Wednesday 30 October 

Creative Youth Festival 

12 - 5pm 
For ages 12 – 18 

Advance booking recommended. 

Click here to book via Eventbrite.

Join us for Wysing’s Creative Youth Festival, a celebration of creativity in all its forms!

Meet artists, make friends, and take part in hands on, creative workshops.

Have a go in our sound recording studio, experiment with makeup, create your own marbled paper, or try out making with clay... With even more workshops soon to be announced, there will be lots to choose from.

Get curious and be inspired – we'd love you to come along!

Who is it for?

This festival is for young people aged 12 – 18.

Young people can attend independently, subject to parent/guardian permission. You can also attend with your youth group or organisation, or with your family.

The festival has been co-designed with Wysing’s Creative Youth Council, especially for other young people. The CYC are a group of young people who meet regularly at Wysing to work with artists and develop creative projects.

Why should I come?

Do you enjoy being creative? Do you like making things, or trying stuff out just for fun?

Maybe you want to make new friends and meet other people like you, who share your interests?

Or maybe you want to find new ways to develop your creative portfolio, expanding your skills with a new technique, a different material or process?

Would you like to meet and work with professional artists and find out more about what they do?

The youth festival is a space to be playful, it will give you the chance to explore and experience different kinds of art and share your creativity.

Plus, being involved in the arts has been shown to have a positive impact on wellbeing. Creativity enables people to have a sense of belonging, and the youth festival at Wysing is a great opportunity to enable you to feel connected with your own creativity, nature, and other people.

Full Schedule

DROP-IN ACTIVITIES 
Take part at any time during the day.  

Visit Artists’ Studios – CJ Mahony + Sophie Hill
Meet an artist and see inside their studio, ask them questions about their work.  

Mural Stencils - Alexi Marshall  
Contribute to Alexi Marshall’s major new mural project, developed with Wysing’s Creative Youth Council. Create a leaf stencil that could make its way into the final design! 

Pumpkin Carving – Sean Roy Parker*  
Join artist Sean Roy Parker for a pumpkin carving workshop with a twist. Learn about the folklore behind carving, the life cycle of a pumpkin and the ways you can use or compost what’s left over after carving. We’ll light our pumpkins together at 4pm! 
*This workshop is only suitable for young people aged 12+. 

TIMED WORKSHOPS

Creative Makeup with Jack Oliver
Join makeup artist Jack Oliver (as seen on BBC 3’s ‘Glow Up’) to explore makeup as a tool for creativity. Join one of Jack’s amazing demonstrations to learn more about makeup followed by the chance to get creative with makeup yourself!  

Paper Marbling with Samuel Petherbridge
Marbling involves floating ink on a surface to create beautiful, swirling patterns. In this workshop with artist Samuel Petherbridge you will discover the ancient art of Suminagashi, meaning "floating ink" in Japanese. You’ll have the chance to create patterns on paper and take your dream-like designs home with you.  

Clay Workshop: Vessels with Meaning with Taraneh Dana
Join artist Taraneh Dana in a clay workshop where you’ll learn a range of techniques and create your own personalised clay vessel.   

Sound Workshop: Sound Worlds, Improvised Sounds withShamica Ruddock
In this workshop, you’ll explore ways to build otherworldly soundscapes and create live improvisations using the recording and mixing software Ableton Live.

For workshop schedules, please download our timetable here.  

Access & Reasonable Adjustments

A calm, quiet room is available onsite.

Accessible parking and toilets are available.

Please get in touch if you'd like a site visit prior to the event.

If you have other access requirements or educational needs that you would like to check with us before booking, please get in touch with Michaela D’Agati, Young People’s Programme Coordinator at Michaela.dagati@wysingartscentre.org and we will be happy to help.

Please be aware that while we try to offer access and reasonable adjustments wherever possible, we are not a specialist or alternative provision provider and do not have specialist staff to support complex needs. We are always very happy to discuss what we can make possible in our programmes and where we can work together; it is our priority to ensure the young people we work with are safe and happy.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

We want to support young people to have the freedom to explore creativity, independently.

We ask the parent/guardian/youth worker/group lead to specify if they are happy to allow the young person(s) to explore our rural site freely.

Please be aware that Wysing is an open site (i.e., not enclosed by walls or fences). We are set in 11 acres of rural land with fields and woodland and an open entrance way onto a ‘B’ road. We ask you to take this into consideration when booking.

To help you make this decision we have provided a risk assessment that specifies what we are doing to ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of young people at the event.

You can download our Risk Assessment here.

Wysing Arts Centre is committed to providing a safe environment for all children, young people, and vulnerable adults and their safety and welfare is paramount to the organisation when they visit or work with us.

You can download our Safeguarding Policy here.

We have an organisational Code of Conduct for you to read before visiting Wysing.

You can download our Wysing Code of Conduct here.

FAQs

Do I need to attend for the whole day?​
No, you don’t need to attend for the whole day, you can stay for as little or as long as you want.

Do I need to book?
Yes, booking is required.

We are asking people to book via Eventbrite, so we know how many people to expect. Bookings must be completed by/with a responsible adult, to agree to the event details.

Do I need to have any experience?
No, you don't need to have any previous art experience. All materials for the workshops are included and you’ll be shown how to use them. Come along and try things out!

Do I need to pay for the festival?
There are free tickets available and we have a sliding scale for ticket prices that enables people to pay based on what they can afford

Why the extra costs on some tickets?

Because Wysing Arts Centre is a charity, we need to raise money to fund everything we do. If you can afford to pay for a ticket, you will be helping us support the Youth Festival and cover the costs of running an event like this, which means we can keep tickets free for those who need them the most.

Do I need to bring lunch?

There will be a food van at the festival for the duration of the day. If you would like to buy food here on the day, please bring some cash or a card.

Alternatively, you can bring along your own packed lunch.

There will be designated areas where people can sit to eat their food, either indoors or outside.

What should I wear?

We recommend wearing clothing you feel comfortable in. Some activities can be messy, like using clay or ink, so it is advisable to wear clothes you don’t mind getting a bit grubby! Aprons will be provided for messier activities.

We also recommend sturdy, comfortable footwear as you might want to explore Wysing’s fields and woodland, where the ground can be uneven. Also make sure to bring weather appropriate clothing!

How can I get there?

Taxi travel can be provided for young people from pick up points in Cambourne, Cambridge and Huntingdon with DBS checked taxi drivers. This must be booked by 12 noon on Wednesday 23rd October.
You can select your travel options when you book your ticket.

For Cambridge & Cambourne taxi options: For 12 noon arrival - the taxi departs from Cambridge at 11.20am, collecting from Cambourne at 11.45am, arriving at Wysing for 12pm.
For Huntingdon taxi options: For 12 noon arrival - the taxi leaves Huntingdon at 11.30pm, arriving at Wysing for 12pm.

All taxis will depart Wysing at 5:15pm and will follow the same route back, arriving in Cambourne at 5.30pm, Cambridge and Huntingdon at 6pm. Timings are approximate.

Please note: if you require transport but find it difficult to attend from these locations, please get in touch with us so we can discuss potential travel options to support your attendance.

Wheelchair accessible transport can be provided if needed. If you require it, please tick the box on the Eventbrite ticket checkout page and we will be in touch by email to confirm arrangements with you. Please let us know by 12 noon on Wednesday 23rd October at the latest.

I’m a parent/guardian/youth worker. Do I need to attend/stay on site for the event?

We want to encourage young people to explore their own creative interests, in an environment where risks are managed as well as is feasibly possible.

It is the responsibility of the adult (parent/guardian/youth worker) who books to ensure that they understand and agree to the plans put in place by Wysing to minimise potential risks during the event, and to undertake their own assessment of risk for the young person/people they intend on bringing to the event.

During the event, there will be spaces available with Wi-Fi around Wysing for adults to base themselves if they want/need to stay on site.

For other questions, please email Michaela D’Agati, our Young People’s Programme Coordinator at Michaela.dagati@wysingartscentre.org

With thanks to our funders for making this event possible: Arts Council, England & the John Armitage Charitable Foundation.

Wysing Summer School 2024

Over four days in August a group of local young people aged 13 to 19 joined us for Summer School.

Please click the image above and then use the arrows to navigate through photos taken during the Summer School.

Led by artist Niki Colclough, the group were encouraged to create, play and connect with the more-than-human world around us through a series of sessions including:

- Using collages and concrete poetry to connect to nature  
- Forrest Bathing in the meadows
- Foraging for blackberries and making our own cordial  
- Creating a collaborative soundtrack using field recordings from across the site  
- Building our own, unique candle holders out of terracotta clay  
- Experimenting with imprinting natural objects into clay  
- Reflecting on walking as an artistic practice and playing walking games  
- Designing and decorating placards with hopes for our future or messages about the environment  
- Making a psychogeography map of Wysing’s site

We concluded the week with a celebration ritual of our own invention. We decorated our chosen nature spot in the Wysing woodlands with the work we’d made, drank the blackberry cordial and lit our ceramic candles to celebrate all we’d achieved.

Click here to listen to the audio work which the young people produced during the Summer School. Content warning: The audio contains high pitched tones and sounds of flies buzzing, with loud screams in the second half.

Wednesday 25 October

Creative Youth Festival

12 - 5pm
For ages 12 – 18

This is your opportunity to get curious, creative and explore different kinds of art at Wysing Arts Centre.

BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED. SOME WALK-INS MAY BE AVAILABLE, BUT THIS IS NOT GUARANTEED.

Join us for Wysing’s Creative Youth Festival, a celebration of creativity in all its forms!

You’re invited to come along and try something new. Meet artists, make friends, and take part in hands on, interactive sessions.

During the day, you can have a go at lino printing to make tarot cards, try out ceramics or have a go at experimental sound workshops in a sound recording studio. You could get creative with makeup, play with products, and ask questions. Fancy having a go at camera less film making? Or maybe take part in games, worldbuilding and storytelling – there is lots to choose from. We’d love for you to come along!  

Full Schedule

A full schedule will be added here, approximately 3 weeks prior to the event.

Who is it for?

This festival is for young people aged 12 – 18.

Young people can attend independently, subject to parent/guardian permission, or you can attend with your whole family.

Youth groups and organisations are also welcome to bring groups along.

The Creative Youth Festival has been designed with Wysing’s Creative Youth Council, a group of young people who meet regularly at Wysing to work with artists and develop creative projects. They helped organize this event specially for other young people to come to.

Why should I come?

Do you enjoy being creative? Do you like making things, or trying stuff out just for fun?

Maybe you want to make new friends and meet other people like you, who share your interests.

Or maybe you want to find new ways to develop your creative portfolio, expanding your skills with a new technique, a different material or process?

Would you like to meet and work with professional artists and find out more about what they do?

The youth festival is a space to be playful, it will give you the chance to explore and experience different kinds of art and share your creativity.

Plus, being involved in the arts has been shown to have a positive impact on wellbeing, it enables people to have a sense of belonging and the youth festival at Wysing is a great opportunity to enable you to feel connected with your own creativity, nature, and other people.

Access.

A calm, decompression space is available onsite.

Accessible parking and toilets are available.

If you have other access requirements that you would like to check with us before booking, please get in touch with Michaela D’Agati, Young People’s Programme Coordinator at Michaela.dagati@wysingartscentre.org and we will be happy to help.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

We want to support young people to have the freedom to explore creativity, independently.

We ask the parent/guardian/youth worker to specify if they are happy to allow the young person to explore our rural site freely. To help you make this decision we have provided a risk assessment that specifies what we are doing to ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of young people at the event.

You can download it here.

FAQs

Do I need to attend for the whole day?

