River Stories at Rowan

River Stories at Rowan Saturday 8 April 2017, 11am until 4pm Tile workshop: 11.30am – 1pm and 2pm – 3.30pm. Clay models: 11am – 4pm. As part of the Crafts Council’s Hey Clay! and BBC Get Creative initiative, we are running river inspired activities on Saturday 8 April 2017 at Rowan. Come along and make and decorate […]

Rowan’s AGM

Rowan’s AGM Wednesday 1 March, 2pm 2016 was an exceptional year for Rowan with many exciting changes including the major renovation of our building. We would like to invite you to view our new interior including Rowan’s new community space and textiles studio and to join us to hear the review of our Annual Report and Accounts. You will […]

I love all the work I make at Rowan

I love all the work I make at Rowan I’ve been doing print making for two years now, and I really enjoy every aspect of it.               When I first started, I rushed my drawings and designs and didn’t spend my time on detail. But with help from Susie […]

Why am I running?

Why am I running the 2017 Cambridge Half Marathon? The main reason I chose this personal challenge is to improve my health and fitness AND raise funds for Rowan.  I decided that 2016 was going to be the year I got back into running. I was going to train to a 5km distance, something I’d […]

Making labyrinths

Rowan is known for many reasons, and not just for our work with learning disabled people. Historically the charity has worked with wood and it is only in the last few years has it included other art forms such as textiles, print and music.    Four years ago, Kay Barrett, a key supporter of the […]

Print exhibition at Milton Road Library

Portrait: New prints by Rowan 3 October – 1 November Mon/Wed 9am – 5pm, Tue/Sun closed, Thur/Fri 3pm – 6pm, Sat 10am – 3pm Our exhibition Portrait: New Prints from Rowan is on tour again. Some of the beautiful prints are on display in Milton Road Library. The exhibition includes portraits and self-portraits, where students have gone beyond mere representation to […]

Prints at Parkside Swimming Pool

We are delighted to exhibit 3 of our gorgeous prints at Parkside Swimming Pool cafe. Invited by the catering manager Maurizio Cavaliere these works of art are on display until September 2016. Cambridge News recently wrote an article on the cafe featuring some of our students.

Acting makes me feel great

‘I like the stories. We are using our minds and imagination to be anything we want. We are pretending.’     Traditionally Rowan has focused on using visual art and crafts in its work with learning disabled people. As part of Rowan’s future plans, new progammes of activity are being developed and over the last year, the […]

Visit from Museum volunteers

Volunteers from the Museum of Cambridge come to Rowan As a thank you for for our exhibition in the Museum of Cambridge’s Community Cases, we invited the Museum’s volunteers to come to Rowan and take part in a textile workshop led by one of our tutors Hilary Sugai. We invited one of the participants, Kerry […]

Knitting at Rowan

A new club has started at Rowan, knitting!     The textiles studio was set up at Rowan in 2013, and is now run for 3 days a week with plans to expand. Some of our students have a great affinity with textiles and have been exploring and developing a wide range of skills including appliqué and […]