Enjoy a special evening workshop creating a beautiful floral inspired embroidered artwork to hang in your home.

Celebrate the mother figure in your life – including you – with an evening of crafting with natural materials.

A pair of new exhibitions at Cupola Gallery.

An enlightening evening talk with acclaimed British painter Ryan Mosley, whose richly imaginative canvases have made him one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary figurative art.

Get crafty this spring and create a fresh door wreath to take home.

Celebrate the arrival of spring with this workshop using natural materials and spring bulbs.

Join the artists from Heavy Water Collective for a hands-on workshop exploring how collections and archives can inspire new creative work relevant to themes of today. Develop your own artefact using jesmonite, clay and drawing.

Delve deeper into the Gathering Landscapes exhibition with its curators, artists Heavy Water Collective.

Delve deeper into the Gathering Landscapes exhibition with its curators, the artists Heavy Water Collective.

Join George Shaw and David Alston for a conversation on George’s current exhibition Small Returns. Reflecting on George’s work and his time at Sheffield Polytechnic in the late 1980s.

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.

An exhibition exploring our obsession with the unknown, our desire to believe, and photography’s problematic role as visual evidence. With over 350 drawings alongside UFO related images, publications, videos and artefacts.

An Easter crafting workshop for families.

Artist Tina Ramos Ekongo will guide you through the process of creating a portrait, from sketching the facial features to painting in acrylic. For any level of experience.

Browse the wares of around 50 ceramic artists, potters and sculptors from South Yorkshire and beyond.

See the gallery through fresh eyes and focus on ‘how we look’ during an evening of hands-on philosophy.

Paintings and works on paper by Turner Prize-nominated artist George Shaw, revisiting locations, memories and motifs from his past.

Create your own Jesmonite coaster with artist and maker Kim Searle using a variety of geometric and recycled moulds.

Create your own miniature plant pots with artist and maker Kim Searle using Jesmonite, a versatile material that creates a different pot every time.

Sheffield's annual artists' open studios festival, taking place over two weekends and a bank holiday in May.

Make your very own wall planter with macramé artist Charlotte Hanson.

A showcase of work by talented early career photographers, gifted amateurs and established professionals in the very best of contemporary photography.

"A necessary reminder of just how much Britain depends on love and labour from immigrants, and a warning of the dangers of exploitation and extraction – everywhere." Read more in our review of Rehana Zaman's exhibition, by Wemmy Ogunyankin.

Three nights of science fun. Academics bring their research out of the lab for a series of talks, demos and experiments in pubs, bars and creative spaces. Info for Pint of Science Festival 2026 coming soon.

A journey through the life of a true icon. Discover her art, and uncover the story of her rebellious, passionate life. With new material from the curators of the groundbreaking Tate Modern exhibition Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon.

Sheffield-based artist Paul Allender presents his recent paintings in the White Room at Yellow Arch. Many aspects of Paul's paintings reflect his experiences of growing up in Neepsend and Parson Cross. With an exhibition opening evening on the 11th.

A celebration of culture, compassion, and the positive impact migration and refugees have in Sheffield. Held on and around Refugee Week each June – come back soon for details of Migration Matters 2026.

An exhibition of historic items and photographs from the University archives and heritage collections, sharing a wealth of stories of student life to inform, surprise and entertain.

This spring, the Graves Gallery welcomes the first solo exhibition by acclaimed Sheffield-based artist Ryan Mosley. With new works weaving together characters and narratives, reality and fiction, the everyday and the exotic.

The UK’s premier event for everyone in kids TV, media and entertainment. With a free exhibition, Playground, bringing together interactive digital art and maker activities for children to play with.

An annual showcase of work by Sheffield Hallam University’s graduating artists, designers, filmmakers, animators, writers, architects and performers.

A showcase of indie and small press comic creators from Sheffield and further afield. With a Graphic Novel Reading Room corner, a kids workshop and bar.

A weekend of bleeps, beats and sweaty grins – bringing together music, visual art and technology. Come back soon for details of No Bounds 2026 – earlybird tickets on sale now.

A biennial festival of new ideas. Bringing together the city's creative community and its academic minds through exhibitions, talks, screenings, performances and more. Stay tuned for dates and details for the next Festival of the Mind in autumn 2026.

A look at the curious, beautiful, macabre and magical connections people have made to the land through over 400 objects from Sheffield’s collections. Curated by Heavy Water Collective (artists Maud Haya-Baviera, Victoria Lucas and Joanna Whittle).

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.

LGBTQ+ art and heritage have endured across the centuries, with communities continuing to express and preserve their Queer stories. This new exhibition brings together artworks and objects from Sheffield’s collections to explore Queer art today.

A mural and street art festival. Returning for a second edition in 2027. Expect smaller creative events from the team throughout 2026 though – watch this space for details!