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Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life

22 June - 3 November 2024. 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.

★★★★ The Observer

'A new book and exhibition celebrate the Jamaica-born British artist, poet, broadcaster and educator whose influence still reverberates' The Guardian

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Igshaan Adams: Weerhoud

22 June - 3 November 2024. 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.

★★★★★ The Times
★★★★★ The Observer

This summer, immerse yourself in 'dream weaver Igshaan Adams' giant candyfloss clouds' Crafts Magazine.

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Summer Holidays

Sat 20 July - Sun 1 Sept, 10am - 5pm. FREE for Members, Wakefield District Residents & Under 18s

Explore, dream and play at The Hepworth Wakefield this summer. There’s something fun happening every day during the Wakefield school holidays!

FREE for Kids and Wakefield District residents.

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The Hepworth Wakefield Garden

Open daily, FREE entry

The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, designed by internationally acclaimed landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, is free for all to enjoy.

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Family Workshop: Flowers and Feasts

Sun 28, Tue 30, Wed 31 July, Thur 1 Aug, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm)

Join us for a drawing feast! Make your own still life artwork at the banquet table, add to the flower gallery or play in the sensory area.

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You Choose! Surrealist Landscapes Family Project

Fri 26 July, Fri 2, Fri 16, Fri 23, Fri 30 Aug, 1.30 – 3pm, FREE

Would your family like to choose artworks to go in our next exhibition? Join us on Friday afternoons in the summer holidays to explore artworks in Wakefield's art collection through playful looking, drawing, printing and painting activities.

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Family Workshop: Sculpture Portraits

Sun 4, Tue 6, Wed 7, Thur 8 Aug, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm). FREE with an exhibition ticket

Transform yourself into a sculpture! Explore Moody's sculpture portraits before making a wearable sculpture and building a 3D portrait to take home. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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National Playday

Wed 7 Aug, drop-in 11am – 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Visit us for National Playday at The Hepworth Wakefield. Join in playful outdoors activities across the garden, creative workshops in our learning studios and explore and draw in the galleries. Suitable for all ages

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Family Workshop: Sculpt and Play

Sun 11, Tue 13, Wed 14, Thur 15, Sat 17 Aug, drop-in 11am-4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Play with materials to explore the hollows and holes of Barbara Hepworth's sculptures. Visit the galleries with your family to discover Hepworth’s sculptures then in the learning studios squish, twist, roll and carve colourful modelling materials to make your own mini sculpture.

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Italian Banquet

Sat 17 Aug, 6pm, £49 per person / Members £44 per person

A celebration of the food and wine of Italy - served in The Hepworth Wakefield Garden. Book now to experience this unique opportunity to dine al fresco in our award-winning garden

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Family Workshop: Summer Drawing

Sat 24, Sun 25, Tue 27, Wed 28, Thur 29 Aug, Sun 1 Sept, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm). 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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Dementia-friendly Creative Café

Fourth Wed of every month, 1.30 - 3.30pm, FREE

These monthly workshops invite 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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