Family-friendly workshop
Family Workshop: The Minecraft Sculpture Park
10:30–12:30 & 14:00–16:00
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
About this event
Join Minecraft artist and digital producer Adam Clarke, aka Wizard Keen, to conjure your own magical creature and watch it cross over from the real world into Minecraft!
First, we’ll explore our exhibition Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age to meet the strange creatures and magical beasts in our galleries.
Then we’ll head upstairs to get making. Using everyday materials, you’ll craft your own monster, beast, or fantastical being as weird and wonderful as you can imagine. Each creation will then be 3D scanned and transformed, voxel by voxel, into a Minecraft sculpture.
After the workshop, your creature will take up residence in a brand-new Sculpture Park in Minecraft – a shared world you can visit, explore, and show off to your friends.
Tickets
This workshop is designed for families with children aged 7+. Creativity has no age limit, so adults are encouraged to make too!
Tickets for this workshop are free, but please book in advance as places are limited. Please book tickets for all adults and children in your group.
We’re running two sessions for this event, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Both sessions feature the same content, so please only book for one.
Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.
If you’d prefer to book over the phone, please call us on +44 (0)1132 467 467.
Exhibition and events
Exhibition
Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
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Guided tour
Free exhibition tours: Phantasmagoria
11:00 & 14:30
Parent and baby session
Gallery Babies: Phantasmagoria
11:00–12:30 & 14:00–15:30
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Guided tour
British Sign Language tours of Phantasmagoria
11:00–12:00 & 13:00–14:00
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Adult workshop
Leeds Tarot Social reads Phantasmagoria
17:30–20:00
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Artist in conversation
Folkless Lore and Scraper: Dane Sutherland and Jamie Sutcliffe
14:00–16:00
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Family-friendly workshop
Family Workshop: Folkloric Sculptures
10:30–12:30 & 14:00–16:00
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Local Legends: Gargoyle Casting with Liv Preston
10:30–12:30 & 13:30–15:30
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Family-friendly workshop
Family Workshop: The Minecraft Sculpture Park
10:30–12:30 & 14:00–16:00
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Pro-TECH-tion Charms 2: Creative Drop-In Workshop
10:30–13:00 & 13:30–16:00
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Access information
Step-free access
Our accessible entrance is on Cookridge Street, with a lift (doors 100cm wide) bringing you onto the ground floor of the building. There…
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Step-free access
Our accessible entrance is on Cookridge Street, with a lift (doors 100cm wide) bringing you onto the ground floor of the building.
There is an internal passenger lift (doors 72cm wide) to all floors of the building.
Braille & large print
Braille and large print versions of descriptive text about our exhibitions are available at the welcome desk.
Audio guide
We produce audio guides with descriptions of the artworks in our exhibitions. Due to some exhibitions having many artworks, we can’t guarantee that…
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Audio guide
We produce audio guides with descriptions of the artworks in our exhibitions. Due to some exhibitions having many artworks, we can’t guarantee that there will be audio descriptions for all the works on display.
You can pick up a handheld audio player and headphones outside the sculpture galleries, or use your own device by scanning the QR codes next to the artworks.
Induction loops
There are induction loops at the welcome desk on the ground floor, library reception and in the seminar room. There is a portable…
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Induction loops
There are induction loops at the welcome desk on the ground floor, library reception and in the seminar room.
There is a portable induction loop available for visitors to use in the galleries (please ask at the welcome desk).
Seating
Seating is always available in our shop and welcome area. You can also pick up a portable seat here to take with you…
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Seating
Seating is always available in our shop and welcome area. You can also pick up a portable seat here to take with you in the galleries.
While we try to always include seating in our exhibition spaces, due to the changing nature of our exhibitions we cannot always guarantee this.
Quiet space
There is a quiet space available in a room off from The Studio on the second floor of the building. Please ask a…
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Quiet space
There is a quiet space available in a room off from The Studio on the second floor of the building. Please ask a member of staff if you would like to use this space at any time during your visit.
Quiet times to visit
If you’d prefer a quieter, more relaxed visit, then we recommend visiting on a Tuesday between 10:00 and 12:00. Occasionally we have school…
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Quiet times to visit
If you’d prefer a quieter, more relaxed visit, then we recommend visiting on a Tuesday between 10:00 and 12:00.
Occasionally we have school groups booked to visit then, so feel free to contact us beforehand to check if that is the case when you are planning to visit.
T: 01132 467 467
E: institute@henry-moore.org
Toilets
Outside the seminar room on the basement level we have three gender-neutral superloos (self-contained cubicles with a toilet and sink). Additionally, there is…
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Toilets
Outside the seminar room on the basement level we have three gender-neutral superloos (self-contained cubicles with a toilet and sink).
Additionally, there is one gender-neutral, accessible superloo, and one superloo with baby changing facilities.
The closest Changing Places toilet is located in Leeds City Museum, which is approximately a 350m walk from us over a mostly flat and pedestrianised route, with one pelican crossing. See here for Leeds City Museum opening times and contact details.
Guide dogs
Guide dogs, hearing dogs and other badged assistance dogs are welcome in our galleries and at our events. There is a small grassy…
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Guide dogs
Guide dogs, hearing dogs and other badged assistance dogs are welcome in our galleries and at our events.
There is a small grassy area just outside the Institute, suitable for spending. The nearest larger green space is Park Square.
A water bowl for dogs is available, please ask a member of staff at the welcome desk who will fetch it for you.
If you would like to talk to us about any access concerns before the event, you can email us at institute@henry-moore.org, or call us on 01132 467 467.
Getting here
Find us next door to Leeds Art Gallery on Victoria Gardens, in the centre of Leeds. Our step-free entrance is on Cookridge Street.
Henry Moore Institute
74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom
T: 01132 467 467
E: institute@henry-moore.org