Sculpture demonstration and hands-on lecture
Stone-carving demonstration with Alan Micklethwaite
14:00–17:00
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
About this event
Join us for this carving demonstration and hands-on lecture with renowned stone carver Alan Micklethwaite of Alan Micklethwaite Sculpture, Driffield, Yorkshire.
Main image: Alan Micklethwaite in his studio.
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.
Research Season and upcoming events
Adrian Stokes, Inside Out
Autumn – Winter 2026
Who, confronted with the firm elasticity of Michelangelo’s David, would think to compare its curves to a well-sprung car? Who would take the removal of twigs concealing a bird on a nest as a figure for the master’s subtractive technique?
This Research Season reckons with the idiosyncratic sculptural imagination of English critic Adrian Stokes (1902-72).
Early career research symposium
Sculptural Values: Carving, Modelling, Making
13:00–18:00
Book your free ticket
Sculpture demonstration and hands-on lecture
Stone-carving demonstration with Alan Micklethwaite
14:00–17:00
Book your free ticket
The Research Season Adrian Stokes: Inside Out and has been conceived and organised in collaboration with Dr Ruth Ezra (University of St Andrews) and Dr Jeremy Melius (University of York) and kindly supported by Villa I Tatti.
Access information
The workshop will take place in the Studio, our new workshop space on the second floor of the building.
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 76cm wide) to all floors of the building.
Toilets
The Studio has its own toilet facilities, including one accessible superloo (self-contained cubicle with toilet and sink) and two additional gender-neutral superloos.
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…
Read more
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
