | Picture Perfect |
| Description: | Pick up a scroll and play Cambridge's biggest ever game of ‘Consequences’ throughout the whole of October as part of The Big Draw. The Cambridge & County Folk Museum is providing a special artist-led workshop where you will be able to frame your consequence which you have created at the 10 different Cambridge museums and collections. |
| Audience: | Families |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 13 October 2007, 11am - 1pm & 2 - 4pm |
| Cost: | Please see the Cambridge and County Folk Museum website for details. |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Kettle's Yard |
| Event title: | Saturday Drawing |
| Description: | A fortnightly drawing workshop for adults & young people aged 13 plus. Beginners welcome. Big Draw Special - Saturday 13 October: Artist Issam Kourbaj leads a session exploring the theme of birds. |
| Audience: | Adults and young people aged 13 plus |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 13 October 2007, 11:30am - 2pm Saturday 27 October 2007, 11:30am - 2pm For a full listing of dates please see the Kettle's Yard website. |
| Cost: | £8 each (£5 concessions) |
| Booking: | Booking essential |
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| Venue: | Kettle's Yard |
| Event title: | Glitter and Glue |
| Description: | Drop in art sessions for pre-school children and their carers. Just come and have fun making whatever you want. |
| Audience: | Pre-school children and their carers |
| Date/Time: | October 18 2007, 10:00 - 11:30am For a full listing of dates please see the Kettle's Yard website. |
| Cost: | £2.50 per child |
| Booking: | No need to book, admission is first come, first served. |
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| Venue: | Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |
| Event title: | Beasts and Birds: The Big Draw |
| Description: | Come and be inspired by our fantastic beasts and birds. Let our artists help you create a fantastic beast, using the Pasifika Styles exhibition for inspiration. Origanimals: fold a fabulous beast with our origami animals. Special Museum safari: find the animals in our displays. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 20 October 2007, 10:30am - 4:30pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Kettle's Yard |
| Event title: | pArtworks |
| Description: | A full day of drop-in workshops for the whole family. Take inspiration from the house and gallery to contribute your creative ideas to our gigantic 'Consequences' collage. Led by artist Alex Hirtzel. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Sat 20 October 2007, 11am - 4pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No need to book, admission is first come, first served. |
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| Venue: | Museum of Classical Archaeology |
| Event title: | The Big Draw: "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes |
| Description: | This brand new family workshop at the museum will mix storytelling of myths from Ancient Greece and Rome, with working with an artist educator to create your own special artworks to keep or exhibit at the museum. Storyteller, Jacqui Strawbridge, Education Officer Museum of Classical Archaeology, Artist Educator, Sarah Blake. |
| Audience: | Families |
| Date/Time: | Sat 20 October 2007, 11am - 1pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Cambridge University Botanic Garden |
| Event title: | Apple Day |
| Description: | Firmly established as one of the region’s most popular apple appreciation events, as many as 5000 people are expected to attend to taste and buy over 25 different regional apples, while enjoying the beautiful autumnal surroundings of the garden.
This year, as well as the 25 locally grown apple varieties to try and buy, there will be experts on hand to give visitors expert advice on the selection, planting and pruning of apple trees. Local producers of apple edibles will be tempting visitors with a fine selection of apple fare including jams and jellies, juices and ciders. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Sunday 21 October 2007, 10am - 4pm |
| Cost: | Please see the Bontanic Garden website for details. |
| Booking: | Tickets can be purchased in advance. Please see the Bontanic Garden website for details. |
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| Venue: | The Fitzwilliam Museum - Education Studio |
| Event title: | Apple Magic - An Apple Day event for Families |
| Description: | Celebrate Apple Day at the Fitzwilliam Museum by painting still-life arrangements in the studio with Denise Casanova and looking at work ranging from Dutch still-life to paintings by Renoir and Cézanne. All materials provided. |
| Audience: | Families |
| Date/Time: | Sunday 21 October 2007, 1:00 - 4:45pm |
| Cost: | £4 per person |
| Booking: | BOOKING ESSENTIAL, telephone 01223 332904 or email fitzmuseum-education@lists.cam.ac.uk. |
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| Venue: | Kettle's Yard |
| Event title: | Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination Family Workshop |
| Description: | A creative workshop led by artists Thelma Mort and Anne-Mie Melis, inspired by the exhibition Henrik Håkansson: Three Days of the Condor. |
| Audience: | Families |
| Date/Time: | Sunday 21 October 2007, 11:45am - 1:45pm Details of future Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination Family Workshops can be found on the Kettle's Yard website. |
| Cost: | £5 per adult, £2 per child |
| Booking: | Booking required |
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| Venue: | Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |
| Event title: | Beasts and Birds: The Big Draw |
