Art Matters Maitland

NSW Department of Education

Students seated with visual arts teacher creating soft sculptural artworks from recycled materials

Students Acknowledging Country in front of woven artwork depicting eagle

Art Matters

Region: Regional North | Maitland

Years 5 to 10

Local arts program Visual arts

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Apply for the Years 7 to 10 workshop

Art Matters workshops provide opportunities for students in Years 5 to 10 to develop visual art making skills through participating in intensive workshops, encompassing:

Validation of the importance of visual arts, including as an intra and interpersonal expression
Understanding of subject matters explored in artmaking, especially art as a tool to communicate contemporary issues
Experimentation with a variety of artmaking substances.

Two-day workshops will be delivered in collaboration with artists and local/regional art galleries, utilising art education experts. Workshops may focus on painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, jewellery, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, animation and digital media facilitated by professional artists and school teachers with specialised skills.

Years 5 and 6 workshop

Workshop applications now closed as the workshop is FULL.

Mon 7 and Tues 8 April 2025 (Term 1 Week 11)
- Day 1: 9 am – 3 pm
- Day 2: 9 am – 4:30 pm. Parents and teachers are invited from 4 pm to view exhibition of student work.
Cost: $60 per student
Artist facilitator: Pat Mavety
Medium: Landscape drawing and painting
Gallery exhibition: Barely Glimpsed

Student numbers are limited for each workshop.
Schools will be notified of your students registration in the program and attendance will be noted by the school.

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Years 7 to 10 workshop

Workshop applications now open. Apply for the Years 7–10 workshop.

Mon 2 and Tues 3 June 2025 (Term 2 Week 6)
- Day 1: 9 am – 3 pm
- Day 2: 9 am – 4:30 pm. Parents and teachers are invited from 4 pm to view exhibition of student work.
Cost: $60 per student
Artist facilitator: TBC
Medium: TBC
Gallery exhibition: TBC

Student numbers are limited for each workshop.
Schools will be notified of your students registration in the program and attendance will be noted by the school.

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Payment

The two-day workshop cost of $60 per student is to be paid through The Arts Unit student payment portal prior to the workshop date. Within the payment portal please select the program 'Visual Arts' and then payment for 'Local Visual Arts' which will allow you to select the relevant Art Matters program.

Student fees will be collected directly by The Arts Unit from schools who elect to pay on behalf of their students. Please email program coordinator to arrange this.

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