We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of New South Wales stands.

School holidays

Four people look at a colourful sculpture of flowers with spots on an outdoor terrace

Vistors with Yayoi Kusama's Flowers that Bloom in the Cosmos 2022 © Yayoi Kusama, photo: Zan Wimberley

Join us these April school holidays for a world of imagination and activity.

Whatever your age, there’s so much to see and do at the Art Gallery of New South Wales throughout the school holidays, including drop-in workshops and roving art-making tours.

Entry is free!
To the Art Gallery, and most of our events, displays and exhibitions

Children under 12 are admitted free to the ticketed Louise Bourgeois exhibition, for which there is a family discount and a free children’s trail

Events list

Past events

  • A spider artwork created by participants in a workshop at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

    Workshop/demonstration

    Drop-in workshop Along came a spider

    Wednesdays 10–24 April 2024
    5.30–7.30pm

    Free, no bookings required

  • Be at the Hive workshop designed by Noa Haim of Collective Paper Aesthetics for and with the Art Gallery of New South Wales

    Workshop/demonstration

    Kids drop-in workshop: Be at the Hive By Creative Paper Aesthetics

    Saturday 13 – Friday 19 April 2024
    11am–3.30pm

    Free, no bookings required

  • Guided tour for kids at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

    Tour

    Guided tour for kids Roving art-making in Naala Nura, our south building

    Monday 15, Wednesday 17, Friday 19 April 2024
    10.30am, 11.30am

    Free, no bookings required

  • Rosie Deacon, 'Paste ups 1' (detail), photo: Bi Hammond

    Workshop/demonstration

    Kids drop-in workshop: Rocking the rainbow By Rosie Deacon

    Monday 15 – Sunday 28 April 2024
    11am–3.30pm

    Free, no bookings required

  • Mimi Tong Indoor landscape, outside room 2020 National Art Archive, Art Gallery of New South Wales  © Mimi Tong

    Workshop/demonstration

    Kids workshop With Mimi Tong

    Tuesday 16 April 2024
    11.30am
    Tuesday 23 April 2024
    2pm

    Free, no bookings required

  • Participant in an access workshop at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

    Access program

    Kids access workshop Art-making inspired by 24th Biennale of Sydney

    Wednesday 17 April 2024
    10am, 12pm and 2pm

    Free, bookings required

  • Symbolic species workshop activity at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

    Workshop/demonstration

    Kids drop-in workshop Symbolic species

    Saturday 20 – Sunday 28 April 2024
    11am–3.30pm

    Free, no bookings required

  • Two adults and two children look at a large sculpture of a colourful, spotted flower in front of a glass building

    Tour

    Guided tour for kids Roving art-making in Naala Badu, our north building

    Monday 22, Wednesday 24, Friday 26 April 2024
    10.30am, 11.30am

    Free, no bookings required

  • Soft foam printing

    Workshop/demonstration

    Kids holiday workshop Birds of a feather for 9–12 year olds

    Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 April 2024
    1.30pm

    Charges apply

  • Soft foam printing

    Workshop/demonstration

    Kids holiday workshop Birds of a feather for 5–8 year olds

    Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 April 2024
    10.30am

    Charges apply