Paint What Matters! Art by Children and Young People in Cambridge
26 February - 9 March 2025, 11am - 5pm
Paint What Matters! was a unique exhibition at Kettle’s Yard celebrating the talent and creativity of children and young people in Cambridge. The exhibition shared the work of over 500 young artists aged 4-21 years across our two galleries.
For this exhibition Kettle’s Yard invited children and young people in Cambridge to create artworks about what mattered to them, in any artistic style or medium, from local to global issues; from their home to our shared planet; from love for families, friends and communities to concern for nature, animals and the environment.
A selection of artworks created by Kettle’s Yard’s partner schools and community groups was also on display.
Painting about things that matter to me is important because I love the world … You are never alone on your journey ahead of you, and my painting will tell you this.
Saorise (10 years old)
Gallery
Photos: Jo Underhill
Shop
Paint What Matters Collection
Explore the Paint What Matters! collection in the Kettle’s Yard shop.
What Matters by Josh Bilton
What Matters
What Matters was commissioned by Kettle’s Yard for the exhibition Paint What Matters! and generously supported by Arts Council England.
What Matters is a 16mm video and series of collaborative texts made by children in Year 4 at Arbury Primary School in North Cambridge. Through six nature-themed workshops devised by artist Josh Bilton along with choreographer Daisy May Kemp, the pupils have responded to two conservation sites in Norfolk – Holme Bird Observatory along the East coastline of England and the River Nar, a globally rare chalk-stream that flows through the Downs and Fenland of north-west Norfolk.
This exhibition has been kindly supported by:
De Reus Foundation
