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 artist educators, 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.

Bush Studio: Secondary visual arts professional learning is a practical visual arts workshop for secondary visual arts teachers, including those who teach related VET,  content endorsed, board endorsed and life skills courses. Participants are given the opportunity to refine their skills and expertise in specific art forms as they work alongside carefully selected artists to observe, interpret and respond to their immediate environment at Ku-ring-gai National Park, Bobbin Head. Teachers will receive detailed handouts, including activity suggestions and supply lists, that they can take back to their classrooms, integrating new artmaking techniques into future teaching programs.

Participants develop practical skills and strategies for teaching visual arts K-6. A bushwalk provides inspiration and the opportunity to observe, interpret, respond and document the natural environment. Participants engage their senses and express themselves across a range of media, such as printmaking and ephemeral art. Participants are provided with written instructions and material lists for each artmaking activity.

The workshop emphasises the use of readily available and inexpensive found and recycled materials in lesson planning. Teachers will develop skills in aesthetic judgement and provide feedback that encourages students to take risks in their creative endeavours.