House: Tuesday – Sunday 12 – 5pm
Free, timed entry tickets to the House are available at the information desk on arrival or online here.
Last entry to the House is at 4.30pm
Community
Kettle’s Yard’s Community programme aims to establish a long-term creative partnership with our neighbours in North Cambridge through a long-term collaboration, Open House, supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Cambridge City Council.
Find out more about other projects with our local community here.
If you would like to receive emails about our work in North Cambridge, please get in touch to be added to our mailing list. openhouse@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
Open House
Open House is a long-term creative programme with Kettle’s Yard and communities in North Cambridge. Each year the community selects the Open House Artist in Residence.
More information on the Open House programme and residencies, and live updates on research, ideas, and activity can be found here or to join our Open House mailing list, please contact the following staff:
Karen Thomas, Community Officer: karen@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
Liz Ballard, Open House Assistant Curator: lizb@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
Open House Community Days
Come along and celebrate the creativity of our local community in North Cambridge.
Our new programme of Community Days are devised in collaboration with our North Cambridge community partners. Open House Community Days include activities developed and delivered by community members with artists, sharing of outcomes of community projects and talks given by our local community.
All activities are free and open to everyone.
To find out more and to book for any of these activities, please call 01223 748100 or email openhouse@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
Kettle’s Yard Community Partners:
Arbury Carnival
North Cambridge Community Partners
Cambridge City Council Community Development
Cambridgeshire County Council Youth Services
Red Hen Project
Romsey Mill
Cambridge City Council ChYpPs Team
North Cambridge Academy
Grove Primary School
Arbury Primary School
Plus many more!
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