Events
Welcome to our program of events for 2024-25. We have some practical and fascinating talks and creative workshops coming up.
Evening Events and Talks
We have a regular program of evening events/talks. All are open to the public as well as Members and Friends.
All Evening events are held at St. Johns Evangelist Church, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8RN at 7:30pm.
Admission is free for CDS Members & Friends, £5 for non-Members.
Workshops
We hold a series of all-day workshops on Sundays between September and December. These workshops are held at Grantchester Village Hall, Grantchester CB3 9NG, 10am-4pm.
Cost is £40 for CDS Members and Friends who can invite a guest for £50 each. If you are interested in joining as a Friend, please see here.
To book please contact Annelies Macintosh
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 Sketching Group
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
- June - Grantchester Orchard
- July - Cambridge Market
- July - Cambridge Shakespeare Festival rehearsal
- August - Cambridge Country Show, Stow cum Quy
- September - Bridge the Gap
Past Events
2025
- 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.