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Events - 12 Nov 16

Rag Rug Hooking: Christmas Decorations – Sat 12 Nov 2016

Rag Rug Hooking: Christmas Decorations

Date: Saturday 12 November 2016, 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

A one-day workshop to learn the basic and traditional technique of rag rug hooking. Stars, snowflakes, Christmas trees and other festive patterns can be used for inspiration to create a beautiful decoration.

£38 per person (plus £2 on the day to cover the cost of materials).

Book with York Learning – please call 01904 552806 or email york.learning@york.gov.uk.

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YMT Book Club – The North Water by Ian McGuire – Sat 12 Nov 2016

YMT Book Club - The North Water by Ian McGuire

Date: Saturday 12 November 2016, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Long listed for the Man Booker Prize, this book evokes the last days of the whaling industry in Hull, where a nineteenth-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp, and highly original tale that grips like a thriller.

Free with admission, no need to book.

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The 2016 Annual CoCA Lecture – Sat 12 Nov 2016

The 2016 Annual CoCA Lecture

Date: Saturday 12 November 2016, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

The 2016 Annual CoCA Lecture delivered by Christie Brown – Casting About: Re-searching Through Practice.

Throughout her long career as a figurative ceramic artist, Christie Brown has explored ideas about identity and self-knowledge, seeking continuity and connection through history and mythologies. Alongside her three-dimensional clay sculpture, she is developing her drawing as a parallel form of expression and communication.

In this artist’s talk she will trace how the content of her ceramics has been informed by a range of references, from archaic figures to dolls and puppets, while at the same time exploring the connections between these objects and the narratives that are emerging in her drawings, and how the relationship between sculpture and drawing are contributing to her visual language.

Please click here for further details and to book your tickets online.

The lecture is generously supported by the Friends of York Art Gallery and the Northern Potters Association.

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