No, you don’t need to attend for the whole day, you can stay for as long as you want.

Do I need to book?

Yes, booking is required.  

We are asking people to book via Eventbrite, so we know how many people to expect. Bookings must be completed by/with a responsible adult, to agree to the event details.

Do I need to have any experience?

No, you don't need to have any previous art experience. Come along and try things out!

Do I need to pay for the festival?

No, this event is free! All the sessions are totally free to attend with materials included.

You may want to bring some cash or a card to buy lunch, or you can bring a packed lunch with you.

Do I need to bring lunch?

There will be a food van at the festival for the duration of the day. If you would like to buy food here on the day, please bring some cash or a card.

Alternatively, you can bring along your own packed lunch.

There will be designated areas where people can sit to eat their food, either indoors or outside.

What should I wear?

We recommend wearing clothing you feel comfortable in. Some activities can be messy, like using clay or printing inks, so it is advisable to wear clothes you don’t mind maybe getting a bit messy! Aprons will be provided for messier activities.

We also recommend sturdy, comfortable footwear as you might want to explore Wysing’s outdoor grounds, where the ground can be uneven. Also make sure to bring weather appropriate clothing!

How can I get there?

Free travel is provided from Cambourne, Cambridge and Huntingdon with DBS checked taxi drivers. This must be booked by 9am Monday 23 October. You can select your travel options when you book your ticket.

For Cambridge & Cambourne taxi options: the taxi departs from Cambridge at 11.20am, collecting from Cambourne at 11.45am, arriving at Wysing for 12pm.

For Huntingdon taxi options: the taxi leaves Huntingdon at 11.30pm, arriving at Wysing for 12pm.

All taxis will depart Wysing at 5:15pm and will follow the same route back, arriving Cambourne at 5.30pm, Cambridge and Huntingdon at 6pm. Timings are approximate.

Please note: if you require transport but find it difficult to attend from these locations, please get in touch with us so we can discuss potential travel options to support your attendance.

Wheelchair accessible transport can be provided if needed. If you require wheelchair accessible transport, please tick the box on the Eventbrite ticket checkout page and we will be in touch by email to confirm arrangements with you. Please let us know by 9am Monday 23 at the latest.

I’m a parent/guardian/youth worker. Do I need to attend/stay on site for the event?

We want to encourage young people to have the freedom to explore their own creative interests, in an environment where risks are managed as well as is feasibly possible.

It is the responsibility of the adult (parent/guardian/youth worker) who books to ensure that they understand and agree to the plans put in place by Wysing to minimize potential risks during the event, and to undertake their own assessment of risk for the young person/people they intend on bringing to the event.

A risk assessment is available to support group leaders, parents, and guardians, to support the health and safe welfare of the young people for whom they are booking. Wysing can provide assistance in helping to identify any additional risks posed by any young people they are intending on bringing to the event.

During the event, there will be spaces available with Wi-Fi around Wysing for adults to base themselves if they want to stay on site.

Upon booking parents/guardians/group leaders will be asked to specify whether, a) they are happy for the young person to be independent b) they (the adult) will stay on site while the young person is at the festival or c) they (the adult) will accompany the young person during the event.

For other questions, please email Michaela D’Agati, our Young People’s Programme Coordinator at

Michaela.dagati@wysingartscentre.org

With thanks to our funders for making this event possible: Arts Council, England, The Ragdoll Foundation & the John Armitage Charitable Foundation. 

Wysing Arts Centre and St Peter’s School, Huntingdon, are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership that sees artist Rafal Zajko collaborate with 270 Year 7 students to create a significant new public art commission based around their desires for the future. The artist was selected by the students back in June, the resulting artwork will be presented at St Peter's School and at Wysing Arts Centre in September 2023.

So far, the students have been invited by Rafal to use drawing, collage, and creative writing to imagine what they might like to protect or change for the future. They have designed time capsules, and used Artificial Intelligence to explore the future of living, working, learning and farming in Huntingdon. The creative invitations draw on the artist’s Polish working-class roots, his family history of working in fields and factories, and his resulting fascination in the relationship between the body and technology.

The project has developed through a long-standing relationship between St Peter’s School and Wysing Arts Centre, where artists have been delivering a creative workshops programme in school and at Wysing since 2019. This new way of working will enable better links between the school community at Wysing, with a family celebration planned at the school and part of the commission featured at Wysing Arts Centre. We hope that the project can set a model for future school and arts organisation engagement in the region and beyond.

Click here to visit Rafal Zajko's website.

Artist Biography

Rafał Zajko is a polish artist based in London, UK. His work deals with issues around the industrial past exploring its environmental impact in relation to working class heritage and queer identities. His sculptural practice incorporates diverse materials and processes, including ceramic, ventilation systems, prosthetics, and performance as a means to examine folklore, science fiction and queer technoscience; placing emphasis on the industrial materials and processes that resonate with and honor his heritage.

Rafał Zajko (b. 1988, Białystok, Poland) lives and works in London, UK. He holds an MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London and a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art, London, UK. Recent solo exhibitions include Amber Waves II, Galeria Fran Reus, Palma, Mallorca (2022). SLOT, Abingdon Studios , Blackpool, UK (2022), Song to the Siren, Cooke Latham Gallery, London (2022), Amber Waves at Public Gallery, London (2021), Resuscitation, Castor Projects, London, UK (2020); We Were Here/My Tu Bylismy, Galeria Im. Slendzinskich, Białystok, Poland (2019); Unputdownable, White Cubicle, London (2018). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions including shows at London Open 2022, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, New Contemporaries 2021, South London Gallery, X Museum, Beijing, China (2020); Bold Tendencies, London, UK (2020); Grand Union, Birmingham (2019) Goswell Rd, Paris, France (2019); Ashes/Ashes, New York, USA (2019); EXILE, Vienna, Austria (2019); Vitrine, Basel, Switzerland (2019); Litost, Prague, Czech Republic (2018); Focal Point Gallery, Southend, UK (2016)

About St Peter’s School

At St Peter’s we believe that, as educators, we can and must make a difference to the lives of the young people in our care. We work to ensure that the school enables our students to maximise their potential whatever their ability, background, culture or belief. We have high expectations and aspirations for all our students, and we work to prepare them fully for the future beyond our school, recognising, nurturing and celebrating individual skills and talents

St Peter’s School are delighted to be able to offer all year 7 students the opportunity to take part in the Learn, Aspire, Exceed (LAE) Curriculum. The LAE curriculum has been specifically tailored for St Peter’s students to give them an opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills outside of the normal curriculum. The LAE curriculum is purely focused on inspiration which nurtures our ‘Learn, Aspire, Exceed’ philosophy, making learning a joy. The majority of the Wysing Art sessions will be part of the Learn Aspire Exceed Curriculum.

St Peter’s School believes that this extended curriculum gives opportunities for students to enhance their learning and the different job roles and responsibilities associated with more practical work. Research shows that participation in extra-curricular activities can positively impact on attainment, increase a pupil’s positive identification with school, and build self-confidence and resilience. Research also shows that children that do not have access to these opportunities fall behind, lack confidence, and fail to develop career aspirations.

This Wysing Art project will play a significant part in inspiring our future students to become engaged in extracurricular activities. This project will also impact our student leaders and our Art Ambassadors across all years by supporting the development of their leadership skills, and support further communication between the school and the community which is crucial for the development of the school in further years.

StPetersHuntingdon.org

Wednesday 26 October
Creative Youth Festival
12 - 6pm
For ages 12 – 18

Have fun, experiment with new ideas and celebrate creativity at Wysing Arts Centre. 

BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED. SOME WALK-INS MAY BE AVAILABLE, BUT THIS IS NOT GUARANTEED.

Join us for Wysing’s first ever youth festival - a celebration of creativity in all its forms! During the day you’ll get the opportunity to take part in lots of different creative workshops and activities with artists: including inspiring make-up tutorials, collaborative storytelling games, and experimental sound workshops. 

You can meet friends, get involved in a tour of augmented reality artwork created by Wysing’s Youth Council, and see an amazing new installation by artist Uma Breakdown! 

Who is it for? 

It’s been designed for and with young people, with a focus on people aged 12 – 18. Young people can attend independently, subject to parent/guardian permission. Youth groups and organisations are also welcome to bring groups along. 

Why should I come? 

The youth festival is a chance to share your creativity, have fun and experience different kinds of art. You’ll get the chance to pick up creative tips from each other, as well as from professional artists. It could be a great way to boost you creative portfolio, meet new friends, or just to make things – the arts has been show to have a positive impact on wellbeing. 

Health, Safety and Wellbeing 

We want to support young people to have the freedom to explore creativity, independently. We ask the parent/guardian/youth worker to specify if they are happy to allow the young person to explore our rural site freely. To help you make this decision we have provided a risk assessment that specifies what we are doing to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of young people at the event. You can download it here.  

Access

A calm, decompression space is available onsite. 

Accessible parking and toilets are available. 

If you have other access requirements that you would like to check with us before booking, please get in touch with Lucy Shipp, Education Manager, at Lucy.Shipp@WysingArtsCentre.Org and we will be happy to help. 

Full Schedule

A full schedule will be added here, approximately 3 weeks prior to the event.

FAQs 

Do I need to attend for the whole day? 

No, you don’t need to attend for the whole day, you can stay for as long as you want. 

Do I need to book? 

Yes, we are asking people to book via Eventbrite, so we know how many people to expect. Bookings must be completed by/with a responsible adult, in order to agree to the event details. 

Do I need to have any experience?  

No, you don't need to come with any previous art experience to join. Come along and try things out. 

Do I need to pay for the festival?  

No, all the sessions are totally free to attend with materials and refreshments included. You may want to bring some cash or a card to buy lunch, or you can bring a packed lunch with you. 

Do I need to bring lunch? 

You can either bring a packed lunch with you, or buy food here on the day with cash or card. Snacks and drinks will be provided for free during the day.  

How can I get there? 

Free travel is provided from Cambourne, Cambridge and Huntingdon with DBS checked taxi drivers. This must be booked by 9am Monday 24 October. The taxi departs from Cambridge at 11.20am, collecting from Cambourne at 11.45am, arriving at Wysing for 12pm. The taxi leaves Huntingdon at 11.30pm, arriving at Wysing for 12pm. All the transport will depart at 5.30pm and will follow the same route back, arriving Cambourne at 5.45pm, Cambridge at 6.15pm and Huntingdon at 6pm. Timings are approximate. 

If you require transport but find it difficult to attend from these locations, please get in touch with us so we can discuss potential travel options or other ways to support your attendance. 

Wheelchair accessible transport can be provided if needed. If you require wheelchair accessible transport, please tick the box on the Eventbrite ticket checkout page and we will be in touch by email to confirm arrangements with you. Please let us know by 9am Monday 24 at the latest, so we can make arrangements. 

I’m a parent/guardian/youth worker. Do I need to attend/stay on site for the event? 

We want to encourage young people to have the freedom to explore their own creative interests, in an environment where risks are managed as well as is feasibly possible. 

It is the responsibility of the adult (parent/guardian/youth worker) who books to ensure that they understand and agree to the plans put in place by Wysing to minimum potential risks during the event, and to undertake their own assessment of risk for the young person/people they intend on bringing to the event. 

A risk assessment is available to support group leaders, parents and guardians, to support the health and safe welfare of the young people for whom they are booking. Wysing is able to provide assistance in helping to identify any additional risks posed by any young people they are intending on bringing to the event. 

During the event Wysing will provide a room with WiFi and refreshments for adults to base themselves if they want to stay on site. 

