Tag: Craft and Design

Workshops

A young girl in an orange long sleeved top is looking at a marble textured sculpture in an art gallery

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Craft and Design, KS1, KS2, Leeds Art Gallery, Materials, Portraits, Visual Literacy

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

coloured pencils are sitting in a red pot on a wooden table surrounded by other craft materials

Super Sensory Sketchbooks

Craft and Design, KS1, KS2, Leeds Art Gallery, Materials, Portraits, Visual Literacy

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

Thinking making

Craft and Design, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5, Leeds Art Gallery, Materials, Portraits, Visual Literacy

Design technology workshop to understand and solve real design problems. Selects from exhibition organisation, shop products, visitor interactives and bespoke seating, or propose innovative and enterprising new ideas.

Someone is writing on a piece of paper with a black pen. There is various stationary on the table including a pencil case, pens and the paper says Leeds Art Gallery on it

Ways of being an art detective

Craft and Design, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5, Leeds Art Gallery, Materials, Portraits, Visual Literacy

Investigation workshop using looking and thinking to explore artworks in a gallery. Enquiry and literacy skills are combined in thoughtful ways with memories and experiences to form and share opinions in groups.

Picturing design

Craft and Design, KS1, KS2, Leeds Art Gallery, Materials, Portraits, Visual Literacy

Creative workshop to develop art skills and confident use of materials and ideas. Exploration of artworks in the gallery stimulates imagination and experimentation for creative work in small groups.

Wonders of weaving

Craft and Design, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Materials, Physics

Research the textile process from raw fleece to the finished garment all under one roof.

ABBEY HOUSE MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Monday: closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 12 – 5pm
Sunday: 10am – 5pm
Last admission: 4.30pm

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Address

Abbey Walk
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH

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LEEDS ART GALLERY

Opening Hours

Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 11am – 3pm

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Address

The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AA

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LEEDS CITY MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Monday: closed*
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11am – 5pm

*Open Bank Holiday Mondays 11am – 5pm

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Address

Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square
Leeds
LS2 8BH

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LEEDS DISCOVERY CENTRE

Opening Hours

Visits by appointment only.

Please note that our free drop-in public store tours are currently unavailable.

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Address

Leeds Discovery Centre
Off Carlisle Road
Leeds
LS10 1LB

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LEEDS INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM

Opening Hours

Mon: closed (open bank holiday Monday only 10am-5pm)

Tues – Fri: 10am – 5pm

Sat – Sun: 12 – 5pm

(last admission one hour before)

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Address

Canal Road
Leeds
LS12 2QF

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KIRKSTALL ABBEY

Opening Hours

Monday: closed*
Tuesday – Sunday: 10am – 4pm
Last admission: 3.30pm

*Open Bank Holiday Mondays 10am – 4pm

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Address

Abbey Road
Kirkstall
Leeds
LS5 3EH

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LOTHERTON

Opening Hours

Open Daily

Estate opens: 8am
Hall: closed (guided tours only from 7 Jan)
Wildlife World: 10am – 4pm
Estate closes: 6pm
Last entry 45 mins before estate closing time

Plan your visit

Address

Lotherton Lane
Aberford
Leeds
LS25 3EB

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