2026 – Term 2 Creative Learning
Term 2 at NERAM offers rich opportunities for students to engage with art through observation, experimentation and discussion. Our exhibitions and programs support Visual Arts outcomes across Years K–12, encouraging students to explore artistic practice, materials, ideas and context. Programs can be tailored to suit stage level, curriculum focus and learning needs.
Contact our Education Officer, Anne Blair-Hickman for further information at education@neram.com.au, phone 6772 5255.
Availability: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays
2026 – Term 2 Creative Learning
Term 1 (2026) Education Newsletter
Teachers can download the Term 1 Education Newsletter here for dates, program details and booking information.
Experimenta Emergence: National Tour of Media Arts
28 March – 17 May
Experimenta Emergence: National Tour of Media Arts is a major, internationally recognised exhibition that explores the dynamic intersection of art, science and technology through immersive, interactive and thought-provoking artworks.
This exhibition provides a rich and engaging learning experience for students, inviting them to explore big ideas about the future, innovation and our relationship with the natural and technological worlds. Through virtual reality, participatory installations and speculative storytelling, students are encouraged to think critically about how technology is shaping our lives—and how creativity can empower us to imagine and respond to change.
Ideal for Visual Arts, Science and STEAM learning, Experimenta supports the development of creative thinking, digital literacy and inquiry-based learning, making it a valuable cross-curricular excursion opportunity.
NSW Syllabus Links
This program aligns with key outcomes in the NSW Visual Arts Years 7–10 Syllabus, including:
- Artmaking: Exploring materials, techniques and technologies to develop and realise ideas
- Art Critical and Historical Studies: Interpreting and responding to artworks, artists and audiences
- Conceptual Framework: Understanding the relationships between artist, artwork, world and audience
- Frames: Applying subjective, cultural, structural and postmodern perspectives
These areas are central to how students develop knowledge and understanding through both making and interpreting artworks in integrated ways .
The exhibition also supports Stage 6 Visual Arts through:
- Investigation of contemporary practice and new media
- Development of informed personal and critical responses
- Engagement with conceptual and interdisciplinary approaches to artmaking
NERAM has partnered with UNE Discovery to offer hands-on workshop experiences alongside guided exhibition tours, allowing students to deepen their understanding through both exploration and practical engagement.
Bookings are now open. To discuss your visit or tailor a program to your students’ needs, please contact our Education Officer.
RESOURCES
The Neighbour at the Gate (Coming soon!)
Coming Soon
The Neighbours at the Gate
22 May – 26 July
NERAM’s upcoming exhibition, The Neighbours at the Gate, invites students to explore ideas of connection, place and belonging through a diverse range of contemporary artworks.
This thought-provoking exhibition encourages students to consider how we relate to the world around us—our environments, our communities and each other. Through a range of artistic approaches, students will encounter works that explore themes such as identity, boundaries, care, coexistence and the changing relationships between people and place.
Designed to spark curiosity and conversation, this exhibition offers rich opportunities for Visual Arts and cross-curricular learning, supporting students to reflect on their own perspectives while engaging with broader social and environmental ideas.
Creative Learning at NERAM will offer guided exhibition tours and tailored workshop experiences, supporting students to:
- interpret and respond to contemporary artworks
- explore ideas through discussion and inquiry
- develop their own creative responses through hands-on making
This exhibition is supported by the National Art School’s Neighbours at the Gate: Education Kit, which provides valuable contextual insights and classroom connections to extend learning before and after your visit.
NSW Syllabus Links
This program supports key outcomes in the NSW Visual Arts Years 7–10 Syllabus, including:
- Artmaking: Developing ideas and experimenting with materials and processes
- Art Critical and Historical Studies: Investigating artists, artworks and audiences
- Conceptual Framework: Exploring relationships between artist, artwork, world and audience
- Frames: Considering subjective, cultural and postmodern perspectives
It also provides valuable connections to Geography and PDHPE, particularly in areas relating to place, community, identity and wellbeing.
Bookings opening soon.
To register your interest or be the first to receive program details, please contact our Education Officer.
Neighbour at the Gate: Education Kit
Of Brushes and Light
Education focus
This exhibition introduces students to Australian Impressionism and the practice of painting en plein air. Through close looking, students explore how artists responded to light, colour and atmosphere, and how working outdoors changed representations of the Australian landscape.
Curriculum connections:
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Visual Arts (K–12): Practice, Context, Frames
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Artmaking: observation, colour mixing, mark-making
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Art History: Australian art, late 19th century
Possible student activity:
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Create a small landscape study responding to light and mood using quick observational sketches.
Hinton Art Appreciation Workshop followed by Still Life Exercises
Delve into the Hinton Collection through an in-depth art appreciation session with an arts educator. Investigate colonial Australian art, the artist camps, female artists in the collection & the emerging modernists on display. To follow, complete a series of sketching exercises in the gallery space looking at line, shape and tone. Find out more >>
PRIMARY: MUSEUM IN A BOX – Printmaking with Lego
NERAM, Museum of Printing and Hopscotch Press present this program to creatively engage primary school students with their local museums without leaving the classroom environment. Investigating the history of printing with a museum of printing education resource, students are encouraged to discover the original letterpress process through printing with lego. Find out more here >>
PRIMARY: MUSEUM IN A BOX – Making Monotypes, Experimenting with Colour + Composition.
NERAM presents this program to creatively engage primary school students with their local museums without leaving the classroom environment. NERAM invites students to experiment with colour, shape and texture to create their own unique compositions using the versatile and user friendly method of gelli printing. Students will look at the work of iconic French artist Henri Matisse as well as artist from the NERAM collection, John Coburn. Find out more here >>
SECONDARY: MUSEUM IN A BOX - Printing Vintage Ads
Engaging in Museum of Printing education resource and worksheets provided students will gain an understanding of the history of print publishing. Introduced to the history and concepts of vintage print advertising, students will create there own A4 page magazine ad using a collection of vintage printing blocks from Museum of Printing . Students will combine the block with stencil type and copy from a typewriter to convey their own message interpreting the block in its historic and cultural context. Find out more >>
PRIMARY: MUSEUM IN A BOX - 'Old Tom' Character Creation
Originally an outreach program with an educator, this program has now been transformed into a pick up museum in a box program available to loan to schools. Explore the fantastic prints of ‘Old Tom’ by Australian artist and acclaimed author Leigh Hobbs. Explore the artwork, big book and hilarious cartoon of Old Tom and then create your own unique characters to cause chaos with Old Tom! Find out more here >>
