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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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“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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Beyond the Rules

Beyond the Rules

19 May, all day, included in gallery admission Students across the Performance Department at York St. John will be staging an intervention in response to the artwork on display in Beyond Bloomsbury : Life, Love and Legacy.  Collaborative, explorative practices have resulted in a cross-arts performance fusing music, dance, and text, which respond to, and exist in, the community Workshop space […]

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Thursday Club

Thursday Club

Join poetry educators Kitty Greenbrown and Katie Matthews for our Bloomsbury-inspired creative writing sessions with a difference 19 May, 12:30, £8 Book tickets here Taking inspiration from The Bloomsbury Group’s literary Thursday Club, these creative writing sessions in the gallery Studio, will encourage you to employ a spirit of rebellion in your writing, along with […]

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York Museum Gardens Pop Up Plant Shop

York Museum Gardens Pop Up Plant Shop

Saturday 21st May 11am – 4pm Just in time for planting season, come browse a range of plants grown from cuttings and seed, as well as surplus plants from the Gardens which will be available to buy.   The Pop Up Plant Shop will focus on sustainability by recycling pots and reducing the amount of […]

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Dr Michael Lewis: Treasuring the Past – when is a ‘treasure’ Treasure?

Dr Michael Lewis: Treasuring the Past – when is a ‘treasure’ Treasure?

Monday 23 May, 4:30pm Free online Talk / Streamed live on YouTube and Facebook Sign up here for talk reminders and links sent to your inbox Prof Michael Lewis (British Museum) Watch live on Youtube here ‘Treasure’ is an emotive word with a variety of meanings. Under the Treasure Act 1996, ‘Treasure’ is clearly defined, […]

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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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Thursday Club

Thursday Club

Join poetry educators Kitty Greenbrown and Katie Matthews for our Bloomsbury-inspired creative writing sessions with a difference 26 May, 12:30, £8 Book tickets here Taking inspiration from The Bloomsbury Group’s literary Thursday Club, these creative writing sessions in the gallery Studio, will encourage you to employ a spirit of rebellion in your writing, along with […]

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Bloomsbury Interrupted

Bloomsbury Interrupted

28 May, included in admission  To help bring our Bloomsbury Exhibition to life, Katie Matthews and Kitty Greenbrown will be performing live interruptive poetry in the community section of ‘Beyond Bloomsbury : Life, Love and Legacy’ at select times throughout the day on Saturday 28th May. This new performance piece, created especially for the exhibition […]

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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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