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Cambridge Festival 2024

The Cambridge Festival returns for 2024.

Mon 18 February 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Ground Zero Earth

Celebrating the work of the 'Centre for Study of Existential Risk' (CSER), a research centre based at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks, this exhibition brings together five artists who question, provoke and explore our relationships with technology, our environments and the future, and how these relate to our humanity.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Breast Cancer Art Exhibition 2019

An exhibition raising awareness of the experiences and treatments that those with breast cancer have and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Art Project and 6 breast cancer research and care charities.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes

Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Rose Garrard: Casting Room I

Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Anthea Hamilton: Projects

Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.

Tue 19 February 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Ground Zero Earth

Celebrating the work of the 'Centre for Study of Existential Risk' (CSER), a research centre based at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks, this exhibition brings together five artists who question, provoke and explore our relationships with technology, our environments and the future, and how these relate to our humanity.

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Collage Workshop for 8-12 year olds

Join us for a workshop exploring the architecture of Kettle’s Yard and taking inspiration from the current exhibition.

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Collage Workshop for 8-12 year olds

Join us for a workshop exploring the architecture of Kettle’s Yard and taking inspiration from the Julie Mehretu exhibition. Create an architectural artwork to take home.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest

See highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest, through the Art Fund, on display for the first time. Works include drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Orpen, Walter Sickert and Gwen John.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Enriching Collections: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings 2009-2019

This exhibition is the first of two successive selections of works on paper to celebrate the outstanding generosity of benefactors and donors who have helped to enrich the collections. It will also highlight a number of exceptional works bought with funds raised or donated by individuals, charities, and other supporters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The Gentle Art: Friends and strangers in Whistler’s prints

To complement the major show on James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the Print Room is holding an exhibition of the artist’s etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the Fitzwilliam’s collection, focussing on people.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Whistler & Nature

Whistler & Nature casts a new light on the work of the great late-Victorian master, James McNeill Whistler. Born in America, but living in the UK for most of his life, he was known as an artist with a bold personality and a revolutionary attitude towards the natural world.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Breast Cancer Art Exhibition 2019

An exhibition raising awareness of the experiences and treatments that those with breast cancer have and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Art Project and 6 breast cancer research and care charities.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes

Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Rose Garrard: Casting Room I

Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Anthea Hamilton: Projects

Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.

12:30PM - 2:00PM

Humility, Hope and Holiness: Explorations in the psychology of character strengths

Faraday Institute Seminar Series

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Lunchtime Talk: Prof Diane Coyle

On 19th February, Prof Diane Coyle (Bennett Institute for Public Policy) will be talking about competition and regulation in the digital sector.

1:00PM - 3:00PM

Portfolio Afternoon: 13 years +

Open studio for students studying a creative subject at GCSE or A-Level. Work with a professional artist and develop your exam portfolio.

1:00PM - 3:00PM

Portfolio Afternoon: 13 years +

Open studio for students studying a creative subject at GCSE or A-Level. Work with a professional artist and develop your exam portfolio.

1:10PM - 1:55PM

Lunchtime Concert - Cambridge University Collegium Musicum

Cambridge University Collegium Musicum Margaret Faultless, director

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Prof Jennifer L. Roberts, Slade Lectures 2019

The Matrix: Contemporary Art and the Life of Print lecture series, Professor Jennifer L. Roberts

7:15PM - 8:15PM

University social club swimming Cancelled

This event has been cancelled. Lane swimming available every Tuesday for University and non-University individuals

7:30PM - 9:45PM

Highlight The Story Collider: True Stories about Science

Whether we wear a lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since school, science is shaping all of our lives. And that means we all have science stories to tell.

Wed 20 February 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Ground Zero Earth

Celebrating the work of the 'Centre for Study of Existential Risk' (CSER), a research centre based at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks, this exhibition brings together five artists who question, provoke and explore our relationships with technology, our environments and the future, and how these relate to our humanity.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest

See highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest, through the Art Fund, on display for the first time. Works include drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Orpen, Walter Sickert and Gwen John.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Enriching Collections: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings 2009-2019

This exhibition is the first of two successive selections of works on paper to celebrate the outstanding generosity of benefactors and donors who have helped to enrich the collections. It will also highlight a number of exceptional works bought with funds raised or donated by individuals, charities, and other supporters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The Gentle Art: Friends and strangers in Whistler’s prints

To complement the major show on James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the Print Room is holding an exhibition of the artist’s etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the Fitzwilliam’s collection, focussing on people.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Whistler & Nature

Whistler & Nature casts a new light on the work of the great late-Victorian master, James McNeill Whistler. Born in America, but living in the UK for most of his life, he was known as an artist with a bold personality and a revolutionary attitude towards the natural world.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Breast Cancer Art Exhibition 2019

An exhibition raising awareness of the experiences and treatments that those with breast cancer have and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Art Project and 6 breast cancer research and care charities.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes

Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Rose Garrard: Casting Room I

Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Anthea Hamilton: Projects

Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Cross-border cooperation (CBC) directions and principles: fostering sustainable development for EU territories, projects and strategies

A one hour seminar given by Rui Alexandre Castanho and organised by the Department of Land Economy

4:30PM - 7:30PM

Highlight Twilight at the Museums

A FREE night of half-term exploration for families This February half-term, museums and collections across Cambridge are opening their doors for a series of FREE, drop-in adventures and activities after dark.

