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. Please contact the membership secretary if you would like more information