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Learn at Leeds Art Gallery

 

Leeds Art Gallery’s learning workshops focus on 4 principles: Explore, Make, Challenge and Dwell.

Formal learning groups are welcome to contact the gallery education office for advice, artist recommendations and bespoke workshops. We offers engagement programmes linked to our temporary exhibitions, which can be led by artists.

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Artspace

Discover our informal learning studio Artspace, with art materials and activities that explore themes inspired by our current exhibitions; come along and draw, build, reflect and play. Join us in school holidays and meet our latest artist-in-residence.

Browse our school workshops below

The Gallery and the City

Cross-curricular workshop bringing together art and history for one or both curriculum areas or knowledge of careers in the art world.

Virtual Classroom: Art Encounters Live

Enjoy a virtual visit to Leeds Art Gallery and get-up close to art linked to an in-school theme.

Picturing Design

Creative workshop to develop art skills and confident use of materials and ideas.

Ways of being an Art Detective

Investigation workshop using looking and thinking to explore artworks in a gallery.

Thinking Making

Discover our design technology workshop to understand and solve real design problems.

Sensory Sketchbooks

Playful workshop to engage all senses in exploring, making and sharing through immersive experience.

Take One Picture Workshop

Practical cross-curricular workshop using learning strategies from the National Gallery’s exciting initiative.

ARTeam Techniques

Specialist-led workshops to develop and improve skills in a specific arts practice or Arts Award.

Cultural Activists

This workshop will initiate exploration of culture within the wider world and support reflection on attributes needed to manage growing-up and adulthood.

Portrait Conversations

This workshop will foster confidence in expressive mark-making alongside understanding that a portrait conveys more than the likeness of someone.