Mon 16 June 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Keystage arts heritage: Lesley Ford The untold stories of refugees who Came to Cambridge during the 2nd World War |
8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Dirt, fire & sky - an exhibition by Sue Shepherd An exhibition by Sue Shepherd at the Alison Richard Building |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
Turning ideas into reality, award winning designer Tom Karen showcases examples of his drawings spanning more than six decades in the design industry. |
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9:00AM - 5:00PM |
The hours of healing - an exhibition by printmaker Ruth Oinn Ruth Oinn is showing a series of twenty-six prints, which have been a year in the making. Celebrating the centenary of Britten’s birth, the works have been created around Britten's operas, by revisiting several much loved works, poring over librettos and seeing productions at Aldeburgh and Glyndebourne. |
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9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Literature of the liberation: the French experience in print 1944–1946 An exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, showing books published, mainly in France, after the liberation of Paris and before the end of 1946. |
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9:00AM - 6:30PM |
Flesh wounds: David Holbrook and D-Day David Holbrook landed in Normandy as a twenty-one year old tank commander on D-Day, 6 June 1944. His 1966 novel 'Flesh wounds' recounted his experiences. This small exhibition draws on Holbrook's literary archive, held in the University Library, to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion. |
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10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Visitors to Lift Off! will be submersed in Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950s and early 1970s. Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and installations, this ambitious exhibition focuses on Metzger’s auto-creative work. |