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Art Pod

Every Saturday during term-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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Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures

17 May - 27 October 2025. Exhibition entry is £13 / £11 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

British artist Helen Chadwick (1953 – 1996) embraced the sensuous aspects of the natural world, breaking taboos of the ‘traditional’ or ‘beautiful’ in art history. This major retrospective will be the first in over 25 years, and will chart the development of Chadwick’s art from her renowned degree show piece In the Kitchen (1977) through to her Piss Flowers (1991–2).

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Caroline Walker: Mothering

17 May - 27 October 2025. Exhibition entry is £13 / £11 / FREE for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s. Ticket includes entry to all our gallery spaces on the day of visit.

This exhibition will bring together works made over the past five years with new paintings Caroline Walker will make for the exhibition exploring themes of motherhood and early-years care.

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Family Workshop: Spring Drawing

Sunday 18 May, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Move through the learning studio to create a 'garden of drawings' featuring birds, plants and trees. Join in with large drawing activities and try out new materials and techniques or make your own drawings to take home. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12.

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May Half term

Saturday 24 - Sunday 1 June 2025, 10am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Planning what to do with children over the May half-term holiday? There’s something fun happening every day during the Wakefield school holidays!

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Family Workshop: This is Me

Sunday 25, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 May, Sunday 1 June 2025, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Create a life size self portrait and make a story of you inspired by our new exhibition, Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures.

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Dementia-friendly Creative Café

Fourth Wednesday of every 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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RIA Presents: Simeon Barclay, The Ruin

Saturday 31 May, 5.30pm, from £15 Standard / £10 Members / £5 Students

The Ruin is a new performance by British artist Simeon Barclay combining spoken word and live music to explore themes of British identity, masculinity and class.

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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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Family Workshop: Soap Carving

Sunday 8 June, Sunday 13 July, drop-in 11am-4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Inspired by Hepworth’s carved sculptures try making your own creative carved artwork using soap. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12.

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Future exhibitions

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Our past exhibitions

A guide to our ambitious, world-class exhibitions programme and collection displays since opening in 2011.