Exhibiting artist James will be running a drawing techniques workshop linked to his artwork in the exhibition.
James explains, “In my teenage years, I didn’t know anyone gay, there were no ‘out and proud’ public figures and school was an exclusively heteronormative environment due to the Section 28 law passed in 1988, which stopped councils and schools from promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.”
Inspired by this and the play on words (in the UK, ‘fag’ is first and foremost a colloquial term for a cigarette, before being a homophobic slur), James has created a series of drawings of male couples on the unique and challenging medium: fag (cigarette) papers.
In the workshop James will run through how he prepares a surface to draw on, help you select an image and share some of his drawing processes with the group. An interest in drawing would be helpful for this workshop.
Age 14+
24 December – Early close at 2.30pm
25 & 26 December – Closed
27 – 30 December normal opening hours apply
31 December – Early close at 2:30pm
1 & 2 January – Closed
3 January Normal opening resumes
Cartwright Hall will operating amended opening times during the Turner Prize.
Mon-Closed
Tuesday-Wednesday 10am-4pm (last entry 3pm)
Thursday – Sunday 10am to 6pm (last entry 5pm)
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is in the middle of Lister Park, one and a half miles from the City Centre on the A650 Manningham Lane. There is limited parking in Lister Park, accessible from North Park Road (off Oak Lane). Lister Park is served by many city centre bus services including 23, 25, 26, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 622, 647, 662, w5. Cartwright Hall is about ten minutes’ uphill walk from Frizinghall railway station.
For help in planning your journey by public transport, please visit www.wymetro.com.
1 February 2026 11:00 am – 1 February 2026 4:00 pm
14 December 2025 12:30 pm – 14 December 2025 3:30 pm
25 January 2026 1:00 pm – 25 January 2026 3:30 pm
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