Teacher-led Visits
Bring your school, college or university to The Hepworth Wakefield and lead your group around our exhibitions and garden. FREE for all pre-booked learning groups.
Our exhibitions offer exciting learning opportunities and we encourage everyone to draw, look, think, discuss and create during their visit.
Resources
We have a range of physical teacher-led resources you can hire to support your visit to the gallery and garden, including Exploring Art Kits, Garden Sketchbooks and Sensory SEND Resources.
Our Exhibition Notes for KS3-4 students explore key themes, artists and artworks within the exhibitions.
You can also book our class-size lockers and indoor picnic area for free as part of your visit.
Drawing at The Hepworth
You are welcome to bring your own sketchbooks, clipboards and paper (A3 or smaller) or hire our Exploring Art Kits.
To protect the artworks we don’t allow wet materials or sharp tools in the galleries such as pens, paints, charcoal, playdough, oil pastels, scissors.
Pre-visits
For staff who would like to do a pre-visit, we offer a complimentary ticket to the gallery. To arrange, please contact learning@hepworthwakefield.org.
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Teacher-led resources to hire
Exploring Art Kits
KS1 - KS4, £10 to hire a class set
Borrow our Exploring Art Kits and observe artworks, discuss ideas and draw creatively in the galleries.
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Garden Sketchbooks
KS1 & KS2, 50p per sketchbook
Using our Garden Sketchbooks, pupils can use their senses to make discoveries in The Hepworth Wakefield Garden.
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EYFS Sensory Snake
Free to hire
Our sensory snake is a long tactile snake that can be used to guide your group on a journey through the galleries.
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Sensory SEND Resource
Free to hire
Borrow our sensory resource for playful tools that can help create multi-sensory experiences in the galleries to support SEND students.
Read MoreExhibition resources
Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels exhibition notes for KS3-4
Download our notes on our exhibition Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels to discover Fritsch’s unique ceramic pots and the processes, patterns and presentation of them.
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Barbara Hepworth - student notes for KS3-4
Download our resource on Barbara Hepworth, designed to support KS3-4 students to explore her life, inspiration, processes and artwork.
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Barbara Hepworth - teacher notes for KS1-2
Download our resource on Barbara Hepworth, designed to support teachers to introduce Barbara Hepworth’s life, inspiration and artwork in the galleries.
Read MoreVideo resources for students
Designed for students working at Level 3 and higher.
Explore a series of videos that will make you think, feel, look at and make art differently. The videos introduce activities to help you observe, critique, and create in the gallery and make connections between the artworks and your own creative practice.
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Audio guide to The Hepworth Wakefield by Katy Hessel
Listen to Katy Hessel guide you around 10 works in Wakefield’s art collection by women and gender non-conforming artists.
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