It's the return of the 'What's on' post!
And my, is there ever a lot going on in March. Here's a foretaste.
The best thing? Every single exhibition and event is ABSOLUTELY FREE. Yay.
1. Elizabeth Eade
I've never been to this pub. I'm not really a pub person (more of a café person) but this pub has art so I really want to visit. Elizabeth Eade is yet another of the many talented graduates from the Cambridge School of Art.
Also: steampunk woman on shark. I am smitten.
Where: The Geldart (pub), Ainsworth Street (corner Sleaford St; in that area of CB1 that also includes Sturton St, York St and the Backstreet Bistro).
Ends 13 March.
2. John Craxton
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| John Craxton, Cart Track, 1942-3. Source: Fitzwilliam Museum |
The most talked-about show in Cambridge at the moment. I went to see this on the weekend. Definitely worth having a look. I found some of the works quite kitschy, others very derivative (Picassoesque, Graham Sutherlandesque) but this one here, plus 2-3 others, were amazing.
Where: Fitzwilliam Museum.
Ends 21 April.
3. MA Children's Book Illustration
The awesome annual MA Children's Book Illustration show. Don't miss it. These hyper-talented illustrators will be tomorrow's Quentin Blakes and Judith Kerrs. Cambridge School of Art graduates already keep winning all the illustration prizes there are in the world (practically).
Where: Ruskin Gallery, in the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University.
Ends 13 March.
ETA: I reviewed the illustration show in a later blog post (with many wonderful pics!).
4. North by Northwest at Hot Numbers
What? Yet another amazing initiative from the ever-astonishing Hot Numbers (my favourite Cambridge coffee house-cum-art gallery)? The art gallery is Williams Art Gallery; it's joined to the coffee house via an open archway.
Cary Grant plus a foamy cappuccino. Yum.
Where: Hot Numbers coffee house, Gwydir St (corner Mill Rd, in the old brewery)
Hitchcock film screening! Mon, 3 March. 7 pm.
5. Melanie Max and Katharina Klug
Melanie Max: one of my favourite Cambridgeshire artists. I don't know Katharina Klug but am looking forward to discovering her ceramics.
I've not yet visited Burwash Art but Burwash Manor is lovely, with a sweet little tea shop. About 15 minutes' drive out from Cambridge (depending where you start from).
Where: Burwash Art at Burwash Manor, New Rd, Barton.
Ends 30 March.
6. Image / Object / Image
A weird thing happening in the English Faculty. Not quite sure what this is all about but looks intriguing. Also, a chance to peep inside the neo-modernist English Faculty building, designed by architects Allies and Morrison and finished in 2004.
Where: Judith E. Wilson Writing Studio, English Faculty of the University of Cambridge, West Road.
Ends 1 March (so hurry!!).
7. Oliver Barratt and Mark Cazelet
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| Oliver Barratt, sculpture. Source: Lynn Strover Gallery |
Sat, 15 March - Sat, 15 April.
Lynn Strover Gallery, Fen Ditton.
8. Ash Summers and Roeland Verhallen
A Dutch photographer and an artist based at Wysing Arts. Could be interesting. If you go to Image / Object / Image (see above), why not pop in here? It's 1 minutes' walk away.
Where: Art at the Alison Richard Building, West Road.
Ends 28 March.
9. Art and Power in Fiji
This exhibition is still on. I haven't seen it yet but it's definitely not one to miss. I love the MAA!
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), Downing Street.
Ends 30 April.
Related posts:
My five favourite works at the Cambridge School of Art Degree Show
Patrick Thurston at Williams Art Gallery
What's on at the Cambridge Science Festival
