What's on | David Parr House

See what’s happening across the House and Studio Gallery

Highlighted event

An Evening with Laetitzia Campbell

Talk

Wed 15 April, 6.15pm–8.30pm
£10 (£12 with donation)

Take a look

Show

An image of the top of a farming round silo structure painted in orange pollen based pain

Exhibition

Freddie Yauner’s Problems of Success

14 Feb–29 March 2025, Wed–Sat, 10.00am–4.00pm
Free to visit

a women standing outside holding a long piece of white material embroidered with black text

Talk

Connecting Threads: Tactile Social History with Lynn Setterington

23 April 2025, 6.30pm–8.30pm
£10 per person (£12 with donation)

a selection of Leach archive including books, bookplates and vases.

Talk

Traits and Traces: A Leach Family Legacy with Shelley Lockwood

30 April 2025, 6.30pm–8.30pm
£10 (£12 with donation)

The Man Who Painted His House Short Film about David Parr, his craft and legacy Poster, text over a close up view of the drawing room walls, highly decorated walls with warm toned foliage.

Event

Sold Out: The Man Who Painted His House Screening at All Saints' Church

20 May 2025, 7.30pm
£15 (£17.50 with donation) per person

An emblem in the shape of a yellow heart with a rose and a manchester bee in the centre.

Talk

The Arts and Crafts movement in Manchester: An Untold Story with Barry Clark

28 May 2025, 6.30pm–8.30pm
£10 (£12 with donation)

Talk

Sold Out: Nan Youngman in Cambridge with Robjn Cantus

25 June 2025, 6.30pm–8.30pm
£10 per person (£31.50 with signed book)

a close up of carved lettering in curved edge of slate, visible words include body's seasons, robbery, ferment, interrupted, and an ampersand in gold

Exhibition

Rachel M. Butler: Lettering in Stone

4 July–31 July 2025, Wed–Sat, 10am–5pm
Free

Exhibition

Heatwave in Antarctic: Prints by Tadek Beutlich

18 Sept–10 Jan 2026, Wed–Sat, 10.00am–5.00pm
Free to visit

an ornate blue, green and pink snuff pot made of polymer clay

Exhibition

Emerald Green, Mineral Green

23 Oct–5 Dec 2025, timed entry with House Visits
£15 (£17.50 with Gift Aid)

Talk

Sold Out: My journey with Printmakers: An Evening with Emma Mason

Wed 12 November, 6.30pm–8.30pm
£10 (£12 with donation)

Talk

SOCKS Imaginative Mending with Celia Pym

27 Jan 2026, 6.15pm–8.30pm
£10 per person (£12 with donation)

Exhibition

Laetitzia Campbell: On Your Way Home, What Did You Find?

11 Feb–2 May 2026, Wed–Sat, 10.00am–5.00pm
Free to visit

Freddie Yauner Smiling dressed as William Morris

Talk

Becoming William Morris - Morris Month 2026

11 March 2026, 6.15pm–8.30pm
£10 per person (£12 with donation)

Workshop

Sold Out: Traditional Signwriting and Gold Leaf Gilding with Carlie Allan

Sat 28 March 2026, 10.30am–4.00pm
£100 per person

Event

David Parr’s Walk Home: Cambridge Arts and Crafts Tour (Morning)

Saturday 4 April, 11.00am
£25 per person

Event

David Parr’s Walk Home: Cambridge Arts and Crafts Tour (Afternoon)

Saturday 4 April, 2.00pm
£25 per person

Workshop

Sold Out: The Art of The Rag Rug with Lu Mason

Sat 11 April 2026, 10.30am–3.30pm
£100 per person

portrait of woman artists in front of black and white textile works

Talk

An Evening with Laetitzia Campbell

Wed 15 April, 6.15pm–8.30pm
£10 (£12 with donation)

Printed moths created using drypoint techiques by Susie Turner

Workshop

Drypoint Etching and Chine Collé with Susie Turner

Sat 18 April 2026, 10.30am–4.00pm
£90 per person

Richard McVetis Hand and very small black embroidery technique

Workshop

Sold Out: The Art of Hand Embroidery with Richard McVetis

Sat 25 April 2026, 10.30am–4.00pm
£120 per person

A broom made by Jon Bailey to promote his workshop

Workshop

The Art of Broom Making with Jon Baily

9 May 2026, 10.30am–2.30pm
£80 per person

Hand holding a lino carved block print facing the camera

Workshop

Designing and Printing Block Print with Nicholas Hughes

Sat 23 May 2026, 10.30am–4.00pm
£110 per person

exhibition view of William Morris and Art of Islamic World

Talk

William Morris and Art from the Islamic World with Rowan Bain

12 Feb 2025, 6.30pm–8.30pm
£10 per person (£12 with donation)

Talk

Developing the Garden for House and Garden Visitors Alike: Climate Resilience and Biodiversity with Anna's Flower Farm

14 May 2025, 6.30am–8.30pm
£10 per person (£12 with donation)

The Man Who Painted His House Short Film about David Parr, his craft and legacy Poster, text over a close up view of the drawing room walls, highly decorated walls with warm toned foliage.

Event

Sold Out: The Man Who Painted His House: Preview Screening

2 April 2025, 6.30pm–8.00pm
£10 per person (£12 with donation)

No events found for this query