Support Us

Your gift will ensure that our unique Collection remains open to visitors and that the remarkable artworks, artists and their stories are studied, shared and enjoyed.

With your donation we can grow the Collection and continue to support women artists through ambitious exhibitions and events.

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The Women’s Art Collection Patrons’ Circle 

Join an intimate circle of fellow art enthusiasts and philanthropists who support The Women’s Art Collection and its mission. Connect with world-renowned artists, curators, collectors and academics, whilst deepening your engagement with our iconic collection as it continues to grow and evolve. 

Benefits 

  • Exclusive access to a programme of bespoke experiences, including visits to private collections, curator-led tours of exhibitions, gallery private views, and studio visits with both emerging and established women artists.  
  • Behind-the-scenes, in-depth engagement with The Women’s Art Collection
  • Priority booking/early invitations and complimentary tickets to all WAC events  
  • Annual Patrons’ Circle Dinner
  • Joining an intimate community of art lovers, philanthropists, curators, artists and academics 

What is the impact of my support? 

  • Funding landmark acquisitions to widen the representation in the Collection
  • Promoting and supporting early career and established women artists
  • Ensuring crucial conservation work takes place to safeguard the Collection for future generations
  • Raising the visibility of the Collection and helping to secure its future
  • Enabling the Collection to reach broader audiences
  • Fostering new research into the Collection, connecting it with the academic community of Cambridge and beyond
  • Making the Collection an ongoing resource to support partnerships with our local community groups: Cambridge Black Creatives, Cambridge Women’s Resource Centre and the mental health charity Arts & Minds
  • Ensuring that The Women’s Art Collection can continue to flourish as an important and iconic Collection 
Price: £5,000 for the year / £8,000 for couples' membership. 

To find out more please contact Harriet Loffler harriet.loffler@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk or Imogen Crockford imogen.crockford@murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk 

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Katy Hessel in conversation with President Dorothy Byrne, February 2023.

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Exhibition private view, March 2023.

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