School Holiday Soft Sculpture Workshop for Kids 8 – 12
Using colourful fabrics, stuffing, stitching, and a variety of decorative materials, participants will design and make their very own unique character
Soft Sculpture Workshop: Constructing Personal Mythologies Ages 12–16
What symbols, creatures, objects, and stories make up your world? In this imaginative soft sculpture workshop, teens will explore the idea of personal mythology—creating artworks
Animation for Teens 12 – 16
Explore the creative possibilities of animation in this hands-on workshop inspired Todd Fullers Animation in Upriver Down River.
Drawing Workshop for Kids 8 – 12
These school holidays enjoy a fun and creative drawing workshop designed especially for young artists aged 8–12!
Inspired by Todd Fullers artworks in Upriver Downriver
Drawing Workshop for Teens Ages 12–16
In this hands-on workshop, students aged 12–16 will create drawings inspired by familiar streetscapes and local scenery while learning key artistic concepts including composition, perspective
Family Clay PLay Workshop
Designed for all ages and skill levels, this hands-on session introduces basic clay hand-building techniques such as pinching, coiling, and slab construction.
Australian Poetry Slam Heat with Pocketbook
Poets Run This!
Have you ever wanted to change the world with your words? Are you the next Australian Poetry Slam-bassador?
School Holiday Drop In Workshops
Free drop-in art activities for all ages inspired by artworks in Upriver Downriver.
Drop in and create your own folded artist book.
In Stream Convergence: Poetry and Science in Response to Art
In response to the Upriver Downriver exhibition, join host Jo Lynch, ecologist Mick Roderick and Fiona Rowan and Will Power of Maitland City Council’s Sustainability
Collagraph Printmaking Adventure Ages 8–12
Get ready to roll, press, and print! Inspired by the beautiful art works by Fiona Johnson