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Family Learning

‘A truly magical experience that captured the whole family's imagination’

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Our Family Learning programme is informed by an ongoing action-research project called Learning Together. We work with new and existing audiences, local families, and community partners to deliver an innovative, wide-ranging and ambitious programme.

As part of our commitment to families and organisational development we are signed up to the Family Arts Standards. These standards are designed to help families know what to expect from participating arts organisations and cover the basic considerations for visiting venues and engaging in any type of arts experience – from art to theatre, dance and beyond. 

As part of our general public offer we have embedded a range of resources in the galleries to support families in their visits and to encourage deeper engagement, understanding and appreciation for the artwork and exhibitions. These include:
– Hands-on, tactile resource baskets with activities to develop looking, thinking and making in response to individual artworks and wider themes
– Family leaflets, which can be used in the gallery and taken away as a record of the visit
– 'Talking Together' cards to encourage questioning and dialogue between families and 'Drawing Together' activities, which use drawing as a tool for observation and interpretation
 

‘Everything changed because of this project: how I understand my child, how my child talks to me, I feel like I’ve got to know him better before he embarks on a new part of his life’

Family participant

Facilities for Families

YSP welcomes families and aims to be as family-friendly as possible. In the open air, children are free to run around, making the most of our 500 acres of historic parkland. Facilities for families include: baby changing at YSP Centre, YSP Learning and the Bothy Gallery; highchairs in the Restaurant and Café; family-friendly food and drink; unlimited tap water; and picnic areas.

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Family Events

Free

Event

Heron Watching with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust 2018

10.00–16.00 / 22 April 2018

The YSP WILD team have joined forces with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to deliver our annual Heron Watching Day. Enjoy this unique opportunity to view nesting herons and their chicks on our Heronry,...

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Tree Tales: Nature's Sculptural Giants

5 May 2018

"Martin Maudsley’s storytelling is masterful – engaging, witty and held the audience spellbound.”     Celebrate the launch of Common Ground at YSP with a series of...

Free

Event

Tree Tales: Nature's Sculptural Giants (Drop-in Storytelling)

5 May 2018

"Martin Maudsley’s storytelling is masterful – engaging, witty and held the audience spellbound.”     Celebrate the launch of Common Ground at YSP with a series of...

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Family Sculpture Walk

13 May 2018

Celebrate the beauty of spring at YSP with a family art walk in the woods. Guided by Natalie Bellingham of Uncanny Theatre, we'll discover sculptures and nature, collecting objects we find along...

Free

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Museums at Night 2018

18 May 2018

Join YSP on 18 May 2018 for Museums at Night, an annual celebration when hundreds of museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage sites open their doors after hours. Enjoy the...

Free

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The ARTcart

30 May 2018

Roll up, roll up, the ARTcart is popping up again on 30 May, between 11am and 4pm! Take part in some art making, art thinking and art playing with your family. Look out for us as we move throughout...

Free

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Me, Myself & I: An Arts Council Collection Event

30 May and 31 May 2018

Explore the influential young British art of the 1990s in this fun and playful drop-in workshop, where we'll look at how you can incorporate your body and actions into works of art....

Free

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Tangle, Twist and Turn

24 Jun 2018

Alongside artist Bryony Pritchard you’ll twist, turn and tangle colourful threads together to create a one-day installation inspired by Chiharu Shiota’s artwork in the Chapel. Drop in...

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