Curator's Tour: The Sleepers

Thu Feb 05 2026 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm UTC+00:00

Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge | Cambridge

The Women's Art Collection
Publisher/HostThe Women's Art Collection
Curator's Tour: The Sleepers
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Join us for a tour of The Sleepers with the exhibition curator, Laura Moseley.
About this Event

Join exhibition curator Laura Moseley for a guided tour of . This exhibition brings together works by 12 women artists exploring rest as a site of reflection, resistance, and care. Through painting, print, and textiles — including a collaborative quilt — this exhibition considers how scenes of sleep, dreaming, and stillness have been used to express complex experiences of health, labour, and family life. Inspired by the work of Gwen Raverat, for whom the sleeping figure was a recurring subject, The Sleepers also asks who has access to rest, and under what conditions. This tour offers a deeper look at the themes, artworks, and intentions behind the exhibition, guided by the curator’s perspective.

Featuring Joke Amusan, Helen Cammock, Ann Dowker, Tracey Emin, Laura Footes, Bambou Gili, Kate Montgomery, Celia Paul, Jenny Polak & Nancy Willis, Gwen Raverat, Lucy Raverat

Please meet at the Porter's Lodge at the start time, and Laura will take you down to the exhibition.

Accessibility: Upon arrival at the College, please head for the Porters’ Lodge at the main entrance, which has vehicle access and a generous dropping-off space, located on Buckingham Road which is off Huntingdon Road. Wheelchair access is available from the dropping-off point to the Porters’ Lodge.

Car Parking: If you are coming by car, parking for up to 70 guests is available in our car park located on Storey’s Way, including Blue Badge spaces. The route from the car park to the Porters’ Lodge is paved in generally smooth stone, concrete or tiling, with maps and signage along the way to help you find the Porter's Lodge. At one point there is a slight incline to the main walkway building.

Alternatively, it is possible to be dropped off in front of the Porters’ Lodge, as described above.

Read our Access page to find out more about our spaces. Please get in touch if you have any further queries or requirements: [email protected] or call the Porter's Lodge at +44 (0)1223 762100.

Image: Kate Montgomery, Seawind (1995). The Women's Art Collection.

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Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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