24-25 June 2017 Schools across Cambridge and the surrounding area are invited to take part in an exciting art competition, coinciding with Cambridge BRAINFest at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.

The original artwork can be inspired or informed by various aspects of the brain and new discoveries in neuroscience.

A number of prizes will be awarded in different age group

categories and artwork will be selected for display at Cambridge

BRAINFest in the Corn Exchange.

Brain Art Competition & Exhibition Cambridge BRAINFest Submission deadline: Friday 5th May 2017

InvitationtoparticipateinBrainArtCompetitionandExhibition

atCambridgeBRAINFest2017

SchoolsacrossCambridgeandthesurroundingareaare

invitedtotakepartinanexcitingartcompetition,coinciding

withCambridgeBRAINFestattheCambridgeCornExchange.

CambridgeNeuroscienceattheUniversityofCambridgewillhostBRAINFestontheweekendof23-25June2017.CambridgeBRAINFestisapublicfestivalthatwillbringtogetherneuroscientistsfrom

acrossCambridgepresentinggroundbreakingresearchtakingplacethroughinteractiveexhibits,

film,Q&AwithCambridgeexpertsatCaféScientifique,art,andneurotheatre.ItwillbeheldintheCambridgeCornExchangeandUniversityofCambridgeBabbageLecturetheatreontheweekendof

23–25June2017.Withthemesof'Development','Brain&Body',‘Pain&Pleasure’,‘Imagination&

Perception’and‘Learning&Forgetting’spanningresearchfrommoleculetoman,theexhibition

aimstoshowcasetothepublicthebreadthofresearchatCambridgeandwillcenteraroundaninteractiveshowcaseeventattheCambridgeCornExchange.CambridgeBRAINFest2017isgoingtobethebiggestoutreacheventforNeuroscienceinCambridge

inyears.ItisanexcitingopportunitytoshowcasewhatisbestaboutNeuroscienceinCambridge.We

havechosentohostitintheCornExchangetomaximisetheaccessibilityandexposureoftheevent

tothegeneralpublic,visitingdignitariesandthepress!

AspartofCambridgeBRAINFest,wewillholda‘BrainArtCompetitionandExhibition’thatwillbeopentostudentsacrossCambridge.

Togeneratesomeenthusiasmfortheproject,neuroscientistsfromtheUniversityofCambridgewill

offertovisityourschooltogiveashorttalkaboutthebrainandtheprojectwiththeaimbeingto

inspirethestudentstocreateoriginalbrainart.

CambridgeBRAINFestisacelebrationofneuroscienceresearchatCambridgeandwearelookingfor

artworkthatisbroadlybrain-related.Theoriginalartworkcanbeinspiredorinformedbyvarious

aspectsofthebrainandnewdiscoveriesinneuroscience. Thiscouldincludestructuralrepresentationofthebrainoritscomponentparts(e.g.singlebraincells),throughtoportrayalsof

thebehaviouralaspectsofbrainfunctionanddysfunction(fromthesenses(e.g.painandpleasure,

perceptionandimagination)toportrayalsofdementia,depressionorstroke,forexample).

Anumberofprizeswillbeawardedindifferentagegroupcategories(1st,2nd,3rdandmerits)and

artworkwillbeselectedfordisplayatCambridgeBRAINFestforthedurationofthefestivalinthe

mainfoyeroftheCambridgeCornexchange.

Categories:

Age8-11(years3-6)

Ages12-14(years7-9)

Age15-16(years10-11)

Age17-18(years12-13)

Termsandconditions1. AllartmustbesubmittedbyMay5

th2017

2. Artworkmustbelabelledonthereversesidewithtitle,studentname,age,schoolyearand

schoolname

3. Wewilltrytoreturnallartworktotheparticipatingschoolsattheendoftheexhibition

4. SelectedartworkmaybeusedinthepromotionofCambridgeBRAINFest

5. Selectedartworkmaybepresentedinadifferentformatthantheoriginalsubmission(e.g.

printedonboardetc)

6. PrizeswillbeawardedduringCambridgeBRAINFest(atatimeTBA)

7. Thejudges’decisionisfinal

8. NotalloriginalartworksubmittedwillbedisplayedduringCambridgeBRAINFest(spaceconstraints)

Whattodonext?

Wouldyoulikeyourschooltobeinvolved?

Wouldyoulikeavisittoyourschoolfromaneuroscientist?WewillarrangethisvisitataconvenienttimeearlyintheSpringterm.

Pleasenotethatnotallstudentsfromaclassneedtosubmitartworkandsinglesubmissionswillalsobeacceptedfromaschool/student.Pleasegetincontactwithmeatyourearliestconvenienceeitherbyemailorusingthetelephonenumberbelowandwewillorganisethenextsteps.

Welookforwardtohearingfromyouandworkingwithyourschoolonthisexcitingproject.

Verybest,

DervilaGlynn

Email:coordinator@neuroscience.cam.ac.uk

Phone:01223334063

PROFESSORANGELAROBERTS

DRDERVILAGLYNN

MSJESSICASANTIVANEZ-PEREZ

BRAINFest 2017We are delighted to invite you to save the date for Cambridge BRAINFest 2017

The Cambridge Neuroscience festival of brain science will be centred around an interactive showcase event, with themes including ‘Brain & Body’, ‘Pain & Pleasure’, ‘Perception & Imagination’ and ‘Learning & Forgetting’ spanning research from molecules to man.

If you have any queries please contact: Dr Dervila Glynn

e: coordinator@neuroscience.cam.ac.ukt: +44 (0)1223 334003

neuroscience.cam.ac.uk

Cambridge BRAINFest will bring together neuro-scientists from across Cambridge, to present ground breaking research through interactive exhibits, film, art, neurotheatre and Q&A with Cambridge experts at Café Scientifique.

Public lectures and a panel debate with prominent figures from the world of neuroscience and mental health will also feature over the weekend.

A detailed itinerary and further information will be forthcoming.Cambridge Neuroscience looks forward to welcoming you in June.