Arts Pioneers is a monthly art club based at the Fitzwilliam Museum for young people aged 11-19 of mixed abilities. We offer a friendly, supportive and flexible environment to enable young people to work with professional artists and develop their art skills and express their creativity. Assisted by support workers and museum educators, the group explore the over half a million art works and objects, participating in lots of different fun art activities.  

Members of the group work towards an Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification that supports young people to develop their creative practice and leadership skills. More information about Arts Award

If your child is interested in attending please contact your Social Worker or Disabled Children’s Early Help Co-ordinator, to see whether you can use your personalised budget to join the group. More information about short breaks funding. If you are not in receipt of funding, there is a self-referral form.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the group please speak to Marie mfk25@cam.ac.uk or 01223 332898/ 07707282822. We offer free taster sessions which Marie can organise for you. 

 

What's On

Museum of Classical Archaeology
22 Mar 2023
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As part of the Cambridge Festival our panel of experts explore ownership and identity as they discuss who should tell the histories of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Museum of Classical Archaeology
24 Mar 2023
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Join curator Dr Susanne Turner for a tour of the Museum's unusual collection of Greek and Roman plaster casts.

Museum of Classical Archaeology
29 Mar 2023
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What was it like to live on the fringes of the empire, under Roman rule? For one evening, as part of the Cambridge Festival, grab a glass of wine and find out.

Museum of Zoology
09 Mar 2023
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Join us for this free online chat with Director of the Museum, Professor Rebecca Kilner

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
15 Apr 2023
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Learn how to tackle weeds with Botanic Garden experts

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
17 Apr 2023
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Try something new with this perfect sized project, or make a lovely gift for someone

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
19 Apr 2023
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Join tutor Gwenda Kyd and learn about aromatherapy and essential oils on this morning course

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
22 Apr 2023
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A one-day course all about these amazing little plants

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
22 Apr 2023
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Keeping a sketchbook is the best habit an artist can have

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
24 Apr 2023
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Learn to study and record leaves in detail using coloured pencil with Janie Pirie

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
28 Apr 2023
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Go on a journey through the seasons learning about wild flowers with garden historian Twigs Way

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
03 May 2023
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Join RHS medal-winning garden designer Paul Herrington and start designing your own garden

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
05 May 2023
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Follow the journey from wild species through domestication and cultivation to commercial production

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
09 May 2023
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Join tutor Penny Price and learn to paint these fleshy, water retaining plants

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
17 Mar 2023
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Get hands-on at the Whipple and make a zine exploring your personal experiences with power.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
01 Apr 2023
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Learn about the life cycle of a plant, plant some seeds and make a seed artwork to take home with you.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
06 May 2023
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Join us in the schools’ garden as we pot up different plants that you can grow on at home in your garden or windowsill.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
03 Jun 2023
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Have fun at this family session as you weave your own artwork using leaves, grasses, plant fibres and scented plants from the Botanic Garden.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
01 Jul 2023
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Come along to learn all about butterfly and moth life cycles. We’ll also be discovering what has been caught overnight in our moth trap and making fabulous paper caterpillars to take home.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
02 Sep 2023
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At this workshop we will be making leaf artworks.  Using some of the most interesting shaped leaves we will create pictures using leaf rubbing with crayons and watercolours.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
07 Oct 2023
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The Botanic Garden is home to lots of different animals – come along to learn about them and make an animal mask decorated with autumn seeds and leaves.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
04 Nov 2023
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We’ll be using hessian, sticks and natural plant fibres to make nature wall hangings that you can hang on your wall or bedroom door. Drop-in to join in the fun.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
02 Dec 2023
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Get festive at this drop-in activity where you can learn all about the history of the Christmas tree and make some Christmas craft to take home with you.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
15 May 2023
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We hope that this course will provide a stimulating introduction to the biology of flowers, and you will look at your garden in a new light

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
18 May 2023
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Learn some watercolour skills with professional painter John Wiltshire

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
20 May 2023
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Learn the secrets of great garden photography with Botanic Garden photographer Howard Rice

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
01 Apr 2023

Can you crack the code of the enchanted egg and claim your Easter prize?

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
22 May 2023
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Learn more about these specialist plants and their beautiful flowers

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
25 May 2023
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Explore the natural history of our native trees and learn how to recognise individual species

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
26 May 2023
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Go on a journey through the seasons learning about wild flowers with garden historian Twigs Way

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
06 Jun 2023
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Learn how to use plant material to print and make your own sketchbooks

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
08 Jun 2023
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Explore the changing mealtimes of the Georgian gentry, and the role of temples, garden tents and picnic sites in garden design

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
16 Jun 2023
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Develop a taste and a confident passion for these beautiful plants

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
19 Jun 2023
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Develop an understanding of the evolution and systematics of the major plant families and the skills needed for plant identification

Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
01 Apr 2023
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Explore complex, intriguing and challenging stories about power within our collections.

Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
01 Apr 2023
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Explore complex, intriguing and challenging stories about power within our collections.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
19 Mar 2023
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Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell. 

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
16 Apr 2023
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Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell.