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Black History Month – Objeks and Tings Public events – Sat 12 Oct 2024

Black History Month – Objeks and Tings Public events

Date: Saturday 12 October 2024, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Join us at the Castle Museum to celebrate Black History Month for a day of talks and tours to accompany Museumand’s exhibition, 70 Objeks and Tings. Lynda and Catherine, Directors of Museumand will give two guided tours of their exhibition and Yvie Holder, who has contributed to the exhibition, will be giving a poetry reading sharing stories and thoughts from the Windrush Generation.  

Included in museum admission.

Timetable

10:30 – 11:30 – Guided tour

12:30 – 13:30 – Poetry reading

14:00 – 15:00 – Guided tour 

 

Meet the team 

Catherine Burrell – Founder Director of Museumand

I emigrated to the UK from the Caribbean island of St Kitts in 1958, aged seven years old, as part of the Windrush Generation. As the Founder Director of Museumand, I’m responsible for all the museum does (and what it doesn’t!) including how we present our projects in a way that engages, connects, and encourages visitors to recommend others should “come see”. When people tell us they came because of a recommendation or we overhear the phrase “I never knew that” our team high five each other, knowing it’s been a job well done and we’ve got the interpretation right.  

A key part of my role involves harnessing collaborations, building partnerships, fundraising, and representing the museum at various events.  

I am also a published author, former teacher, and management consultant. I have been a national strategic development adviser at both The British Red Cross and The Scout Association. 

 

Lynda Burrell – Creative Director of Museumand

I studied fashion at London College of Fashion and Middlesex University and went on to have an exciting career in New York as a fashion designer for companies including Marc Jacobs, and as a fashion editor with magazines including Vogue and Marie Claire. I have also owned and run a number of successful beauty businesses and a line of cosmetics.  

As the Creative Director of Museumand, I oversee every aspect of the creative process to make sure our projects are second to none, with every detail carefully crafted. We work with a diverse and multi-talented range of curators, artists and other creatives on exhibition-events and projects, but we manage and lead on all these aspects ourselves.  

Creative excellence is at the heart of our vision and mission as an organisation, both in terms of our innovative, collaborative, unique approach; and our high-quality production values. I devise new ideas and unexpected ways of telling heritage stories that capture people’s imaginations and encourage them to become advocates for heritage sites and landscapes – including those who may not be familiar with, or feel welcome in, traditional heritage institutions. 

 

Yvie Holder – Poet

Yvie Holder draws on her UK-Caribbean heritage to explore themes of memory, migration, loss, love and celebration. She has lived in Yorkshire for over sixty years. She enjoyed writing poetry during her schooldays in Hull and took it up seriously in later life. 

Yvie features in York Castle Museum’s Objeks and Tings exhibition, one of the ‘Voices of York.’ As a descendant of the ‘Windrush Generation,’ she will read poems inspired by objects of her own and by the exhibition. 

A former schoolteacher, adult education tutor and university equalities director, Yvie has experience as a volunteer, including trades union work, school governing, community relations and in the Alzheimer’s Society. 

Winner of the Helen Cadbury Poetry Prize 2021, Yvie was commended (2014) and long-listed (2015) in the York Literature Festival Poetry Competition. Her poems have been widely published in anthologies, journals, magazines and online.

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Life Drawing – Model as Muse – Sat 12 Oct 2024

Life Drawing - Model as Muse

Date: Saturday 12 October 2024, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Join us at York Art Gallery for life drawing workshops; whether you are a regular participant, would like to hone your skills, or try life drawing for the first time, these regular two-hour immersive Saturday sessions, led by Rob Oldfield, are a wonderful way to experience life drawing in a supportive and friendly environment.

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Soul Cake Cooking Demonstrations – Wed 16 Oct 2024

Soul Cake Cooking Demonstrations

Date: Wednesday 16 October 2024, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum

Cooking Demonstration in the Castle Kitchen.

Included in general admission 

We’re excited to be opening the Castle Kitchen on various dates throughout October and November where we will be making traditional soul cakes, ready for All Souls Day on 2 November! 

 

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Soul Cake Cooking Demonstrations – Thu 17 Oct 2024

Soul Cake Cooking Demonstrations

Date: Thursday 17 October 2024, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum

Cooking Demonstration in the Castle Kitchen.

Included in general admission 

We’re excited to be opening the Castle Kitchen on various dates throughout October and November where we will be making traditional soul cakes, ready for All Souls Day on 2 November!

