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The York Art Workers' Association is an eclectic group of
craftsmen, artists, conservators, academics and others who share a serious
interest in the arts. Members represent architectural craftsmanship, other
applied arts, all fine arts, architecture and conservation. We welcome not only practitioners in these
fields, whether amateur or professional, but anyone with a keen interest or
appreciation of art and design. We exist
to extend and share our knowledge and experience through a widely varied
programme of monthly talks, normally on the first Monday of the month (doors
open at 7pm). We also organise occasional courses, workshops, outings and
social events. Our talks are open to anyone.
We meet at Southlands Methodist Church, Bishopthorpe Road, York YO23 1NX. There is parking at the church, on nearby streets and in the local car park by the shops, a few minutes' walk away. There is cycle parking too and it is on a bus route. There is level access and the meeting room is on the ground floor.
Admission: members £2, non members £5.
There is no need to book - please feel free just to turn up!
If you would like to know more about the association, please email info@yorkartworkers.org.uk, or come to the next meeting; we will be very pleased to see you.
Monday, June 3rd
Jill Tattersall, Painter
Music, medieval French literature and palaeontology are just two of the influences in Jill’s colourful background. After training as a classical singer and working as an academic, she chose to focus on two-dimensional images and founded her studio "The Wolf at the Door”, exhibiting widely; her work is in collections from Peru to Tasmania. Her art has been in poster form on the Underground (Art Below), and at the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, and she was a finalist in Emerging Women Artists (WIA), Hampstead.
A fascination with patterns often recurs in her work. In her words "Force meets counter-force and patterns emerge: coasts and weather systems, stars and galaxies, trees and blood vessels, maps and mazes. We’re somehow programmed to imitate them and weave them back into our environment. Science and art intersect, something that really interests me despite my lack of scientific training.” To build up intense, glowing colours, she uses mainly water-based paints, inks, dyes and pigments and constantly experiments with materials and techniques, often using her own hand-made paper, which has a unique, unpredictable texture.
Visit to Beverley Puppet Festival
(the festival runs from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th July, watch this space for details of our visit)
Since 2005, Beverley Puppet Festival has welcomed thousands of audience members to experience the transformative, unique and inclusive world of puppetry. Puppetry is for everyone, not just children. Puppetry creates magic though mixing many artistic disciplines, drawing people of all ages and backgrounds into other worlds. We aim to bring out the adult within the child and the child within the adult, to spark creative and critical thinking, to think outside the box.
The Festival takes place once every two years across a weekend in July. Giant, fantastical creatures roam Beverley’s historic streets. Tiny, magical worlds are revealed to unsuspecting audiences in the Friary Gardens. The best of UK and European puppet theatre is brought to venues throughout the town for residents and visitors of all ages to enjoy. In 2015 Beverley Puppet Festival won the Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Award for 'Remarkable Small Tourism Event' for the 2014 festival, and was a finalist again in 2017 and 2019.
www.beverleypuppetfestival.com
www.facebook.com/BeverleyPuppetFestival
Where, when and how much?
We meet at Southlands Methodist Church, Bishopthorpe Road, York YO23 1NX. There is parking at the church, on nearby streets and in the local car park by the shops, a few minutes' walk away. There is cycle parking too and it is on a bus route. There is level access and the meeting room is on the ground floor.
All events are on the first Monday of the month unless otherwise stated.
Events start at 7.30pm. Doors open at 7pm – please aim to be seated by 7.15pm.
Admission: members £2, non members £5.
Membership and programme enquiries to: info@yorkartworkers.org.uk
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