Art Social no. 14: A Sensory Vocabulary

Art Socials are informal, sociable sessions for teachers and art educators of all kinds run by Leeds Art Gallery and Henry Moore Institute.

We aim to provide a space for teachers and educators to be creative, collaborative and experimental, giving you inspiration to take back into teaching settings.

Join us to explore artworks across both galleries using language and poetry, inspired by Beyond the Visual, Henry Moore Institute’s new multi-sensory exhibition of work by blind and partially sighted artists.

We’ll work collaboratively to describe artworks and develop our vocabulary, oracy and enquiry skills to articulate multi-sensory experiences. We’ll experiment with how a description of an artwork can become an artwork in itself.

Audio descriptions of artworks are a key accessibility tool for galleries and museums, allowing blind and partially sighted visitors to engage with artworks. This Art Social will build on our recent work with poets, artists and writers to create collaborative audio descriptions for our exhibitions, and look at how we can adapt these methods into creative approaches to use in the classroom.

More upcoming Art Socials

Art Social no. 15: Plant Dreaming
Wednesday 4 February 2026, 17:00–19:00, Leeds Art Gallery

Art Social no. 16: Material Explorations
Wednesday 1 April 2026, 17:00–19:00, Henry Moore Institute