Events

Artwork of the Month: Hogarth’s studio in 1739

York Art Gallery Exhibition Square, York, United Kingdom

January's artwork of the month talk will be given by Wendy Garbutt, previously a guide at York Art Gallery. Her subject will be the popular painting Hogarth's Studio in 1739 […]

Visit to the Quilt Museum

Quilt Museum St Anthony's Hall, YORK, United Kingdom

The Quilt Museum is now only open for group visits. The Curator, Heather Audlin, will put on display different objects from the stores. There will be the opportunity to talk […]

£16

Artwork of the Month: Unknown lady as Saint Elizabeth

York Art Gallery Exhibition Square, York, United Kingdom

The speaker at this month's Gallery talk will be Margaret May, one of our Committee members, who has provided these notes: "There are also treasures which can be discovered anew […]

The Battle of Stamford Bridge Tapestry

*** This event is fully booked *** This remarkable tapestry, created by a team of volunteers between 2016-2021, depicts scenes from the crucial battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September […]

£15

Annual General Meeting

York Medical Society Rooms 23 Stonegate, YORK, United Kingdom

Our AGM will be held face to face this year at York Medical Society Rooms

Claude Monet as artist-traveller

Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum, YORK

Michael Clarke, the former Director of the Scottish National Gallery, will give a talk entitled, Claude Monet as artist-traveller, his talk will be preceded by a sparkling wine and canapé […]

£25

Artwork of the Month gallery talk

York Art Gallery Exhibition Square, York, United Kingdom

Our next Gallery talk will be held on Wednesday April 10th when Jeanne Nuechterlien will be comparing Peter Collingwood’s Hanging M.84 No.23 with George Gower’s portrait of Mary Denton. This […]

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

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