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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, May 13th
Barry Gillespie, Luthier
Barry has been making musical instruments since 1977 when he was employed on a five-year apprenticeship programme with Arnold Dolmetsch Ltd., making harpsichords and other early keyboard instruments. In 1986 he began making violins, learning from fellow makers in and around Cambridge. He now makes violins, violas and cellos to commission, working from his home in Malton. In this talk he will illustrate and demonstrate some of the key processes, discuss the nature of violins as structures, the materials traditionally chosen and quirks of design and aesthetics, from renaissance mathematics to varnish mythology.
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.
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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