York Castle Museum

Adult Learning Events

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Workshops

Ceramics

25 September, 10am - 3pm

Exploring clay, with artist Sarah Khan, inspired by the Gallery of Pots.

£25 per person + £5 for materials on the day. To book a place, telephone 01904 554277 or email adult.education@york.gov.uk

Felt Hats

9 October, 10am - 3pm

Make a warm winter hat with Vivienne Morpeth, inspired by the gallery exhibition, Hats.

£25 per person + £3 for materials on the day. To book a place, telephone 01904 554277 or email adult.education@york.gov.uk

Illuminating York drop-in workshop

30 October, 6 - 8pm

Enjoy the gallery, open late especially for the Illuminate festival, and take part in a drop-in drawing workshop as part of the Big Draw.

Free, no booking required.

Brooches, Buttons and Beads

13 November, 10am - 3pm

A hands-on session with Deb New, making accessories for bags and hats or decorative pieces that can simply be worn as brooches, inspired by the works of art of display. Bring along buttons, beads and old costume jewellery to add to your creations.

£25 per person. To book a place, telephone 01904 554277, or email adult.education@york.gov.uk

York Open Studios Workshops

15, 16, 22 and 23 January

Details of these workshops, which are led by artists from across York, will appear at www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk from the beginning of December.

To pre-register your interest email info@yorkopenstudios.co.uk with "workshops" in the subject line.

Curators' Talks

Open Evening

29 October, 6.30pm - 8pm

Discover more about art in a series of curators' talks, highlighting key works of art throughout the gallery. This is a popular, annual event run in partnership with City of York Council's Adult and Community Education team.

Free, no booking required.

Lunchtime Talks

All these talks are free and run from 12.30pm - 1pm, no need to book.

York Mystery Plays

19 August

This talk will take visitors along the medieval route of the Mystery Plays, which were performed on waggons at 12 points around the city, through prints and drawings in our new exhibition in the Little Gallery.

Hats

21 October

Join Jenny Alexander, assistant curator of fine art, for this talk about our new exhibition, Hats.

Once upon a time...

16 December

Gaby Lees, assistant curtaor for arts learning, will be talking about this latest exhibition in the Little Gallery.