Success for charity exhibition Cambridge artists have helped us raise over £6000 – with potentially more to come! The ‘Celebrate Your World’ exhibition, held at Chesterton Community College on the 8 and 9 February, proved a major success with 172 works of art up for sale. Des Trollip, Operations Manager at Rowan, said: ‘We have […]
Stand Together, Strong Together On Sunday 26 January Historyworks, commissioned by Cambridge City Council, organised a commemorative civic event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in Cambridge. The theme this year was Stand Together, Strong Together. Bringing children from different schools together is a core part of the Holocaust Memorial Day activities and this year hundreds […]
Cows about Cambridge sneak peek! Our cow, now formally known as Dennis-Marigold, has been transformed! Student artists, volunteers and staff have been getting messy under the watchful eye of Lima, mixed-media tutor and herd leader, over the last six weeks. She has now been collected and is off to Cow HQ until the launch in […]
Jazz hands at the ready! On Thursday 21 November one of Rowan’s four drama groups made a visit to the Co-op on Chesterton Road to say a huge thank you for raising a fantastic £4282.17. The Co-op does such a wonderful job supporting the communities they are in through the Local Community Fund and we […]
Ceilidh success for 35 year celebration! Happy birthday to us! We celebrated 35 years at the Guildhall on Friday 8 November with a ceilidh and mini-auction raising a fantastic amount that will continue to support our student artist bursary. The evening was filled with great food, good fun, lots of dancing, as well as a […]
Time to get mooo’ving! We are thrilled to announce that we will be taking part in the Cows about Cambridge with our own cow sponsored by Anglian Ruskin University. The cow is now at Rowan and we are moo’ving forward with the design as well as picking a name. We will be keeping our design […]
Flowers and leaves in stitch… … is an exhibition of textile art created at Rowan now on display at Addenbrookes Hospital. Alongside their textiles tutor, Hilary Sugai, some of our student artists have been busy creating these beautiful examples of stitching, beading, plaiting, batik and fabric painting. Using materials that have been kindly donated by our […]
Check out our new Business Engagement page on our website that breaks down how you and your business can support us! ‘It has been such a pleasure working with Rowan and getting to know the student artists. There are so many ways to get involved through events, fundraising and volunteering. It’s not just about giving […]
New friendships and wonderful opportunities In September we completed three benches for St Edmund’s College at their brand new student accommodation, Mount Pleasant Halls, developed by Howard Osborne LLP. The benches were a gift to the college from Howard Osborne, as the result of a connection made between Richard Bell, Operations Manager, and his wife Debbie Collins. […]
We reached the beach! On the 10th July 67 student artists, staff, volunteers, carers and parents took over Southwold pier to celebrate 35 years of Rowan. Student artists have been fundraising since May to reach the beach with many different events from collecting clothes, a raffle at Chesterton’s community fun day, our annual sponsored walk […]
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