Profile: Helen Ritchie

We asked 6 Cambridge women who bring Contemporary Art to the city to tell us about what they do. Helen Ritchie (Curatorial Associate, Department of Applied Arts, The Fitzwilliam Museum) What do you do for Contemporary Art in Cambridge? My role as Curatorial Associate in the Department of Applied Arts at The Fitzwilliam Museum involves

Profile: Akua Obeng-Frimpong

We asked 6 Cambridge women who bring Contemporary Art to the city to tell us about what they do. Akua Obeng-Frimpong (Arts Development Officer, Cambridge City Council) What do you do for Contemporary Art in Cambridge? I’m an arts development officer working for Cambridge City Council.  My role is to support and advocate for opportunities

Profile: Harriet Loffler

We asked 6 Cambridge women who bring Contemporary Art to the city to tell us about what they do. Harriet Loffler (Curator, New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge) What do you do for Contemporary Art in Cambridge? I try to do as much as possible! Most of my time is spent looking after

Profile: Judith Weik

We asked 6 Cambridge women who bring contemporary art to the city to tell us about what they do. Judith Weik (Exhibitions Coordinator, Art at ARB/ Artist/ Communications Manager, CRASSH, University of Cambridge) What do you do for Contemporary Art in Cambridge? I am the exhibitions coordinator for Art at the Alison Richard Building, which

Profile: Amy Tobin

We asked 6 Cambridge women who bring Contemporary Art to the city to tell us about what they do. Dr Amy Tobin (Curator of Exhibitions, Research and Events, Kettle’s Yard/ Lecturer in the Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge) What do you do for Contemporary Art in Cambridge? I have a joint post

New Hall Art Collection

Curator, Harriet Loffler, writes about the extraordinary collection of art by women at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. The New Hall Art Collection was started by women and celebrates art made by women, in a Cambridge college dedicated to the education of outstanding young women. Today, the Collection has over five hundred works of modern and

WE ARE HERE: WOMEN IN ART SYMPOSIUM

We are pleased to announce a series of talks and panel discussions exploring the exhibition WE ARE HERE: WOMEN IN ART AT CAMBRIDGE COLLEGES at The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge. In light of current restrictions, the symposium will be held as a ZOOM webinar. To ensure maximum participation (and minimal eye strain) the

Activity: Pencil Rubbing

Unlikely objects from the physical world around us can be combined into beautiful drawings. Let us show you how. You will need several sheets of paper, colour pencils and a collection of relatively flat objects. Leaves work just fine. Look for things that are fun to touch and have lots of edges and bumps. Step

‘They should melt it down. That would be the best thing. It could be reformed as a new work.’

We spoke to Alison Wilding OBE, RA this Monday about Edward Colston, lockdown, drawing, and the ‘stuff’ of everyday life. Interview by Prerona Prasad.

Activity: Dress-Up Party

Lydia was a famous ballerina and, in this picture of her, she is actually playing dress-up! No one had worn this type of dress for over a hundred years, but her friend Duncan made it for her and painted her in it. Today we have cameras for instant portraits. Are you ready for our ‘Recreate