Upon booking parents/guardians/group leaders will be asked to specify whetherif a) they are happy for the young person to be independent, b)if they will stay on site, or c)if they will accompany the young person during the event. 

What should I wear? 

We recommend wearing comfortable clothing and sturdy, comfortable footwear. Some of the festival activities will take place outside, so we recommend weather appropriate clothing. 

For other questions, please email Lucy Shipp, our Education Manager at Lucy.Shipp@WysingArtsCentre.Org. 

This opportunity has been supported by Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, The Ragdoll Foundation and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

Monday 8 – Thursday 11 August
Wild Summer School
Times 11 – 4pm daily
For ages 13 – 19

FULLY BOOKED

Get creative, make friends, be wild and have fun over the summer at Wysing Arts Centre. Join the summer school at Wysing to collaborate with professional artists and each other. Over the week you’ll have a chance to create work using nature, sound and performance.

For booking details, please visit our Eventbrite by clicking here.

The week will seek to remove barriers and expectations to explore how we can be free to imagine, taking part in practical activities that link to Wysing’s 2022 theme of “re/wilding”. Explore what it might mean to take time away from the day-to-day, to roam land freely and test out what you might want to leave behind or allow to flourish through engaging and inspiring creative activities.

The week will investigate ideas around the environment, recycling and shaping the world of the future. For example building sculptures in the woodland, creating with clay, playing with field recording and sound editing, and putting together a final online display of collaborative work as part of the Wysing Broadcasts website.

The week will involve opportunities to work in a group and individually.

Access Information

On the Eventbrite ticket booking page, you can let us know any medical conditions or allergies we should be aware of and explain how we can best support the attendee in the session.

Further information about the activities during week and what to expect will be emailed to you prior to the session.

Please get in touch with us to let us know if there is something you need to be able to participate in Creative Youth Council, by emailing Lucy Shipp at lucy.shipp@wysingartscentre.org.

Full Schedule

A full schedule of the event will be added here 3 weeks before the event.

FAQs

Do I need to book?
Yes, we ask people to register for the sessions via Eventbrite.

How can I get there?
Free travel is provided from Cambourne, Cambridge and Huntingdon with DBS checked taxi drivers. This must be booked by midday Wednesday 3 August. We recommend young people are taken to the transport location by parent/guardian. Please specify the contact number on the booking form to share with the taxi company on the day of travel (parent/guardian if they will be there to meet the travel, or young person if they are travelling independently). The taxi departs from Cambridge at 10.20am, collecting from Cambourne at 10.45am, arriving at Wysing for 11am. The taxi leaves Huntingdon at 10.30pm, arriving at Wysing for 11am. All the taxis depart at 4pm and follow the same route back, arriving Cambourne at 4.15pm, Cambridge at 4.40pm and Huntingdon at 4.30pm. Timings are approximate. Taxi information will be emailed to you before the session. If you require transport but find it difficult to attend from these locations, please get in touch with us so we can discuss potential travel options or other ways to support your attendance. Wheelchair accessible transport can be provided if needed. If you require wheelchair accessible transport, please tick the box on the Eventbrite ticket checkout page and we will be in touch by email to confirm arrangements with you. Please let us know by 12 midday Wednesday 3 August.

Do I need to have any experience?
You don't need to come with any previous art experience to attend. We want to support young people who are interested in working with others and trying new ways of working.

Who can attend?
Anyone age 13 –19 who is interested in working with others and trying new ways of working. You don’t need any previous art experience to attend.

Do I need to pay for sessions?
No, all the sessions are totally free to attend with materials and refreshments included.

Do I need to bring lunch?
Yes, you will need to bring a packed lunch with you. Please note there are no shops nearby. Snacks and drinks will be provided during the sessions.

What do I need to wear?
We recommend wearing comfortable clothing and sturdy footwear. Each session will focus on different activities, with aprons provided if required, but we encourage you to wear clothes that you aren't worried about getting messy or being outside in occasionally. Please dress appropriately for the weather and bring sun cream.

#WysingChallenge

The exhibition Difficult Truths presents some of the concerns around mental health, bullying and climate change. We now want to invite families, young people and artists of any age to join in our Idea Exchange to share their ideas and responses to the #WysingChallenge. 

Share your ideas and responses with the #WysingChallenge on social media or email education@wysingartscentre.org with an image and short description of your idea.

The #WysingChallenge

The #WysingChallenge asked you to use recycled materials to share an idea or invention that might help improve the world, e.g. a solar-powered computer, small acts of kindness, calling a friend, wind-powered tree planter.

Background

The exhibition 'Difficult Truths' presents some of the concerns around mental health, bullying and climate change. We now want to invite families, young people and artists of any age to respond to this in our #wysingchallenge. You can find more information and see work already submitted on the Diffcult Truths website.

Access

If you have questions about access needs, please email Wysing's Education Manager, Lucy Shipp, on education@wysingartscentre.org

During February 2020 Creative Circuit Huntingdon invited artists age 11 – 18 across Cambridgeshire to respond to the theme of Difficult Truths through an open-call.

Work will be displayed in 2020 on the Difficult Truths exhibition website. To view the website, click here.

The exhibition developed through members of Creative Circuit Huntingdon initiating the idea of developing an exhibition of young people’s work at Wysing.

The group have worked with Wysing studio artist Damaris Athene to develop the theme and call out for the exhibition, resulting in wide-ranging discussions across thought processes, different perspectives and dystopias.The theme of Difficult Truths was chosen by the group to reflect issues young people face including concerns around climate change, mental health, bullying, fake news and the challenges of identity in the age of social media. Creative Circuit Huntingdon want to open out conversations around difficult subjects that are often not discussed, and hope that sharing these ideas through art work can inspire others to talk more.

Artists age 11 – 18 are invited to continue to submit work to the exhibition digitally. For more information and to submit work, please click here.

About Creative Circuit Huntingdon

Creative Circuit Huntingdon are a group of young people in Huntingdon who meet regularly to work on peer-led collaborative projects

Previous projects have included making zines, creating an animations, interviewing artists, planning events and organising exhibitions. Creative Circuit is about experimenting with different ways of experiencing and making art, facilitated by practicing artists with Wysing Arts Centre. As part of the curating project, young people have had the opportunity to work towards a Bronze Arts Award.

What young people have said about Creative Circuit Huntingdon:

‘It [has] made me get out of my comfort zone & try new things’

‘I saw that art can be a lot of things, it’s just how you see it’

 ‘[I’ve learnt] that I don't need to be anxious trying new things’

Access

If you have any questions about accessing the online exhibition, submitting work or any other queries please email education@wysingartscentre.org.

This free Speed Mentoring session is open to those age 18 – 25 who are interested in gaining advice about the arts and cultural industries.

"The speed-mentoring session allowed me to meet several arts professionals that I wouldn't have been able to interact with in such a useful way in any other setting. I left the event with personal contact emails, ideas for collaborative events, and generally a better sense of what direction I might want to move in in my own career in the arts."

Need inspiration, advice or want to build your artistic network? The speed mentoring session is open to those age 18 – 25 who are interested in the arts and cultural industries. Our mentors are artists and staff from a range of backgrounds, and can use their experience to support you to overcome challenges, provide inspiration or help you build your artistic practice or career.

Book your free place here.

Join artists and creative professionals from Kettle’s Yard, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge Junction and University of Cambridge Museums for this speed mentoring session. Gather new advice and insights on your work and career. Share your challenges, exchange ideas and stories. You are in charge of the discussion. All of our mentors are easy to talk with, and happy to share their experiences and expertise.

Places are limited so book your free place in advance. Mentoring sessions will each last for 15 minutes, and you will get to sign up to at least two 1:1 sessions on the night. We’ll be in contact with which artists and staff will be available as a mentor before the event.

"A very beneficial evening for anyone interested in a career in the museum sector!"

Event timings

5.30 Welcome and introduction to mentors

5.50 Refreshments and sign up

6.00 1:1 mentor sessions and informal networking

7.30 Event ends

The session will start in the Ede Room at Kettle’s Yard where refreshments will be available throughout the evening. Mentoring sessions will take place in the Learning Studio to ensure a quieter space for 1:1 conversations. This session is part of Circuit Cambridge. Find out more about Circuit Cambridge here.

Book your free place here.

"It is an opportunity to engage with other established artists: to learn about their practice in developing their Artistic practice."

Bookings

Places are limited so book your free place in advance. Mentoring sessions will each last for 15 minutes, and you will get to sign up to at least two 1:1 sessions on the night. Whilst you’re waiting for mentoring sessions there will be a chance to meet with other peers and enjoy refreshments. Book your free place here.

Access

If you have questions about access needs for the event, please email Wysing’s Head of Operations, Ceri Littlechild, on ceri.littlechild@wysingartscentre.org.

Free Creative Workshop

Saturday 19 October, 12 – 4pm 

Drop-in, no booking required

Commemoration Hall, 39 High St, Huntingdon, PE29 3AQ 

Join members of Creative Circuit Huntingdon to take part in a free art workshop recommended for ages 7+. Play games and experiment with new ways of making art. Create your own structure and explore projections.

Creative Circuit Huntingdon are young people who meet regularly in Huntingdon to work on projects supported by artists from Wysing Arts Centre. 

Saturday 19 October, 12 – 4pm 

Drop-in, no booking required

Commemoration Hall, 39 High St, Huntingdon, PE29 3AQ 

Applications are now open for AMPlify. We have developed this alternative learning programme for artists aged 18 to 25 years to test new approaches and ideas through workshops and talks, whilst also having time to develop their own work. This year AMPlify will take place entirely online, to explore how digital tools and games can be used to create and explore future visions of the world.

The deadline to apply is 9am on Monday 5 October.

For more information and how to apply, click here.

Collaboration

Thursday 9 May, 7 - 9pm

Cambourne Soul, Back Lane, Cambourne, CB23 6FZ

Join us for a free creative workshop with snacks, drinks and music.

Enjoy a space to relax, talk to friends and share ideas. Pick up ideas of how to work collaboratively from text and sound artist Simnikiwe Buhlungu. Test out new ideas and work collaboratively to create printed tote bags to take home.

Can't make this session but want a creative platform to share your story or ideas? Join us for Soul Stories every Thursday from 7 - 9pm at Cambourne Soul.

Email education@wysingartscentre.org for more information or just turn up!

Creative Circuit: Huntingdon workshop

Creative Circuit: Huntingdon are a group of young people age 13 - 19 who meet regularly in Huntingdon to work on peer-led collaborative projects. Creative Circuit is about experimenting with different ways of experiencing and making art, facilitated by practicing artists with Wysing Arts Centre. Wysing Arts Centre have been working with young people in Huntingdon since 2018, building on experience of peer-led projects as part of the Circuit programme. 

Previous projects have included making zines, creating an animations, interviewing artists, planning events and organising exhibitions. You can see the archive of past projects here.

The group are currently organising an exhibition for anyone age 11-18 in Cambridgeshire to submit work for the Difficult Truths exhibition at Wysing. You can still submit your work to the digital exhibition here.

Are you or someone you know aged 13 - 19 and interested in creative projects?

Get in touch at education@wysingartscentre.org to see how we can support you.

Free creative costume workshop.

Come and join us for an exciting drop-in character generating costume workshop, where you will be able to explore and play with new materials, while connecting with the people and stories around you.

No experience needed, you will be guided by members of Circuit HBK, a group of young people based at Hinchingbrooke School supported by artists from Wysing Arts Centre.

This drop-in workshop will run from 2pm – 5pm at the Godmanchester Baptist Church and is completely FREE.

Event run as part of The Bridge Arts Festival, for more information about the festival please click here.

Circuit Cambridge at Wysing Arts Centre.

