Weekends lined up to showcase artists’ work

8:13am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

ARTISTS will be showing off their work across the city over two weekends in April as part of this year’s York Open Studios event.

Nah Then, Back o’ the Shop Gallery, Terrington, until May 25

Work by Harriett Bean

11:12am Saturday 30th March 2013

THE Back o’ the Shop Gallery, in Terrington, is dedicating its spring exhibition to a celebration of Yorkshire under the title Nah Then.

Elementals, According To McGee, Tower Street, York, until May 13

Elementals, According To McGee, Tower Street, York, until May 13

11:40am Thursday 28th March 2013

HERE is York gallery guru Greg McGee’s thought for the day.

Beeching 50 Years On, National Railway Museum in York until June 16

Artist and filmmaker Esther Johnson and the National Railway Museum’s interpretation developer Ellen Tait prepare for the opening of the Beeching 50 Years On exhibition

8:37am Saturday 23rd March 2013

ONE of the most turbulent eras in the history of Britain’s rail industry is the subject of a new exhibition and film at the National Railway Museum in York.

Spotlight on ‘horrible history’ at York exhibition

Osteoarchaeologist Malin Holst places a skeleton that died of leprosy in a display case for the York Archaeological Trust's Plague, Poverty And Prayer exhibition at Barley Hall

7:19am Saturday 23rd March 2013

MEET “Skeleton number 116”. Sadly, she does not have a name. But what we do know is that she lived in York 700 years or more ago; she was 46 when she died – and she had leprosy.

Artist's portrait demonstration day in York

Collette, 2012, by Samantha Snowden

11:56am Thursday 21st March 2013

RICCALL artist Samantha Snowden is giving a demonstration of portrait painting on Saturday at the Blake Gallery, Blake Street, York, from 10.30am to 5.30pm.

Artist's painting of York to feature in London exhibition

One of Leslie Childs paintings of York

11:36am Thursday 21st March 2013

YORKSHIRE artist Leslie Child’s painting Minstergate In York is to feature in a London exhibition from April 5 to 18.

John Thornton, Making Waves, Kentmere House Gallery, York, April 6 to May 30

Gales, sunshine and showers, by John Thornton

11:31am Thursday 21st March 2013

JOHN Thornton has been so busy renovating his 17th century riverside house in Selby that it left little time for his painting career.

Arts Barge project hopes to find new home on River Ouse

Arts Barge

10:57am Thursday 21st March 2013

THE Arts Barge Project in York has its eye on a Selby Barge for its new home on the River Ouse.

Room with an artistic view

Chris House of St Mary’s church pictured inside Poppy Whatmore's art installation as part of The Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition

1:08pm Saturday 16th March 2013

THE scent of freshly sawn wood lingers in the air at York St Mary’s Church. It invites you in, warm and fragrant, and then draws you irresistibly towards the remarkable… well, sculpture is the only word for it, which dominates the church’s central space.

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