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The Queens' Arts Festival is an annual collaborative event at Queens' College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, that encompasses and showcases the outstanding arts scene in and around Cambridge. From poetry to photography and fashion to music, our festival aims to be as inclusive and diverse as possible. www.queensartsfestival.co.uk

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QAF PRESENTS ‘INFRATHIN: TRACES OF PRESENCE’Coined by Marcel Duchamp, ‘Infrathin’ is a concept used to capture subtle nu...
25/11/2025

QAF PRESENTS ‘INFRATHIN: TRACES OF PRESENCE’

Coined by Marcel Duchamp, ‘Infrathin’ is a concept used to capture subtle nuances that although difficult to describe, are perceptible at a sensory level. Infrathin encapsulates those almost invisible daily occurrences; drawings in steam on a shower door, the warmth of a just-abandoned seat, a sense of someone’s presence, condensation on a wintery night, the sillage of a subtle perfume - in other words, the felt traces of human presence.

How might an awareness of Infrathin reconfigure the way we navigate our lives, relationships, and corporeality? How might infrathin speak to the nature of artistic creation?

Queens’ Arts Festival invites artists of Cambridge and beyond to submit artwork in response to the theme ‘Infrathin’ for their 2026 Lent term exhibition. SUBMISSION LINK IN BIO!!!!!!!!

End of term for you feeling a bit funky? Come join us this evening in the Angevin Room to have some much deserved time o...
20/11/2025

End of term for you feeling a bit funky? Come join us this evening in the Angevin Room to have some much deserved time off — we’d love to see you there and spend some time together. Bring your own project or start one fresh using our sparkly new materials. See you later, lots of love QAF xx

Got an art project you’ve been putting off? That scarf meant for Christmas looking a bit more like a ball of wool? Come ...
30/10/2025

Got an art project you’ve been putting off? That scarf meant for Christmas looking a bit more like a ball of wool? Come join us this evening in the Erasmus Room where we’ll all be doing some art together! Lots of love, QAF ###

Welcome back to Queens’ Arts Festival. We are delighted to be back and making art with you again. We are life drawing on...
19/10/2025

Welcome back to Queens’ Arts Festival. We are delighted to be back and making art with you again. We are life drawing on Tuesday. Come along, we miss your faces.

Love, QAF ###

Welcome back to Queens’ Arts Festival. We are delighted to be back and drawing and painting and sewing and photographing...
19/10/2025

Welcome back to Queens’ Arts Festival.

We are delighted to be back and drawing and painting and sewing and photographing with you again. Here are the things happening this term. Come along, we miss your faces. More detailed explanations to follow.

Love, QAF ###

At last - the event of the term - QAF ‘LOST PROPERTY’ EXHIBITION LAUNCH PARTY!!!!! 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻QAF is delighted to invite you ...
06/03/2025

At last - the event of the term - QAF ‘LOST PROPERTY’ EXHIBITION LAUNCH PARTY!!!!! 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻

QAF is delighted to invite you to our private view to celebrate the launch of our 2025 exhibition, ‘LOST PROPERTY’. Not only will this be a great chance to meet artists, celebrate the art on display, and socialise, but we are also very excited to be collaborating with several Cambridge-based zines to offer a selection of local, creative zine work for you to peruse and purchase.

With complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, food, and excellent music for a lil boogie - it’s promising to be a super fun night. Spread the word - it’s gonna be sick. Lots of love, and see you there,

QAF

Last but certainly not least, the final of our additional events for Exhibition Week is a panel discussion with some of ...
03/03/2025

Last but certainly not least, the final of our additional events for Exhibition Week is a panel discussion with some of Cambridge’s finest curators; Andrew Nairne (Kettle’s Yard), Helen Ritchie (Fitzwilliam Museum) and Annabelle Campbell (David Parr house).

Hosted by the wonderful Catalina Salter-Martin (QAF president) and Eva Weinstein (QAF vice president), the panel will discuss curation, the differences between ‘house museums’ and institutional museums, their respective careers, and their thoughts on ‘Lost Property’.

We are so grateful to have the opportunity to host this discussion - so please do come along to the Angevin Room at Queens’, at 15:30 on 14/03/25 for a chance to hear from some of the finest local curators.

Once again, we ask that you would kindly RSVP via link in bio due to availability…and keep your eyes peeled - further information about the main event - the exhibition launch night - will be coming soon!

This coming Exhibition Week, QAF are also delighted to be offering a jewellery making workshop, under the fabulous tutel...
03/03/2025

This coming Exhibition Week, QAF are also delighted to be offering a jewellery making workshop, under the fabulous tutelage of Beni - our resident jeweller extraordinaire.

Using second-hand and vintage materials, hand sourced and carefully chosen by our team, participants will get a chance to create high quality, entirely unique jewellery for free.

Sign up through the link in our bio, as spaces are very limited for this one, and join us at 20:00 in the Angevin Room in Queens’ on 13/03/25 ! Trust me - you don’t want to miss this one.

Creatives of Cambridge! As Exhibition week draws near, we are delighted to share some more information with you about th...
03/03/2025

Creatives of Cambridge! As Exhibition week draws near, we are delighted to share some more information with you about the events we have in store.

Kicking the week off with a collaboration with , undergraduate art-historians Bella Roskill (QAF) and Rosy Akalwau-Ellman (Fitzwilliam Museum Society) will be interviewing 2023 Turner Prize winning artist Jesse Darling. Darling’s work, in the words of the Tate, “reflects the vulnerability of the human body, and expresses the desire to resist the constraints imposed on our lives by social and political forces”.

The event promises a relaxed discussion of Darling’s work and career, interpolating themes of Lost Property, sainthood, sculpture, and Britishness for your brains to feast on.

So tell your friends - and join us at 19:30 in the Erasmus Room, in Queens’, on 10/03/25. We ask that you please note that availability is limited due to seating capacity - so please RSVP following the link in our bio if you wish to attend.

See you there!!!!

Exciting things await…exhibition week draws near!Here is the long anticipated programme release for Queens’ Arts Festiva...
21/02/2025

Exciting things await…exhibition week draws near!

Here is the long anticipated programme release for Queens’ Arts Festival 2025. Boasting interviews with a Turner Prize winning artist, discussions with expert curators, and a chance to create jewellery - QAF exhibition week promises to spoil the creatives of Cambridge. More details to follow.

See you there!

QAF

Life drawing the sequel!See you there,QAF
14/02/2025

Life drawing the sequel!
See you there,
QAF

QAF life drawing is back!!! (and for real this time!)Join us on Monday for our first session of the term. If you signed ...
01/02/2025

QAF life drawing is back!!! (and for real this time!)

Join us on Monday for our first session of the term. If you signed up for the one last term that was cancelled - we’ve got a guaranteed spot for you this time - link in bio to sign up otherwise.

See you there!

QAF

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