Bush Studio – Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre
Students from Years 3 to 6 enrolled at NSW public schools are invited to participate in a suite of immersive visual arts programs at Field of Mars. Opportunities to observe, interpret and respond to their immediate environment will inform students’ artmaking practice across a variety of mediums.
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Field of Mars Reserve
220 Pittwater Rd
East Ryde NSW 2113
Australia
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Years 3 to 6 visual arts enrichment program
Date: Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 August 2025 (Term 3 Week 6)
Time: 9:30 am – 2 pm
Venue: Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre (East Ryde)
Cost: $60 per student
Bush studio is a one day workshop for Stages 2 and 3. To meet demand the program will be offered on two separate days.
Registrations for schools through Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre
Bush Studio: visual arts enrichment is an invitation to students in year 3 to 6 to spend the day immersed in, and be inspired by, the unique urban bushland setting of the Field of Mars Reserve and to experiment with a range of mediums to make engaging and interesting artworks.
Students will be introduced to a variety of work by Australian contemporary artists, including Aboriginal artists, and begin to consider the wide range of perspectives and processes contemporary artists use when making their work. Students will be encouraged to work collaboratively at times, to rethink what drawing can be and do, and to play with the idea of permanence and ephemerality in their artwork. An online gallery at the end of the program provides a platform for students to showcase their artworks and artmaking process. Media used may include drawing, writing, painting, collage, clay and stop-animation.
This one-day workshop is designed to extend participants' skills and artmaking experiences beyond the classroom. Teachers are encouraged to extend this opportunity to students who display a higher level of engagement in visual arts.
Primary visual arts professional learning workshop
Date: Monday 7 April 2025 (Term 1 Week 11)
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Venue: Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre (East Ryde)
Cost: $199 per participant
Registrations for teachers through Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre
Bush Studio: Primary visual arts professional learning workshop provides educators an opportunity to develop skills and strategies for teaching visual arts activities with their students. Participants will learn strategies to explore their immediate experience of the unique urban bushland setting of the Field of Mars Reserve. With guidance from artists, they will experiment with a range of mediums to make engaging and interesting preliminary works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, textiles and printing.
All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If support is required to participate in the Bush Studio – Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre program, please email lily.ferres@det.nsw.edu.au so we can assist.
