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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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Art Pod

Art Pod

Every Saturday during term time / Every Monday, Friday and Saturday during the Wakefield school holidays, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Visit the galleries with your family and join us at the Art Pod to make your own artwork inspired by what you see. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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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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Toddler Tuesdays

Toddler Tuesdays

First Tuesday of the Month, 10.30am - 12pm. £7 for one child with one adult + £2 per additional child/adult

Enjoy a playful morning with your little ones and join specialist early years artists to explore The Hepworth Wakefield. For families with children aged 1 - 4.

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Festive Films

Festive Films

Sunday 7, 14 & 21 December, 10.30am, pay as you feel

Join us at The Hepworth Wakefield for a relaxed screenings of festive favourites.

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Christmas Holidays

Christmas Holidays

Saturday 20 December 2025 - Sunday 4 January 2026, 10am-4pm*

Imagine and play with us every day during the Christmas holidays! With an array of activities including workshops, Art Pods and Explore & draw kits, it's the perfect opportunity to get creative as a family.
*The Hepworth Wakefield is closed on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 and Friday 26 December

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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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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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