Activities to inspire
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Explore YSP's downloadable activities archive
Explore our thoughtful activities, packed full of creativity, talking points and ideas to get everybody thinking. These are for schools, families, and anyone who wants to explore Yorkshire Sculpture Park as part of a visit or from home.
These activities are inspired by past and present exhibitions and projects.
Current exhibitions
Nicola Turner: Time's Scythe
Download the Nicola Turner Activity Sheet. This is available to pick up in the gallery, alongside an additional drawing activity.
LR Vandy: Rise
Download the LR Vandy Activity Sheet. This is available to pick up in the gallery, alongside an additional drawing activity.
Andy Goldsworthy
Download the Andy Goldsworthy Talking and Drawing Together card
Light, Sleep and Wellbeing Connection
Download the Light, Sleep and Wellbeing Connection Teachers' Resource
Exploring Sculpture: Teacher Resource
The Wakefield Curriculum
Discover The Wakefield Curriculum, aimed at EYFS, KS1 and KS2.
Past Exhibitions
William Kentridge: The Pull of Gravity
Jordy Kerwick: One to give. One to take away
Download Jordy Kerwick activity sheet
Laura Ellen Bacon: Into Being
Download Laura Ellen Bacon Teachers Notes
Bharti Kher: Alchemies
Elisabeth Frink: Natural Connection
Download the Elisabeth Frink activity card
Leilah Babirye: Obumu (Unity)
Download the Leilah Babirye Family Activity card
Jonathan Baldock: Touch Wood
Download the Jonathan Baldock Family Activity card
Erwin Wurm: Trap of the Truth
Leonardo Drew: Number 360
Robert Indiana: Sculpture 1958–2018
Lakwena Maciver: A green and pleasant land (HA-HA)
Download the Lakwena Talking Together Card
David Nash: Full Circle
Annie Morris: When A Happy Thing Falls
Download the Annie Morris Drawing Together Card
Joana Vasconcelos: Beyond
Joan Miró
Download the Joan Miró Drawing Together Card
David Smith: Sculpture 1932–1965
Kimsooja: To Breathe
Download the Kimsooja Talking Together Card
Giuseppe Penone: A Tree in the Wood
Common Ground
Revolt and Revolutions
Alfredo Jaar: The Garden of Good and Evil
Occasional Geometries: Rana Begum Curates the Arts Council Collection
Tread Softly
Tony Cragg: A Rare Category of Objects
Not Vital
Download the Not Vital Teachers' Resource Pack
KAWS
Outdoor Art Sparks
Download creative learning ideas for teachers out in the Park, producted by Barnsley Museums and YSP
Created by local artist ArtJohn in collaboration with The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park, learn about sculpture making techniques using found objects and inspired by artist Barbara Hepworth.
With thanks to Our Year Wakefield Place-based Curriculum, which was co-produced with teachers in Wakefield.
Visit our exhibitions
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Louise Lockhart: Cake Crumbs and Lemonade
–Cake Crumbs and Lemonade will be the largest solo exhibition to date by illustrator Louise Lockhart.Gallery opening time: 10.00–16.00
Hold to This Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection
–Headlining our 2026 programme is a major presentation of work by contemporary Indigenous American artists from Tia Collection.
Thabo Mkwananzi: LALELA
Summer 2027Huddersfield-based musician and artist Thabo Mkwananzi will create a new participatory project inspired by Bantutronic philosophy for YSP in 2026.
Nicola Turner: Time’s Scythe
–Time’s Scythe is a brand-new installation by British artist Nicola Turner that breathes new life into the 18th-century Chapel.Gallery opening time: 11.00–16.00