We work in partnership with Kettle's Yard in Cambridge on Circuit Cambridge.

Circuit Cambridge are a group of 18-25 year olds who experiment with different ways of experiencing and making art, through organising and running projects and creative events for other young people.

Circuit meets every Tuesday from 5.30-7.30pm. Sessions are usually held at Kettle's Yard, and sometimes at Wysing Arts Centre. Free transport to our sessions at Wysing is always available, just email education@wysingartscentre.org to book your place.

If you're 18-25 years old, like being creative and want to meet people and learn new skills, Circuit is for you.

Find out more here.

Circuit Cambridge is continuing to meet online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please email circuit@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk for more information.

Thursdays 7–9pm
Cambourne Soul, Back Lane, Cambourne, CB23 6FZ

Age 15–19? Want a creative platform to share your ideas?

Join us for a free creative workshop with snacks, drinks and music.

Enjoy a space to relax, talk to friends and share ideas. Each week we'll build on ideas to collaboratively create an artwork sharing stories.

Join us for Soul Stories every Thursday from 7–9pm at Cambourne Soul, Back Lane, Cambourne, CB23 6FZ

Email education@wysingartscentre.org for more information or just turn up!

Upcoming sessions

Thursday 23 May: Create your own Cambourne. Come along to chat about the buildings and spaces that you’d like to see in Cambourne. Be as imaginative as you like, as we’ll use the locations to tell the stories.

Thursday 30 May: Visit to Wysing Arts Centre. Play a mix and match game to generate creative stories, and work in the recording studio to get started with sound recording and editing.

Thursday 6 June: Call Out. Record an audio and learn digital design skills to create invitations for others to share their stories.

Thursday 13 June: Walk Around. Explore Cambourne though conversations, photography and challenges on this walking tour of Cambourne.

In February 2019 Wysing Arts Centre hosted half term workshops with artists from Ravioli Me Away. The workshops provided an opportunity for families to explore costumes, sets characters and sounds with Alice Theobold and Rosie Ridgeway. Over 3 days families came together with the artists to create a collaborative music video set in a gym, inspired by the work of Ravioli Me Away, their imaginations and every day experiences.

Wysing Arts Centre runs a regular family programme. Check here for the latest information.

Wednesday 12 June, 5.30 - 7.30pm
Kettle's Yard

Need inspiration, advice or want to build your artistic network? The speed mentoring session is open to those age 18 – 25 who are interested in the arts and cultural industries.

Need inspiration, advice or want to build your artistic network? The speed mentoring session is open to those age 18 – 25 who are interested in the arts and cultural industries. Our mentors are artists and staff from a range of backgrounds, and can use their experience to support you to overcome challenges, provide inspiration or help you build your artistic practice or career.  

Join artists and creative professionals from Kettle’s Yard and Wysing Arts Centre for this speed mentoring session. Gather new advice and insights on your work and career. Share your challenges, exchange ideas and stories. You are in charge of the discussion. All of our mentors are easy to talk with, and happy to share their experiences and expertise.   

Places are limited so book your free place in advance here. Mentoring sessions will each last for 15 minutes, and you will get to sign up to 3 sessions on the night. Whilst you’re waiting for mentoring sessions there will be a chance to meet with other peers and enjoy refreshments. 

Confirmed mentors

Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey, Head of Programme, Kettle's Yard

Mary Cork, Head of Development, Wysing Arts Centre

Sarah Dore, Communities and Visitor Engagement Officer, Museum of Cambridge

Bettina Furnée, Artist, Wysing Arts Centre

Ceri Littlechild, Head of Operations, Wysing Arts Centre

Rosie O’Donovan, Learning and Engagement Officer, Kettle's Yard

Imogen Phillips, Learning and Engagement Assistant, Kettle's Yard

Florian Roithmayr, Artist, Wysing Arts Centre

Amanprit Sandhu, Interim Curator, Wysing Arts Centre

Soheila Sokhenvari, Artist, Wysing Arts Centre

Miranda Stearn, Head of Learning, Fitzwilliam Museum

Grace Storey, Curator, Kettle's Yard

Kettle's Yard individual staff biographies can be viewed here

Wysing Arts Centre artist biographies can be viewed here

Wysing Arts Centre individual staff biographies can be viewed here

Bookings

Places are limited so book your free place in advance. Mentoring sessions will each last for 15 minutes, and you will get to sign up to 3 sessions on the night. Whilst you’re waiting for mentoring sessions there will be a chance to meet with other peers and enjoy refreshments.

Access

If you have questions about access needs for the event, please email Wysing’s Head of Operations, Ceri Littlechild, on ceri.littlechild@wysingartscentre.org.

In February 2019 Circuit HBK interviewed Alice Theobold from Ravioli Me Away and created the Rose Review as a result. The review was shared with over 70 young people who visited Wysing Arts Centre to see The View From Behind The Futuristic Rose Trellis exhibition in March 2019.

Circuit HBK are a group of young people, aged 13 – 19 who meet weekly in Huntingdon to work on creative projects, supported by artists from Wysing Arts Centre. Find out more here.

Rose Review by Circuit HBK by on Scribd

Free Creative Workshops

Second Saturday of the month

For 11 - 14 and 15 - 19 year olds

Cambourne Soul, Back Lane, Cambourne, CB23 6FY

Join in free creative workshops with artists from Wysing Arts Centre every second Saturday of the month.

Get creative and try something new. Delivered in partnership with Cambourne Youth Partnership and Romsey Mill.  No experience is needed and all materials are included. Advance booking required at www.creativecambourne.eventbrite.co.uk

Workshop Timings

11:00 – 13:30 for age 11 – 14

14.30 – 17.00 for age 15 – 19

Future sessions are on hold until after the COVID-19 pandemic.

5.30 - 7.30pm

Ever wanted to experiment with sound recording? Come to the Circuit Cambridge session for anyone aged 18 – 25. Test out new ideas and techniques, and make friends with others.

You can make your own way to Wysing, or book free transport is provided from outside Kettle’s Yard by emailing education@wysingartscentre.org to book a space. See you there!

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk

Wednesday 31 October
5.30 - 7.30pm
Ages 18 - 25

Meet Wysing Studio artist Lucy Steggals and create new responses to the Richard Pousette-Dart exhibition at Kettle's Yard.

Part of Circuit Cambridge.

A collaborative animation made by families attending the Big Draw 2018 at Wysing, supported and collated by artist Anna Bunting-Branch.

For The Big Draw 2018, artist Anna Bunting-Branch led a workshop to create character puppets inspired by women in science and technology. Families and young people worked with Anna and Wysing studio artists to create a collaborative animation from the puppets. Wysing Arts Centre runs a regular family programme. Check here for the latest information.

Wednesday 17 October
5.30 - 7.30pm
Ages 18 - 25

Explore the new exhibition Warm Worlds and Otherwise and work with Wysing Studio artist Florian Roithmayr to explore spaces of production at Wysing.

Part of Circuit Cambridge.

In Autumn Circuit HBK explored their own ideas around different worlds, inspired by the exhibition Warm Worlds and Otherwise. This animation was the result of explorations into different worlds and viewpoints.

Circuit HBK are a group of young people, aged 13 – 19 who meet weekly in Huntingdon to work on creative projects, supported by artists from Wysing Arts Centre. Find out more here.

Saturday 15 September
11am – 12pm: 15 – 19 years
1pm – 2pm: 20+ years

Start the new term with inspiration and ideas for your art portfolio with artist Soheila Sokhanvari, an internationally recognised artist and studio artist at Wysing Arts Centre.

The sessions are designed to give an insight and offer tips into developing your art portfolio, whether you’re interested in applying to study an Art Foundation course, undergraduate degree, or just want to find out more. Hear about Soheila Sokhanvari’s experience as an artist, see examples of her art portfolio, pick up tips for assembling on art portfolio, have a chance to ask questions and visit the artist’s studio.

Free but booking essential, click here.

10 February - 6 May
Kettle's Yard

As part of Kettle's Yard's reopening exhibition Actions, Circuit Cambridge have created an accompanying film that examines some of the emerging themes through artist interviews.

We are a collective of 18-25 year olds who come together to experience making art and are passionate about sharing it with others.

We have been working with Kettle’s Yard and Wysing Arts Centre to make a short film, which is on show in at the reopened Kettle’s Yard from Saturday 10th February.

The film is about the Actions exhibition, the artists’ methods and the place their work has in the wider world. With three questions about: reacting; taking action; and looking for a response; we are hoping to give audiences an insight into the processes they don’t normally see.

We worked with artists to plan, shoot, direct, produce and edit the film. We learnt new skills and shared existing skills in the group including animation, interviewing, cinematography and music composition.

Following the completion of the Actions film, we are now involved in new, exciting projects. If you are interested in our work: we will be hosting a workshop in the Actions Late at Kettles Yard (Fri 2nd March, 6-9pm)- come and meet us. You can follow the process on our social media. If you are aged 18-25, join us at one of our weekly meetings and bring your creative ideas. 

We are a group of 18-25 year olds who experiment with different ways of experiencing and making art, through organising and running projects and creative events for other young people.

We work with Kettle’s Yard and Wysing Arts Centre on activities including workshops, exhibitions, films, performances, live music and lots more!

If you’re 18-25 years old, like being creative and want to meet people and learn new skills, Circuit is for you.

Circuit meets every Wednesday from 5.30-7.30pm. Sessions are usually held at Kettle’s Yard, and sometimes at Wysing Arts Centre. Free transport to our sessions at Wysing is always available, just email circuit@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk to book your place.

We’re looking for a new group of people who will work with us on next years programme. Are you interested? Email circuit@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk to find out more.

See what sessions are coming up at Wysing here.

Find Out More 

To find out more about Circuit Cambridge and our projects, email circuit@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk or telephone Imogen 01223 748100

Find us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

Check out videos and examples of our previous projects and events on vimeo and in our archive.

Circuit is a programme connecting 18-25 year-olds to the arts in galleries and museums working in partnership with the youth and cultural sector. Circuit was originally led by Tate and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, and we are continuing to work with young people in a similar way. Circuit Cambridge is a joint project between Wysing Arts Centre and Kettle's Yard.

Tuesday 10 October
5.30-7.30pm

Join us for an introduction to the Wysing Arts Centre site.

As well as the chance to explore the new exhibition, Andromedan Sad Girl, we will discuss making films to accompany exhibitions and do some practical, creative tryouts inspired by the new show. Meet our curator for behind-the-scenes insight into how Andromedan Sad Girl was developed.

Free transport to Wysing from Cambridge Centre is available, just email circuit@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk to book your place.

The Locker Cafe, King St, Cambridge
5.30 - 7.30pm

Come and take part in a free drop-in art workshop and find out more about our young people’s programme, Circuit.

The evening will be a chance to make some art, meet new people and discover what’s on offer this year. Everyone is welcome – no previous art experience in necessary. Find us at The Locker Cafe (formally Clown’s) at 54 Kings Street, CB1 1LN Cambridge.

No need to book – just turn up, grab a free coffee and some cake! Any questions? See our Circuit page or get in touch at circuit@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk.

The Locker Cafe, King St, Cambridge
5.30 - 7.30pm

Come and take part in a free drop-in art workshop and find out more about our young people’s programme, Circuit.

The evening will be a chance to make some art, meet new people and discover what’s on offer this year. Everyone is welcome – no previous art experience in necessary. Find us at The Locker Cafe (formally Clown’s) at 54 Kings Street, CB1 1LN Cambridge.

No need to book – just turn up, grab a free coffee and some cake! Any questions? See our Circuit page or get in touch at circuit@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk.

