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Uncharted Territory, art show on Brexit and Migration
In May this year we curated an exhibition about Brexit and Migration at St Barnabas Press in Cambridge. Uncharted Territory, gathered artists from different parts of England from various backgrounds and artistic expressions. Our aim was to use art was to start conversations an...
4 months ago
Interview: A world to come
First published in Art and Christianity 98 Summer 2019The rural church of All Saints and St Andrew's, Kingston near Cambridge is the site for our current curating project and the remit here relates to a rural context. In partnership with nearby Wysing Arts Centre, Bettina Furn...
4 months ago
Apply for a Co-creation Grant with Cambridgeshire Music
If you are developing a music education programme or project in Cambridgeshire, either as an individual or organisation, you may be able to apply for support in the form of a Co-creation Grant through Cambridgeshire Music. As the county’s music education hub, Cambridgeshire Mu...
4 months ago
The Centre for Computing History receives £1m funding boost
The Centre for Computing History (CCH) yesterday (Monday) announced it received a £1m funding boost, enabling the purchase of its Cambridge premises.The donation provides a permanent home for over 38,000 historically significant artefacts covering computers, software, games co...
4 months ago
Cambridgshire Culture Card Scheme highlighted in Government's 'Culture is Digital' report
A case study about The Cambridgeshire Culture Card Scheme, forms part of 'Culture is Digital: June 2019 progress report' a policy paper by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. Updated on 24 June 2019, section 3.4 Place looks at the cultural sectors' contribu...
4 months ago
Risk of Major Disruption to City Centre - Saturday, 6th July 2019
Cambridge City Council had been informed about a day-time protest event taking place in the city centre on Saturday 6 July, by an organisation known as Extinction Rebellion Cambridge.The City Council wishes to inform the public and organisations/business so that they have time...
5 months ago
Travelling to The Big Weekend on 6 July? Leave your car at home to avoid severe congestion.
Cambridge City Council has been informed about a day-time protest event taking place in the city centre on Saturday, 6 July by the organisation Extinction Rebellion Cambridge.The city council is informing the public and organisations/businesses, to give time to consider the ac...
5 months ago
How do artists make a living?
As someone who chose their first degree subject on the basis of getting a ‘proper’ job after university and now studying Fine Art, I was keen to find out how established artists are making creativity pay.The workshop, Making creativity pay, was organised by the StoryLab Resear...
5 months ago
TV series Behind the Brush looks at art and the creative process
What sparks the creative process? How do artists generate ideas? And are there any common factors?The latest episode of Cambridge TV's series called Behind the Brush has been speaking to artists, and hopes to answer these questions.In this episode, we speak to:Fine artist Ben ...
5 months ago
Call for entries - Cambridge Open Art Exhibition 2019
Visual artists, working in a variety of mediums, are invited to exhibit in the extensive auditorium space at Swavesey Village College.Exhibition dates: Friday 11th October 6.30pm - 9pm (Preview and Prize giving)Saturday 12th October 10am - 5pmSunday 13th October 10am -4pmThe c...
5 months ago