Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard
Castle Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AQ
England
Website
Telephone
01223 748100
Fax
01223 324377
Kettle's Yard is a house with a permanent collection of 20th century art and a gallery showing a changing programme of 20th century and contemporary art exhibitoins.
Kettle's Yard House was created by Jim Ede, once a curator at the Tate Gallery. It is more than an art collection, the building and the way in which the art and other objects are displayed are unique. In many ways Kettle's Yard House retains the characteristics of a real home and visitors are welcome to sit in the chairs, read the books and enjoy the art works.
Kettle's Yard Gallery enjoys an internatonal reputation for its innovative exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. A wide variety of exhibiton are shown every year including major retrospectives of modern artists as well as first UK showings by contemporary international artists.
Venue Type:
Gallery, Historic house or home
Kettle's Yard
Castle Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AQ
England
Website
Telephone
01223 748100
Fax
01223 324377
In the Kettle's Yard House there is a collection of 20th century art including paintings by Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, ALfred Wallis and David Jones and sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Constantin Brancusi and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. For a list of all the artists represented in the collection see our web site. Also on show in the house is the furniture, ceramics and natural objects collected by Jim Ede
Collection details
Architecture, Archives, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music
Key artists and exhibits
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Alfred Wallis, David Jones, Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, William Congdon, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Constantin Brancusi, Naum Gabo, George Kennethson, Joan Miro (represented by one work), Lucy Rie, Italo Valenti, William Staite Murray, Elisabeth Vellacott
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
- Specialist publications on collections available
- Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Kettle's Yard
Castle Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AQ
England
Website
Telephone
01223 748100
Fax
01223 324377
Tim Head: Raw Materials
This Spring sees the return of the first ever Kettle’s Yard Artist Fellow, Tim Head, whose dazzling digital works and drawings will be on display.
In Head’s screen works and large-scale digital projections we see colours flash and flicker at varying speeds in dazzling, pulsating formations. Head has created computer programs that speak directly to projectors and printers, revealing the underlying material elements of the digital medium.
Tuesday-Sunday 11:30am-5pm
Suitable for
- All ages
When
11:30am-5pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Free
Agnes Martin: Artist's Rooms
Kettle’s Yard welcomes Summer with the quiet but shimmering paintings of Agnes Martin.
‘My interest is in experience that is wordless and silent, and in the fact that this experience can be expressed for me in art which is also wordless and silent.’
Without objects or forms, Agnes Martin suggested we approach her paintings ‘as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.’ Often linked to Minimalism, she maintained that her paintings are concerned with the inner emotional world - our search for a perfection which is impossible to achieve - and the desire for contentment and serenity. The paintings in this exhibition are from her later years when bands of ethereal colour combined w
Suitable for
- All ages
When
11:30am-5pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Free
Kettle's Yard
Castle Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AQ
England
Website
Telephone
01223 748100
Fax
01223 324377
Saturday Drawing
Fortnightly drawing workshop for adults and people aged 16+. Spring Term: 9, 23 January; 6, 20 February; 6, 20 March 2010 11.30am-2pm.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
11:30am-2pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£8 (£5 conc.) per session or £49 for the term. Booking required: online www.kettlesyard.co.uk or call 01223 748100
Creative Writing
Enjoy the house and take inspiration for your writing, led by writer and artist Clare Johnson. 11.45am-1.45pm. Spring Term: 16, 30 January; 13, 27 February; 13 and 27 March.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
11:45am-1:45pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£48 (£36 concessions). Booking required: online www.kettlesyard.co.uk or call 01223 748100.
Lunchtime Talk: Modern Times I
Director Michael Harrison discusses the Modern Times exhibition.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Free admission, no booking required.
Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination
A creative workshop led by Idit Nathan and Sally Brown, inspired by our exhibition Modern Times. For families.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
2:30-4:30pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£5 per adult £2 per child, book online at
www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education or telephone 01223 748100.
Wednesday Club
Explore modern art and try out sculpture, drawing and painting. For Children aged 8-11. Spring Term: 27 January; 3, 10, 24 February; 3, 10, 17, 24 March 2010 4.15-5.45pm.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
When
4:15-5:45pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£56 (£42 concessions). Booking required: online www.kettlesyard.co.uk or call 01223 748100.
Tim Head and Sotiris Kyriacou in conversation - Kettle's Yard
We open the new exhibition Tim Head: Raw Material with a conversation between Tim Head and the curator of the exhibition Sotiris Kyriacou.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
5:15-5:15pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Creative Chaos
Thursdays: 25 Mar, 22 Apr, 20 May, 24 Jun, 22 Jul
10.00 - 11.30am
Monthly drop in art sessions for pre-school children and their carers. Just come and have fun making whatever you want.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
- Especially for children
When
10-11:30am
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Admission is first come, first served.
£3 per child.
