What's On: What's On

Thu 6 February 2014

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition: humour in colour

Yunoki Textiles, Curated by Miles Dodd

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers

Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen

A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Magadan: life in the Russian north

A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.

10:00AM - 4:30PM

February orchid festival

The exotic allure of the tropical orchid will take centre stage in a special display in the Botanic Garden's Glasshouse Range.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

10:30AM - 12:30PM

Basic statistics

Training event: A workshop that looks at statistics commonly used in assessment.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

2:00PM - 4:30PM

Discovering the Fitzwilliam

A new five week course, which focuses on a variety of different themes to discover, interact and engage with a wide range of objects and paintings in the Museum’s collection. The course is led by Sarah Burles, Art Historian and Museum Educator, in partnership with Cambridge Art Tours.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Highlight Planning war before 1914, Margaret MacMillan

In the year of the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, this is the third in a series of three major public lectures given by renowned historian Margaret MacMillan, Humanitas Visiting Professor of War Studies 2013/14.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Five weeks that changed the world: Darwin and the Galapagos

John Parker, former Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, will describe Darwin's visit in 1835, compare Darwin's voyage with the situation that visitors will find today, and consider our understanding of the islands in the light of evolution.

7:45PM - 10:30PM

Highlight The pirates of Penzance

This February, let the CU Gilbert & Sullivan Society transport you to Victorian Cornwall as we present our grand Mainshow.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Kathryn Stott, piano

performing Bach, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Shoshtakovich and Ravel

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Thu 6 February 2014	8:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Exhibition: humour in colour Yunoki Textiles, Curated by Miles Dodd
	9:00AM - 5:00PM	Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.
	9:00AM - 5:00PM	Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Magadan: life in the Russian north A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.
	10:00AM - 4:30PM	February orchid festival The exotic allure of the tropical orchid will take centre stage in a special display in the Botanic Garden's Glasshouse Range.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009) A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.
	10:00AM - 6:00PM	Marilyn Johns The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.
	10:30AM - 12:30PM	Basic statistics Training event: A workshop that looks at statistics commonly used in assessment.
	10:30AM - 4:30PM	Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections
	2:00PM - 4:30PM	Discovering the Fitzwilliam A new five week course, which focuses on a variety of different themes to discover, interact and engage with a wide range of objects and paintings in the Museum’s collection. The course is led by Sarah Burles, Art Historian and Museum Educator, in partnership with Cambridge Art Tours.
	5:00PM - 6:30PM	Highlight Planning war before 1914, Margaret MacMillan In the year of the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, this is the third in a series of three major public lectures given by renowned historian Margaret MacMillan, Humanitas Visiting Professor of War Studies 2013/14.
	7:30PM - 9:00PM	Five weeks that changed the world: Darwin and the Galapagos John Parker, former Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, will describe Darwin's visit in 1835, compare Darwin's voyage with the situation that visitors will find today, and consider our understanding of the islands in the light of evolution.
	7:45PM - 10:30PM	Highlight The pirates of Penzance This February, let the CU Gilbert & Sullivan Society transport you to Victorian Cornwall as we present our grand Mainshow.
	8:00PM - 10:00PM	Kathryn Stott, piano performing Bach, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Shoshtakovich and Ravel