It’s Your Turn: The Kettle’s Yard Open 2000
6 May – 25 June 2000
In 2000 Kettle’s Yard held an Open exhibition with a difference. Submissions were invited from people of all ages, from all walks of life, living in the Cambridge area. In images and writing they conveyed their experience of life at the turn of the millennium.
Submissions included an eye peering from an elbow, a child’s dress made from pages of a book of ladies’ etiquette, and a painting by a 2 year-old called ‘Paint’.
Visitors could add to the exhibition by making a work in the gallery. Materials were available as well as mirrors, telescopes, periscopes and magnifying glasses so that visitors could look at the world in a different way. You could also vote for your favourite work and win a prize yourself.
Prizes included £1000 of tokens presented by Heffers, which were presented by the Mayor, Councillor Evelyn Knowles at 12pm on Sunday 23 July.
Supported By
This exhibition was supported by a Cambridge City Council Millennium Award and Heffers, The Cambridge Booksellers; organised in association with the Cambridge Evening News and Camfest; assisted by the Junction.
