Towering Textures: Playful Mixed Media Sculpture Making

Thursday 7 & Friday 8 August 2025

Drop in any time between 10:30–12:30 and 13:30–15:30

The Studio

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Three children making a tower out of wooden crates.

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Join us for a fun, sculptural drop-in workshop designed for families to get creative together!

Inspired by the towering and textured artwork of artist Monica Mays, this activity invites you to explore mixed media and playful sculpture techniques.

This workshop will provide a safe, fun, and creatively stimulating environment for families to explore the themes, materials and processes within our current exhibition through creative play.

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.

Free, no booking necessary

This event is free of charge and no booking is required, just drop in any time between 10:30–12:30 and 11:30–15:30

Suitable for families with children aged 3+. This is an intergenerational workshop – we encourage creativity in all ages! Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.

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

We have an accessible entrance via lift (doors 100cm wide) on Cookridge Street, 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.