Art Social CPD for teachers and other art educators

Working together Leeds Art Gallery and the Henry Moore Institute offer informal sessions for teachers and educators of all kinds that focus on ‘teachers’ as creative individuals. Taking place in either or both galleries, a space for experimentation, collaboration and inspiration, often with an artist’s input, provides participants with an opportunity to be immersed in thinking and making, and towards the end have time to consider the value of the activity in your own setting.

To book, please email art.gallery@leeds.gov.uk

Art Social No.14:  A Sensory Vocabulary 
Wednesday 3 December 2025, 5–7pm, Leeds Art Gallery going onto The Henry Moore Institute
Explore artworks using language and poetry inspired by Beyond the Visual, a new multi-sensory exhibition of work by blind and partially blind artists. Working collaboratively to develop vocabulary, oracy and enquiry skills there will also be experimentation creating art through language. 

Art Social no. 15: Plant Dreaming
Wednesday 4 February 2026, 5–7pm - meet at Leeds Art Gallery 
This session will explore mixed media art practice taking inspiration from the ceramics, textile design, prints, colouring sheet and jewellery made by Aliyah Hussain in the exhibition, Plant Dreaming. Aliyah will support our explorations of how ideas can be transformed into objects that speculate, tell stories and share important messages.

Art Social no.16: Secret Language of Flowers
Wednesday 4 March 2026, 5 – 7pm – meet at Leeds Art Gallery
Using a range of materials and a still life work alongside Kate Genever to discover what we know about plants, valuing ‘different forms of knowing’ and the importance of plants in our contemporary lives.
  
Art Social no. 17: Material Explorations
Wednesday 1 April 2026, 5–7pm, meet at the Henry Moore Institute
Guided by artist Serafina Min, we’ll explore materials using multi-sensory approaches, inspired by Serafina’s work as an art teacher with blind children. We’ll consider the texture, sound, weight and temperature of sculptural materials, considering how we can understand and respond to them using senses other than