Riverina to Bundanon Art Experience

Region: Rural South and West | Bundanon
Years 7 to 11
Program Visual arts

The Riverina to Bundanon Art Experience provides pathways to excellence through developing art making skills for rural and remote public school students from Rural South and West NSW. Students will participate in artmaking workshops and on-site museum and gallery visits. 

Bundanon is an art museum embedded in the landscape and a wildlife sanctuary set on 1000 hectares. Located 20 minutes from Nowra, on the Shoalhaven River and offering a range of activities to encourage exploration, consideration, and development of art, it is an experience you won't want to miss! 

Transport will be via coach, departing (and returning) Albury, with pick up/drop off points at Holbrook and Gundagai. This is a residential camp, with students staying on the Bundanon site.

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2025 details

It was so good, we added another night! 

Dates: Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 August 2025

Venue: Bundanon

Departure: Albury High School 7:30 am (pick up points at Holbrook and Gundagai)

Return: Albury High School 5 pm (drop off points at Gundagai and Holbrook)

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How to apply

Applications for 2025 have now closed.

Applications closed Tuesday 17 June 2025.

Interested students are to complete the Riverina to Bundanon Art Experience application form. 

All nominating students will receive an email after the closing date advising them of the outcome. Details on how to accept or decline an offer will be included.

Successful nominations will receive further information, including details on what to pack and how to make payments.

Confirmation of student attendance will be emailed to schools.

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Cost

There is a participation fee of $460 per student. This includes all workshops, materials, accommodation, travel, program costs and most meals. Students will need to pay for lunch on Tuesday and Friday during travel time.

Details on how to make payments will be included in the acceptance email.

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Teacher professional learning opportunity

We invite expressions of interest from teachers to join this unique professional learning opportunity and work with talented visual art students. The selected teacher will take part in workshops and help supervise students during the excursion.

Interested teachers will need approval from their Principal and must be a current Visual Arts teacher from a Rural South and West NSW public school. Paid relief will be provided to your school.

Please complete the teacher application form.

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2024 photos

Students at the art camp sitting outside in camp chairs sketching the nature around them.
A group of students smiling at the camera, sitting at a table completing an art project.
A single student working on a nature inspired painting.
Students at the art camp sitting outside in camp chairs and on the ground sketching the nature around them.
A student sits on the ground in bush working on a sketch propped up on an easel.
Two students working on their nature inspired artwork.
Students in a silly pose holding kitchen utensils whilst they clean up.
A student staring contemplative at an artwork displayed on the white wall of a gallery.
Three students working on their nature inspired artwork.
Students walking through a nature reserve.
A student contemplating her work in progress sketch of a plant.
Two students working on their nature inspired artwork.
Students at the art camp posing for the camera in front of a selection of their artwork laid out on a bench.
Students walking through a nature reserve.
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Enquiries

Cheryl Walker
Arts Coordination Officer
Wagga Wagga
[email protected]
0428 550 202
Lana Rhodes
Coordinator
Albury High School
[email protected]
Bundanon Learning Centre

170 Riversdale Rd
Illaroo NSW 2540
Australia

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Attachments

Riverina to Bundanon Visual Arts Excursion Information handout 2024 (PDF 1.84 MB)
Students gather around the art work they have created in a grassy outdoor space.

All Arts Unit programs are inclusive. If support is required to participate in the Riverina to Bundanon Art Experience, please email [email protected] so that we can assist.