Thursday 26 September
11.00 – 13.00 • One model
14.00 – 16.00 • Two models
Experimental workshops with artist Issam Kourbaj.
Saturday 28 September
11.00 – 13.00
14.00 – 16.00
Taking the poses of Rembrandt's models as inspiration, with illustrator Pam Smy.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Tel: 01223 332904 or email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Exhibitions and galleries open to view: 17.00 – 21.00
Film screening in Gallery 3: 18.30 – 21.00 for ticket holders only
Entry via Courtyard Entrance
Entrance to the Museum is FREE. To book for the film screening visit: Cambridge Live Tickets or tel: 01223 357851
Entry via Main Entrance
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Email: education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk or tel: 01223 332904
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Fan facts
10.30 – 13.00
FREE
Join our speakers for a morning of engaging short talks:
10.30: 'An Insight into Printed Fans'
Anne-Marie Benson, The Worshipful Company of Fan Makers and Mary Kitson, The Fan Circle International
11.00: 'Fans Unfolded: Conserving the Lennox-Boyd Collection'
Flavia Ravaioli, Objects Conservator at The Fitzwilliam Museum
Concerts start at 8pm, doors open at 7.30pm
Programme
Bach/Busoni: Chaconne (Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV1004)
Scriabin: Prelude & Nocturne for Left Hand, Op.9
Scriabin: Eight Etudes, Op.42
Ravel: Three movements from ‘Miroirs’
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.7, Op.83
Zoology Late: Board Games
18.00-21.00
Delve deeper into the natural world. Grab a drink and join us amongst the specimen jars and skeletons. Use strategy, tactics and a little healthy competition to beat your opponents in animal-inspired board games.
Suitable for ages 18+
Over the next two years, about 12,000 drawers of rocks, along with the Museum's important historical archive, will be transferred into a new building. This tour is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the brand new Colin Forbes building and meet museum staff just they embark on this mammoth move.
The 45 minute tour will include the Museum's existing conservation unit, archive and collections stores, as well as the stores and work areas of the new building.
Join artist and researcher Dr Lucy Lyons to explore the skeletal anatomy of animals through drawing. Learn techniques and hone your observation skills in this one day illustration workshop.
Suitable for ages 18+
Tickets £50. Booking essential.
Discover the work of artist Jonathan Kingdon after hours. Be inspired by animal patterns and communication, and find out more about the wildlife of Africa.
Suitable for ages 18+
Free. No need to book.