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Tim Head exhibition tour with Elizabeth Fisher Curator of Exhibitions.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination Family Workshop
A creative workshop led by artist Filipa Pereira-Stubbs and Debbie Hall, inspired by our exhibition Tim Head: Raw Material. For families.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
4:30-6pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£5 per adult, £2 per child.
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Collections Curator Sebastiano Barassi discusses the work of Italo Valenti
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard House
Admission
Free, no booking required.
So different, So appealing - Kettle's Yard Family Workshop
Spend the morning in the house, looking at everything but the art. Create sculpture with artist Helen Kenny, inspired by the furniture, rugs, plants and pianos.
For families
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
10:30am-12:30pm
Where
Kettle's Yard House
Admission
£5 per child, £3 per adult
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Art Making Machines - Kettle's Yard Children's Workshop
Take inspiration from Tim Head’s exhibition and make your own machines for producing art. With artist Lara Jones.
For 5-8 year olds and their carers
Suitable for
- Family friendly
- Especially for children
When
2-4pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£10 (£7 conc.)
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
A Flicker of Light
Create short stop motion films of speedy colours that trick the eye. Artist Anne-Mie Melis will lead the session, responding to our exhibition Tim Head: Raw Materials.
For 9-12 year olds
Suitable for
- Especially for children
When
2-4pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£10 (£7 conc.)
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Artist Paul Coldwell discusses the digital image in printmaking.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard House
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Collections Curator Sebastiano Barassi discusses the work of Barbara Hepworth.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard House
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Friday Lunchtime Concert - Kettle's Yard
The rising musical stars of the University of Cambridge perform in Kettle's Yard house. Fridays: 23, 30 April, 7, 14, 21, 28 May, 4, 11 June 1.10-1.40pm
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Saturday Drawing
Summer Term: 24 Apr, 8 & 22 May, 5 & 19 Jun, 3 & 17 Jul
Fortnightly drawing workshop for adults and people aged 16+
11.30am – 2pm
£8 (£5 conc.) per session or £49 for the term (£35 conc.)
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
11:30am-5pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£8 (£5 conc.) per session or £49 for the term (£35 conc.)
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
New Music Concert - Kettle's Yard
Sunday Coffee Concert
Joby Burgess and the Southbank Gamelan Players
Shimmering Javanese gamelan fused with rhythmic genius.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
12-2pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Tickets available online: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/music by phone: 01223 748100 or on the door. £6/£4 concs.
Descriptive tour of Tim Head: Raw Material exhibition
Our descriptive tour is for blind and partially sighted people and their friends and offers an introduction to our current exhibition.
When
10-11:30am
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Booking essential, please contact Camsight to book on 01223 420 033. Free of charge.
Kettle's Yard and its Neighbours Course of Adults
Wednesdays, 28 April – 26 May, 10am-12pm
How did a cluster of run-down cottages become one of the most important addresses in Cambridge? Tutor Adrian Barlow will explore the history, architecture and significance of Kettle's Yard in its immediate neighbourhood. Sessions may include visits to buildings in the locality.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
10am-12pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£50 (£40 concession)
01223 748100
www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Wednesday Club
Summer Term: 28 Apr, 5, 12, 19, 26 May, 9, 16, 23 Jun
For children aged 8 - 11.
Explore modern art and try out sculpture, drawing and painting.
Wednesdays 4.15pm - 5.45pm
Suitable for
- Especially for children
When
4:15-5:45pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£56 (£42 conc.)
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Meet the Curator, an insider’s view of exhibitions by Elizabeth Fisher.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Free, no booking required.
New Music Concert - Kettle's Yard
Sunday Coffee Concert
Jane Chapman: An electroacoustic programme from this hip harpsichordist.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
12-2pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Tickets available online: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/music by phone: 01223 748100 or on the door. £6 /£4 concs.
Tuesday Studio
For young people aged 11-14
Summer Term: 4, 11, 18, 25 May, 8 & 15 Jun
Creative art workshops that take inspiration from our exhibitions and permanent collection.
4.30pm-6pm
Suitable for
- Especially for children
When
4:30-6pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£42 (£32 conc.)
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Collections Curator Sebastiano Barassi discusses the work of William Congdon.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard House
Admission
Free, no booking required.
New Music Concert - Kettle's Yard
New Music Morning
Frame Braking, musical and poetic approaches to technology.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
12-2pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Collections Curator Sebastiano Barassi discusses the work of Henry Moore.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard House
Admission
Free, no booking required.
New Music Concert - Kettle's Yard
Sunday Coffee Concert
Chroma Ensemble
Music by Mark Bowden and Charlie Piper, and a commission from composer Andrew Hamilton.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
12-2pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Tickets available online: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/music by phone: 01223 748100 or on the door. £6 / £4 concs.
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Screening
SCREENING – Agnes Martin: With My Back To The World. Documentary produced and directed by Mary Lance, USA, 2002, 57 minutes.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Free, no booking required.
