In My Mind’s Eye – Producing podcasts in lockdown
The In My Mind’s Eye podcast series, is a response to the national closure of Museums and Art galleries during lockdown in Spring/Summer 2020. The Fitzwilliam Museum invited Ali Smith, Halima Cassell, Issam Kourbaj, Jackie Kay and Matt Smith to talk about how works of art continue to exist in our memories and imaginations even when we can no longer…
Gravel Hunters
Last summer at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, we challenged our selves to get families back outside after being locked-down all spring and to find out more about the geology local to Cambridge. Flint gravel was the answer. It is easily recognised and easily over looked as a good fossil hunting ground. It has also been important to the…
An interview with street artist RUN
Italian-born street artist Giacomo Bufarini, known as RUN, has created two bold and colourful wall murals for The Human Touch exhibition. One of the murals can be found in the Fitzwilliam Museum while the other is situated at Parkside Pool in Cambridge. Find out more about RUN and his inspiration behind his murals, and how he explores the theme of touch….
