Events | The Hepworth Wakefield

Explore & Draw Stations

Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm during term time / Monday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm during the Wakefield holidays (including bank holidays), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Borrow looking tools, handling objects and drawing materials to discover the exhibitions and create your own works of art. Suitable for all ages, including adults.

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Explore & Draw Kits

Available Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Discover artworks in the galleries and garden using our Explore and Draw kits. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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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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Family Workshop: Sculpt in Ink

Sunday 7, Sunday 14, Sunday 21, Sunday 28 September, drop-in 11am-4pm (closed for lunch 1-1.30pm), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Play and create with ink inspired by art works in the galleries. Explore Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures and transform an ink and string print into a Hepworth-style paper sculpture to take home.

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Garden Play

Every Saturday and Sunday* during term time (April - October) / every day during the school holidays, drop in 11am - 4pm, FREE

Come and play in The Hepworth Wakefield Garden. Stack, build, experiment, draw and imagine with your family in the open air. Be inspired by the garden’s artworks and plants, the weather and buildings around you. No need to book, just turn up and play!

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Family Workshop: This is Me

Sunday 19 October, 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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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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Showing: Families

Explore & Draw Stations

Explore & Draw Kits

Art Pod

Family Workshop: Sculpt in Ink

Garden Play

Family Workshop: This is Me

Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats