Curator and Keeper: the University of York Art Collection Podcast

Join Dr Helena Cox and TV's archive-bothering man, Gary Brannan, on another journey up the highways and byways of all things arts.

This week, we are joined by Dr Sarah Burnage, curator at Fairfax House in York, a Georgian townhouse with a world-class collection of eighteenth-century English furniture, clocks, paintings and porcelain.  In this episode, we discuss curating a museum, finding one's niche in a crowded city, and Sarah's route into the profession - as well as the challenge of looking after a load of historic timepieces.

And if you'd like to know more about Noel Terry's collection, you can find more in the Borthwick Papers podcast.

Join Dr Helena Cox and Gary Brannan for another adventure up the arts, as we join forces with some of the University of York Library's Digital Skills Team (Sam Hazeldine, Siobhan Dunlop and Steph Jesper) to discuss all things digitally creative - 3D scanning, 3D printing, erasure poetry and more; with an occasional digression to explore the joy of the behind-of-things; and YOU can join in with our question of 'What Was The Graffiti In Your Town'?

Join us this time for a special chat with the Reverend Canon Maggie McLean, Canon Missioner at York Minster. Maggie talks to us about the link between faith and art; how a cathedral works as a gallery, and reveals to us what a Canon actually is

Join Dr. Helena Cox, Gary Brannan and special guest Prof. Michael White on another stimulating journey up the arts; as we talk about careers in Art History; Young British Artists, and why the University Art Collection had an unfortunate run-in with delicious, delicious gravy.

Warning: this episode contains Gary doing his impression of Jeremy Clarkson

https://www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art/people/white/

Michael's favourite artwork from the University Art Collection is 'Orange Attack' by Laimonis Mierins (1970)
https://artcollection.york.ac.uk/artcollection/artworke1a7.html?id=york:807211

During the last episode, the marvellous Prof Pen Holland outlined what would make her ideal University. We thought it was too good to edit, so here it is in its entirety!