Skip to main content

Henry Moore Institute’s galleries are currently closed while we install Beyond the Visual. Join us for the opening celebration on 27 November.

Henry Moore Studios & Gardens is now closed for winter.

See & Do

Artist in conversation

Jennifer Justice in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators

18:00–19:00

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Wooden teardrop-shaped pendants hang from metal chains against a textured wooden post and white wall.

About this event

Join artist Jennifer Justice in conversation with the curators of Beyond the Visual to learn more about her practice and the work she has created specifically for the exhibition.

Jennifer Justice (b.1977) is a legally blind artist and writer originally from Alabama. She holds an MFA from the University of Illinois, Chicago and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently lives and works in Willits, California. Her work has shown at the Palo Alto Art Center, CripTech Incubator, StoreFrontLab in San Francisco, and the Chicago Cultural Center. Her work and research centres disabled community encounters with natural and technological landscapes.

Main image: Jennifer Justice, Bucket of Rain 2017. Courtesy the artist.

Tickets

Tickets to this event are free, and can be booked online via Eventbrite.

If you’d prefer to book over the phone, please call us on +44 (0)1132 467 467.

Book your free ticket

Exhibition and events

 

Beyond the Visual
Ten individual black-and-white portraits of people holding smooth round white sculptures in their hands, arranged in a 5x2 grid.

Exhibition

Beyond the Visual

Learn more

Sculpture Galleries and Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Beyond the Visual opening celebrations
Beyond the Visual logo
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Opening night

Beyond the Visual opening celebrations

13:00–16:00 & 17:00–20:00

Sculpture Galleries, Study Gallery and Seminar Room
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Gallery Babies: Beyond the Visual
Two babies playing with a variety of textured materials and objects.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Parent and baby session

Gallery Babies: Beyond the Visual

11:00–12:30 & 13:30–15:00

Join the waitlist

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Art Social no. 14: A Sensory Vocabulary
An arm reaching up to touch the weathered, bronze surface of a sculpture outdoors.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Teacher CPD session

Art Social no. 14: A Sensory Vocabulary

17:00–19:00

Book your free ticket

Leeds Art Gallery, UK
David Johnson and Emilie Louise Gossiaux in conversation
A man and a woman using hand tools to carve digestive biscuits from plaster. Behind them is a large pile of finished plaster biscuits and a large desk vice.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Artist in conversation

David Johnson and Emilie Louise Gossiaux in conversation

18:00–19:00

Book your free ticket

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Jennifer Justice in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators
Wooden teardrop-shaped pendants hang from metal chains against a textured wooden post and white wall.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Artist in conversation

Jennifer Justice in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators

18:00–19:00

Book your free ticket

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Collin Van Uchelen in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators
A man holds an audio device to his ear while touching a pink-lit acrylic panel illuminated with a dahlia firework with arching trails.
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Artist in conversation

Collin Van Uchelen in conversation with Beyond the Visual curators

18:00–19:00

Book your free ticket

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
UK Research and Innovation: Arts and Humanities Research Council logo
Chelsea College of Arts, UAL logo
Shape Arts

Accessibility

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.

Step-free entrance

Our accessible entrance is on Cookridge Street, with a lift (doors 100cm wide) bringing you onto the ground floor of the building.

Internal lift

There is an internal passenger lift (doors 72cm wide) to all floors of the building.

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).

Toilets

Outside the seminar room on the basement level we have three gender-neutral superloos (self-contained cubicles with a toilet and sink).

Additionally, we have one gender-neutral, accessible superloo, and one superloo with baby changing facilities.

Changing Places toilet

The closest Changing Places toilet is located in Leeds City Museum (approximately 350m away from us over a mostly flat route).

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 this event.

The nearest green space is Park Square.

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.