Walk for Rowan success

THANK YOU to everyone who turned out for our Community Walk for Rowan. It is always such a wonderful event and this year was no different. With the sun coming through, great company and a sneaky treat at the end. We were so pleased to show everyone our new logo which we will be using […]

Canvases now for sale!

We are inviting you to take part in our 5th charity art exhibition. Running successfully since 2018 we cannot wait to see the artwork entered into our 2024 art exhibition. Everyone is welcome to take part no matter of age or ability, making it an art exhibition for everyone. So grab your paints, charcoals, pens, […]

Rowan welcomes guests for Summer Open Evening

On Friday 14 July Cambridge based charity Rowan opened their doors for a Summer Open Evening. Welcoming friends, family, students, volunteers, and esteemed guests. “It was wonderful to see our studios alive with supporters ahead of Cambridge Open Studios” says Chief Executive Office Cherie Evans. “Thank you to Deputy Lieutenant Mr Daniel Schunmann DL for […]

Summer Feel Good!

Enjoy reading our Summer 2023 Feel good. Read all about our latest news since January, including a look at student artist’s recent work and projects around town, meet student artist Frank and read all about our woodwork studio.  With lots of exciting events ahead make sure you get the dates in your diary and we […]

Rowan city students enjoying the great outdoors

Rowan was awarded £2500 from Cambridge City Council in March 2023 to deliver outdoor forest school sessions and creative workshops to support adults with learning disabilities from the local community. Since 1984 Rowan has provided a safe, creative, and enriching environment where the arts are used as a tool to bring people together and tackle […]

Learning Disability Week 2023

Learning Disability Week 2023 is here! This year the theme is MYTHBUSTING and showing the world the incredible things that people with a learning disability can achieve. Meet our artists below who do this each day when they attend our forest school and arts centre. Setting an amazing example to others that they can achieve […]

Good news!

Rowan has been awarded £25,000 from the Postcode Places Trust to continue the delivery of creative workshops and forest school to adults with learning disability. “We would like to thank the Postcode Places Trust for once again supporting Rowan”. Says Chief Executive Officer Cherie Evans, “It costs over £550,000 pa to run our creative workshops […]

Spring coffee morning

On Saturday 1 April we welcomed everyone to our spring coffee morning at Rowan. With a flash sale of fantastic art, scrumptious cakes, badge making and more, it was a wonderful morning had by all. “A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our coffee morning where we raised over £800 for our […]

Art exhibition success!

We had a wonderful weekend at our annual charity art exhibition ‘Together’ raising a fantastic £4278. A huge thank you to everyone who took part and who supported the event.  “We are absolutely delighted at the success of this year’s charity art exhibition” says Chief Executive Cherie Evans. “We kicked the weekend off with a glass […]

Mural to celebrate Cherry Hinton Brook

In 2023 Rowan joined forces with The Friends of Cherry Hinton Brook and Sainsbury’s on Brooks Road to create a large-scale mural that pays homage to the wildlife of one of the city’s lesser-known chalk streams. In-house artist and Rowan tutor Chris Deane took the lead on the mural design along with Rowan student artists. It […]

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