What's On: What's On

Sun 19 October 2014

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond

The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition.

11:15AM

University Sermon on Memory and Identity

The Right Reverend Dom Aidan Bellenger, of Jesus College, will preach the University Sermon in Great St Mary's. A widely published historian, Aidan Bellenger's works include Princes of the Church (2001), The Mitre and the Crown (2005), Downside Abbey: an Architectural History. (2011) and Keeping the Rule: David Knowles and the Writing of History (2014).

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Gwen Raverat wood engravings

In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

I come from a place

Katherine Green and North Cambridge girls group

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Issam Kourbaj new installation

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Past, present, somewhere

A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

1914: war and money

World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England

Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war

The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish

Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right.

1:15PM - 2:00PM

Tonos humanos

Geoffrey Morris (baroque guitar) and Tyrone Landau (tenor) perform the music of José Marín (1619 – 1699) from manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam collection.

2:00PM - 5:00PM

Norman Ackroyd - The Furthest Lands: A Journey Round the British Isles

An exhibition of etchings at Trinity Hall

2:30PM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past

Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Highlight John Cleese Book signing

John Cleese is visiting Heffers to sign copies of his latest book ‘So, Anyway…’ Queue from 3 pm. Signing: 4pm – 5pm only. Please Note: John will only be signing copies of his new book, with a name. He WILL NOT sign any other items or pose for photos. Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a comedy giant.

6:00PM - 6:25PM

Organ recital

To be performed by by Tom Etheridge (Organ Scholar, King’s College)

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Sun 19 October 2014	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.
	10:30AM - 4:30PM	Highlight Buddha's word: the life of books in Tibet and Beyond The first exhibition of Tibetan material in Cambridge, and the first time in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s history that its Buddhist collections will be showcased in an exhibition.
	11:15AM	University Sermon on Memory and Identity The Right Reverend Dom Aidan Bellenger, of Jesus College, will preach the University Sermon in Great St Mary's. A widely published historian, Aidan Bellenger's works include Princes of the Church (2001), The Mitre and the Crown (2005), Downside Abbey: an Architectural History. (2011) and Keeping the Rule: David Knowles and the Writing of History (2014).
	11:30AM - 5:00PM	Gwen Raverat wood engravings In Helen Ede’s bedroom, in the house at Kettle’s Yard, a series of wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) are on display.
	11:30AM - 5:00PM	I come from a place Katherine Green and North Cambridge girls group
	11:30AM - 5:00PM	Issam Kourbaj new installation Issam Kourbaj new installation
	11:30AM - 5:00PM	Past, present, somewhere A rare opportunity to enjoy the collected films and projects by artist duo Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope, in this their first gallery exhibition since they won the Northern Art Prize in 2008.
	12:00PM - 5:00PM	1914: war and money World War I consumed vast quantities of money as well as lives. This display of coins, medals, banknotes and government bonds provides an insight into the desperate measures that had to be used to maintain a supply of money, from the transition of gold coinage at the outbreak of war in 1914 to inflationary paper money by 1918 when the great European empires fell.
	12:00PM - 5:00PM	Caroline Watson and female printmaking in late Georgian England Caroline Watson ( 1760/61 - 1814) was one of the most skilful engravers working in late 18th century England. She can be seen as the first British professional woman engraver. This exhibition shows a selection of her portrait and subject prints, together with those of other contemporary women printmakers.
	12:00PM - 5:00PM	Fatal consequences: the Chapman Brothers and Goya’s disasters of war The Chapman Brothers’ Disasters of War takes Goya’s print series of the same title and reinvents and extends the imagery and horrors with a cornucopia of ideas from later wars and modern culture. This exhibition shows different versions of the Chapman Bothers’ set, together with a selection from Goya’s original series.
	12:00PM - 5:00PM	Highlight Silent partners artist & mannequin from function to fetish Silent Partners is the first exhibition uncovering the evolution of the artist’s mannequin. It will show how, from being an inconspicuous studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes, the lay figure became the fetishised subject of the artist’s painting, and eventually, in the 20th century, a work of art in its own right.
	1:15PM - 2:00PM	Tonos humanos Geoffrey Morris (baroque guitar) and Tyrone Landau (tenor) perform the music of José Marín (1619 – 1699) from manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam collection.
	2:00PM - 5:00PM	Norman Ackroyd - The Furthest Lands: A Journey Round the British Isles An exhibition of etchings at Trinity Hall
	2:30PM - 5:00PM	Highlight Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past Jointly hosted with the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a mixed-media exhibition which explores the ways in which artists confront and negotiate the past, with a special focus on Greece.
	4:00PM - 5:00PM	Highlight John Cleese Book signing John Cleese is visiting Heffers to sign copies of his latest book ‘So, Anyway…’ Queue from 3 pm. Signing: 4pm – 5pm only. Please Note: John will only be signing copies of his new book, with a name. He WILL NOT sign any other items or pose for photos. Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a comedy giant.
	6:00PM - 6:25PM	Organ recital To be performed by by Tom Etheridge (Organ Scholar, King’s College)