Rowan is a local arts charity that brings artists and people with learning disabilities together.

Our centre in Humberstone Road houses four studios and a gallery.

Rowan’s students live in Cambridge and the surrounding area and come to Rowan from one to five days a week to do ‘art’ and explore their creativity using different art forms and disciplines.

We aim to enhance people’s lives within an arts and crafts environment, giving opportunities for personal and social development and greater independence and control over their lives, while retaining maximum dignity and respect.

Rowan’s programme is continually evolving and we currently have four projects.

• Our Ceramics Project provides opportunities for self-expression and creativity in a busy, experimental and focused environment.
• Our Wood Project is a busy and exciting place where students have the opportunity to develop technical woodworking skills as well as their own creativity.
• Changing Images is our project for people who need greater support to participate and where creativity is encouraged to the surface using a wide range of materials and activities.
• Our 3D Project provides an artistic environment where students’ creativity can be challenged and developed and where the creative process is the focus.

Rowan is a happy place made up of a creative team of caring and enthusiastic students, volunteers and staff from Cambridgeshire. We are open Monday to Friday and our students attend between 9am and 3pm.