At Wysing Arts Centre.

Drop in between 5.30pm - 7.30pm and join a free creative workshop. Or just relax in a creative space with friends.

Can you draw without a pencil?

Explore new approaches to drawing and experiment with sculpture at our next Circuit social. Join us for a fun workshop led by young artists, relax, socialise and enjoy free food.

You will have the chance to make hanging wire sculptures and collaborative drawings using projectors. We will display your finished work at Wysing.No previous art experience is needed and everyone is welcome at this free, creative workshop for 15-25 year olds. The workshop is devised and led by our group of young Circuit Conductors

For further information click here

Free transport is provided from outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, just email circuit@wysingartscentre.org to book a space. See you there!

Tuesday 30 May, 5.30 - 7.30pm
ELAN Studio, Mill Park, just off Station Road, Cambridge

Aid & Abet (Artists Sarah Evans and David Kefford) invite you to participate in a workshop that explores the relationship between two things - discovering the new narratives that arise when you place one thing against another.

By keeping it simple there is an opportunity to scrutinize how things shift when you introduce one element to another. Aid & Abet want you to join them to play and experiment with the creative possibilities.
The session will work back and forth between drawing/collage and animation. 
In collage there will be a focus on overlapping, joining and attaching to make new compositions. In animation simple loop cycles will be made through drawn animations and stop motion animations made with collages, drawings and found objects.

Circuit Art Socials are relaxed events with free food and drink. You can take part in a free artist-led activity or just hang out in a creative space with friends.

For more information email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

Want to know more about Circuit? 
http://www.wysingartscentre.org/opportunities/young_people

Friday 26 –  Sunday 28 May 2017
Cambridge Artworks
Private view,  Friday 26 May at 6pm

A group of talented young artists from Girton are exhibiting their work at a Cambridge Artworks Gallery as part of the Circuit Cambridge project.

Beyond the Brick is a group exhibition including work by Kyle Warwick, Jamie O’Brien, Kienan Naylor and Kieran O’Brien.

The group of young artists whose practices range from photography, screen printing and tattoo art, are aged between 16 and 24. As members of the Girton Youth Project, they have spent the past four months preparing for Beyond The Brick exhibition. The group describe the main body of work as ‘urban art’ – art inspired by street youth culture and created using screen printing, painting, graffiti and photography.

The young artists have not taken the usual educational route into their creative practice, instead they have found inspiration from the rest of the world, their connection being through street art, urban art, culture and Graffiti.

The work includes photography, screen print, video and tattooing.

The project is curated by artist and former Circuit Cambridge member, Jack Cornell.

Private view, open to the public, on Friday 26 May at 6pm. The exhibition continues on the 27 and 28 of May. 

Cambridge Artworks: 5 Green's Rd, Cambridge CB4 3EF

Circuit Cambridge is the young people's programme at Wysing Arts Centre & Kettle's Yard

Saturday 18 March
12-4pm

Market Square, Cambridge
Free

Join us for a day of sharing and celebrating our common ground with social campaigners Stand Up to Racism.

Can't make it to the UN Anti-Racism Day National Demo in London? Come and see us instead in the Market Square in Cambridge to promote positive messages and raise awareness of acceptance of others. 

Try some free hands-on workshops with artists Emma Smith and Jill Eastland and local young people. Activities will include simple sculpture and sign making - no experience needed.

Find us outside The Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge CB2 3QJ

Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881 for more info.

This event is organised by Circuit, the young peoples group at Wysing and Kettle's Yard. For more info on Circuit click here.

Join our free sculpture and art installation workshop on Tuesday 28 February at Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn.

Working with artist Gary Zhexi Zhang, we’ll be exploring natural and technological networks to inspire sculptures and performance. From ants nests and mould colonies to new technologies and devices, we'll develop individual and group artwork installation to test and create our own networks and links using wearable technology.

This event is free and is open to anyone aged 15–25.  Come and make art, meet new people, or just relax in a creative space with friends. Free transport is available from Cambridge City Centre – get in touch for more information. 

Gary has a film installation in the exhibition All Channels Open, open at Wysing Arts Centre from 12 February to 26 March 2017.

To see photos from our last social click here

This event takes place at Wysing Arts Centre, Fox Road, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TX

You can make your own way there, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi there and back for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here.

ELAN Studio, Mill Park off Station Road, Cambridge

Drop in between 5.30pm - 7.30pm and join a free workshop with artists David Kefford & Sarah Evans from Aid & Abet. Or just relax in a creative space with friends.

What happens when you combine, collide and layer multiple artworks? As a way to experiment with collaboration and connectivity Aid & Abet will host a playful social with twists on surrealist games including Exquisite Corpse and Parallel Collage, experimenting with collage, montage and projection drawings.

The workshop is at Aid & Abet's Studio: ELAN, Mill Park, Cambridge, CB1 2FG (just off Station Road)

To see photos from our last Circuit Unlocks event click here.

How to get there: you can make your own way there, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

Romsey Mill, Mill Road, Cambridge
Saturday 3 December 10.30am - 4.30pm

Our young people's group, Circuit, will be at Romsey Mill in Cambridge this Saturday as part of the popular Mill Road Winter Fair. 

There's loads to do at Mill Road Winter Fair including a parade, fancy dress, special dishes, dancing, singing and special offers. 

As part of the Fair Circuit Cambridge are setting up shop at Romsey Mill, on Mill Road.

There will be all sorts of free creative workshops including badgemaking, led by artist Emma Smith, and jewellery making.

Artist Georgie Manly will also be running a screen printing workshop, so bring along something to print on or use a t-shirt provided. All FREE of course!

For images of previous circuit events, please click here.

Romsey Mill Centre, Hemingford Road, Cambridge, CB1 3BZ

Join our free drop in art workshop on Thursday 29 November between 5.30pm - 7.30pm.

Artist Lisa Wilkens will be running a print making workshop, using simple kitchen materials to make lithographic prints.

We'll also be showing a film about artist Joey Holder and her recent exhibition at Wysing, OPHIUX, along with the chance for a chat with the curators about their experience of working on the show.

There will also be free portfolio advice sessions. If you are studying for exams, applying for a course or would just like some help and advice, bring along your portfolio and chat to our curators.

This event is free and is open to anyone aged 15-25 - Come and make art, meet new people, or just relax in a creative space with friends. Free transport is available from Cambridge City Centre  – get in touch for more information.

To see photos from our last social click here

This event takes place at Wysing Arts Centre, Fox Road, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TX

You can make your own way there, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi there and back for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

Circuit Unlocks Art Workshops: 18 October
LOTUSLAND ESTATES @ ELAN Studio, Mill Park off Station Road, Cambridge

Drop in between 5.30pm - 7.30pm and join a free workshop with artists Philip Cornett & Paul Kindersley from LOTUSLAND ESTATES, and Sarah Evans & David Kefford from AID & ABET. Or just relax in a creative space with friends.

Get creative and make your own placard/collage celebrating your creative space. Make your own sculptural accessories and get ready for the camera in our photo booth, then join in discussions with LOTUSLAND ESTATES about creative spaces.

Bring your friends. There'll be food as well!

The workshop is at Aid & Abet's Studio: ELAN, Mill Park, Cambridge, CB1 2FG (just off Station Road)

To see photos from our last Circuit Unlocks event click here.

How to get there: you can make your own way there, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

Saturday 8 October, 2-6pm
Brown's Field Community Centre

A one-day pop up art event for sharing skills and creating. 

Young people will be sharing skills to help others to create artworks. Come along to make art, watch performances, relax in a creative place and eat free food! There will be grafitti, dance and we have designed and built a pavilion to be decorated on the day.

Activities/workshops:

Graffiti with Girton Youth Project. Create your own stencils and play with different styles of spraying.

Dance with Sin Cru. Get inspired by young hip hop dancers and try out their moves yourself.

Photography with Charlie Bryan. Look for the unusual in ordinary surroundings using instant cameras and photo printers.

Make food sculptures with artist Sam Curtis and young people.

Experiment with cool stationery and have a go at creative writing.

No previous creative experience is necessary and you can make art to take home with you. 

Location: Brown's Field Community Centre, 31A Green End Rd, Cambridge CB4 1RU

Drop in between 5.30pm – 7.30pm

An open and creative space for 15-25 year olds.

Have a go at painting, sculpting, drawing, photographing, printing, and find out more about Wysing Arts Centre. We have a lot of great art supplies available and you're invited to come and use them! Come and use our studio and learn something new, meet new people, or just relax in a creative space with friends.

No previous experience in art is needed and everyone is welcome - there'll be artists around to help out if needed! There'll be music, food, and projections too.

To see photos from our last social click here

This event takes place at Wysing Arts Centre, Fox Road, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TX

You can make your own way there, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi there and back for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

9 June — 14 June 2016

5.30pm to 7.30pm
Wysing Arts Centre

Free painting workshop for 15-25 year olds. Come and help us celebrate our new young peoples studio space -try out different painting techniques and make your mark on a group mural.

Drop in from 5:30-7:30, and join in a painting workshop with artist Soheila Sokhanvari. Or just relax in a creative space with friends.

No previous experience in art is needed and everyone is welcome. There'll be music and projections too. As well as free drinks and snacks.

How to get here: You can make your own way to Wysing, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

To see photos from our last Circuit Unlocks event click here.

Circuit Unlocks Art Workshops: 26 July
ELAN Studio, Mill Park off Station Road, Cambridge

Drop in between 5.30pm - 7.30pm and join a free workshop with artists David Kefford & Sarah Evans from Aid & Abet. Or just relax in a creative space with friends.

Get creative and make your own modelling clay portrait or mask. This is a hands on different way of trying out portraiture - no previous creative experience is necessary and you can take your creations home with you.

Bring your friends. There'll be pizza on us as well!

The workshop is at Aid & Abet's Studio: ELAN, Mill Park, Cambridge, CB1 2FG (just off Station Road)

To see photos from our last Circuit Unlocks event click here.

How to get there: you can make your own way there, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

11 June, 4-9 pm
Cambridge Junction. Free

Workshops, artwork, performances and more, celebrating digital art. Drop in at any time or stay for the whole event. At Cambridge Junction. BOOK HERE

4-7pm

Make Glitches
Turn digital glitches, bugs or corrupted images into new artworks. With artist Antonio Roberts, who created a video short for MTV in 2016 and has exhibited at festivals and galleries internationally.

Make GIFS
Create your own GIFS with artist Luca Mainini. Luca makes ‘kaleidoscopic art for the fashion world’ (Vice) and has worked for Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana and Moschino.

MaKey MaKey activity
MaKey MaKey is an invention kit where you can use every day objects as a replacement for keyboards and mice. With the MaKey MaKey, you could play bananas like a keyboard, turn a drawing into a drum set, the possibilities are endless...

7-9pm – Enjoy live music from Tape Runs Out, Lunacre and others. See creations from the day plus other digital artworks.

The event takes place at Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX

Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

This event is organised by our young peoples’ group Circuit, in collaboration with Young Art Kommunity at Firstsite and in partnership with Cambridge Junction.

For more information on Circuit click here.

Circuit Unlocks Art Workshops: 3 May
5:30 - 7:30 

Drop in between 5.30pm - 7.30pm and join a free workshop with artists David Kefford & Sarah Evans from Aid & Abet. Or just relax in a creative space with friends.

These workshops are an opportunity for you to design and make your own art books and create wire sculptures.

There'll be music, film, and projections too. As well as free pizza and snacks.

The workshop is at Aid & Abet's Studio: ELAN, Mill Park, Cambridge, CB1 2FG (just off Station Road)

To see photos from our last Circuit Unlocks event click here.

