Sun 9 February 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Exhibition: humour in colour Yunoki Textiles, Curated by Miles Dodd |
10:00AM - 4:30PM |
The exotic allure of the tropical orchid will take centre stage in a special display in the Botanic Garden's Glasshouse Range. |
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10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The Cambridge Science Centre presents an extraordinary sensory experience. The new exhibition, Perception, will use illusions to uncover how our senses and brain work and the tricks your brain uses to make sense of the world. |
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10:00AM - 6:00PM |
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. |
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11:15AM |
Highlight University Sermon on 'engaging with awe: cosmology and the search for God' David Wilkinson is Principal of St John’s College and Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Durham. His first PhD work was in theoretical astrophysics, his research focusing on star formation, the chemical evolution of galaxies and terrestrial mass extinctions. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. |
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12:00PM - 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. |
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12:00PM - 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. |
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12:00PM - 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. |
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1:15PM - 2:00PM |
Instrumental award holders for chamber music Enjoy a variety of works played by the very best undergraduate chamber musicians. |
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6:00PM - 6:25PM |
Organ recital to be performed by Gerard Brooks (Director of Music, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster) |