Artist-led workshops
We offer an exciting range of artist-led workshops suitable from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 5.
Please note that we are now fully booked for artist-led workshops until January 2024. You are still welcome to visit for a teacher-led visit during this time.
Explore new ways of looking, thinking and making with artists at The Hepworth in our range of practical workshops.
These skills-based workshops are led by artists who take students on a creative journey, gathering inspiration from artworks in the galleries and developing these ideas through creative work in our learning studios.
“Our pupils loved the workshop! They were engaged, they were thinking, they were creating” Year 4 teacher, Sandal Magna Community Academy
Workshop cost: £185, 10% discount for Wakefield district schools. All materials and resources are provided.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
Suitable for: Up to 33 students per workshop. Workshops are tailored to your group and key stage.
Book your visit: Fill in our online enquiry form to start your group booking to the gallery.
“The workshop has impacted students’ learning, giving a love for art for all children. This has been such a valuable experience for them!” Teacher, Outwood Junior Academy Brumby
Curriculum links:
Nearly all our workshops focus on artist Barbara Hepworth and her inspiration and artwork.
Our workshops support a broad and balanced curriculum and enhance student’s cultural capital. They link directly with the national curriculum and develop visual literacy and critical thinking through discussion.
“The workshop has also inspired our art staff to consider how we can incorporate different activities in our KS3 curriculum and beyond.” Head of Art, The Ruth Gorse Academy
Artist-led workshops available
Printmaking
For Key Stage 1 - 5
Exploring Barbara Hepworth’s inspiration of the landscape, students will create layered drawings in the galleries. In the learning studios students will explore the printmaking process and create their own collagraph prints, inspired by their drawings.
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Drawing Sculpture
For key stage 1 - 5
Using Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures as inspiration, students will experience a series of drawing activities that explore tone, texture and line. They’ll then develop these techniques in our learning studios, experimenting with different materials.
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Clay Sculpting
For key stage 1 - 4
Using a range of tools and techniques, students will create clay sculptures inspired by natural objects and the shapes and textures of Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures.
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Felt making
For Key Stage 1 - 3
Students will be taken on a journey through the felt making process, developing their understanding of textiles. Using inspiration from Barbara Hepworth’s artworks, students will create expressive, colourful felted fabric.
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Mixed Media Sculpture
For key stage 1 - 4
Students will investigate Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures and explore 2D and 3D in the galleries before making collaborative mixed media sculptures in the learning studios.
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Sketchbook Adventures
For Key Stage 2 - 5
Students will make their own unique sketchbooks to use during a series of creative drawing activities in the galleries, exploring our different artworks and exhibitions.
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Barbara Hepworth's Life
For Key Stage 1 - 4 (available Wed - Fri)
This workshop takes place solely in our galleries, and does not include studio time.
Students will discover more about Barbara Hepworth’s life, artwork and her connection with the Yorkshire landscape before creating sculptures inspired her artwork.
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Create & Construct
For Key Stage 1 - 4
Available from Tues 28 Nov 23 – Fri 24 May 24, our new Create & Construct workshop will focus on working in 3D, inspired by our exciting temporary exhibition Kim Lim: Space, Rhythm & Light.
More info coming soon.
Book your visit
Fill in our online enquiry form to start your group booking to the gallery
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