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Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

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Tue 12 May 9:00AM - 6:30PM

Highlight Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers

A free exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

9:00AM - 7:00PM

Shape Shifters

In this exhibition, abstraction is expressed in a female form – not from a biological or essentialist perspective, but as a plurality of voices that take the abstract to new depths.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

‘Infinite Variations’ – A 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Art in the Life of Clare Hall

Clare Hall is delighted to present its 60th Anniversary exhibition of artworks collected over the years.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition: Making Angelina: The World of Helen Craig

Step inside the world of Angelina Ballerina as the Museum of Cambridge opens a new exhibition ‘Making Angelina: The World of Helen Craig’!

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime

Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

War Craft

What can artworks and objects made in times of war reveal about the pain, peril and lifechanging experiences of conflict and our instincts to seek out hope and humanity through creativity and making?

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today

Inspired by the presence of freshly cut flower displays and paintings in the Kettle’s Yard house, this exhibition will present works featuring flowers by artists spanning across the 20th and 21st centuries.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Kenji Umeda: a journey

This display will exhibit never-before-seen drawings by Kenji Umeda (1948-2019), alongside sculpture, prints and letters between the artist and Jim Ede.

2:00PM - 6:00PM

Rethinking Exile: On fractured lives and the capacity of beginning anew

This event brings together scholars, artists, and practitioners to explore exile as both a lived condition and a metaphor for the fractures shaping modern intellectual and political life.

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Art Amidst Turmoil: Chinese Women Artists and the Second Sino-Japanese War

Join us for the fifth event of the Women's History Seminar series.

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Highlight Professor Ruth Lynden-Bell Lecture: Professor Niamh Nic Daeid - Science Serving Justice - the Ultimate Communication Challenge

The College is proud to welcome Professor Niamh Nic Daeid for the biennial Ruth Lynden-Bell Lecture.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Bring an Object, Tell a Story - Toys and Childhood & AGM

Mill Road History Society celebrates toys and childhood with an open floor event where we invite our attendees to share their favourite memories from their youth

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Srimpi Dhempel: Royal Ceremonial Dance

Step inside the Royal Courts of Java, as Cambridge Gamelan perform a ceremonial dance (Srimpi), alongside Richard Causton’s Concerto for Solo Percussionist and Gamelan, performed by “boundless musical explorer” George Barton.

7:45PM - 9:30PM

Highlight Scenes from the Climate Era

How do you plan a life when the future looks nothing like the past? Scenes from the Climate Era, the ADC Theatre's Easter Week 2 Mainshow, is a provocative, mesmerising kaleidoscope which reflects humanity’s most complex crisis, both as we know it and as we will.