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The Great Art Show and Auction
Published Thursday 27th March 2008 by Alix Peacock
York Minster has been a magnet for artists for many centuries and is still an inspiration for many people. It has among its own community a whole host of talented painters: from members of the congregation, to the Minster’s Surveyor of the Fabric and a former Archbishop of York. These and many more who love the Minster will be supporting the York Minster Revealed project by displaying their own works based on their interpretation of the building they love in an exhibition in the Minster between Saturday 29th March and Friday 18th April.
Eighteen artists, all associated with York Minster in some way, have produced works expressing their feelings on York’s own wonderful Cathedral. These paintings will form an exhibition in the North Transept of York Minster between Saturday 29th March and Friday 18th April 2008. The paintings will then be sold at an auction to be held in the Minster on the evening of Friday 18th April 2008. The varied styles and methods of all the artists involved in the exhibition mean this will be a truly unique display and the only chance to see these varied interpretations of York Minster together. At the auction taking place on Friday 18th April, Jake Attree, well known Yorkshire Painter, will speak about his love of the Minster and how it has inspired his work. Tickets for Jake Attree’s talk and the auction of paintings will cost £5 and are available from Church House Reception, Ogleforth, York, YO1 7JN, Tel: 01904 557208 or on the night in the Minster.
The proceeds from the auction of the artworks will go towards the York Minster Revealed project, which will open up the beauty of the Minster and increase craft and skills training in stone masonry and stained glass conservation. The project has been awarded an earmarked grant of £10 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The funds raised from the auction will go towards the match funding for this project.
To take a lok at all of the paintings please see the online catalogue.