| Description: | Join artist Ann-Mie Melis for a drop-in workshop using the Museum's amazing collections. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday 23 October 2007, 10:30am - 4:30pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Event title: | It’s Magic! |
| Description: | Looking at art and making art can be magical. Drop in and explore work in our collections with a member of our Education team, then make some in our studio to take home with you. |
| Audience: | For pre-school children and their carers |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday 23 October 2007, 10:00 - 11:30am For a full listing of dates please see the Fitzwilliam Museum website |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | BOOKING ESSENTIAL, telephone 01223 332904 or email fitzmuseum-education@lists.cam.ac.uk. |
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| Venue: | The Fitzwilliam Museum - Education Studio |
| Event title: | StoryQuest 2007 - ‘Camille in the City’ |
| Description: | Find out what happens when a young girl from the country visits Paris for the first time. Paintings by Monet, Pissarro, Renoir and Seurat provide the images for the story. |
| Audience: | Stories for accompanied children aged 5 and over. |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday 23 October 2007, 11am - 12pm & 2:30 - 3:30pm Wednesday 24 October 2007, 11am - 12pm Saturday 10 November 2007, 11am - 12pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | BOOKING ESSENTIAL, telephone 01223 332904 or email fitzmuseum-education@lists.cam.ac.uk. |
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| Venue: | Kettle's Yard |
| Event title: | Flights of Imagination |
| Description: | Start at Kettle’s Yard with a tour of the exhibition Henrik Håkansson: Three Days of the Condor, then go to the Zoology Museum to sketch from real birds and skeletons. |
| Audience: | 9 - 12 year olds |
| Date/Time: | Tuesday 23 October 2007, 10am - 12pm |
| Cost: | £10 each (£6 concessions) |
| Booking: | Booking required |
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| Venue: | Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |
| Event title: | Beasts and Birds: The Big Draw |
| Description: | Events to celebrate Black History Month and 50 years of Ghanaian Independence. Make a gold weight that tells a story. Lunchtime talk on the Ghana display, Celebrating Ghana, 50 years of Independence. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday 24 October 2007, 10:30am - 4:30pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | The Fitzwilliam Museum - Education Studio |
| Event title: | StoryQuest 2007 - ‘Tales of Kings and Empires’ |
| Description: | Enjoy tales of mighty rulers, warrior kings and powerful armies from Ancient Egypt, China and Europe. |
| Audience: | Stories for accompanied children aged 5 and over. |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday 24 October: 2:30 - 3:30pm Thursday 25 October: 11am - 12pm & 2:30 - 3:30pm Saturday 3 November: 2:30 - 3:30pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | BOOKING ESSENTIAL, telephone 01223 332904 or email fitzmuseum-education@lists.cam.ac.uk. |
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| Venue: | Kettle's Yard |
| Event title: | Video Production Workshop |
| Description: | Learn digital video production skills, from camera technique and story boarding through to the production of a short film. Inspired by Henrik Håkansson’s exhibition, your film will also be eligible for entry to the Cambridgeshire Film Consortium’s GRAINS OF SAND: CLIMATE CHANGE FILM COMPETITION. Please bring a packed lunch. |
| Audience: | 13 - 16 year olds |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 October 2007, 10am - 5pm |
| Cost: | £70 each |
| Booking: | Booking required |
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| Venue: | Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |
| Event title: | Beasts and Birds: The Big Draw |
| Description: | Rock art animals: Create a rock art creature using brown paper. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Thursday 25 October 2007, 10:30am - 4:30pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |
| Event title: | Beasts and Birds: The Big Draw |
| Description: | Enjoy our special ‘Touch Tables’ of objects for observational drawing. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Friday 26 October 2007, 10:30am - 4:30pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology |
| Event title: | Beasts and Birds: The Big Draw |
| Description: | Create a picture using natural pigments and tools. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 27 October 2007, 10:30am - 4:30pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences |
| Event title: | Palaeo-pArtworks |
| Description: | Focus on fossils and enjoy drawing in the museum with an artist to help and inspire you. Try some mixing and matching to play the pArtworks ‘Consequences’ game. |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 27 October 2007, 10:30am - 3:30pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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| Venue: | Scott Polar Research Institute Museum |
| Event title: | Polar Huddle |
| Description: | Add your penguin to the Polar Huddle! With an artist here all day, and the Museum to inspire you, help us create a Polar landscape in the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum |
| Audience: | All ages |
| Date/Time: | Saturday 27 October 2007, 11am - 4pm |
| Cost: | Free |
| Booking: | No booking required |
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Details of all Big Draw events can be found on the Big Draw website
Details of other events taking place within the University of Cambridge can be found on the main Events Calendar.
