Artist Feature: Nigel Hall RA
Gallery artist, Nigel Hall, who is currently exhibiting in 'A Conversation with Trees' has also opened a major new exhibition of sculptures and drawings by Nigel Hall RA at Robert Cripps Gallery, Magdalene College, Cambridge this week.
Kip Gresham (1951 - 2024)
It is with great sadness that Fen Ditton Gallery heard today that the wonderful Kip Gresham, Master Printmaker, Artist, Gallery Supporter and Friend has died following his recent illness. Our thoughts are with Jane and the Gresham family and all the many artists with whom Kip collaborated so fruitfully in his exceptional career.
That’s TV Cambridgeshire: Voices in Drawing
Thank you to That’s TV Cambridgeshire for including Hannah and our Voices in Drawing exhibition on Monday 12th February.
Cambridge Critique: Voices in Drawing
Anne Garvey from The Cambridge Critique gives ‘Voices in Drawing’ a glowing review…
Voices in Drawing: Top Picks for Young Collectors
With the launch of the Voices in Drawing exhibition, here’s our top picks under £1000.
End of Year Newsletter
As 2023 draws to a close, we wanted to thank you all for your support of Fen Ditton Gallery this year and celebrate some of our 2023 activities with you alongside a quick preview of what you can look forward to next year.
Video Tour of ‘Going Yellow’
Here’s a sneak peek of the current ‘Going Yellow’ exhibition at Fen Ditton Gallery
Young Collectors’ Top Picks (November 2023)
In a new series of blogs, Hannah will be choosing her top picks for Young Collectors (and any other collectors!) each month…
Two independent businesses working together to put Fen Ditton on the map
Fen Ditton Gallery and MJP @ The Shepherds have teamed up this autumn to welcome visitors to both venues on Thursday afternoons.
Spitting Image exhibition opens at Cambridge University Library
A major exhibition of the Fluck and Law satirical TV puppetry show Spitting Image at the Cambridge University Library.
On the radio: Hannah interviewed for Cambridge 105’s ‘Cambridge Art Monthly’ podcast
Thank you to Simon Bertin from Cambridge 105 for visiting the gallery earlier in the month and recording this interview with gallery manager, Hannah Munby
Euan Evans awarded Printmakers Council Sheila Sloss Award
Congratulations to Euan Evans who received the Printmakers Council’s Sheila Sloss Prize at the Royal College of Art MA Print graduate show earlier in the month.
In Conversation: Kip Gresham and Elenor Ling
Master-printmaker Kip Gresham is joined by Senior Curator of Prints at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Elenor Ling, to explore Willard Boepple’s ‘Shards and Sources’ exhibition.
Financial Times: Hurvin Anderson's Guide to Cambridge
We were honoured to be named alongside Kettle’s Yard and The Fitzwilliam Museum in artist Hurvin Anderson’s Guide to Cambridge, published in the Financial Times How To Spend It Magazine.
Varsity Magazine: Fen Ditton Gallery’s Print Exhibition is a Hidden Gem
Isabel Dempsey takes a rainy walk to review Fen Ditton Gallery’s latest printmaking exhibition…
Artist interview with Amber Jesson: Winner of the Contemporary Printmaking Prize 2023
We are delighted to announce the winner of the Fen Ditton Gallery Contemporary Printmaking Prize 2023 is Amber Jesson with her photogravure etching ‘Deep Within’.
Video interview with Emerging Artist Euan Evans
Watch the video interview with Young Collectors’ emerging artist, Euan Evans.
Filmed by Michael Chance for The Royal Drawing School
Shortlisted artists announced for Contemporary Printmaking Prize
Selected from over 600 entries, these are the artists who will be exhibiting in the Contemporary Printmaking Prize 2023!
News from the Gallery: January 2023
Happy New Year from Lotte, Amanda and Hannah. Here’s a quick look at the exciting programme for the coming months.
Featured artist: Graham Murrell
Graham Murrell photographs exclusively on black and white film, drawn to the gestation period that analogue allows a project to evolve. He is currently exhibiting four river-inspired works in our Art and Rivers exhibition.
Kate Boucher: Residency Reflections
In June, Kate Boucher came to Fen Ditton Gallery as our first artist-in-residence. Now a selection of works created from a new Fenland body of works are exhibited as part of our Art and Rivers show, open until Sunday 13th November.
Rebecca Jewell Exploring Seaweeds
Artist, Rebecca Jewell, has been documenting the seaweeds in Cornwall as part of her current artist residency with Cambridge Conservation Initiative. These works will be on display at the gallery from the 18 - 27 November.
Launch of artist residency programme
We are excited to launching our brand new artist residency programme next month by welcoming landscape artist, Kate Boucher, to Fen Ditton.
Easter Update and Upcoming Exhibitions
This May, we are excited to be launching ‘In Dialogue’, a four part series of week-long exhibitions at the gallery. Each exhibition pairs two senior artists, working in different media, with just two or three, often rarely seen, works.
Spring News and Upcoming Exhibitions
This Spring marks an exciting time for Fen Ditton Gallery, as Hannah gets ready to welcome her new baby into the world. With this sense of new beginnings, we are taking advantage of being a small, independent gallery and have put together a new and varied programme for the next few months…
A story of Collaboration: The making of Merry Go Round by John McLean
We are delighted to be exhibiting John McLean’s Merry Go Round as part of our current exhibition, The Language of Abstraction. The work is a set of 9 etchings, inspired by Debussy’s Chevaux de Bois. During its creation, John McLean developed a form of Parkinson’s and could no longer visit The Print Studio, Cambridge, but despite the challenges John’s illness, he and Kip Gresham continued to collaborate to complete the work.
Video: Willard Boepple at The Print Studio, Cambridge
Behind the scenes at The Print Studio, Cambridge with Kip Gresham and Willard Boeeple
2021: End of year news
As we celebrate the new year, here’s a round up of 2021 at Fen Ditton Gallery.
Video: Artist Interview with Annie Cattrell
Annie Cattrell’s works Brink and Currents are currently exhibited at Fen Ditton Gallery as part of our Water/Land exhibition. In this interview Annie discusses her practice and the scientific influences in her work.
COP26: Arts and Culture in the Climate Crisis
All of us have a part to play in the climate crisis and the gallery’s annual climate resilience support pledge (now in Year 4) is to create an exhibition that forges new dialogue between local knowledge and creative thinking whilst in the process.