Events
Welcome to our program of events. We have some practical and fascinating talks and creative workshops coming up.
Talks & Other Events
The Barber in London
A Visit to the Courtauld Gallery in London to view a selection of paintings on loan from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
Saturday 4th October
Webinar: Pricing and Selling Your Artwork
by Claudia Kennaugh
Wednesday 12th November 2025
Workshops
We hold a series of workshops on Sundays between September and December. These workshops are held at Grantchester Village Hall, Grantchester CB3 9NG.
Cost is £20 for CDS Members and Friends for a half-day workshop. Members and Friends can invite a guest for £25. If you are interested in joining as a Friend, please see here.
To book please contact Annelies Macintosh
2025
- Sunday 12 September - Sumi-ink brush painting
with Sachiko Purser
2024
- Sunday 8 December - ‘Still Life’ with Jill Ogilvy
- Saturday 30th November - ‘Mixed Media Landscape’ with Alice Thomson
- Sunday 13th October - ‘Life Drawing’ with Harry Gray
- Sunday 22nd September - ‘Marbled Paper Collage’ with Sonia Villiers
SketchTogether
Our sketching group SketchTogether meets monthly giving CDS Members and Friends an opportunity to hone their sketching skills at interesting locations, either indoors or outdoors. It’s a great way for CDS Members & Friends to get to know each other better and have some fun drawing. Please note this is only open to CDS Members & Friends.
Details are circulated to Members and Friends by e-mail and Whatsapp. If you are interested in joining as a Friend, please see here.
Future Events
2025
- August - Cambridge Country Show, Stow cum Quy
- August -Music in the Park, Coleridge Rec
- September - Bridge the Gap
- October - Hilton Cambridge City Centre
Past Events
2025
- July - Cambridge Market
- July - Cambridge Shakespeare Festival rehearsal
- June - Grantchester Orchard
- May - Old Palace Gardens, Ely
- April - St John's College, Cambridge
- March - Play Dress Rehearsal, Corpus Playhouse
- February - Cambridge Arts Festival, Museum of Cambridge
- January - Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
2024
- December - Christmas lights in Cambridge
- November - Museum of Classical Archaeology
- October - Whipple museum
- September - Bridge the Gap
- August - Little St Mary’s Lane, Cambridge
- July - Cambridge Shakespeare Festival rehearsal
- June - Music in the Park
- May - Quayside, Cambridge
- April - Issam Kourbaj exhibition at Heong Gallery
Summer Sketch Group
We also have an open air sketching group (open to Members & Friends only) that meets every Wednesday during June and July from 10am-3pm in different places each week. The group also have a picnic lunch together. Due to the size of the different venues, this group is small and is currently full. Please contact the membership secretary if you would like to be on the waiting list.