Karen Thomas

Community Officer, Kettle's Yard and University of Cambridge Museums


Karen works with the Learning and Outreach officers across the museums developing long-term cultural partnerships with communities in the north of Cambridge and supporting projects that aim to engage communities with the museums collections. Karen is based at Kettle's Yard.

Campaign for Empathy x Arbury Carnival

by | 17.08.20

Campaign for Empathy: A Message, 2020, Enni-Kukka Tuomala The “Campaign for Empathy: A Message” is a travelling audio artwork spreading messages of hope, joy, togetherness and empathy from the future generation, in their own voices and their own words. The “Campaign for Empathy: A Message” marked what would have been Arbury Carnival 2020, the popular local event which normally brings… Read full article

Going coastal in the Fens: exploring the sea with Centre 33

by | 28.09.18

The University of Cambridge Museums have a long-term partnership with local charity Centre 33’s Young Carers project, supporting the young people’s engagement with our collections for over ten years. This year, for the first time, we led sessions across the county as well as within our museums. The young people worked with artist Rachel Dormor over the summer exploring the… Read full article

You Are Here – Open House Artist Residency 2016

by | 19.12.16

Isabella Martin, Open House Artist in Residence 2016, has been working in collaboration with residents and community groups in North Cambridge to create a new map of the area. Martin and a team of Artist Facilitators have been gathering local stories, memories and ideas for the future of the area. With all this information Isabella has drawn a new map… Read full article