Spring School Holidays | Weekdays 30 September – 11 October 2024 (no classes Monday 7 October)
Spring School Holiday bookings are open now!
Our regular School Holiday programs are always very popular, offering over 60 workshops for kids (aged 5+) and teens. Our program includes half-day, full-day as well as some two-day workshops for teens. It changes each school holiday period so there will always be a new workshop, new theme, new art form or technique to try.
Our school holiday art programs:
- include a wide range of art forms including painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking, and more!
- include all art materials and tuition in the workshop fee
- offer 3-hour workshops with morning or afternoon slots for kids aged 5 and over (9.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-4.30pm)
- offer one and two-day master classes for teens to develop skills and explore new mediums or techniques (10am-4pm)
- include lunchtime supervision for kids staying the whole day at no extra charge
Bookings with your NSW Active and Creative Kids Voucher
Art Est continues to be a registered Provider for the NSW Government Active and Creative Kids Progam. You can use your $50 Voucher with us for any holiday workshop. Due to changes with the new vouchers, we are unable to process them through the online checkout. Please call or email to enrol using your voucher. Click here to read step-by-step instructions.
Spring Holiday ceramics
Ceramic sculptures made in our holiday workshops will be ready 3-4 weeks after the holidays. Work needs to dry before bisque firing, then we glaze them before firing a second time. We will send an email letting you know when they are ready to collect. Check your inbox as well as spam/junk box just in case.
To see some pictures from previous School Holiday programs, visit: Facebook Albums
Venues
All of our school holiday workshops are now held in just one venue at our main campus studios at 10 Hill Street. This is where we have three painting and drawing studios, and the ceramics studio.Click here for map and directions.
Click here to download a PDF Timetable for the Spring Holidays
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MON 7 OCT – PUBLIC HOLIDAYTUE 8 OCTWED 9 OCTTHU 10 OCTFRI 11 OCT <p>A great class for kids who love drawing and design. Look at the work of 'pop artists' for inspiration like Andy Warhol, learn to create a bold design and transfer drawings onto special print boards
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<p>Drawing cats using reverse drawing techniques of white pencils and gel pens onto black paper. Learn how this simple concept can tranform the way your drawings look.</p> <h2 id="
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<p>Chibi characters are super cute and fun to draw! Learn how to draw a character in this specific style, contort proportions and draw lots of different facial expressions.</p> <p><strong>What will
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<p>Create a digital picture camera frame! Students will use hand-building techniques to create a digital camera that also doubles as a picture frame.</p> <p><strong>What will students take home?</ <p>Create a digital picture camera frame! Students will use hand-building techniques to create a digital camera that also doubles as a picture frame.</p> <p><strong>What will students take home?</
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<p>Don't wait to catch a mouse, make your own mischievious mouse in this fun workshop. Learn basic clay hand building techniques to create your mouse and give it a really unique personality and
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<p>A special one day drawing-workshop aimed at learning fundamental drawing skills of seeing, proportion, perspective, composition, tone and value. Students will learn how to discern between the
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<p>Step into the world of pretty Pâtisserie shops with their elegant shopfronts and delicate sugary sweets, truly the jewel of Paris. let’s create adorable sweet shops on paper dedicated to the famous
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<p>In this one-day workshop, students will learn how to construct human facial features including an eye, nose, mouth and an ear using both graphite pencil and charcoal.</p> <p>Michael will provide
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<p>Close your eyes and imagine you're peering up at the night sky and can see the whole universe. Now open them and paint along step by step to create your own painting that can continue to inspire
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<p>Do you look at abstract art and wonder how it's done? Abstract Art can also be called modern art, and is the art that doesn’t look like real life. So how do you make something real look abstract?
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Printmaking | Pop Art Prints | 7-9 years
Drawing | Amazing Animal Portraits | 8-12 years
Illustration | Chibi Characters | 8-12 years
Ceramics | Pixel Frames | 8-12 years
Ceramics | Mischievous Mice | 8-12 years
Masterclass | Drawing in Charcoal with michael Simms | 10+ years
Watercolour | French Patisserie | 8-12 years
Masterclass | Individual Facial Features in Charcoal | 10+ years
Painting | Forest Galaxy | 7-9 years
Painting | An Abstract World | 8-12 years