Taking inspiration from Grayson Perry, we will be exploring identity in these sessions with artist Sally Storr. Be shown how to make a thumb or pinch pot in clay – the oldest art of making pots!

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After months of turbulence our brains are overflowing. Worry, grief, anger, hopes, dreams – let’s get it all out and plate it up in this fun, family activity!

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Fridays in August 10:30 – 11:30am  Book tickets here Step onto the cobbles and peer in the windows of the fine shops along Kirkgate, hearing why a Devil lurks outside the printers and how taking your “weasel” to the pawnbrokers was a weekly occurrence for many. Then head down the back alleys into York’s slums […]

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After months of turbulence our brains are overflowing. Worry, grief, anger, hopes, dreams – let’s get it all out and plate it up in this fun, family activity!

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Explore the wonderful properties of clay in this hands-on workshop with artist Sally Storr. We will use a range of techniques and processes to create a decorative relief tile, flower or pinch pot in air dry clay.

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Inspired by the exhibition, Young Gainsborough: Rediscovered Landscape Drawings, this year’s Teenage Art School (TAS) explores how artists respond to place, combining AI, text and image to produce statements about our lived environments.

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Fridays in August 10:30 – 11:30am  Book tickets here Step onto the cobbles and peer in the windows of the fine shops along Kirkgate, hearing why a Devil lurks outside the printers and how taking your “weasel” to the pawnbrokers was a weekly occurrence for many. Then head down the back alleys into York’s slums […]

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Make magical prints using the sun. Cyanotype is a historic photographic process which involves using an iron-based coated paper which is sensitive to UV light, resulting in a beautiful deep Prussian blue image.

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Sun 24th October 2021 Various times throughout the day £8.50 for 1 Adult and Child Ticket (all children must be accompanied by an adult) £4.50 Additional Adult / Child Ticket Book tickets here “The Moon has been watching the world since time began. I wonder how many stories it has to tell?” Have you ever […]

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Sunday 19th December, 1-4pm Book admission tickets here. For any D/deaf, hard of hearing or hearing-impaired visitors, we will have a British Sign Language interpretation for ‘A Kirkgate Christmas Tale’! Our famous Victorian Street, Kirkgate, will be transformed into a glistening snow-covered ‘stage’ where spectacular large-scale projections present a very special Christmas story full of festive […]

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