Hand Painted Wooden Decorations. The Old Courthouse, YO7 1QS. Within this workshop you will be creating your very own hand-painted wooden ornaments, ready for the festive season. Carefully paint onto wooden slices with different seasonal themes befogging adding ribbon for that finishing touch. Take your ornaments home with you to gift to friends ...

Lino-Cut Wrapping Paper. Rural Arts, 4 Westgate, Thirsk YO7 1QS. Design your own intricately carved linocut stamps to hand decorate paper rolls using our professional tools and inks. Use your paper to wrap your presents and add that an extra level of thoughtfulness when gifting loved ones this ChristmasFor more info click ...

Hilarity Bites Comedy Club. Rural Arts, 4 Westgate, Thirsk YO7 1QS. A fast-paced evening with three top comedians. Host Pete Otway is a "devastatingly funny" (Chortle) former BBC New Comedy Award finalist. Joining him on the bill is the darkly set-deprecating Sam Serrano (pictured) and the surreal imagination and witty wordplay of Noel ...

Scratch Night Autumn 2023. Rural Arts, 4 Westgate, Thirsk YO7 1QS. Storytelling, spoken word and poetry. Four up-and-coming artists share their new work in an evening compered by Henry Ray. Support each show to develop by sharing your feedback on the night. Part of Rural Arts’ commitment to emerging artists. Starts 7.30pm. For more info click ...

A Taste of Art: Relief Carve Clay Plaque. Rural Arts, 4 Westgate, Thirsk YO7 1QS. Create your very own relief carved clay plaque in this Taste of Art workshop. You will explore a variety of ceramic techniques including creating pinch pots, joining using slip, carving into your piece. Additionally, glazing and finishing techniques will be explored ...

Willow Robin. Rural Arts, The Courthouse. Using simple weaving techniques, learn how to create your very own willow robin! Join Wendy from Twigs & Sprigs at Thirsk Rural Arts and learn the art of weaving. For more information click here