 

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A talk from G.F Smith paper – Thu 17 Oct 2024

A talk from G.F Smith paper

Dates: Thursday 17 October 2024–Thursday 14 November 2024, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

A talk from G.F Smith paper

Thursday 17 October 2024, 2pm
Josh Williams from G.F Smith paper
Included with gallery admission 

As a brand, G.F Smith Paper have spent decades thinking about colour, what it can signify, the ideas it invokes, and how it makes us feel.

To broaden their scope further, they teamed up with music and sound design studio in the summer of 2023, setting them the unusual task of developing a soundscape inspired by the 55 colours of their Colorplan range.

The result, a distinct sound to reflect each of the 55 colours, used to compose pieces of music that now sit on a 12″ vinyl album exploring the music of colour

To create the cover art for this landmark piece, G.F Smith turned to the new generation of creative talent currently enrolled in their 2nd and 3rd years at the BA (Hons) Graphic Design course, challenging the students to turn their creativity towards the exploration of colour filtered through the lens of sound.

Josh Williams from G.F Smith paper will be delivering a talk on this fascinating project, which blurs the lines between colour, sound, and design.

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Totally Chaotic History Museum Trail – Sat 19 Oct 2024

Totally Chaotic History Museum Trail

Dates: Saturday 19 October 2024–Saturday 2 November 2024, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Explore the amazing world of Roman Britain at the Yorkshire Museum this October half term (19th October – 2 November 2024). The Totally Chaotic History Museum Trail from Kids in Museums and Walker Books celebrates the release of hit historian Greg Jenner’s new book, Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy, with expert interruptions from Dr Emma Southon and illustrations by Rikin Parekh. 

Discover intriguing objects, give yourself a Roman name and design your own Roman outfit. Complete the activity sheet to receive your Totally Chaotic History sticker!

Design your own mosaic and share your drawing on Twitter/X or Instagram with the hashtag #TCHMuseumTrail and tag @kidsinmuseums for a chance to win a copy of the book and a Double Art Pass plus Kids donated by Art Fund. Find out more on the Kids in Museums website: https://bit.ly/TCHromanbritain

The trail is included in general admission Book now

Please note the Yorkshire Museum is closed on Mondays.

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Lampshade Woodblock Printing – Sat 19 Oct 2024

Lampshade Woodblock Printing

Date: Saturday 19 October 2024, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Lampshade Woodblock Printing

19 October 2024
10am-4pm
£55.00 per person (Book here)
This is a full day workshop where you’ll be getting your hands stuck into creating and printing your own unique lampshade lead by printer and maker Aidan Liggins. You’ll learn the basics of block printing onto fabric from composition, carving and printing techniques. You will then go on to make your own lampshade out of your hand printed fabric, creating a unique handmade piece for your home.
All materials will be provided. No experience is necessary.
Ages 16+ (under 18 must be accompanied by an adult)
Aidan is a textile printer and maker based in Yorkshire with a goal to create fabrics and pieces for the home which last and are loved for a whole lifetime. Through her work she believes that the creative process and things we have in our home should be kind to the planet and celebrate a slower way of making and consuming of products celebrating craftmanship and the handmade.

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Sketchbook Circle at York Art Gallery – Wed 23 Oct 2024

Sketchbook Circle at York Art Gallery

Date: Wednesday 23 October 2024, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

 1:30pm-3:30pm, £5 per person

Book tickets here.

Tickets will become available approximately a month in advance.

Pick up a pencil – draw and discover!

Give yourself time to sharpen and share your drawing skills in this two-hour sketching workshop with artist Griselda Goldsbrough.

Enjoy working in sketchbooks in a relaxed and friendly group, taking inspiration from the collections at York Art Gallery. Materials provided.

These informal practical art sessions are for adults only (16+) and are suitable for absolute beginners or those who create regularly.

Sessions will run on one Wednesday each month.(Please book separately for each session).

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Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum – Sat 26 Oct 2024

Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum

Date: Saturday 26 October 2024, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum is included in general admission.

 

Ever wanted to visit a Viking?

Run into a Roman?

Follow the footsteps of a Fossil Hunter?

Meet a Medieval Storyteller?

…. A whole host of exciting characters will be dropping into the Yorkshire Museum this year!

This is YOUR invitation to ….

…….. MEET ME AT THE YORKSHIRE!

 

Suitable for all ages.

Short stories and object handling throughout the day. Times will be advertised at the Museum on the day.

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Soul Cake Cooking Demonstrations – Tue 29 Oct 2024

Soul Cake Cooking Demonstrations

Date: Tuesday 29 October 2024, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum

Cooking Demonstration in the Castle Kitchen.

Included in general admission 

We’re excited to be opening the Castle Kitchen on various dates throughout October and November where we will be making traditional soul cakes, ready for All Souls Day on 2 November!

 

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