Events

July's Artwork of the Month talk will be given by Peter Gibbard, former Chair and one of our most popular speakers. It will take place in the Burton gallery on Wednesday July 3rd - starting at 1pm. Peter’s subject is ‘The Derbyshire Gift’. He will tell the story behind the Derbyshire County Council’s gift in […]

*** This event is fully booked with a waiting list *** David Lamb,a FYAG committee member and Trustee of YMT has kindly invited members to a soirée at his Grade 2* house in St Saviourgate. We will have the opportunity to explore the recently restored house, while enjoying music, wine and nibbles in the redesigned […]

*** This event is fully booked with a waiting list*** The morning will consist of two seminars led by Lizzie Darbyshire, who developed her interest in Manet when she was at the Courtauld Institute of Art. After coffee on arrival, the first seminar will look at the early years of Manet’s career when he struggled […]

Gorton Monastery, known as Manchester’s Taj Mahal, was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin for the Franciscan order, and is a Grade II* listed building. Following the closure of the monastery in 1989, it fell into disrepair until it was saved by a local couple, Paul and Elaine Griffiths, who set up a charitable trust in […]

*** Fully booked *** Seminar by Helena Cox in the Bedingfield Room in the Bar Convent.In the first session Helena will introduce us to Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, which were first shown to the west in the Japanese Pavilion in Paris at the Exposition Universelle in 1867. In the second session, Helena will explore with us […]