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October half-term

Saturday 25 October - Sunday 2 November 2025, 10am-5pm

Imagine and play with us every day during October half-term! With an array of activities including workshops, Art Pods and Explore & draw kits, it's the perfect opportunity to get creative as a family.

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Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

Sunday 9 November, Sunday 28, Tuesday 30, Wednesday 31 December, Thursday 1, Sunday 4 January, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm). FREE with an exhibition ticket.

Transform yourself into a sculpture! Explore the galleries and draw Barbara Hepworth-inspired shapes before making a wearable sculpture hat from colourful card and string.

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Family Workshop: Sculpt in Ink

Family Workshop: Sculpt in Ink

Sunday 16 November, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Play and create with ink inspired by art works in the galleries. Explore Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures and transform an ink and string print into a Hepworth-style paper sculpture to take home.

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Opening Party

Opening Party

Friday 21 November, 7-10pm, FREE

Join us for the opening of our new exhibitions Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal & Axel Salto and Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus plus Festive Market preview, Vinyl Social DJs, street food by Bundobust and Little Bao Boy, and the return of Fennell’s ice cream cart.

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The Hepworth Wakefield Festive Market

The Hepworth Wakefield Festive Market

Saturday 22, Sunday 23, Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November, 10am-4pm, £2.50 in advance / £3.50 on the day

Start your festive shopping and discover over 75 independent makers selling ceramics, food and drink, homeware, jewellery, prints, stationery, textiles and more. Plus family activities, live music, street food and half-price exhibition entry.

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Family Workshop: Festive Clay

Family Workshop: Festive Clay

Saturday 22, Sunday 23, Saturday 29, Sunday 30 November, Sunday 7, Sunday 14, Sunday 21, Tuesday 23 December, drop-in 11am - 3.45pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm)

Create your own clay art work inspired by the Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto exhibition. Suitable for families with children aged 2-12. FREE with an exhibition ticket.

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Slow Down - Creative Wellbeing Workshops

Slow Down - Creative Wellbeing Workshops

Every fourth Wednesday of the month*, 10.15 - 11.45am, FREE

Slow down, look and connect at The Hepworth Wakefield. Spend time looking and drawing in the gallery with guided exercises.

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Dementia-friendly Creative Café

Dementia-friendly Creative Café

Every fourth Wednesday of the month* 1.30 - 3.30pm, FREE

The Hepworth Wakefield invites people living with dementia, their carers, friends and family to talk, make and imagine with us inspired by our exhibitions and art collection. No need to book, just drop in.

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Teacher CPD: Playing with Clay

Teacher CPD: Playing with Clay

Wed 14 Jan 2026, 4 - 5.45pm, FREE

Join artist Harriet Fletcher to explore ways of approaching clay in the classroom and gain practical ideas to take back to school.

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Family Workshop: Printed Pots

Family Workshop: Printed Pots

Sunday 15, Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18, Thursday 19, Sunday 22 February, drop-in 11am - 4pm. FREE with an exhibition ticket.

Discover the forms, patterns and shapes in Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels exhibition and experiment with block printing to create your own printed paper pot to take home.

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Lewis Hammond

23 May – 25 October 2026, FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents & under 18s

This exhibition will mark Lewis Hammond’s (b. 1987, Wolverhampton) first museum presentation in the UK, featuring a new body of paintings developed specifically for The Hepworth Wakefield.

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