A Summer Soirée at St Saviourgate

*** 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 2* house in St Saviourgate. We will have the opportunity to explore the recently restored house, see an...

‘Edouard Manet and the Path to Modernity’

*** 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 at the Courtauld Institute of Art. After coffee on arrival, the first seminar will look at the...

Coach Visit to Gorton Monastery, Manchester and Nostell Priory

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 in 1989, it fell into disrepair until it was saved by a local couple, Paul and...

The Impact of Japanese Art on Western artists after 1867

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 west in the Japanese Pavilion in Paris at the Exposition Universelle in 1867. In the second...

Wine-tasting at York Medical Society Rooms

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, Italy, and Spain for over forty years for this enthusiastic group of wine amateurs. Our event...

Visit to the Quilt Museum

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 about and examine them in detail. Participants will also be able to look at other items in the...

Day trip to Cambridge

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 for lunch; there is a small café at Kettle’s Yard and a major one in the Fitzwilliam. In...

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 is held in the beautiful grounds of Womersley Park, the home of the Getty family. The operas are...

Artwork of the Month: Hogarth’s studio in 1739

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 by Edward Matthew...

In the Tropics by Patricia Ramsay

Artwork of the Month October 2023 Click on the button below to access the article about Patricia Ramsay’s painting, In the Tropics, by Peter Gibbard, formerley Chair of the Friends. Click...