Stone Carving Festival
- Date:
- 14 August 2010
- Location:
- York Minster, The Minster School, Deansgate, York
- Type:
- Yorks & The Humber
The festival will take place over the weekend, there will be up to 80 Masons, Carvers, Sculptors, and Stonework Apprentices from the UK and abroad to celebrate the craft of stone carving.
There will be an auction of the stones worked during the festival at 3.30pm on Sunday August 15th.
Each participant will be free to interpret the festivals theme 'Nature's Form and the Fabulous' in stone. At the end of the festival finished stones will be sold by auction. The proceeds will be divided between York Minster fund (reg charity 2252157) and York Against Cancer.
The festival is open to all masons carvers sculptors and stonework apprentices who would like to come and celebrate the art of stone carving.
Places are limited to 80 bankers so please register early to avoid disappointment. You can download the application form and more details from this page. You can also pay your registration fee on line via York Minster's secure box-office if you wish. We look forward to welcoming you to York.
For further information and booking details visit York Minster’s website http://www.yorkminster.org/learning/york-minster-works-department/stone-carving-festival/
Email Rebecca Thompson at: • rebeccat@yorkminster.org