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Drop-in workshop

Sensory Drawing

Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 April 2026

10:30–15:00

The Studio

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Part of Beyond the Visual

Drawing workshop with New Roots Leeds, 2022

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About this event

Drop in to explore multi-sensory mark making with artists Bryony Pritchard and Nichola Pemberton.

Taking inspiration from our current exhibition Beyond the Visual, which invites us to explore art with senses other than sight, we’ll turn our Studio into a giant canvas to cover in experimental drawings.

We’ll use balloons, sand, play dough, hoops and sticks to find playful ways to draw, creating tactile shapes and patterns.

No booking required, drop in anytime. Suitable for children of all ages, including SEND children.

Two children at at table, wrapping sticks with wool to make small sculptures.

A school group sat around four tables, working on a creative project involving photos of sculpture, transparent sheeting and brightly coloured string.

A young girl drawing bold colours over the top of a photo of a sculpture on a clipboard.

Accessibility

The workshop will take place in the Studio, our new workshop space on the second floor 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.

Accessibility

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.

Pushchairs & bags

You can store pushchairs and bags in the Studio for the whole event. We also have lockers on the basement level, suitable for bags and smaller items.

Toilets

The Studio has its own toilet facilities, including one fully accessible superloo (self-contained cubicle with a toilet and sink) and two additional gender-neutral superloos.

Baby-changing facilities

There are baby-changing facilities within the Studio’s toilets. Additional baby-changing facilities are located on the basement level, within one of our gender-neutral superloos.