Events

Welcome to our program of events. We have some practical and fascinating talks and creative workshops coming up.

For talks, admission is free for CDS Members & Friends, £5 for non-Members.

For workshops, booking is essential  - please contact events@cambridgedrawingsociety.org for more information.

Tour of Murray Edwards Art Exhbition

'The Sleepers'

Murray Edwards College

Thursday 15 January

Murray Edwards Graphic

Workshop: Drawing Nature's Patterns - Ballpoint Pen and Washes

with Gail Hoban

Grantchester Village Hall

Sunday 15 March

Gail Hoban workshop

Talk: Anatomy of a Painting

by Martin Kinnear

St. John the Evangelist Church, Hills Rd

Wednesday 26 March 2026, 7:30pm

Martin Kinnear Talk_sq

Past Events

 

Seasonal Social Meeting

Webinar: Pricing & Selling Your Artwork - Claudia Kennaugh

Art as Legacy: Documenting and Preserving Practices - Richard Farleigh, Fitzwilliam Museum

The Barber in London - A Visit to the Courtauld Gallery 

Sumi-ink brush painting Workshop -  Sachiko Purser

 

SketchTogether

SketchTogether Museum of A&A

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

2026

  • January - Oscar's at Wilde, Park Street
  • February - Cambridge Arts Festival, Hotel du Chocolat, Green Street

Past Events

2025

  • December - Mill Road Winter Fair
  • November - Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • October - Hilton Cambridge City Centre
  • September - Bridge the Gap
  • August -Music in the Park, Coleridge Rec
  • August - Cambridge Country Show, Stow cum Quy
  • 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

Summer Sketch Group

pleinaire sketching

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.