Participants will start by studying artworks in Kettle’s Yard house before learning the process of plaster casting flowers and producing your own relief artwork using fresh flowers.
Please note that lunch is not included but all materials are.
Timetable
Part I: 2–4.30pm
For the first part of the day, a panel of writers, academics and activists will consider the roles that visual art, literature and architecture play in conflict and reconstruction. Following the panel and discussion, there will be an opportunity to see the exhibition.
Part II: 5–5.45pm
Attendees will hear responses to Issam Kourbaj’s work in the galleries.
During their residency at Kettle’s Yard as part of 20/20, Faramawy has been exploring the dynamics of hospitality by examining the relationship between the roles of host and guest.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
How do labels and categories affect the stories we choose to tell, or how we connect with each other? How do they affect our interaction with our natural world, and how we imagine the future?
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
How do labels and categories affect the stories we choose to tell, or how we connect with each other? How do they affect our interaction with our natural world, and how we imagine the future?
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
How do labels and categories affect the stories we choose to tell, or how we connect with each other? How do they affect our interaction with our natural world, and how we imagine the future?
Inspired by 'William Blake’s Universe', take part in a hands-on workshop led by artist and spatial designer Sahra Hersi, exploring universal themes of place and identity through a lens of repair, imagination, hope and innovation. Aimed at 15-25 year olds. Includes a visit to the exhibition.
Image: Detail of William Blake, Albion rose… (“Glad Day” or “The Dance of Albion”), 1794-6 © The Trustees of the British Museum.
From queens, emperors and divine beings, to scientists, artists and global communities, explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in Cambridge collections.
How do labels and categories affect the stories we choose to tell, or how we connect with each other? How do they affect our interaction with our natural world, and how we imagine the future?
During the session participants will:
