Wysing Open

Join us from 12 - 6pm on Saturday 6 July for Wysing Open, an invitation to experience Wysing’s thriving artistic community and rural site. You can meet artists and visit open studios, see live performances, take part in a fantastical drop-in workshop led by Wysing’s Creative Youth Council, and encounter moving image and sound-based works-in-progress from some of Wysing’s artists in residence. You can also grab a delicious vegan lunch and refreshments on site from VG Coffee, or bring your own picnic.

Ticket options include travel from Cambridge.

Schedule:

12.30-2.30: ‘The Disappearance of Bertha Jones’: A performance by Georgina Manning -The forest near Amphis

1 - 4pm: Creative Youth Council Workshop
Make a fantasy map with Wysing’s Creative Youth Council - Open Studio

3-4pm: Horizon, a performance by Caroline Wendling (1 hr) - Across the site

4- 4.30pm: Alastair Kwan introduces his work-in-progress, 8 Bottle (2024 - Ongoing)- By the planter outside of the New Block

All day:

Open Studios See work by and meet members of Wysing’s studio community including members of our Ceramic Studio. Studio community artists have also provided original and editioned artworks in the Wysing Shop. Available in Reception throughout the day.

During:Compliment (2022 - ongoing) Appau Jnr Boayke-Yiadom- Project Space

The Worm Forgives the Plough (2024) Georgina Gendall - Amphis

8 Bottle (2024 - ongoing) Alastair Kwan - Outside of the New Block

The Shift (2022) Hannan and Jones and Shamica Ruddock -The Farmhouse

Corns and Calluses (2024) Rafał Zajko - New Block

Access Information

Accessible parking and toilets are available. A decompression space is available onsite in Wysing’s top barn. The outdoor grounds at Wysing are uneven and have varying surface textures, which may cause some difficulty for unaccompanied wheelchair users. If you have other access requirements that you would like to check with us, please get in touch with Amy Jones at [email protected] and we will be happy to help.

Refreshments

Grab refreshments or lunch onsite throughout the day from VG coffee. You are also welcome to bring a picnic lunch.

Getting to Wysing

We have ample parking on site. Public bus services run hourly from Cambridge (No. 18 from Drummer Street) to Bourn Village Monday to Saturday. Please check bus times before travelling. Wysing is a 15-minute walk from Bourn, but please note this is along a busy road. Find out more about transport information on our website here.

Taxis

Tickets with transport are available. This ticket option includes a return journey to Wysing from Cambridge Station.

Taxis will leave Cambridge Station at 12.45pm.

Taxis will return from Wysing Arts Centre at 5.00pm.

Host or Publisher Gabriella Beckhurst