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Fri 17 May 2013 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Cambridge schools Art Exhibition

Pupils from The Leys and Arbury Primary school exhibit their work on conservation. In the last few years students have won prizes and exhibited at Saatchi gallery. the Mall Galleries, arts and the Medical Research Council at Addenbrookes.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Jane Perryman and Helena Greene exhibition

Jane Perryman is exhibiting ceramics, photography and video, Helena Greene is exhibiting paintings.

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Read all about it! wrongdoing in Spain and England in the long nineteenth century

An exhibition of nineteenth-century popular press material from Spain and England, featuring poisoners, pirates, werewolves and many other dubious characters.

9:30AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Orientality: Cultural Orientalism and Mentality

The topics of the speakers coming from the UK, Europe, Qatar, Turkey, Uzbekistan and the USA range from impressionist painting in Nukus and Ottoman travelogue literature, to the pragmatic Orientalism of Dyagilev's ballets, Orientalist photography and Portuguese luxury trade.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Gathering light

The provocative exhibition takes a rare view of the discipline through the eyes of patients and researchers. The photographs capture the unique relationship between patient and doctor and the hope and human spirit wrapped up in research projects.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Images of empire: the British Empire on nineteenth century medals

A special display: A thought provoking selection of medallic artowrk, which explores British expansion across the globe during the nineteenth century, showing a wide range of medals relating to plagues and rebellions, sieges and skirmishes, victories and defeats.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Anne-Lise Saillen - L'arbre, der baum, the tree

An exhibition of work by Anne-Lise Saillen

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Creativity in the bronze age - a response

An intervention into MAA’s experimental World Archaeology Gallery by a group of seven contemporary craft artists, ranging from artist jewellers to potters.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

The cultured rainforest

Exploring how the Penan and Kelabit people of Borneo have shaped and been shaped by the rainforest for 50,000 years

11:30AM - 5:00PM

House guests

From April to July visitors to Kettle's Yard will have the opportunity to see 'guests' from eight other University of Cambridge museums and collections carefully places amongst the artworks and objects in the house.

11:30AM - 5:00PM

Katie Paterson

Katie Paterson's exhibition at Kettle's Yard brings together previous projects and new work. On display in St Peter's Church is a new piece, Fossil Necklace, a culmination of her residency at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

12:30PM - 1:00PM

The Stephen Perse foundation: lunchtime concert

Music and readings for the festival of Pentecost

1:00PM - 1:30PM

Highlight Free lunch-time concert by the Perse foundation

As part of a regular series of Friday lunch-time concerts, students from the Stephen Perse Foundation will be performing a short concert of music featuring settings of texts appropriate to the season of Pentecost.

1:10PM - 2:00PM

Mark Seow and Maya Amin-Smith (violin)

Join us for a lunch time concert with works by Beethoven, Brahms and Wieniawski at St Giles' Church across the street from Kettle's Yard.

2:30PM - 3:30PM

Michaelhouse chorale

New year new term every Friday in the Chancel at Michaelhouse.

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Arts and health - talk from Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor is a founding Trustee and Chairman of Arts and Minds. Before retirement, he held a number of senior leadership positions at the NHS

5:30PM

A tale of three Hagia Sophias: conversion, museumification, contestation

Speaker Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir will focus on the debates surrounding the Hagia Sophias of Istanbul, Iznik and Trabzon.

6:00PM

Museums at night

University of Cambridge Museums open after-hours for music, art, performance, talks

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Choral music from the arts and minds come and sing workshop

This is intended primarily for people with mental health conditions but all are welcome.

6:00PM - 8:30PM

Museums at night

Special late opening. A chance to see the Katie Paterson exhibition and House Guests, after hours.

6:00PM - 9:00PM

Museums at night

Join us for a special evening at the Fitzwilliam Museum and explore the collections after hours.