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

Kettle's Yard
06 Oct 2023
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Kettle's Yard
03 Nov 2023
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Cambridge University Botanic Garden
21 Oct 2023
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This autumn, grab your pencils and head to the Botanic Garden to have a go at our new Autumn Art Adventure. 

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
14 Sep 2023
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Our autumn animal cards are back again!

The Fitzwilliam Museum
05 Oct 2023
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Be the first to see Real Families: Stories of Change at this special after-hours event with pay bar and music.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
06 Oct 2023
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Join Jackie Kay and Imtiaz Dharker for two poetry performances to celebrate the opening of Real Families.

Museum of Classical Archaeology
26 Oct 2023
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Discover the scary creatures of Greek Myth and make your own monstrous mask to take home.

Kettle's Yard
24 Oct 2023
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
04 Oct 2023
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Learn about the role Olaudiah Equiano played in the shaping of Cambridge and London society for the black population.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
18 Oct 2023
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This talk focusses on the enslavement of white Europeans on the Barbary coast of North Africa between the 16th and 19th century.

Kettle's Yard
26 Oct 2023
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
26 Oct 2023
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Join Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi in a talk focusing on two prominent females in Caribbean history.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
12 Oct 2023
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Join Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi in a talk focusing on slave rebellions across the Caribbean.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
24 Oct 2023

Conversations between whales in the oceans, bursts of vibrations excited by earthquakes...normally these vibrations are inaudible, but this art-science collaboration reveals the sounds of the Earth. 

 

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
24 Oct 2023
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Be amazed by the sounds of the earth and explore the science of sound with our hands-on activities. Jump to make your own earthquake, make giant waves with slinkies, and more.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
26 Oct 2023
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Be amazed by the sounds of the earth and explore the science of sound with our hands-on activities. Jump to make your own earthquake, make giant waves with slinkies, and more.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
27 Oct 2023
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Be amazed by the sounds of the earth and explore the science of sound with our hands-on activities. Jump to make your own earthquake, make giant waves with slinkies, and more.

Museum of Classical Archaeology
10 Oct 2023

An exhibition of student art

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
27 Oct 2023
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Join us for an exclusive evening tour of the installation 'Earth Traces', and explore the mesmerising sounds of the Earth.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
31 Oct 2023
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Join us at the Museum for an evening of music, spoken word and conversation in the atmospheric setting of the galleries after-hours.

Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
24 Oct 2023
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Two museums, one great day out! Join us and the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology for a day of family activities. 

26 Oct 2023
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Join us as at the Grand Arcade for an afternoon of sustainable craft making!

Museum of Zoology
10 Oct 2023

This exhibition explores the relationships between humans and the natural world. 

Kettle's Yard
30 Nov 2023
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Kettle's Yard
29 Oct 2023
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Whipple Museum of the History of Science
25 Oct 2023
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Find out more about some creeping, crawling creatures at the Whipple Museum

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
26 Oct 2023
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Find out more about some creeping, crawling creatures at the Whipple Museum

Kettle's Yard
18 Jan 2024
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Join us for this year’s New Music concert series, programmed by our New Music Curator Tom McKinney. The first concert features Rakhi Singh.

Kettle's Yard
14 Mar 2024
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Join us for this year’s New Music concert series, programmed by our New Music Curator Tom McKinney. The second concert introduces us to John Butcher and Rhodri Davies.

Kettle's Yard
25 Apr 2024
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Join us for this year’s New Music concert series, programmed by our New Music Curator Tom McKinney. For the third concert, pianist Eliza McCarthy will take to the Kettle’s Yard Steinway.

Kettle's Yard
30 May 2024
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Join us for this year’s New Music concert series, programmed by our New Music Curator Tom McKinney. The Hermes Experiment will be the last concert of the series, offering an exciting finale in the Kettle’s Yard house.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
20 Dec 2023
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Get in the festive spirit among the dinosaurs at our late opening, with Christmas shopping, crafts and live festive music with a local choir.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
27 Oct 2023
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A guided tour of uncomfortable histories at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
24 Nov 2023
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A guided tour of uncomfortable histories at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
15 Dec 2023
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A guided tour of uncomfortable histories at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science.