New Music Concert - Kettle's Yard
New Music Morning
Tania Chen, piano, Ian Mitchell and David Ryan, clarinets,
Exploring modernism from its roots to 2009.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
12-2pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Collections Curator Sebastiano Barassi discusses the work of Elizabeth Vellacott.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard House
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination Family Workshop
A creative workshop led by Susanne Jasilek and Anne-Mie Melis inspired by our exhibition Agnes Martin. For families
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
2:30-4:30pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
£5 per adult, £2 per child.
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Site Lines - Kettle's Yard Family Workshop
Enjoy the rare treat of drawing in the Kettle's Yard house during the morning and experience the difference in the light. An opportunity to experiment with a range of drawing techniques, led by artist Anne-Mie Melis.
For families
Suitable for
- Family friendly
- Especially for children
When
10:30am-12:30pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£5 per child, £3 per adult
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
I Paint with my Back to the World - Children's Workshop Kettle's Yard
Join artist Janine Woods to explore our Agnes Martin exhibition, experiment with drawing and make large, quiet paintings.
For 5-8 year olds and their carers
Suitable for
- Family friendly
- Especially for children
When
2-4pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£10 (£7 conc.)
01223 748100
online booking: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Stations of the Temporal Lecture
An exploration of performative and improvisational structures in contemporary dance and non-western movement traditions. Film screening and panel discussion with anthropologist Professor Andrée Grau, dancer-choreographer Sarah Warsop and film producer Rodney Wilson. Chair: Glenn Sujo. In association with the mind-spirit-body-matter: drawn to the human workshop.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
6-7:30pm
Where
Cambridge University, Mill Lane Lecture Room 2, Mill Lane
Admission
£7 (£5 concession and Friends)
01223 748100
www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Stop Thinking - Kettle's Yard workshop
Agnes Martin liked to stop thinking when she painted to tap into her inspiration. Join artist Idit Nathan to have a go making your own ‘thought-free’ paintings.
For 9-12 year olds
Suitable for
- Especially for children
When
2-4pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
£10 (£7 conc.)
Booking:
01223 748100
www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Agnes Martin exhibition tour with Kettle’s Yard Director Michael Harrison.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Screening
SCREENING – Agnes Martin: With My Back To The World. Documentary produced and directed
by Mary Lance, USA, 2002, 57 minutes.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Free, no booking necessary.
Object Lessons: Writing Workshop, Kettle's Yard
This workshop will explore the power of objects as personal talismans, metaphors and triggers for narrative and memory in poems. Led by Tamar Yoseloff. All levels of experience are welcome.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
11am-5pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Please contact the Poetry School to book: www.poetryschool.com, 0207 582 1679.
£49 (£35 conc.)
Agnes Martin - Late View - Kettle's Yard
A chance to see the Agnes Martin exhibition after hours.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
6-8pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Symposium: Agnes Martin Between the Lines
Leading scholars including Professor Briony Fer (University College London) and Professor Jonathan Katz (State University of New York) will present new research and lead discussion about Agnes Martin’s work. The day will Include an examination of her links to other women artists of the time and of the part her lesbian sexuality may have played in her particular development of abstract painting. Venue, Woodleigh Room, Lucy Cavendish College followed by a reception and late view of the exhibition at Kettle’s Yard. This is a “Women’s Word” event, organised in conjunction with Lucy Cavendish College. Tickets will be available from 15 April.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
2-6pm
Where
Woodleigh Room, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
Admission
Please contact Lucy Cavendish College to book a place, womensword@lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk or 01223 764020.
£10 (£5 students).
New Music Concert - Kettle's Yard
New Music Ensemble, Cambridge University, student pieces.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
7:30-9:30pm
Where
Kettle's Yard
Admission
Tickets available online: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/music by phone: 01223 748100 or on the door. £10 / £5 concs.
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Collections Curator Sebastiano Barassi discusses the work of Constantin Brancusi.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard House
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Kettle's Yard - Lunchtime Talk
Agnes Martin exhibition tour with Kettle’s Yard Director Michael Harrison.
Suitable for
- All ages
When
1:10-1:40pm
Where
Kettle's Yard Gallery
Admission
Free, no booking required.
Drawing, Embodiment and the Absent Body Lecture
Professor Deanna Petherbridge will examine the cult of the ‘primitive’ body in Modernist art, inspired by a rejection of classicism, an admiration for exotic cultures and the Surrealist embrace of psychoanalysis and the irrational. In association with the mind-spirit-body-matter: drawn to the human workshop.
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
When
6-7:30pm
Where
Cambridge University, Mill Lane Lecture Room 2, Mill Lane
Admission
£7 (£5 concession and Friends)
01223 748100
www.kettlesyard.co.uk/education
Kettle's Yard
Castle Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AQ
England
Website
Telephone
01223 748100
Fax
01223 324377
Kettle's Yard
Castle Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AQ
England
Website
Telephone
01223 748100
Fax
01223 324377
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