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
25 Sep 2024
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Enjoy a bespoke guided walk with staff from the Museum of Zoology and Botanic Garden enjoying the beautiful sounds of the summer for blind and partially sighted adults. 

Kettle's Yard
20 Aug 2024
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Discover Megan Rooney’s dramatic, large scale abstract paintings in the new exhibition ‘Echoes and Hours’ in this tour for blind and visually impaired visitors.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
17 Sep 2024
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Get hands on with artefacts found in our local region and hear the stories behind the objects with knowledgeable staff in a tour for blind and partially sighted adults. 

Museum of Classical Archaeology
22 Jun 2024
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Follow our trail on refugee seekers in the ancient world

Museum of Classical Archaeology
28 Aug 2024
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Grab a glass of wine and get your sketch on...

The Fitzwilliam Museum
20 Sep 2024
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Experience the work of American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon in this landmark exhibition bringing together works by the artist alongside his unique interventions in The Fitzwilliam Museum's galleries.

Museum of Zoology
07 Sep 2024
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Discover the stories that museums sometimes leave untold

Museum of Zoology
08 Sep 2024
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Discover the stories that museums sometimes leave untold

Museum of Zoology
14 Sep 2024
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Discover the stories that museums sometimes leave untold

Museum of Zoology
28 Sep 2024
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Discover the stories that museums sometimes leave untold.

Kettle's Yard
10 Oct 2024
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Join us for the first Chamber Music concert of the 2024/25 season as we welcome the Doric String Quartet to Kettle’s Yard.

Kettle's Yard
24 Oct 2024
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Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house for a Chamber Music concert with the Castalian Quartet and Tim Posner, cello.

Kettle's Yard
31 Oct 2024
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Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house for a Chamber Music concert with Sterling Elliott and Gabriele Strata.

Kettle's Yard
07 Nov 2024
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Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Trio Chagall in the Kettle’s Yard house.

Kettle's Yard
14 Nov 2024
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Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house for a Chamber Music concert with Alessandro Fisher, tenor and Simon Lepper, piano.

Kettle's Yard
21 Nov 2024
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Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Kathryn Stott on piano in the Kettle’s Yard house.

Kettle's Yard
10 Oct 2024
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Buy a subscription ticket to the 2024-25 series of Chamber Music concerts at Kettle’s Yard. The subscription ticket gives you entry to all fifteen Chamber Music concerts over the year, saving up to £120. Subscription tickets will be available to collect at the first concert that you attend.

Kettle's Yard
19 Sep 2024
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Join writer Peter de Bolla for a response to Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours.

Kettle's Yard
08 Sep 2024
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Unlock your creativity at our free, artist-led workshops for families in the Clore Learning Studio.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
18 Sep 2024
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From the 1924 Paris Olympics to London 2012, how can popular media transform sport? 

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
29 Nov 2024
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Cambridge Botanic Lights will again bring the Garden to life after dark with spectacular displays and artistic installations – creating a beautiful landscape for visitors to enjoy after dark.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
14 Sep 2024
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Discover some of the many highlights of ‘Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body’

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
28 Sep 2024
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Join us for Fungi Field Day at the Botanic Garden to celebrate fungi and their relationships with plants in the run up to UK Fungus Day

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
03 Sep 2024
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Our Autumn Art Adventure is back!

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

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

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

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

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

 

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
12 Sep 2024
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Drop in and discuss our art installation Lithic Entanglements with artist Rona Lee. 

 

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
21 Sep 2024
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Join Whipple Museum Director Joshua Nall for a brief introduction to our display of one of Rosalind Franklin's DNA research notebooks alongside the blue plaque unofficially acknowledging her work. 

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
21 Sep 2024
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Find out about some of the amazing women represented in the Whipple Museum's collections.

01 Nov 2024
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We're inviting people affected by Parkinson’s to take part in a short course led by dance for health artist Filipa Pereira-Stubbs and inspired by objects, artefacts and artworks from the University of Cambridge Museums.

04 Oct 2024
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Join a taster session for our upcoming short course for people affected by Parkinson’s.

05 Oct 2024

Meet some of nature's heroes in our new exhibition, which will be popping up across Cambridge this autumn.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
20 Oct 2024
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Join us as we host the region’s biggest Apple Day

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
13 Nov 2024
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Christmas is little Robin Redbreast’s favourite time of year. She visits all the festive plants in the Garden, and this year, you’re invited too! 

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
30 Oct 2024
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Join us for a magical family session at the Botanic Garden

The Fitzwilliam Museum
15 Oct 2024
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Join us for a lively conversation about the work and practice of American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon. 

The Fitzwilliam Museum
17 Oct 2024
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Over the last 100 years, how has gender equality in sport changed?