Exhibition tour and archive handling session
Curators’ Tour and Open Archive: Helen Chadwick
15:00–17:00
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Join co-curators Errin Hussey (Archivist) and Clare Nadal (Assistant Curator, Sculpture) for a guided tour of our current exhibition Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist and a closer look at the archive of Helen Chadwick.
Chadwick’s archive, one of the largest and most consulted collections in the Archive of Sculptors’ Papers, provides a unique insight into her modes of working and thinking about art and the crucial role that research played in her practice.
Main image: Installation view of the exhibition Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist.
Schedule
Arrival
15:00
Meet at the Welcome Desk on the ground floor of Henry Moore Institute.
Tour of the exhibition
We’ll go together from the Institute to Leeds Art Gallery for a guided tour of Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist.
Archive handling session
After the tour, we’ll head back over to the Archive of Sculptors’ Papers on the first floor of Henry Moore Institute to look at Helen Chadwick’s archive.
Finish
17:00
Tickets
Tickets to this event are free, and can be booked online via Eventbrite.
Accessibility
The exhibition is located in the Archive Gallery at Leeds Art Gallery, which you can get to by crossing the bridge link from the Henry Moore Institute. Please note that there is currently no ramp access to Leeds Art Gallery due to essential building maintenance work taking place. Lift access is available via Leeds Central Library’s entrance on The Headrow, where you can take the lift to access the Tiled Hall Café and Leeds Art Gallery.
The Henry Moore Institute has an accessible entrance via lift (doors 100cm wide) on Cookridge Street, bringing you onto the ground floor of the building. The library is on the first floor of the building, served by a passenger lift (doors 72cm wide), which goes to all floors of the building.
We want to make it as easy as possible for all to attend, so please get in touch if you have any access needs that you would like to discuss before the workshop.
Related exhibitions and events
Exhibition
Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist
Give What You Can
Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures
Symposium at The Hepworth Wakefield
Friday 24 October, 10:00–17:00
£40 (includes exhibition entry and lunch)
A one-day symposium exploring the life, work and influence of British sculptor, photographer and installation artist Helen Chadwick.
The event will chart the full development of Chadwick’s artistic language and legacy, bringing together a diverse array of speakers, many of whom knew the artist personally.
Getting here
Henry Moore Institute
74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom
T: 01132 467 467
E: institute@henry-moore.org
