Create an inflatable air puppet inspired by your favourite fictional characters, complete with flailing arms that will dance around the gallery. For ages 10+, intergenerational collaboration encouraged. Led by artist Rosie McGinn.
Art picks
Take a Sheffield art tour with our picks of the exhibitions and artists' events on now and coming soon.
Family-Friendly Inflatable Air Puppets Workshop with Rosie McGinn
Tue. 12 August 2025 — Wed. 13 August 2025
Site Gallery
Kelham Makes: Copper Bowls
Thu. 14 August 2025
Kelham Island Museum
During this hands-on workshop, join metalsmith Melissa Montague as she guides you through all the techniques you need to need to create your own beautiful bowl to take away.
PLUS ONE: RESOLVE Collective
Fri. 4 July 2025 — Sat. 16 August 2025
Bloc Projects
RESOLVE Collective and Bloc Projects host an open studio and sharing space centred on community resourcing and building intercity connections between artists. Events include a launch screening, map showcase, recipes for healing, and closing showcase.
Family-Friendly Kite Making Workshop with Christopher Jarratt
Wed. 20 August 2025
Site Gallery
Design and build a unique kite inspired by the Fake Fans exhibition, and decorate it with bold, character-filled designs that celebrate your personal faves.
Cash4cards – Secret Postcard Show
Sat. 19 July 2025 — Sat. 23 August 2025
Cupola Gallery
An exhibition of postcards by various artists, all exhibiting anonymously and selling their original artworks at a bargain price of £15. Raising money for charities as well as Cupola Gallery. Opening evening on Friday 18 July.
Lick of Paint
Sat. 6 September 2025 — Sun. 7 September 2025
A weekend-long mural and street art festival. Bringing together local and international talent to transform the city's walls, underpasses and empty corners with powerful, high-quality public art.
Art in the Gardens
Sat. 6 September 2025 — Sun. 7 September 2025
Sheffield Botanical Gardens
One of the largest outdoor art markets in the north, filling the beautiful Botanical Gardens with the work of artists and crafts makers from across the country.
Colour
Thu. 19 June 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025
Millennium Gallery
This new exhibition brings together over 150 objects spanning art, science, nature and cultural histories, alongside a range of interactive activities.
Fake Fans
Fri. 1 August 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025
Site Gallery
An exploration of the world of bootleg and fan-made objects. With an animation film, unofficial games remixing familiar franchises, zines, fan art, reimagined figurines, and a series of trading cards created by Site Gallery's youth collectives.
Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait
Sat. 24 May 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025
Millennium Gallery
For this new exhibition, New York-based visual artist Liliane Tomasko uses portraiture as an acute lens to shed light on the ever-changing human psyche.
Sheffield Print Fair
Sat. 8 November 2025
Millennium Gallery
Enjoy watching printmaking in action and pick up a print or two to take home from among the 43 stalls featuring the wares of artists and printmakers from Sheffield and beyond. Call for applications open till 1 September 2025.
Peter Blundell Jones: Architecture, Landscape and the City
Mon. 21 July 2025 — Sun. 14 December 2025
Western Bank Library
An exhibition celebrating the life, work and legacy of the late British architect, writer, and teacher Peter Blundell Jones who taught at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture.
In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home
Tue. 24 June 2025 — Wed. 23 December 2026
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, bringing together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.