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
08 Dec 2023
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Museum of Zoology
29 Nov 2023
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Join us on You Tube as we broadcast LIVE from the Museum. 

Museum of Zoology
02 Dec 2023
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Join us for a day of FREE hands-on activities in the Museum

The Polar Museum
26 Nov 2023
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Kettle's Yard
01 Dec 2023
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Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
24 Aug 2024

 Join us in celebrating women Earth scientists in this display, co-curated by two Earth Sciences students.

 

The Polar Museum
29 Nov 2023
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Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. 

Kettle's Yard
06 Feb 2024
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Museum of Classical Archaeology
18 Jan 2024
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A guided touch tour of the Museum of Classical Archaeology for visitors who are blind or visually impaired.

Kettle's Yard
01 Feb 2024
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A guided audio-tour of Kettle's Yard for visitors who are blind or visually impaired.

The Polar Museum
22 Jan 2024
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Discover some of the fascinating themes in the museum with our tea and talk programme for adults. 

The Polar Museum
12 Feb 2024
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Join us for our museum wellbeing and making workshops for adults at the Polar Museum! 

The Polar Museum
22 Apr 2024
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Join us for our museum wellbeing and making workshops for adults at the Polar Museum!

Kettle's Yard
02 Mar 2024
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Kettle's Yard
22 Jun 2024
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Kettle's Yard
22 Oct 2024
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Kettle's Yard
16 Feb 2024
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A guided audio-tour of Kettle's Yard for visitors who are blind or partially sighted

Kettle's Yard

 

 

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
06 Jan 2024
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Spend some time looking at plants from the Botanic Garden collection and make a vibrant print to take home with you.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
03 Feb 2024
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Come along to this family session where we will be pressing leaves into air dry clay to make special dishes to take home and treasure.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
02 Mar 2024
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At this workshop we will be making our own magnets inspired by the shapes and colours of the flowers, leaves and fruit growing in the tropical glasshouse range.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
06 Apr 2024
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The Botanic Garden is famous for its beautiful cherry blossoms. Come along to make your own cherry blossom collage using paper and prints.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
04 May 2024
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Bring your imagination along to this session where we will be making, boggarts, pixies and all kinds of magical creatures out of sticks, clay and leaves.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
01 Jun 2024
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Come along and join us at this event as part of National Children’s Gardening week where we will be decorating planters to grow our own herbs.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
06 Jul 2024
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Come along to find out all about these mysterious creatures and make a moth mobile. Speak to the Botanic Garden moth trapping team and find out if they have caught anything in their trap.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
03 Aug 2024
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Join us to make a scented lavender bag and other lavender crafts to make your home smell wonderful all summer long.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
07 Sep 2024
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Help wildlife find somewhere to shelter over the winter by making a lovely minibeast hotel that you can put out in your garden or leave in the Schools Garden at the Botanic Garden.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
05 Oct 2024
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Use colourful autumn leaves to make a fabulous pumpkin artwork for your home.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
02 Nov 2024
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Find out about different kinds of mushrooms and make fungi art.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
07 Dec 2024
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Make Christmas decorations using natural materials from the Botanic Garden.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
11 Jan 2024
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Join us for a fantastic whodunit mystery this winter and track down who's been stealing seeds from pinecones. 

Museum of Zoology
12 Jan 2024
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Calling all 2-5 year olds! Join us for a look around the Museum followed by some storytelling. 

The Polar Museum
11 Mar 2024
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Join the Polar Museum team for a Touch Tour and explore a range of objects from different Arctic cultures.

St Neots Museum
21 Feb 2024
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Get hands on at St Neots Museum this half term

St Neots Museum
23 Feb 2024
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Get hands-on at St Neots Museum at half term

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
06 Feb 2024
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Join our Assistant Curator, Dr Ángela Cano, on this two-day introduction to tropical botany.

Museum of Zoology
03 Feb 2024
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Join us as our volunteer guides share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world at the Museum of Zoology.

Museum of Zoology
09 Feb 2024
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Calling all 2-5 year olds! Join us for stories and play at the Museum.