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 digital photography to make engaging and interesting artworks. This one-day workshop is designed to extend participants' creative and photography skills beyond the classroom.

Students will create a portfolio of beautiful photographs as they learn the language of photography, digital photography techniques and photo editing on an iPad. Responding to the urban bushland setting and work of Barkindji photographer Kent Morris students will learn how to remix and manipulate some of their images to create a digital artwork. Students will be given the opportunity to select one photo or artwork to be printed and framed while at the centre.

Not Just a Brush (NJAB) is a visual arts program for NSW public schools. The program includes teacher professional learning workshops and culminates in an art exhibition for Kindergarten to Year 6 students in a professional gallery at the end of the year.

This program aims to enhance the status and value of visual arts in schools and local communities. It enables students to develop skills in critiquing art and to see themselves and their peers as young artists. 

The 2025 – 2026 theme is 'The Mathematics of Art'.

Inspired by Nature is a visual arts enrichment program in the creative domain for high-potential and gifted public school students in Year 3 and 4. This one-day learning experience is held at the Royal National Park.

River impressions HPGE primary visual arts workshops provide opportunities for students in Years 3 and 4 to develop visual artmaking skills in response to the environment and exhibitions on show at Liverpool Powerhouse. The one-day workshop is delivered in collaboration with a local artist and Liverpool Powerhouse, utilising art education experts from the gallery and the Arts and Initiatives Unit within the Department of Education. Workshops will focus on process-based experimentation facilitated by professional artists and school teachers with specialised skills.

River impressions HPGE primary visual arts workshops provide opportunities for students in Years 5 and 6 to develop visual artmaking skills in response to the environment and exhibitions on show at Liverpool Powerhouse. The one-day workshop is delivered in collaboration with a local artist and Liverpool Powerhouse, utilising art education experts from the gallery and the Arts and Initiatives Unit within the Department of Education. Workshops will focus on process-based experimentation facilitated by professional artists and school teachers with specialised skills.

Bush Studio: masterclass is a visual arts camp for students in Year 12, especially those studying Visual Arts, including related VET,  content-endorsed, board-endorsed and life skills courses. Students are given the opportunity to refine their skills in specific expressive 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. 

On the first day of the program, students are invited to work alongside artist Emily Besser to discover the intersection of painting, drawing and collage.  Experiment with numerous painting and drawing mediums in order to overcome preconceptions of their scope. Create dramatic juxtapositions through varied scale, density of brushstrokes and pigment, colour and texture as you harness the possibilities of paper as a surface. 

On day 2, artist Nicole Barakat will lead students through a workshop supporting the development of new strategies for their creative practice. Using the metaphor of a garden, students are invited to engage in fun, open-ended, intuitive and experimental processes, in a supportive and safe setting.

This full-day workshop is an exciting opportunity for Year 12 Visual Arts students from NSW public schools and their teachers to immerse themselves in a day of creativity, inspiration and practical learning.

Led by experienced educators and industry professionals, participants will explore key visual arts concepts, gain valuable practical skills and discover new approaches to support the development of their Body of Work. The workshop will also provide practical insights and strategies to help students feel confident when discussing art criticism, art history and artists and their influence.

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.

Bush Studio: visual arts camp provides an opportunity for public school students in Year 7 and 8 to be involved in an engaging, challenging and stimulating visual arts program led by an experienced visual arts teacher. 

The camp aims to provide students with an opportunity to observe, interpret and respond to their immediate environment at Ku-ring-gai National Park, Bobbin Head. Students will learn strategies to explore their immediate experience of the landscape to create preliminary works as departure points for resolved studio-based artworks.

Bushwalking in the Ku-ring-gai National Park will provide exciting opportunities for students to directly observe and visually document the subtle nuances of the natural environment using drawing and mixed media. Students will investigate ways to create sculptural works using natural found objects and use these sculptures to facilitate the making of drawings and monoprints. The program will culminate in an exhibition for families, friends and teachers.

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.