Date: Sunday 8 June 2025, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Txt
Sunday 8 June 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | £40
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A letterpress workshop delivered by Thin Ice Press.

In recent works, especially Hz So Good and R U OK (both 2022), Harland Miller has played with the snappy, abbreviated forms of txt speak or ‘platespeak’ (the language of personalised number plates). In this workshop, we will do the same, stripping words down to their essential components. Participants will learn the basics of letterpress, and will hand set metal type in order to create a snappy txt abbreviation or communication. All participants will go home with a set of unique A5 prints, showcasing the results of their work.

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Date: Saturday 14 June 2025, 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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Date: Wednesday 18 June 2025, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

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Date: Sunday 22 June 2025, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

10.30am – 12.30pm, free

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Date: Wednesday 25 June 2025, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

 1:30pm-3:30pm, £5 per person

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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Date: Sunday 13 July 2025, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Platespeak
Sunday 13 July 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | £40
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A letterpress workshop delivered by Thin Ice Press.

In recent works, especially Hz So Good and R U OK (both 2022), Harland Miller has played with the snappy, abbreviated forms of txt speak or ‘platespeak’ (the language of personalised number plates). In this workshop, we will embrace the personalised number plate as an art form. Participants will play with sense and meaning to create a bespoke ‘number plate’ using wood type. You will print your type and a bespoke border to create your own personalised number plate on paper. Participants will go home with a set of unique prints, showcasing their work.

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Date: Sunday 27 July 2025, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Edgar Allan Poe-stcards
Sunday 27 July 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | £40
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A letterpress workshop delivered by Thin Ice Press.

Harland Miller cites Edgar Allan Poe as his first literary influence. His love for Poe inspired a 2008 exhibition, in which Miller invited 35 artists to respond to the American writer’s life and work. In this workshop, participants will get to grips with the basics of letterpress printing. You will learn to compose metal type in order to print a short quotation from Poe. We will print the results on a tabletop Adana press, and close the session with a fun few minutes of printing overlapping words and phrases, inspired by Miller’s passion for letters and type as visual art. All participants will go away with a set of unique postcards, celebrating the enduring art of Edgar Allan Poe and Harland Miller.

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Date: Saturday 2 August 2025, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Harland Miller Family Printing
Saturday 2 August 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | Drop in | Included in general admission
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Join us for a family-friendly children’s printing event, inspired by our Harland Miller exhibition. Children can get hands on with wood type, and play with letterforms and colours, in this relaxed and supportive workshop. They will be inspired by Miller’s art, and will also get the chance to explore some of Miller’s inspirations, from medieval lettering to Penguin book covers!

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Date: Sunday 10 August 2025, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Three letter postcards
Sunday 10 August 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | £40
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Inspired by medieval illuminations, typography and more, Harland Miller’s Letter Paintings play with colour, sense and saturation. In this engaging wood type workshop, we will do the same, overprinting letters and colours to think differently about the layering of letters and colours, sense and visual effect. Each participant will go away with a set of unique hand-printed postcards, responding to Miller’s work.

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