Creative wellbeing At The Hepworth Wakefield (18+)

Face to Face Recovery College Courses

Join The Hepworth Wakefield learning team for calm creative sessions at the gallery to spend time looking, reflecting and responding to art works. No previous experience or art knowledge required, this is an opportunity to discover paintings, prints and sculptures and explore your own creativity.
Making and looking at art can contribute to wellbeing and help to explore feelings. Art helps us to understand different experiences and connect to others, even if you don’t like the art!
Each session starts with a visit to the gallery spaces. The learning artist will invite you to slow down, notice details and consider the artwork with calm looking, conversation or drawing prompts.
You will then return to the Learning Studio to try out activities such as mark making, print, sculpture making, colour work, or clay. There is always a variety of activities to try, refreshments and a calm friendly environment supported by the learning team.
During these sessions you will experience visiting a gallery and looking at artwork as a way to wellbeing. Galleries are special places that you can come to find quiet and calm, but you can also discover new things and be inspired.
Over the four weeks you will learn new ways of looking at and responding to artworks building confidence for independent wellbeing visits to The Hepworth Wakefield. You will also have learnt some creative techniques to build your own creative practice at home.
This course is open to anyone over 18.

Please note: There will be a break week, week commencing 15th Feb 2027 due to half term