Lunchtime Talks
The Pastons: From poverty to wealth and back again
A talk with Dr Spike Bucklow, Senior Research Scientist, Hamilton Kerr Institute, looking at the family fortune behind the 17th century still life painting at the heart of The Paston Treasure exhibition recently seen at Yale Center for British art and Norwich Castle Museum.
17/10/2018
13:15 to 14:00
Free
An introduction to the collection of Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, and the exhibition Collecting and Giving
A talk with:
Jane Munro, Acting Assistant Director, Collections
Henrietta Ward, Assistant Keeper, Paintings Drawings and Prints
Julia Poole, Former Keeper, Applied Arts
12/12/2018
13:15 to 14:00
Free
Lunchtime Concerts
Adult Workshops
Creative writing workshops: Landscape, home and identity
These workshops include a special guided tour of the Fitzwilliam’s Virginia Woolf exhibition and on 10 November a guided tour of Kettle’s Yard. The themes of the exhibition - a sense of place in the world - will be used as a springboard for writing poetry and prose, with tutor Helen Taylor.
27/10/2018
10:30 to 12:30
£25 for all workshops (£20 concessions/Friends). £10 for individual workshop (£5 concessions/Friends).
Creative writing workshops: Landscape, home and identity
These workshops include a special guided tour of the Fitzwilliam’s Virginia Woolf exhibition and on 10 November a guided tour of Kettle’s Yard. The themes of the exhibition - a sense of place in the world - will be used as a springboard for writing poetry and prose, with tutor Helen Taylor.
03/11/2018
10:30 to 12:30
£25 for all workshops (£20 concessions/Friends). £10 for individual workshop (£5 concessions/Friends).
Creative writing workshops: Landscape, home and identity
These workshops include a special guided tour of the Fitzwilliam’s Virginia Woolf exhibition and on 10 November a guided tour of Kettle’s Yard. The themes of the exhibition - a sense of place in the world - will be used as a springboard for writing poetry and prose, with tutor Helen Taylor.
10/11/2018
10:30 to 12:30
£25 for all workshops (£20 concessions/Friends). £10 for individual workshop (£5 concessions/Friends).
MUSE
Discover new ways of working at this artist led workshop.
Explore Virginia Woolf: An exhibition inspired by her writings. Then back in the studio create your own response to the show using cyanatype, prepared photosensitive paper that creates simple effective photoprints, a technique used by some of the artists in the exhibition.
30/11/2018
10:15 to 12:00
£10
Talks and Events
Harriet Kelsall presents The Creative’s Guide to Starting a Business: How to turn your talent into a career
Join Harriet Kelsall, award winning creative business woman, as she tells the story of how she started her jewellery company and shares the tips that she’s learned about starting and growing a successful creative business...
22/09/2018
15:00 to 16:15
£8
Collecting Chinese arts
Join us for a morning investigating the Museum’s collection of Chinese arts, with two lectures given by James Lin, Senior Assistant Keeper of Applied Arts, and Philippe Smolarski of Cheffins Fine Art. There will also be a tour of our Arts of the Far East Gallery (28) and a chance for informal discussion over mid-morning tea or coffee.
16/10/2018
10:15 to 12:40
Free
A Room of One’s Own tour led by Dr Claire Nicholson
Visit Virginia Woolf: An exhibition inspired by her writings and view the manuscript of Women and Fiction; walk to King’s College, the venue for the celebrated lunch party in Woolf’s text, to view the collection of Bloomsbury art; proceed to Newnham College to view their exhibition of Bloomsbury-related material and visit the venue for Woolf’s 1928 lecture which formed the basis for A Room of One’s Own.
17/10/2018
11:00 to 15:30
£25 (£20 concessions/Friends)
Late night opening - Great Women Artists: Fitz feminist takeover
Join us for an evening of art, performance and creative museum activism devoted to great women. Find out about hidden highlights in our permanent collection and help us share stories of women too often missing from museum displays...
07/11/2018
17:00 to 21:00
Free
Creative workshop #3 for blind and partially sighted adults: The art of flowers
Join artist Sally Todd for this creative session inspired by the Museum’s magnificent collection of Dutch flower paintings. Visit
our Flower Gallery to learn more about the paintings, then work in clay and mixed media to explore the 3D form of some of the most popular blooms and create your own organic forms.
24/11/2018
14:00 to 16:00
Free
Tour
Family Activities
for Young People
ReSource: Rebel rebel
13 - 18 yrs
Visit the Print REbels exhibition, which features a special selection of artworks from the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Then join guest artist Hideki Arichi in our studio to create your own drypoint print - a technique of printmaking using a special plastic plate and an etching needle.
22/09/2018
11:00 to 13:00
£5
Make! Print it
11 - 13 yrs
Be inspired by the Print REbels exhibition, featuring a special selection of artworks from the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Then create your own print in drypoint - a technique of printmaking using a special plastic plate and an etching needle. With guest artist Hideki Arichi.
22/09/2018
14:00 to 16:00
£5
ReSource: Blue light
13 - 18 yrs
Experiment with cyanatype, and use prepared photosensitive paper to create simple effective photoprints, a technique used by some of the artists on show in Virginia Woolf: An exhibition inspired by her writings, which we will view first. With guest artist Caroline Wendling.
17/11/2018
11:00 to 13:00
£5
Make! Instant photoprints
11 - 13 yrs
Explore Virginia Woolf: An exhibition inspired by her writings. Then back in the studio experiment with cyanatype, a technique used by some of the artists in the exhibition, which uses prepared photosensitive paper to create simple effective photoprints. With guest artist Caroline Wendling.
17/11/2018
14:00 to 16:00
£5
ReSource: Who are you?
13 - 18 yrs
Draw from the portraits of people on display in Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest. Back in the studio join guest artist, Lucy Mazur, to create expressive faces from your imagination or from the Museum collection in conté - a soft drawing material similar to pastels.
15/12/2018
11:00 to 13:00
£5
Make! Face up
11 - 13 yrs
Stuck drawing portraits? Practice in this workshop with guest artist, Lucy Mazur. Learn to draw faces from your imagination or from the Museum collection in conté - a soft drawing material similar to pastels. This studio session follows on from looking at the drawings of people on display in Collecting and Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor bequest.
15/12/2018
14:00 to 16:00
£5
