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
Light Organ
Download the Light Organ Talking Together Card
Jonathan Baldock
Download the Jonathan Baldock Family Activity card
Erwin Wurm
Andy Goldsworthy
Download the Andy Goldsworthy Talking and Drawing Together card
Past exhibitions
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
Download the Joan Miró Drawing Together Card
David Smith
Kimsooja
Download the Kimsooja Talking Together Card
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
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
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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.
Jonathan Baldock: Touch Wood
–Jonathan Baldock is a British artist who works across sculpture, installation and performance. His work is saturated with humour and wit, as well as an uncanny, macabre quality that channels his longstanding interest in myth and folklore.
Florian Gadsby: By My Hands
–World-renowned ceramicist Florian Gadsby presents new works in this solo exhibition, By My Hands. Gadsby works from his studio in North London, where he uses iron-rich stoneware clay to produce his precision wheel-thrown tableware and one-off decorative sculptural vessels using traditional tools, techniques and processes.
Light Organ
–This winter, visit the Chapel to experience Light Organ, a joyful and interactive artwork that brings sound to life in light and colour. Use microphones to activate the glowing pipes of the Light Organ, and see your sounds flow in a sculptural display of colourful light.