How to get there: you can make your own way there, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

Circuit Study Days Interfaces

Artist Led Workshops for 15-25 year olds
Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 March, 10:30am-4pm
FREE 

The workshops are free but booking is essential BOOK HERE 

Come and explore Wysing’s site and the current exhibition, The Practice of Theories, in these artist led workshops.

We'll be using different 'interfaces' or tools including go-pros, probing cameras, pin hole cameras, 3D scanners, and metal detectors to explore Wysing and make artwork from imagery we collect.

Explore different ways of looking and different ways of displaying artwork. The workshops involve opportunities to make your own camera or interface, and to create a lot of artwork (including drawing, collaging and sculpting) which can be taken away with you.

The workshops are led by exhibiting artist Takeshi Shiomitso, and our young people's group Circuit Cambridge, and are for young people aged 15-25. You don’t need any previous experience – so if you’re interested in getting creative, working with an artist or you would just like to meet new people - come along, you can join for one or both days.

FREE transport from Cambridge City Centre is available – please CONTACT US to book travel. Please bring along a packed lunch.

The workshops are free but booking is essential BOOK HERE 

Find out about zines! Discover the back history: pamphleteers, punks, DIY culture, politics, fan zines, etc. Learn about printing and binding techniques. Meet new people, collaborate and make a zine. Free refreshments.

Young Peoples' Study Day
19 February,10:30am - 4pm
Free

Come and explore The Practice of Theories exhibition in this one day artist led workshop, Mapping and Connecting.

In this workshop we’ll be unlocking Wysing’s current gallery exhibition using printmaking, sculpture, collage and writing  - exploring words, ideas, patterns, shapes, symbols, and sounds. In the afternoon we’ll collect together all our ideas and creations to create a group publication.

Are you currently studying for your CGSEs or A Levels?  Work taken away from the day can be used in sketchbooks and we'll be looking at contemporary art works and artists that can be used as source & supporting material for your coursework.

The workshop is led by artist Isabella Martin, and our young peoples group Circuit Cambridge and is for young people ages 13-25. The session is free but booking is essential. Please bring a packed lunch.

To book places please go to our Eventbrite page, BOOK HERE

This workshop is part of a week-long series of activity for families and young people reflecting our theme across 2016, Wysing Poly, which explores the practical application of ideas. More information can be found here.

The Practice of Theories is a group exhibition that brings together artists who seek to make visible the intangible and who share knowledge or complex theories through their work and working methods. It includes sculpture, painting, sound and installation and we will spend time in the exhibition as part of this activity.

22 March, 5.30 - 7.30 pm
For 15-25 year olds

Drop in between 5.30pm - 7.30pm . FREE

This workshop is an opportunity for you to create sculptures using quick drying clay and to try out marbling techniques using nail polish and acrylic paint; inspired by the form, texture, and pattern of artist Andy Holden's sculptures in our current exhibition The Practice of Theories.

The evening also includes music and projections, as well as free mocktails and snacks. No previous experience in art is necessary and all are welcome.

How to get here: you can make your own way to Wysing, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

Circuit Unlocks: 9 Feb
5.30 - 7.30 pm

Drop in between 5.30pm - 7.30pm and join a free workshop with artists David Kefford & Sarah Evans from Aid & Abet. Or just relax in a creative space with friends.

These workshops are an opportunity for you to design and print your own badges and bags inspired by band merchandise. 
There'll be music, film, and projections too. As well as free mocktails and snacks.

The workshop is at Aid & Abet's Studio: ELAN, Mill Park, Cambridge, CB1 2FG (just off station Road)

How to get there: you can make your own way there, or email or call us and we can arrange a free taxi for you and your friends. Email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

The New Kettle's Yard
2 December, 5.30 - 7.30 pm
CB2, Norfolk Street, Cambridge
Free

Hear about the plans for Kettle's Yard, hosted by Circuit, for 15-25 year olds.

At this week’s session hear more about Kettle’s Yard’s building project and contribute ideas to how the new galleries, learning spaces, house and cafe could be used by young people.

To sign up email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org.

Exploring & Developing Digital Art
Wednesday 25 November
5.30 - 7.30 pm
Free

Get creative in this workshop hosted by Circuit, for 15-25 year olds

Join artist Joey Holder and the Circuit group for this workshop exploring the basics of video sampling, editing, GIF creation, sound and putting it all together in an A/V install.

To sign up email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org.

Animation Workshop
Wednesday 11 November
5.30 - 7.30 pm
Free

Get creative in this workshop hosted by Circuit, for 15-25 year olds.

Join artist Sarah Evans from Aid & Abet for a hands on session introducing basic animation skills and stop motion techniques, and get to learn about free software you can access. You don't need previous experience in making art, so come along!

To sign up email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718881

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org.

Circuit: Unlock Cambridge
10 October, 12-9 pm

Calling all 15-25 year olds, our young peoples' group Circuit having been working with Danish artists Superflex to develop a free festival of workshops, pop up events and performances in various locations around Cambridge for you! Come and unlock the city. Free and all welcome.

Download a pdf of what's happening when, here.

Above: Film about Circuit: Unlock Cambridge

Circuit: Unlock Cambridge is a free festival organised by young people for young people. The festival has three elements - PLAY, DO and SEE

PLAY @ JESUS GREEN 12-5PM

Play Ducked off - fed up of rising house prices in Cambridge? Come and take your anger out, knock down houses to win prizes!

Above: Film about the Alternative Tours of Cambridge during the festival

Get your licence to walk - find out how to dodge the lost tourists, cyclists and ducks and get a licence in walking.

DO @ MARKET SQUARE 12-5PM

Complaints Choir - Got a complaint about Cambridge? Give us your grumbles and hear it become a song. Performances take place at midday, 1.30pm & 3.30pm; final sing-along at 5pm.

Alternative Tours - Take a guided tour and unlock secret spaces of Cambridge – expect the unexpected! Tours leave at 1, 3 & 5pm. Book on the day at Market Square. Tours last approximately 50 minutes.

Model Cambridge - Unlock the future of Cambridge in this hands-on workshop and work with others and a local artist to make a model of an imagined city.

SEE @ A SECRET LOCATION, FROM 6PM 

Closing Party - an evening of pop up events with artworks, films and performances plus see an alternative view of Cambridge through photography and film. Meet your guides @ Market Square 6-7pm and/or discover the location as it is announced here and on Twitter and Instagram on the day.

To view and download a full programme please click here.

Twitter & Instagram @circuitcambs #unlockcambridge

Share your photos from the day #unlockcambridge

For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

This event is organised by the young peoples' group at Wysing and Kettle’s Yard as part of Circuit, a national programme led by Tate and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. 

13 July to 23 August

The third Leverhulme Arts Scholars Summer School at Wysing Arts Centre, with Scholars Chris Alton, Calum Bowden, Gordon Douglas, Henry Driver, George Harding, Emily Hawes, Steph Li, Helen Savage, Sophia Simensky, Ben Tupper, Jules Varnedoe, Nathaniel Whitfield took place 13 July-23 August 2015.

Click on the image above for a slide show of the artists' final presentation of work at Wysing.

The Summer School is aimed at artists aged 18-25. This year scholars’ work sits between artistic disciplines and they have a strong transdisciplinary approach to their practices.  Scholars will take Wysing’s artistic programme across 2015, The Multiverse; a theory that proposes the potential for multiple universes as a starting point for their artistic research over the six week summer school.

The Leverhulme Arts Scholars Summer School offers an opportunity to work alongside other artists and peers to critique, discuss and develop individual art practices, and make new work with the opportunity for a public presentation at Wysing. The programme also offers opportunities for discussion and research visits.  During the Summer School Wysing will be hosting the arts organisation Electra in-residence and there will be an ongoing events programme curated by Electra that scholars will be able to attend. Electra curates, commissions and produces projects by artists working across sound, moving image, performance and the visual arts. At the heart of their practice is a process-based relationship between artist, curator and audiences, which seeks to give the projects space to find their own rhythm, public outputs, and discourse.

Electra's core aim is to foster a dialogue between a range of disciplines of contemporary artistic practice, to provide a platform for debate and engaged dynamic investigations of urgent social, political and cultural questions. Projects include: Someone Else Can Clean Up This Mess (Flat Time House, 2014-15); Her Noise: Feminisms and the Sonic (Tate Modern, 2012); Sound Escapes (Space 2009); The Wire 25 (2007).

The Summer School offers:
• A six week programme including workshops, mentoring sessions and talks by residency and studio artists including Irene Revell, Director of Electra.
• Shared studio space and access to Wysing’s site.
• Access to Wysing Curatorial and other staff
• Sessions introducing the themes of the Multiverse alongside the Multiverse events programme curated by Electra.
• Research trips.
• A daily group lunch will be held in the shared dining room, providing opportunities to informally meet staff, studio artists and visiting artists.
• Opportunities to curate a public event.
• Opportunities for public presentation of new work developed during the Summer School.
• Opportunities to undertake and complete Silver or Gold Arts Award.

Key Dates:
A shared studio and work spaces will be available for the duration of the summer school, Monday to Friday 9.30am - 9.00pm. The only compulsory dates are the introductory workshops but we expect scholars to attend as many days as possible in order to create a discursive community that will benefit everyone.

Introductory Sessions during Week 1 
Monday 13 July  10am - 4pm  
Tuesday 14 July 10am - 12.30pm
Wednesday 15 July  10am - 12.30pm
Thursday 16 July 10am - 12.30pm
Friday 18 July   10am - 4pm 

Weeks 1 & 2 Getting Started
Weeks 3 & 4 Studio practice & workshops  
Weeks 5 & 6 Developing work for the public presentation

Weekly artist-led workshops and artist talks take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays:

Week 1:
13 July, Irene Revell, Electra Residency Presentation 
14 July, Caroline Wendling, Artist Led Workshop

Week 2:
21 July, Irene Revell Artist-led Workshop
22 July, Irene Revell, Mentoring

Week 3:
28 July, Florian Roithmayr, Artist-Led Workshop 
29 July, Florian Roithmayr, Mentoring  

Week 4:
5 August, Joey Holder, Artist-led Workshop 
6 August, Joey Holder, Mentoring

Week 5:
11 August, Jesse Darling, Artist-Led Workshop
12 August, Jesse Darling, Mentoring

20-23 August: Summer School Public Presentation at Wysing Arts Centre, the format and details of the public presentation will be developed during the summer school.

The Summer School is free to attend but does not include meals or accommodation. Scholars will each receive a bursary to contribute to travel and accommodation costs.

Leverhulme Arts Scholarships and Summer School are part of our Wysing Young Artists programme.

Creative Interface: Bridging the Digital Divide
13 August, 6.30 - 8.30pm

Exploring the role of galleries and museums as a creative interface between young people and the digital sector. We are exploring new ways to equip our diverse group of young people with the creative skills needed to become part of the digital and hi-tech industries. You are invited to join us for a presentation of our progress to date and learn of our future plans to engage with the tech, gaming, film and visual effects industries across the UK.

Kettle's Yard (part of the University of Cambridge Museums) and Wysing Arts Centre are working in partnership on Circuit, a national programme providing opportunities for 15–25 year olds to access arts and cultural activities in galleries and museums. Working in partnership with various youth and cultural sectors, Circuit is enabling young people to take a leading role in their cultural development and creating long-term relationships with young people who have not previously engaged with the arts.

