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WILLIAM MORRIS: A CALL TO ART
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Wednesday 2nd December - Lecture 13.30-14.30 This autumn sees the opening of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s major new exhibition on William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artists. The exhibition focuses on the radical vision behind their pioneering designs and romantic storytelling which continue to shape our lives today. We are absolutely delighted that Suzanne Fagence Cooper, a freelance curator, writer and art historian, will be joining us to give us an enlightening introduction to the exhibition. Suzanne is an excellent lecturer, has contributed to the exhibition catalogue and is the author of a number of books including 'How We Might Live: At Home with Jane & William Morris’. The lecture will be held in the Parish Centre of Little St Mary's Church, a short walk from the Fitzwilliam Museum. Afterwards, there will be the opportunity to join Suzanne and Sarah Burles, Cambridge Art Tours, in a visit to the exhibition. Please book your own exhibition tickets for this part of the afternoon. Cost: £25 lecture only, including tea and coffee on arrival. Exhibition tickets to be booked independently. WHAT REMAINS
Women's Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge Tuesday 10th November - 10.00-12.00 Join us as we celebrate forty years of the Women's Art Collection at Murray Edwards College. Our morning will start with a guided tour of the permanent collection by Sarah Burles followed by a visit to the new exhibition What Remains with its curator, Laura Moseley. The Women's Art Collection is now one of the largest collections of contemporary art by women in the world and includes works by Barbara Hepworth, Paula Rego, Wilhemena Barns-Graham, Maggie Hambling and Tracey Emin. The exhibition What Remains celebrates the 40th anniversary of the artist residency that led to the formation of The Women’s Art Collection through the work of contemporary artists. These artists use a wide range of different media - textiles, photography, print, collage, publications, and archival material - to engage with histories that are often fragmentary, inviting us to consider how identities are formed, whose stories are remembered and how art can conjure new ways of imagining the future. Cost: £40 including tea and coffee on arrival. |
 William Morris photographed by Frederick Holler, 1887, public domain
 The Dome, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
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