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Drawing From Bloomsbury Life

Drawing From Bloomsbury Life

19 March, 2pm, £25 Book tickets here As a key member of the Bloomsbury Group, Roger Fry’s aesthetic advice was to express emotions through a work of art and design via five elements: light and shade, colour, rhythm of line, mass, and space. In terms of space, our life drawing session will take place live […]

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Art for Wellbeing

Art for Wellbeing

20 March, 1.30pm – 3.30pm, free Informal practical sessions for adults (16+ only), just drop-in and release your creative energy, in the company of others and with gentle guidance on hand. This is an inclusive session, suitable for all abilities. No need to book for workshop sessions. To open York Art Gallery safely we’re limiting […]

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Writing from Photographs – York Literature Festival

Writing from Photographs – York Literature Festival

Poetry Workshop followed by a Reading with Robert Powell and Sarah Wimbush as part of York Literature Festival 26 March 2022, 10:30-4pm, £25 per person Book your place here They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but photographic images can also be packed with silences and ambiguities awaiting voice and interpretation. Photographs are […]

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Pop Repartee

Thursday 31 March 22 from 11:15 to 12:15 Included in gallery admission A morning of spoken word from performance writers of York St John University who are studying courses within Drama, Theatre and Dance. Students have been commissioned to playfully respond to the exhibition Beyond Bloomsbury : Life, Love and Legacy, working to a set […]

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Sketchbook Circle at York Art Gallery

Sketchbook Circle at York Art Gallery

6 April, 1:30pm-3:30pm, £5 per person Book tickets here. Fill your sketchbooks at this regular informal drawing group for Adults (16+ only). Take inspiration from our collection at York Art Gallery and enhance your drawing skills with the help and support of a community artist. Sessions will also run on one Wednesday each month as […]

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Life Drawing – Model as Muse

Life Drawing – Model as Muse

Join us at York Art Gallery for life drawing workshops; whether you are a regular participant, would like to hone your skills, or try life drawing for the first time, these regular two-hour immersive Saturday sessions, led by Rob Oldfield, are a wonderful way to experience life drawing in a supportive and friendly environment.

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Drawing From Bloomsbury Life

Drawing From Bloomsbury Life

16 April, 2pm, £25 Book tickets here As a key member of the Bloomsbury Group, Roger Fry’s aesthetic advice was to express emotions through a work of art and design via five elements: light and shade, colour, rhythm of line, mass, and space. In terms of space, our life drawing session will take place live […]

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“A Home for Whoever You Want to Be” : Bloomsbury’s Queer Family

“A Home for Whoever You Want to Be” : Bloomsbury’s Queer Family

Engage with artworks on display to consider what makes the Bloomsbury ‘family’ queer? 22 April, 12:45pm & 2:30pm, £15 Book tickets here Jon King is a final-year PhD researcher in History of Art at the University of York, specialising in the queer domesticity of Charleston house, the early-twentieth century home of Bloomsbury group artists Vanessa […]

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A Bloomsbury Brew; Being Human with Tea and Tolerance

A Bloomsbury Brew; Being Human with Tea and Tolerance

28 April,  Included in Gallery admission. Tea & Tolerance bring you ‘Being Human’ at York Art Gallery in conjunction with Beyond Bloomsbury : Life, Love and Legacy. Conversation is the glue that holds us all together. Our tea trolley is designed to bring people together exploring the possibilities of friendship and exchange, channelling the spirit […]

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Tea and Tolerance

Tea and Tolerance

30 April, included in admission Tea & Tolerance bring you ‘Being Human’ at York Art Gallery in conjunction with The Yorkshire Tea Ceremony exhibition currently on show in the Centre for Ceramic Art Conversation is the glue that holds us all together. Our tea trolley is designed to bring people together exploring the possibilities of friendship […]

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