Events

Visit to Brockfield Hall

*** This event is fully booked *** Brockfield Hall was built for Benjamin Agar by Peter Atkinson, a junior partner of John Carr. It is owned by Charlie and Hatta […]

£22

Thomas Lawrence: Coming of Age

York Medical Society Rooms 23 Stonegate, YORK, United Kingdom

A talk by Amina Wright, curator of historic art collections, exhibitions, and interiors formerly for English Heritage, and the Holburne Museum in Bath. She is now Senior Curator of the […]

£20

Artwork of the Month talk

York Art Gallery Exhibition Square, York, United Kingdom

’Seeing Sculptures and Touching Pictures’ - a talk by Amelie Castellanet. Members are reminded that entry charges have been re-introduced at the Gallery so do remember to bring your membership […]

Day trip to Cambridge

Kettle's Yard Castle Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

A coach visit to Kettle's Yard and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, leaving Memorial Gardens at 08:00 and aiming to return to York at 20:00. There will be no group booking […]

£65

Garsington Opera and Vale of Aylesbury tour

The Friends of York Art Gallery have the exciting opportunity of visiting the Garsington Opera Festival during a short 3 day trip from 31st May to 2 June 2024.The Festival […]

Visit to York Cemetery Chapel

york cemetery Cemetery Road, YORK, United Kingdom

*** This event is fully booked *** Opened in1837, York Cemetery Chapel is a grand neo-classical building. The Chapel and the entire cemetery layout were designed by the York architect, […]

£16

Coach Visit to Ushaw Hall and the Oriental Museum, Durham

Ushaw College Ushaw Moor, Durham City, United Kingdom

*** Fully booked *** A coach trip visiting Ushaw College, historic house, chapel and gardens, which was founded in 1808 as a seminary to train Roman Catholic priests. The huge […]

£45

A Summer Soirée at St Saviourgate

St Saviourgate St Saviourgate, YORK, United Kingdom

*** This event is fully booked with a waiting list *** David Lamb,a FYAG committee member and Trustee of YMT has kindly invited members to a soirée at his Grade […]

£25

‘Edouard Manet and the Path to Modernity’

Bar Convent 17 Blossom Street, YORK

*** This event is fully booked with a waiting list*** The morning will consist of two seminars led by Lizzie Darbyshire, who developed her interest in Manet when she was […]

£25

Coach Visit to Gorton Monastery, Manchester and Nostell Priory

Gorton Monastery 89 Gorton Lane, Manchester, United Kingdom

Gorton Monastery, known as Manchester’s Taj Mahal, was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin for the Franciscan order, and is a Grade II* listed building. Following the closure of the monastery […]

£53

The Impact of Japanese Art on Western artists after 1867

Bar Convent 17 Blossom Street, YORK

Seminar by Helena Cox in the Bedingfield Room in the Bar Convent. In the first session Helena will introduce us to Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, which were first shown to the […]

£25

Wine-tasting at York Medical Society Rooms

York Medical Society Rooms 23 Stonegate, YORK, United Kingdom

Dr Stuart Calder, who will conduct this evening’s event, is founding member and the wine buyer for the York Medical Society Wine Club. He has been importing wine from France, […]

£28