5:00PM - 5:30PM

Java Minute Lecture Series: “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.”— Bones, chemistry, food and culture.

This talk explores how archaeologists use chemistry on bones and teeth to determine what people ate in the past, and how this might help us know who they were.

Thu 21 February 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Ground Zero Earth

Celebrating the work of the 'Centre for Study of Existential Risk' (CSER), a research centre based at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks, this exhibition brings together five artists who question, provoke and explore our relationships with technology, our environments and the future, and how these relate to our humanity.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest

See highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest, through the Art Fund, on display for the first time. Works include drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Orpen, Walter Sickert and Gwen John.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Enriching Collections: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings 2009-2019

This exhibition is the first of two successive selections of works on paper to celebrate the outstanding generosity of benefactors and donors who have helped to enrich the collections. It will also highlight a number of exceptional works bought with funds raised or donated by individuals, charities, and other supporters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The Gentle Art: Friends and strangers in Whistler’s prints

To complement the major show on James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the Print Room is holding an exhibition of the artist’s etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the Fitzwilliam’s collection, focussing on people.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Whistler & Nature

Whistler & Nature casts a new light on the work of the great late-Victorian master, James McNeill Whistler. Born in America, but living in the UK for most of his life, he was known as an artist with a bold personality and a revolutionary attitude towards the natural world.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Breast Cancer Art Exhibition 2019

An exhibition raising awareness of the experiences and treatments that those with breast cancer have and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Art Project and 6 breast cancer research and care charities.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes

Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Rose Garrard: Casting Room I

Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Drop-in drawing for half term

Get creative at Kettle’s Yard this half term with free, drop-in drawing activities in our Clore Learning Studio.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Anthea Hamilton: Projects

Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.

6:00PM

Catherine Chanter: Winner of the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2013

Join us for a talk and Q&A with Catherine Chanter, the 2013 winner of the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize.

8:00PM - 9:30PM

Jennifer Stumm, viola and Tom Poster, piano

A chamber music concert by Jennifer Stumm and Tom Poster, in the Kettle's Yard House.

8:00PM - 10:00PM

Concert: Jennifer Stumm, viola and Tom Poster, piano

Join us for our Chamber Music concert series on Thursdays at Kettle's Yard.

Fri 22 February 2019 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Ground Zero Earth

Celebrating the work of the 'Centre for Study of Existential Risk' (CSER), a research centre based at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study and mitigation of existential risks, this exhibition brings together five artists who question, provoke and explore our relationships with technology, our environments and the future, and how these relate to our humanity.

10:00AM - 10:45AM

Early Years Studio

Early Years Studio is a fun, creative, immersive experience for children aged 0-4. The sessions are designed with early years development in mind.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest

See highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest, through the Art Fund, on display for the first time. Works include drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Orpen, Walter Sickert and Gwen John.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Enriching Collections: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings 2009-2019

This exhibition is the first of two successive selections of works on paper to celebrate the outstanding generosity of benefactors and donors who have helped to enrich the collections. It will also highlight a number of exceptional works bought with funds raised or donated by individuals, charities, and other supporters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The Gentle Art: Friends and strangers in Whistler’s prints

To complement the major show on James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the Print Room is holding an exhibition of the artist’s etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the Fitzwilliam’s collection, focussing on people.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Whistler & Nature

Whistler & Nature casts a new light on the work of the great late-Victorian master, James McNeill Whistler. Born in America, but living in the UK for most of his life, he was known as an artist with a bold personality and a revolutionary attitude towards the natural world.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Breast Cancer Art Exhibition 2019

An exhibition raising awareness of the experiences and treatments that those with breast cancer have and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Art Project and 6 breast cancer research and care charities.

11:00AM - 11:45AM

Early Years Studio

Early Years Studio is a fun, creative, immersive experience for children aged 0-4. The sessions are designed with early years development in mind.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes

Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Rose Garrard: Casting Room I

Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Drop-in drawing for half term

Get creative at Kettle’s Yard this half term with free, drop-in drawing activities in our Clore Learning Studio.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Anthea Hamilton: Projects

Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.