The event will include:

• Introductions from Donna Lynas, Director – Wysing Arts Centre and Dr Jennifer Powell, Senior Curator – Kettle’s Yard
• Presentation from Hannah Kemp-Welsh, Digital Producer: Circuit Programme - Tate
• An overview of Circuit Cambridge and an introduction to digital content opportunities for Circuit Unlocks Cambridge – a young people's city-based festival

To book your place at this event please email circuit@wysingartscentre.org or call 01954 718 881

Circuit is a national programme connecting 15-25 year olds to the arts in galleries and museums. Led by Tate and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Last Wednesday of Every Month
5:30 - 7:30pm
Free

Get creative and take part in monthly art workshops, hosted by Circuit, for 15 – 25 year olds. Gain skills, socialise, and have fun.

Each month we host a free artist workshop, taking place on the last Wednesday of every month, held at either Wysing Arts Centre or Kettle's Yard. Each workshop is led by a different artist , exploring a range of interests.

You don't need previous experience in making art, and the workshops are open to everyone aged 15-25.  You can sign up to as many monthly workshops as you like, so come along!

Upcoming Workshops:
29 April 2015, 5:30 - 7:30, Wysing Arts Centre
27 May 2015, 5:30 - 7:30, Kettle's Yard
24 June 2015, 5:30 - 7:30, Wysign Arts Centre

To sign up email circuit@wysingartscentre.org.

If you want to get involved further, you can join our Circuit group, who organise and host events and activities for other young people. For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org.

Friday 14 August, 10am - 4pm
Free

Take over studio space at Wysing for a day. Try your hand at art workshops organised by young people for young people: jewellery making, sculpture, and collage.

You don't need any previous experience of making art and the workshop is open to all 15-25 year olds, so come along!

You can drop in anytime form 10am - 4pm or you can stay for the whole time.

The event is organised by Circuit, the young people's group at Wysing Arts Centre and Kettle's Yard.

For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org

28 March, 8 - 10 pm
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

An evening of live music, dance, and spoken word entertainment inspired by the work of artist Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and the Kettle's Yard exhibition, New Rhythms. FREE

Performers include Daisy T-G, Henri Salonen, Andy Fraser, Cambridge Contemporary Dance, Filipa Pereira Stubbs, Russell J Turner & Gōshawks.

For info: circuit@wysingartscentre.org

For details on how to get to Kettle's Yard see here.

Circuit Cambridge is the young people's programme at Wysing Arts Centre & Kettle's Yard. Circuit Cambridge is part of the national Circuit programme, led by Tate and funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

24 February - 21 June

Grace & Speed: The Birds of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

This exhibition, curated collaboratively by Circuit Cambridge, explores artist Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s constantly changing drawing styles through a selection of his sketches of birds. Over the course of three months, the group selected works from the collection at Kettle’s Yard that provide an insight into Gaudier-Brzeska’s evolving style – from a realistic and naturalistic depiction to abstract form, with heightened emphasis on the shapes created by the movement of the pen across the paper.

These drawings reflect the artist’s personality, his artistic development and the progression of the age. Gaudier-Brzeska aligned himself with the avant-garde Vorticist group in London. Many of its members responded to the increasing dominance of machines within their environment by trying to capture this movement within a static image.

Circuit Cambridge is the young people's programme at Wysing Arts Centre & Kettle's Yard. Circuit Cambridge is part of the national Circuit programme, led by Tate and funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation. More information can be found here.

Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 February 2015, 10am-3pm.
Changing Spaces, Cambridge

Enjoy a distinctive retail experience and buy unusual and quirky handmade products at Pop-Up Pop-In – a shop designed, devised and created by young people completing an NVQ in retail.

Pop-Up Pop-In is a partnership project between Circuit Cambridge and My GAPS (a TCHC youth programme).
All handmade products - everyone is welcome! The shop is open Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 February 2015, 10am-3pm.
Changing Spaces, Norfolk Street, CB1 2LD (Next to CB2)

Circuit Cambridge is the young people's programme at Wysing Arts Centre & Kettle's Yard. Circuit Cambridge is part of the national Circuit programme, led by Tate and funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation. More information can be found here.

Tuesday 24 February, 7-8pm
at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

FREE no need to book

Our young peoples' group, Circuit, are hosting a talk by Catherine Flood who is a Curator at the V&A museum London. Catherine Flood, co-curated the recent exhibition Disobedient Objects at the V&A, that explored the powerful role of objects in political activism. Catherine will discuss how museums and galleries select and present works to bring objects alive to the public.

No need to book, just turn up. For details on how to get to Kettle's Yard see here

If you would like to get involved with the Circuit group, we are keen to hear from you. Alongside organising public events, the group meet every week at either Wying or Kettle's Yard, from 5.30-7.30pm.

To find out about current Circuit projects you can become involved with, and to sign up to the Circuit group, email Tahira Fitzwilliam-Hall here or call 01954 717104, and please pass on this invitation to others. Join the conversation about Circuit on our Facebook page here and by following @CircuitCambs.

To find out more about the Circuit National Programme visit the national website here

Artist-Led Workshop & Arts Award Support Session: Digital Doorways to the Multiverse 
2.30–4.30pm, Saturday 13 June
FREE DROP IN

Join Artist and Arts Award Adviser Jack Cornell to explore our latest exhibition, The Fifth Artist. During the workshop we will develop our own creative responses to the artworks using green screen technology to create digital doorways to the Multiverse.

Together you will create a parallel exhibition space next to the gallery, with multiple exits entrances, doorways and windows and think about who or what the fifth artist is.  We will explore spaces through drawing, sculpture and digital projection.

This workshop is suitable for anyone working towards achieving an Arts Award at any level - Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver or Gold - and for anyone interested in finding out more about Arts Award. 

The session will be supported by Arts Award Adviser Bryony Graham, Wysing Producer of Family, Children and Young People’s Programmes. Refreshments will be provided.

As well as participating in the workshop, young people will be supported in creatively reviewing and discussing the exhibition and be able to have a Q and A session about Wysing’s work, supporting artist’s at every stage of their careers, to gain understanding of the arts industry and arts career paths We also offer Arts Award portfolio reviews – feel free to bring your work with you – we would love to see it.You would be welcome to come early, enjoy our grounds and see our outdoor sculptures - feel free to come and picnic before the session.
 

This is a free drop in session book places via our Eventbrite page here.

Wysing Arts Centre is an Arts Award Supporter Centre. We work with children, young people, schools and colleges who are working to achieve the Arts Award. As well as Arts Award Support Sessions we can tailor make specific Arts Award visits and workshops for schools and groups.

Gallery Takeover at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Saturday 11 July, 2-6pm
Free

Take part in art workshops organised by young people for young people. Try your hand at animation, jewellery making, and graffiti.

You don't need any previous experience in making art, and the workshops are open to everyone aged 15-25. So come along!

Drop in anytime from 2-6pm.

For one day young people will takeover the gallery spaces before Kettle's Yard closes and a major building project begins.

For details of how to get to Kettle's Yard click here.

This event is organised by Circuit, the young people's programme at Kettle's Yard and Wysing Arts Centre. 

For more info on Circuit click here. Get in touch at circuit@wysingartscentre.org.

From 12.30pm on 6 Dec to 12.30pm 7 Dec
At Kettle's Yard and Wysing Arts Centre

Map Hack is a 24hr art marathon for 15-25 year olds – a free workshop exploring Cambridge through the stories of the people who live here. Working with artist Elena Cologni the workshop includes making a large-scale collaborative map, designing a sequence of postcards, and field work across the city.

From 12.30pm to 12.30pm participants can join in with painting, drawing, collaging, sculpting, printing, writing, photography, and lots more.

No artistic experience needed, just a willingness to have a go and share some stories!

Participants can sign up for the afternoon OR for the 24 hours:
12.30pm- 6pm, Sat 6 Dec: Kettles Yard, Castle St, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ
6.30pm Sat 6 Dec - 12.30pm Sun 7 Dec: Wysing Arts Centre,  Fox Rd, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TX

To sign up & for more info email circuit@wysingartscentre.org.

Free, Transport Provided, Lunch & Dinner Provided, Rest Area Provided.

Friday 11 July, 8.30-10.30pm

Join us for an Outdoor Film Evening in Cambourne.

Free Entry - all welcome. The screening will take place in the empty plot next to The Hub on the High Street. Click here to see a map.

About the film:

The Way to Cambournia

The Circuit group is currently collaborating with artist Rebecca Birch on The Way to Cambournia, a film made in Cambourne. The making of the film involves a series of interventions, requiring cooperation and encouraging contribution from the Cambourne community. The film will be screened at an outdoor evening event in July 2014 in Cambourne and will include performance, food, and live music.

Circuit have spent five weeks exploring Cambourne through mapping and engaging local residents in conversations, and have noticed and been thinking about thresholds in the town - for example between new urban spaces and existing countryside or between public and private spaces. Circuit are interested in the surreal nature of this new town that hasn’t yet had time to evolve and grow, and has instead been created by planners. We noticed many blank spaces for which narratives have yet to be made.

This curiosity about Cambourne led the group to decide to make a film about living in the town and through the filming process they aim to explore creative ways of making contact with residents.

14 July to 22 August

The second Leverhulme Arts Scholars Summer School at Wysing Arts Centre with Scholars Isobel Adderley, Charlotte Barlow, Alexander Barrett, Gabriella Beckhurst, Alexandra Clark, Letty Clarke, Stefano Cozzi, Maisie Dolan, Vivian Ezugha, Andy Gomez, Beth Kettel, James Parkinson, Faye Spencer, Tommy Ting and Jade Wilford.

The Leverhulme Arts Scholars Summer School offers an opportunity to work alongside other artists and peers to critique, discuss and develop your own art practice and make new work with the opportunity for a public presentation. The programme also offers opportunities for discussion, research field-trips and gallery visits to develop a wider understanding of the contemporary visual arts ecology of galleries and ways to exhibit work. Leverhulme Arts Scholars will also have access to Wysing’s 25th anniversary thematic Futurecamp events programme.

The Summer School offers:

• A six week programme with workshops, mentoring sessions and talks. Artists and contributors invited to work with the Leverhulme Arts Scholars in 2014 include scientist Dr. Mete Atature, artist collective Am Nuden Da, and artists Mat Jenner, Florian Roithmayr,  Emma Smith, Mark Aerial Waller and Caroline Wendling.,
• Sessions will also be led by artists taking part in the Futurecamp residency and events programme, including Bonnie Camplin, Ahmet Öğüt, David Raymond Conroy and James Richards.

The Summer School also includes:

• Sessions introducing the themes of Futurecamp; Wysing’s 2014 residency and events programme by curators Gareth Bell-Jones, Kathy Noble and Lotte Juul Petersen.
• Research field trips and gallery visits in the area.
• Opportunities to informally meet and interact with studio artists and visiting artists.
• Opportunities to curate a public event.
• Opportunities for public presentation of your work.
• Opportunities to undertake and complete Silver or Gold Arts Award.

Please note the Summer School does not include meals and accommodation. Successful applicants will be able to apply for bursaries to assist with travel and accommodation costs.

Key Dates:

A large shared studio space will be available over the whole period (Monday to Friday 9.30am -5.30pm) and each artist will book studio time to suit their schedule of work. The only compulsory dates are the introductory workshops but we would hope that everyone attend as many events as possible in order to create a discursive community that will benefit everyone.

