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 YSP as part of a visit or from home.
These activities are inspired by past and present exhibitions and projects.
Current exhibitions
Sculpture Spy Trail
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Leilah Babirye
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Jonathan Baldock
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Erwin Wurm
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
Past exhibitions
Light Organ
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Lindsey Mendick
Download the Lindsey Mendick Talk, Listen and Question Together Activity Card
Robert Indiana
Lakwena Maciver
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Annie Morris
Download the Annie Morris Drawing Together Card
Joana Vasconcelos
Joan Miró
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David Smith
Kimsooja
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Giuseppe Penone
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
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KAWS
Outdoor Art Sparks
Download creative learning ideas for teachers out in the Park, producted by Barnsley Museums and YSP
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Deborah Rundle
From Autumn 2024Following her residency in 2022, Deborah Rundle will share work created as a result of her research at YSP. The focus of her time in Yorkshire was an investigation into the intriguing history of Ann Ellis, who in 1875 led a group of 9,000 weavers on strike action in Dewsbury.
Daniel Arsham: Relics in the Landscape
–YSP presents the first UK museum display of work by the highly acclaimed North American artist Daniel Arsham.
Erwin Wurm: Trap of the Truth
–This major exhibition is Erwin Wurm’s first museum show in the UK and presents sculpture, painting, photographs, video and drawings.
Sarah Kirby
–Sarah Kirby is a linocut printmaker. She uses oil-based inks to create original prints with a bold graphic quality that are inspired by public spaces, buildings, gardening, plants and trees.
