What's On: What's On

Wed 12 February 2014

8:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Exhibition: humour in colour

Yunoki Textiles, Curated by Miles Dodd

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers

Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen

A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology

9:00AM - 9:00PM

e-luminate Festival

A festival of light, illuminating the city's historic architecture and latest technology.

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Medieval Fenland

A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 15th January.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Magadan: life in the Russian north

A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.

10:00AM - 4:30PM

February orchid festival

The exotic allure of the tropical orchid will take centre stage in a special display in the Botanic Garden's Glasshouse Range.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009)

A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam

Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain

This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Romeinaround

This exhibition of contemporary photography by visual artist Robert Richardson turns the lens not on the monuments of Rome but on the tourists and locals who people the city's winding streets.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Marilyn Johns

The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.

10:30AM - 4:30PM

Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji

A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections

1:15PM - 2:00PM

Discoveries at two temple place: taking the University of Cambridge Museums to London

A lunchtime talk at the Fitzwilliam Museum with Lydia Hamlett, Programme Curator at University of Cambridge Museums.

5:00PM - 6:15PM

Adam Phillips: becoming freud: the psychoanalyst and the biographer. lecture 1

Trinity College Clark Lectures 2014

6:00PM - 7:30PM

St Catherines political economy seminars: Vicky Pryce

The next St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar in the series on the Economics of Austerity, will be given by Vicky Pryce on 'The turmoil in the Euro Zone: how might the fiscal and debt impasse be resolved and what would the effect be on the UK?'. All are welcome.

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Life clubs - Self improvement workshops Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Life clubs was created in 2004 by Nina Grunfeld, best-selling author of The Life Book. Sessions are every Wednesday.

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy

Astronomy talks and public observing (if clear!) every Wednesday evening during the winter season.

WHAT'S ON

Events open to the public from the University of Cambridge

Wed 12 February 2014	8:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Exhibition: humour in colour Yunoki Textiles, Curated by Miles Dodd
	9:00AM - 5:00PM	Exhibition by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers Exhibitions by Roeland Verhallen and Ash Summers at the Alison Richard Building.
	9:00AM - 5:00PM	Photographs of cultural heritage by Gwil Owen A rare opportunity to witness a collection of striking and informative images from the world of Archaeology and Anthropology
	9:00AM - 9:00PM	e-luminate Festival A festival of light, illuminating the city's historic architecture and latest technology.
	10:00AM - 12:00PM	Medieval Fenland A five-week course from the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall - course begins 15th January.
	10:00AM - 4:00PM	Magadan: life in the Russian north A photography exhibition exploring the City and Region of Magadan.
	10:00AM - 4:30PM	February orchid festival The exotic allure of the tropical orchid will take centre stage in a special display in the Botanic Garden's Glasshouse Range.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009) A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Highlight Edmund de Waal: on white – porcelain stories from the Fitzwilliam Come and experience the visual drama of the intervention that renowned potter and Cambridge graduate, Edmund de Waal, has staged in four interconnected ground-floor galleries of the Museum.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain.
	10:00AM - 5:00PM	Romeinaround This exhibition of contemporary photography by visual artist Robert Richardson turns the lens not on the monuments of Rome but on the tourists and locals who people the city's winding streets.
	10:00AM - 6:00PM	Marilyn Johns The small selection of paintings exhibited here have been chosen by Marilyn Johns because they incorporate images and allusions that reflect a lifetime's association with the art of Italy.
	10:30AM - 4:30PM	Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections
	1:15PM - 2:00PM	Discoveries at two temple place: taking the University of Cambridge Museums to London A lunchtime talk at the Fitzwilliam Museum with Lydia Hamlett, Programme Curator at University of Cambridge Museums.
	5:00PM - 6:15PM	Adam Phillips: becoming freud: the psychoanalyst and the biographer. lecture 1 Trinity College Clark Lectures 2014
	6:00PM - 7:30PM	St Catherines political economy seminars: Vicky Pryce The next St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar in the series on the Economics of Austerity, will be given by Vicky Pryce on 'The turmoil in the Euro Zone: how might the fiscal and debt impasse be resolved and what would the effect be on the UK?'. All are welcome.
	6:30PM - 8:00PM	Life clubs - Self improvement workshops Cancelled This event has been cancelled. Life clubs was created in 2004 by Nina Grunfeld, best-selling author of The Life Book. Sessions are every Wednesday.
	7:00PM - 9:00PM	Public open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy Astronomy talks and public observing (if clear!) every Wednesday evening during the winter season.