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

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
28 May 2024
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Indulge in the unique opportunity to explore our collection of plants and their associated wildlife before anyone else arrives, on an early morning guided nature walk around the Garden.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
29 May 2024
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Come along for a guided walk led by the Head of Horticulture, Sally Petitt, exploring water use practices at the Garden.  

Kettle's Yard
01 May 2024
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Kettle's Yard
15 Apr 2024
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Kettle's Yard
29 May 2024
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Kettle's Yard
07 Jun 2024
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Kettle's Yard
22 Jun 2024
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Kettle's Yard
12 Jul 2024
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Cambridge University Botanic Garden
14 Jun 2024
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Join our Collections Coordinator, Margeaux Apple, to hear the stories of trees in the Botanic Garden.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
02 Jun 2024
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Why wetlands? The role of wetlands in climate change.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
23 Jun 2024
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A talk by Henry Stanier from the Wildlife Trust about the Great Fen.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
15 Jun 2024
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A talk by Brian Eversham from the Wildlife Trust about the importance of peatlands.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
13 Jun 2024
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Indulge in the unique opportunity to explore our collection of plants and their associated wildlife before anyone else arrives, on an early morning guided nature walk around the Garden.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
26 Jun 2024
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Indulge in the unique opportunity to explore our collection of plants and their associated wildlife before anyone else arrives, on an early morning guided nature walk around the Garden.

Museum of Zoology
11 May 2024
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Join us for a FREE expert guided tour about gender and sex in the animal world. 

Museum of Zoology
25 May 2024
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Join us for a FREE expert guided tour about gender and sex in the animal world. 

Museum of Zoology
01 Jun 2024
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Join us for a FREE expert guided tour about gender and sex in the animal world. 

Museum of Zoology
08 Jun 2024
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Join us for a FREE expert guided tour about gender and sex in the animal world. 

Museum of Zoology
15 Jun 2024
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Join us for a FREE expert guided tour about gender and sex in the animal world.

Museum of Zoology
29 Jun 2024
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Join us for a FREE expert guided tour about gender and sex in the animal world. 

Museum of Zoology
10 May 2024
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Join us on a FREE expert guided tour around the Museum of Zoology

Museum of Zoology
14 Jun 2024
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Join us on a FREE expert guided tour of the Museum. 

Museum of Zoology
12 Jul 2024
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Join us for a FREE expert guided tour of the Museum

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
29 May 2024
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   Contemporary artist and photographer Graham Fudger brings ten light-themed activity tables to the learning room for a free to access hands-on workshop exploring an artist’s response to the amazing scientific principles of colour, light, and the science of seeing.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
30 May 2024
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Contemporary artist and photographer Graham Fudger brings ten light-themed activity tables to the learning room for a free to access hands-on workshop exploring an artist’s response to the amazing scientific principles of colour, light, and the science of seeing.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
25 Apr 2024
The Fitzwilliam Museum
18 May 2024
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How does folklore help us understand our collections and local history? Join co-curators of Tensions of Belonging: Connecting Cambridge for an open discussion to explore Fenland pasts.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
25 May 2024
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Join Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi on a journey of intrigue and discovery of the medieval world. Weaving together mythology, history, and archaeology, Brown-Leonardi brings to light the story of people of colour in medieval Britain and Europe.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
27 Jun 2024
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Join artist Dr Rona Lee for a tour of the installation Lithic Entanglements, followed by a conversation exploring the ideas that have informed this fresh and bold intervention within the Museum's displays.

 

 

 

 

Museum of Classical Archaeology
23 May 2024
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Grab a glass of wine and get your sketch on...

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
22 Apr 2024

A new temporary art installation co-curated with a group of young people from Parkside Community College and artist Hilary Cox Condron. This creative response to the Museum’s collections and the current climate crisis explores extinction, climate change and hope for the future.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
20 May 2024
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Come and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love. 

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
13 May 2024
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Come and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
27 May 2024
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Come and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
29 May 2024
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Drop into our hands-on activities inspired by our art installation, The Butterfly Effect. Discover awe-inspiring fossil invertebrates, make butterflies for us to display, and explore at-home activities to help protect local wildlife.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
31 May 2024
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Drop into our hands-on activities inspired by our art installation, The Butterfly Effect. Discover awe-inspiring fossil invertebrates, make butterflies for us to display, and explore at-home activities to help protect local wildlife.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
28 Jun 2024
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Creative workshop for blind and partially sighted adults, and companions.