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.
Talk: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Film and Television Industry
by Tim Browning
St. John the Evangelist Church, Hills Rd
Thursday 21 May 2026, 7:30pm
Talk: Anatomy of a Painting
by Martin Kinnear
St. John the Evangelist Church, Hills Rd
Wednesday 25 March 2026, 7:30pm
Workshop: Drawing Nature's Patterns - Ballpoint Pen and Washes
with Gail Hoban
Grantchester Village Hall
Sunday 15 March
Past Events
Tour of Murray Edwards Art Exhbition - 'The Sleepers'
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
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
- May - The Granta & Mill Pond, Newnham Road
- June – Music in the Park, Cherry Hinton Hall
Past Events
2026
- April - Queens' College
- March - Grand Arcade
- February - Cambridge Arts Festival, Hotel du Chocolat, Green Street
- January - Oscar's at Wilde, Park Street
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
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. Please contact the membership secretary if you would like more information