12:15PM - 1:00PM

Lunchtime concert: The Arc Quartet

Join us for our Spring 2019 programme of Lunchtime concerts at Kettle's Yard.

2:00PM - 3:30PM

Writing for The Conversation

This free workshop is intended for postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Cambridge.

Sat 23 February 2019 10:00AM - 5:00PM

Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest

See highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest, through the Art Fund, on display for the first time. Works include drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Orpen, Walter Sickert and Gwen John.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Enriching Collections: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings 2009-2019

This exhibition is the first of two successive selections of works on paper to celebrate the outstanding generosity of benefactors and donors who have helped to enrich the collections. It will also highlight a number of exceptional works bought with funds raised or donated by individuals, charities, and other supporters.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

The Gentle Art: Friends and strangers in Whistler’s prints

To complement the major show on James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the Print Room is holding an exhibition of the artist’s etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the Fitzwilliam’s collection, focussing on people.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Whistler & Nature

Whistler & Nature casts a new light on the work of the great late-Victorian master, James McNeill Whistler. Born in America, but living in the UK for most of his life, he was known as an artist with a bold personality and a revolutionary attitude towards the natural world.

10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Breast Cancer Art Exhibition 2019

An exhibition raising awareness of the experiences and treatments that those with breast cancer have and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Art Project and 6 breast cancer research and care charities.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes

Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Rose Garrard: Casting Room I

Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.

11:15AM - 12:00PM

Guided House Tour - Kettle's Yard

Join us for an in depth experience of the House at Kettle's Yard with one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Dream Weaver Community Day

Join artist Lucy Steggals and our community collaborators who have created activities together, inspired by Louise Bourgeois.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Drop-in drawing for half term

Get creative at Kettle’s Yard this half term with free, drop-in drawing activities in our Clore Learning Studio.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Anthea Hamilton: Projects

Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.

7:30PM

Living Notes: Cambridge University New Music Ensemble

Cambridge University New Music Ensemble, with Naomi Woo, conductor. The performance will be interspersed with conversations between Donald Macleod and composers Julian Anderson, Richard Causton and Joy Lisney.

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Orchestra on the Hill

Orchestra on the Hill is the joint orchestra of Churchill, Fitzwilliam, Girton, Lucy Cavendish, Magdalene, Murray Edwards, Robinson and St Edmund’s Colleges, but also welcomes performers from the wider University community. The concert will be followed by refreshments in the Dome.

Sun 24 February 2019 10:00AM - 6:00PM

Highlight Breast Cancer Art Exhibition 2019

An exhibition raising awareness of the experiences and treatments that those with breast cancer have and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Art Project and 6 breast cancer research and care charities.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. The selection of work at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures, prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life, and is drawn from the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Julie Mehretu Drawings and Monotypes

Julie Mehretu is among the most highly regarded artists working today.For this exhibition, Mehretu has made a new installation of richly layered drawings and monotypes, extending her dynamic exploration of the potential of drawing and mark making.

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Rose Garrard: Casting Room I

Rose Garrard’s ‘Casting Room I’ will be on display in the Research Space on the 1st floor of Kettle’s Yard.

11:15AM - 12:00PM

Guided House Tour - Kettle's Yard

Join us for an in depth experience of the House at Kettle's Yard with one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants.

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Drop-in drawing for half term

Get creative at Kettle’s Yard this half term with free, drop-in drawing activities in our Clore Learning Studio.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Anthea Hamilton: Projects

Anthea Hamilton installs her work, and works by other artists, in the House following Kettle’s Yard’s collaboration with the artist at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2016/17.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest

See highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest, through the Art Fund, on display for the first time. Works include drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Orpen, Walter Sickert and Gwen John.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Enriching Collections: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings 2009-2019

This exhibition is the first of two successive selections of works on paper to celebrate the outstanding generosity of benefactors and donors who have helped to enrich the collections. It will also highlight a number of exceptional works bought with funds raised or donated by individuals, charities, and other supporters.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

The Gentle Art: Friends and strangers in Whistler’s prints

To complement the major show on James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the Print Room is holding an exhibition of the artist’s etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the Fitzwilliam’s collection, focussing on people.

12:00PM - 5:00PM

Whistler & Nature

Whistler & Nature casts a new light on the work of the great late-Victorian master, James McNeill Whistler. Born in America, but living in the UK for most of his life, he was known as an artist with a bold personality and a revolutionary attitude towards the natural world.

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Camaraderie

Song Recital

5:45PM - 6:45PM

Humanist Happening

The ‘Humanist Happenings’ are peaceful events, offering a secular version of choral evensong, a tradition that Cambridge Colleges are famous for. The services feature a short address along with a range of music and poetry all organised around a topical theme. Everyone is welcome.