Operation Art student workshops
Students spend a whole day making, creating and learning new visual arts skills. Workshops cover a variety of different topic areas, including drawing, painting, printing, mixed media and sculpture.
Delivered by specialist visual arts teachers, these full-day workshops are designed to extend participants' skills and artmaking experiences beyond the classroom. Students who display a higher level of engagement in visual arts will benefit from these challenging opportunities.
Please be sure to register as a contact teacher before advertising the workshops to your students.
Enquiries
2026 workshops
Use the links below to apply for the workshops.
Workshop fee: $50.60
Ngununggula Regional Art Gallery
1 Art Gallery Lane, Bowral NSW 2756
9 am – 2:30 pm
- Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) Tuesday 19 May closed (full)
- Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) Wednesday 20 May closed (full)
- Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) Thursday 21 May closed (full)
Lindfield College
100 Eton Rd, Lindfield NSW 2070
9 am – 2:30 pm
- Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) Monday 1 June closed (full)
- Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) Tuesday 2 June closed (full)
- Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) Wednesday 3 June closed (full)
Glasshouse Regional Gallery
32 Clarence St, Port Macquarie NSW 2444
9 am – 2:30 pm
Applications close: Fri 31 July
Workshop capacity: 25 students
- Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) Tuesday 11 August closed
- Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) Wednesday 12 August closed
- Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) Thursday 13 August closed
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
230 High St, Maitland NSW 2320
9 am – 2:30 pm
Applications close: Fri 6 Nov
Workshop capacity: 20 students
- Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) Tuesday 17 November
- Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) Wednesday 18 November
- Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) Thursday 19 November
Leeton Museum and Art Gallery
27–33 Chelmsford Pl, Leeton NSW 2705
9 am – 2:30 pm
Applications close: Fri 4 Dec
Workshop capacity: 20 students
- Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) Monday 14 December
- Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) Tuesday 15 December
- Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) Wednesday 16 December
Workshop outcomes
Workshops will address the following visual arts outcomes for each relevant stage:
Stage 1 outcomes
- VAS1.1 – Makes artworks in a particular way about experiences of real and imaginary things.
- VAES1.2 – Experiments with a range of media in selected forms.
- VAS1.3 – Realises what artists do, who they are and what they make.
Stage 2 outcomes
- VAS2.2 – Uses the forms to suggest the qualities of subject matter.
- VAS2.4 – Identifies connections between subject matter in artworks and what they refer to and appreciates the use of particular techniques.
Stage 3 outcomes
- VAS3.1 – Investigates subject matter in an attempt to represent likenesses of things in the world.
- VAS3.2 – Makes artworks for different audiences assembling materials in a variety of ways.
- VAS3.4 – Communicates about the ways in which subject matter is represented in artworks.
All Arts Unit programs are inclusive. If support is required to participate in the Operation Art student workshops, please email opart.artsunit@det.nsw.edu.au so that we can assist.