Focus Areas:

Weeks  1 & 2  Getting Started
Weeks  3 & 4  Making Work
Weeks  5 & 6  Going Public

Week 1   Compulsory introductory Sessions
Mon 14 July  10am - 4pm   
Tuesday 15 July 10am - 12.30pm 
Wednesday 16 July  10am - 12.30pm
Thursday 17 July 10am - 12.30pm
Friday 18 July   10am - 4pm  

Weekly artist -led workshops and artist talks take place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Thursday 21 August: Summer School Public Presentation at Wysing Arts Centre
 

The Leverhulme Arts Scholars 2014 are  -

Isobel Adderley
Charlotte Barlow
Alexander Barrett
Gabriella Beckhurst
Alexandra Clark
Letty Clarke
Stefano Cozzi
Maisie Dolan
Vivian Ezugha
Andy Gomez
Beth Kettel
James Parkinson
Faye Spencer
Tommy Ting
Jade Wilford

Arts Award Supporter Session
Saturday 14 June 2014 2-4pm

Futurecamp Family Animation Workshop Drop In Session
Camera. Objects. Action. And Gif making!
Saturday 14 June 2014, 2-4pm

Come and join artist Rob Smith  for this fun and free animation workshop using photography, video and film techniques with online tools to make mini movies.

Interact with everyday objects make them move and act - give them a new presence in different digital spaces and animate them for the future.

No booking necessary, just come along, everyone welcome.

The session is suitable for any children and young people working towards Arts Award and will be supported by Bryony Graham, Arts Award Adviser and Wysing Producer - Children and Young People’s Programmes. For information about more Arts Award please go to www.artsaward.org.uk.

The workshop coincides with the first event of  Futurecamp where Wysing will be exploring what the future might hold, from five specific positions. Artists who will be in-residence are Bonnie Camplin, David Raymond Conroy, Patrick Goddard, Daniel Keller, Rachel Maclean, Shana Moulton, Ahmet Öğüt, Rachel Reupke, James Richards and Tracey Rose.

Click here to see the full event details.

Wysing Arts Centre is an Arts Award Supporter Centre. We work with children, young people, schools and colleges who are working to achieve the Arts Award. We can tailor make specific Arts Award visits and workshops and we also run Arts Award Supporter Sessions every quarter coinciding with our residency and exhibition programme. Arts Award Support Sessions include a free and fun guided visit to our current exhibition, a Wysing site tour, creative response activities, an artist Q&A and portfolio support. These sessions are specifically shaped for young people working towards Bronze, Silver or Gold Arts Award and anyone thinking about starting their Arts Award journey. 

For more information about Arts Award please go to www.artsaward.org.

For further information  about  how Wysing Arts Centre  supports  individual or school Arts Award success please contact Bryony Graham, Producer - Children and Young People’s Programmes on 01954 718881 or click here to email.

I am the Warrior 

If you are aged between 15 and 25 and creatively make things – which could include ceramics, collage, costumes, carving, embroidery, fanzines, fashion, games, masks, music, painting, performance, photography, poems, sculpture, songs, stories, videos and more –  we are inviting you to take part in the open exhibition I am the Warrior.

I am the warrior is an ongoing project by artists Juneau Projects which celebrates creativity and making in all its forms. If you are aged between 15 and 25 we invite you to bring your art to be exhibited on specially designed structures in our building Amphis as part of our exhibition Hey, I’m Mr Poetic. I am the warrior has been developed by Juneau projects in collaboration with Wysing and Kettle’s Yard’s Circuit young peoples' group.

Items for submission can be brought to either Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge or Wysing Arts Centre up until 31 May. Kettle's Yard is open Tuesday - Sunday 11.30am - 5pm. Wysing Arts Centre is open every day 12-5pm.

Circuit is a four year national programme connecting 15–25 year olds to the arts in galleries and museums working in partnership with the youth and cultural sector. Led by Tate and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, it provides opportunities for young people to steer their own learning and create cultural activity across art disciplines.

I am the Warrior Closing Party & Workshops
Saturday 31 May, 4 - 9 pm

If you are aged 15-25 and interested in getting creative come and join us on Saturday 31 May, 4 - 6 pm,  for an afternoon of free drop-in printing and sculpture workshops led by artists Juneau Projects and the Circuit group. Inspired by the current exhibitions Hey, I'm Mr Poetic and I am the warrior, you’ll have the opportunity to create fashion prints and create an outdoor sculpture using both man-made and natural objects. We will supply all materials but you can bring any item of clothing you wish to print on.

The workshops are followed by the I am the warrior closing party - an evening of live acts and free food and drink, 6 - 9 pm. Join us for live performances, music, dance, and readings and a final chance to view the exhibition curated by Circuit and which includes contributions from Ben Arrowsuch, Tamires Gasparetto, Scarlett Holingworth, Hannah Kershaw, Amy Prebble, Ash Summers, Hayley Whittingham, Fergus Pain, and Juneau Projects. All are welcome – the event is free and there’s no need to book.

Mosaic 3DX
30 October 2013 to 31 October 2013 

Working with artist Elena Cologni the group spent six weeks making a collaborative piece to present at the two day conference event, designed to explore the use of technology in the arts.

The Sounds of Cambridge and Related Pollinations was composed of a reoccurring shape, identified in pictures of the city. The interlocking coloured hexagons also carried a line drawing of where the contributed pictures were taken.  Part of the work, which was presented alongside other projects including documentation on the Raspberry Pi collaboration, involved members of the Circuit group activating the sculptural piece.

Two of the young artists performed at the same time, each wearing hexagonal modules, with a third artist interacting and adding further shapes. It was hoped that the performances - or 'pollinations' would encourage further involvement by audience members.

To see more details about the exhibition and how the exhibition came together see here.

To find out about how you can become involved with Circuit and to sign up, email Tahira Fitzwilliam-Hall here or call 01954 717104, and please pass on this invitation to others. There is also more information in our opportunities section.

Join the conversation about Circuit on Facebook and by following @CircuitCambs

15 July - 23 August

Fourteen artists aged 18-25 years have been awarded Leverhulme Arts Scholarships to work at Wysing as part of a new Summer School residency programme funded by the Leverhulme Trust. 

Leverhulme Arts Scholars were offered this opportunity following an open call for applications, and the programme will draw on Wysing’s extensive experience of nurturing artistic talent.  During 2013, all of the artists working in residence at Wysing have been invited to explore ideas around hidden systems and structures under the title Convention T.

Leverhulme Arts Scholars will work intensively from studios at Wysing’s rural site, and follow a dynamic programme of group workshop activity aimed at developing their practices.  

The scholars will also participate in a mentoring programme led by established artists who have a history of working with Wysing; Lawrence Epps, Cally Spooner, Mark Aerial Waller, Caroline Wendling and Caroline Wright, and The Leverhulme Arts Scholars will take part in a public presentation of new work developed during the Summer School.

Leverhulme Arts Scholars 2013 are: Lara A’Court, Joss Allen, Guy Broadhurst, Hannah Clarkson, Jack Cornell, Katherine Fishman, Lucy Hodgkiss, Kyle Kirkpatrick, James Madden, Adam McGowan, Rebecca Moss, Maria Teresa Ortoleva, Rachel Rayns and Kari Robertson.

An exhibition of work produced by the Scholars during their time at Wysing will take place in Wysing's gallery on Wednesday and Thursday, 21 & 22 August, 12-5pm. Plus an evening reception will mark the close of their residency on Thursday 22 August, 7-9pm, all welcome. For information on the exhibition click here.

Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th February

10am - 4pm each day

Come and join our Circuit group for two days of frenzied filmmaking fun for 15-25 year olds. Perfect for total beginners. Exciting and chilled. A chance to let loose and express yourself creatively.

DAY 1: experimenting and playing. Super-short film challenges, easy and fun to film, edit and watch.
DAY 2: producing a short film based on ideas touched upon in experiments.

You will leave having learned a bunch of film making skills, and with a short film to show your friends.

The workshops are led by Simon Panrucker, who makes films, for fun, a lot.

Produced by Circuit, Kettle's Yard and Wysing Art Centre Circuit Young Peoples Group. More information on Circuit can be found here.

The workshops are FREE – Places can be booked via Eventbrite or email circuit@wysingartscentre.org.

Booking is essential. Refreshments provided.

24 August — 28 August 2012

Wysing Young Artists in residence (WYA) is a ground breaking talent development programme for young artists and curators aged 16-24 years old. It helps young people in the Eastern region to develop their arts practice in a professional environment and includes workshops and mentoring by professional artists.

For the first time Wysing ran the WYA programme as a summer artist-in-residence scheme at its Bourn site in August 2012, giving young people a similar experience to the professional residency artists working there exploring the theme of The Mirror.

Over the month, 14 young artists had workshops with 10 different artists, used the gallery as their own group studio space and attended the same events as professional residency artists.

Young artists led the direction of the programme over the summer.  Participating artist Alice Cole said “This experience has been very rewarding and I have learnt so much from it. It’s been an amazing opportunity to meet professional artists as well as other young artists. I’m really looking forward to our exhibition and the chance to show my work to the public.”

Work on show included painting, drawing, photography and film works produced during the WYA summer residency.

To find out more see the blog by the young artists http://wysingyoungartists.tumblr.com

Wysing Young Artists in residence is supported by J.P.Morgan and part of Plus Tate with subsidised places provided by the Ernest Cook Trust. The pop-up gallery was in the Grafton Centre, Cambridge near the escalators and was part of Cambridge’s Changing Spaces project.

23 July — 24 August 2012

This summer, supported by J.P. Morgan and part of Plus Tate, young artists can take part in shaping and experiencing a parallel artist residency to The Mirror, Wysing’s professional artist summer residency. The residency ran 23 July – 24 August 2012 and young artists had the choice of which days to attend. Young artists had artist-led workshops, access to a studio space and the opportunity to curate an event as part of the professional residency.

The WYA in residence programme included the following:

• Two days of workshops introducing contemporary art by professional artists with studios at Wysing
• A one day workshop introducing The Mirror residency theme with Wysing’s curator and studio artists
• Weekly workshops focused on the residency theme, making work for exhibition and curating skills
• Access to a shared studio space at Wysing
• Trips to other Plus Tate galleries
• Opportunities to informally meet and interact with international residency artists as part of Wysing’s creative campus
• Opportunity to curate an event as part of the professional residency
• Opportunities for public presentation of your work
• Opportunities to undertake and complete Silver or Gold Arts Award

The fee for this programme is £120. However we don't want this be a barrier to low income families and both subsidised and free places are available with travel bursaries supported by the Ernest Cook Trust. 

Applications for the 2012 summer residencies have now closed, but for more information and to apply for the programme in future contact Bryony Graham, Education Development Manager (Maternity Cover) on 01954 718881 or by email.

25 October, 12pm - 4pm

Drawing Rooms and Rearranging Space - Wardrobes and Walls, Corridors and Cupboards, Corners and Curtains.

Join artist Jack Cornell for a FREE family workshop as part of the national campiagn for drawing, The Big Draw. Plus the day includes an Arts Award Supporter Session.

Be part of the BIG DRAW, the biggest drawing festival in the world! This can be part of your Arts Award journey too.

Come and work with artist Jack Cornell who will help us have fun with drawing and think about homes and rooms as spaces to design, care about and be influenced by. We will create paper room sets, dynamic floor plan drawings, plan, design and make patterns for walls and fabric and explore the exhibition The Influence of furniture on Love in the farmhouse and the gallery.

We will use all types of paper, pens and pencils, string, stickers and tape to draw out extraordinary ideas and make new artworks together.

This workshop will be supported by Bryony Graham Wysing’s Producer, Children and Young people Programme and is also an ideal day to visit Wysing if you are working towards Arts Award Bronze, Silver or Gold; bring your portfolio to share your own work.

The workshop is a FREE drop in session running from 12noon- 4pm - sStay for as short or as long a time as you like. Feel free to bring a lunch picnic and stay all afternoon.

Please book a space by clicking here to go to our EVENTBRITE page.

Arts Award Support Sessions are kindly  supported by Cantab Lettings.