Easter School Holidays | Weekdays 15-26 April 2024 | Now Enrolling

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 and two-day workshops. It changes each school holiday period so there will always be a new workshop, new theme, new art form or technique to try.

To see our School Holiday dates for 2024, visit: Our Program Dates

To see some pictures from previous School Holiday programs, visit: Facebook Albums

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

Note: Our goal is to run all the advertised workshops. However, we sometimes need change a workshop theme, age range or tutor due to insufficient enrolments or other circumstances, and occasionally cancel a workshop altogether. In such circumstances, any student enrolled in a cancelled class will be transferred to another suitable class in the same time and parents will be notified. If no alternative class is available at the same time, a credit or refund will be arranged.

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.

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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 April Holidays

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Ceramics | Baby Bird Plates | 5-8 years

Make some bright little plates out of clay and paint them with colourful underglazes. Learn basic clay handbuilding techniques to maket the shape, choose your colour-scheme, add a face and bingo! Cute little bird plates are made. Designed for young creators, this hands-on workshop encourages exploration and self-expression through the tactile world of clay. Students unleash their imagination, learning the fundamentals of hand-building techniques to mould unique sculptures. From... [More]

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Ceramics | Puffer Fish Figurines | 8-12 years

Make your own puffer fish sculpture in this fun ceramics workshop. Learn pinch pot techniques to make your fish body, add fins and a tail, fish lips and eyes. Paint with underglaze in realistic colours or quirky patterns.  What will students make? A ceramic puffer fish sculpture that will be fired in our kilns and ready to collect about 3 weeks after the workshop. A glaze fired ceramic puffer fish sculpture. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial... [More]

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Ceramic | Sleepy Critters | 5-8 years

In this whimsical ceramic sculpture class, students create charming sleeping critters in cozy beds. Students learn the art of sculpting with clay to create adorable animal sculptures peacefully nestled in dreamland. This imaginative and hands-on workshop encourages creativity as little sculptors bring their sleepy critters to life. Designed for young creators, this hands-on workshop encourages exploration and self-expression through the tactile world of clay. Students will learn... [More]

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Charcoal Drawing Masterclass | Rachel Fairfax | 8+ years

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 different drawing mediums of willow and compressed charcoal, pastel, graphite and ink. Students will learn how to maximise the effect of each of these materials to achieve their drawing potential.  Looking at master artist drawings of pointillist painter Georges Seurat and Post impressionist... [More]

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Drawing | Diebenkorn Inspired Still-Life | 7-9 years

Using coloured pencils and soft pastels, then acrylic paint, students will make a drawing study, then an acrylic painting of interesting still life objects.  Students will learn about the American artist Richard Diebenkorn and how he used complementary opposite colour harmony in his drawings and paintings.   A fun way to learn about colour theory in art as you play with the colour wheel looking at opposite colours of Red/Green, Orange/Blue, Red-Orange /Turquoise , as well as colour... [More]

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Paint & Print | Inspired by Andy Warhol | 8-12 years Printmaking with Laura Carey

Print and Paint - Create a collection of screen prints like Andy Warhol. Take inspiration from Warhol’s 1964 series Flowers. Using different colour schemes, painting the flowers combined with photographic silkscreen printing to complete your images. What will students take home? Your own outstanding masterpiece to proudly show off at home! School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers [More]

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Drawing | Beautiful Owls in Chalk Pastel | 7-9 years

Who doesn't love a cute fluffy owl? Learn how to use Chalk pastels to create a line, shape, colour, and texture in your owl portraits. Capture the essence of this wonderful bird in your drawing.  What will students take home? A few sketches and a full drawing of an owl on quality pastel paper. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers [More]

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Drawing | Extraordinary Emus | 5-7 years

Explore extraordinary emus in this workshop inspired by big birds of the Australian Outback! Learn to draw the striking features of these native birds - eyes that boggle; feathers that ruffle; beaks that bop! Make your emu colour or realistic - it really doesn't matter. Just learn how to draw and get creative with colour in chalk pastels, try blending techniques and shading to make your artwork pop! What will students take home? A portrait drawing on pastel paper of a fabulous... [More]

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Mixed Media | Patterned Landscapes | 7-9 years

This class is inspired by Belynda Henry  an Australian artist from NSW who lives on a country property surrounded by a National Park which gives her plenty of inspiration for her abstract landscapes. She uses paints and pastels, brushes and palette knives to create shapes and textures of the natural environment. What will students take home? A beautiful artwork on canvas of your interpretation of an Abstract Patterned Landscape. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs... [More]

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Painting | Pastel Candy Land | 7-9 years

This class takes inspiration from the high-key paintings of artist So Youn Lee, with their instantly recognisable style and gummy lolly characters. Students will learn how to create their own character inspired by this style, and how to mix a pastel palette using bright pastels and fluoro acrylics on canvas. What will students make? A painting on canvas using bright pastels and flouro acrylic paint. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers [More]

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