The Hepworth Wakefield
Visit to The Hepworth Wakefield We took the children to The Hepworth Wakefield, and they thoroughly enjoyed the visit, as did I. As we were approaching the gallery, we came across a really playful outdoor sculpture made up of scrap materials. I am not completely sure if it belonged to The Hepworth or if it was part of some street art, but it immediately caught the children’s attention. It had faces and teeth, and its playful, slightly strange quality really engaged them. What I found particularly interesting was that my children recognised the bronze square and rectangular cast sculptures made by Barabara Hepworth outside the entrance to the Hepworth gallery from a previous visits to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This felt like a really positive moment, as it showed they were making connections and retaining information from past exhibitions we have visited together. Once inside, my children were instantly drawn to the bubbling pool of chocolate. They could have sat around it for hours an...
