No 6188
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Vol cxl No 29
pp. 813–844
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Until January 2011 |
Sculpture Promenade 2010 |
Museum lawns |
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Until 30 May |
Netsuke: Japanese art in miniature |
Octagon |
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27 April – 8 August |
Maggi Hambling: The Wave |
Mellon Gallery |
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18 May – 15 August |
Gifts of the ebb tide: Japan and the sea in Ukiyo-e Prints |
Shiba Gallery |
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25 May – 26 September |
Prized possessions: Lord Fitzwilliam’s album of prints after Adam Elsheimer |
Charrington Print Room |
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15 June – 15 August |
21st century engraved glass |
Octagon |
Free lunchtime talks take place from 1.15 p.m. in the Seminar Room (Room 35) unless otherwise stated. Space in the Seminar Room is limited; admission is by token, available from the Courtyard Entrance desk from 12.45 p.m. on the day of the talk. No booking is required.
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Wednesday, 19 May |
Hidden wonders of Korea |
Mr Hang-jin Chang, Patron of the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project (KSCPP) |
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Wednesday, 26 May |
The road to Calvary: Juan and Diego Sanchez |
Julia Tozer, Head of Education (Gallery 8) |
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Wednesday, 2 June |
The allure of Elsheimer (to accompany the exhibition Prized possessions) |
Elenor Ling, Research Assistant, Paintings, Drawings, and Prints (Gallery 16) |
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Friday, 4 June |
Maggi Hambling: The Wave |
Maggi Hambling, artist (Mellon Gallery) |
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Wednesday, 9 June |
The Chesterton Lane Treasure |
Martin Allen, Senior Assistant Keeper, Coins and Medals |
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Wednesday, 16 June |
The Grand Tour and the Fitz: classical collecting in 18th-century England |
Katie McAfee, Faculty of Classics |
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Wednesday, 23 June |
Japanese waves (to accompany the exhibitions Gifts of the ebb tide and Maggi Hambling: The Wave) |
Craig Hartley, Senior Assistant Keeper, Paintings, Drawings, and Prints |
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Saturday, 26 June |
A sense of place: glass engraving |
Katharine Coleman MBE, Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers. This talk will be followed by a demonstration of glass engraving in the Studio (Room 36) |
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Saturday, 31 July |
Glass engraving: the 20th-century revival |
Geoff Thwaites, Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers. This talk will be followed by a demonstration of glass engraving in the Studio (Room 36) |
Booking is essential. For further information and to book telephone 01223 332904 or email fitzmuseum-education@lists.cam.ac.uk unless otherwise stated.
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Saturday, 12 June, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. |
Making waves |
Maggi Hambling’s latest paintings respond to the energy of the sea as it erodes the Suffolk coastline. Using her exhibition as inspiration, make a bold self portrait in acrylic on canvas in the studio with painter John Wiltshire. £10 per person including canvas and painting materials. |
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Saturday, 19 June, 10.30 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
Fabulous fans |
Visit prints in the exhibition Gifts of the ebb tide, and take a tour through the Fan Gallery to get ideas for your own fan design, before working with Chinese painting materials and learning specialist techniques. £20 (£18 concessions). |
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Wednesday, 30 June, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. |
Writing workshop with Jackie Kay |
A rare opportunity to take part in a creative writing workshop led by author Jackie Kay, focusing on Maggi Hambling’s seascapes exhibition The Wave. £25 (£20 concessions). For further information telephone 01223 703522 or email helen.m.taylor@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. |
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Wednesdays 21 and 28 July; 4, 11, 18, and 25 August, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. |
Hidden Treasures Summer School |
Behind the façade of the Fitzwilliam, there are half a million objects in five different collections. This Summer School explores the history of the Museum, and each week looks at one of these collections through informal gallery discussions and behind-the-scenes tours. £50 (£30 concessions). |
Promenade Concerts take place on Sundays at 1.15 p.m. in Gallery 3. Admission is free.
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16 May |
The Ellipsis Wind Quintet |
Danzi, Nielsen, Francaix |
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23 May |
The Petrucci Ensemble |
Byrd, de las Infantas, Lassus, Victoria |
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30 May |
Lydia Scadding – Piano Benedict Broy – Violin |
Liszt, Berg, Prokofiev |
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6 June |
The Del Mar Piano Trio |
Debussy, Beamish, Rachmaninov |
Promenade Concerts will also take place as part of the Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2010 on 18 and 25 July and 1 and 7 August, at 1.15 p.m., in Gallery 3.
The Denise Adeane Memorial Concert will take place on Tuesday, 27 July, at 7.30 p.m. (Mishka Rushdie Momen – piano). For full programme details and how to book visit the CSMF website: http://www.cambridgesummermusic.com (tel. 01223 894161, email info@cambridgesummermusic.com).
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, is open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For further information on visiting the Museum and all other events telephone 01223 332900, email fitzmuseum-enquiries@lists.cam.ac.uk, or visit http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/.
The following lectures, seminars, etc. will be open to members of the University and others who are interested:
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Professor Yen Chuang-ying, Professor of Art History at Academia Sinica, will give the following talks:
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Monday, 17 May, 5 p.m. |
The conflict between innovation and tradition in classic temple architecture in Taiwan – the metamorphosis of the Great Hall at Nanyao Temple in Zhanghua. This talk will take place in Rooms 8 and 9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue. A reception will be held in the Common Room at 4.40 p.m. |
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Wednesday, 19 May, 5 p.m. |
Self portrait and family pictures – searching for identity. This talk will take place in room B3, Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Avenue. A reception will be held after the talk. |
Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies. Henrietta Mondry (University of Canterbury, Christchurch) will give a seminar entitled Russian anthropology and the Jew’s body 1880s – 1930, on Tuesday, 18 May 2010, at 5 p.m., in the Latimer Room, Clare College. Tea and coffee will be available from 4.45 p.m.