Wednesday 15 April 2026
‘Crab Crawl: A Clay & Motion Workshop’: 10am-12pm
‘Playful Portraits: A Drawing Workshop’: 1pm-3pm
Creative Bundle: ‘Crab Crawl: A Clay & Motion Workshop’ and ‘Playful Portraits: A Drawing Workshop’: 10am-3pm
Friday 17 April 2026
Session 1 - ‘Crab Crawl: A Clay & Motion Workshop’ (10am-12pm)
Jump into a hands-on, multi‑artform adventure for 5–12‑year‑olds these Autumn Holidays at Campbelltown Arts Centre. Inspired by the migration of the Christmas Island Red Crab, young makers will sculpt their very own clay crab, then team up to choreograph a crab dance, build a natural landscape, and bring their creations to life through a collaborative stop‑motion film in one action‑packed 2‑hour workshop.
Session 2 - ‘Playful Portraits: A Drawing Workshop’ (1pm-3pm)
Explore portrait‑making in this lively drawing workshop for 5–12‑year‑olds at Campbelltown Arts Centre these Autumn Holidays. Young artists will explore how faces can tell stories as they sketch themselves, each other, and people they love. Through a series of drawing activities inspired by observation, memory, and a sense of joyful frivolity, participants will build foundational skills while creating expressive, story‑filled portraits in a fun 2‑hour session.
Creative Bundle: Session 1 & 2 - ‘Crab Crawl: A Clay & Motion Workshop’ and ‘Playful Portraits: A Drawing Workshop’ (1pm-3pm)
Bundle and save! Enjoy a full day of fab crabs and frivolity at Campbelltown Arts Centre from 10am–3pm. Take part in ‘Crab Crawl: A Clay & Motion Workshop’ (10am–12pm), enjoy your packed lunch in the Sculpture Garden with our facilitators and fellow participants (12pm–1pm), then return to the studio for ‘Playful Portraits: A Drawing Workshop’ (1pm–3pm).
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Please note
The Autumn Art Holiday workshops have been designed for 5-12-year-olds
The terracotta clay crabs will be fired in our kilns, and you will be notified when they are available for pick up (at least 2-weeks after the workshop)
Campbelltown Arts Centre, 1 Art Gallery Road, 2560, View Map
1 Art Gallery Road , 2560
Workshop 1: $30, Workshop 2: $30 & Creative Bundle: $50 (Creative Kids vouchers accepted)
The current Active and Creative Kids voucher program includes $50 vouchers that eligible parents, guardians and carers of school-aged children can use:
Vouchers must be redeemed before their expiry date. Vouchers will be available to those receiving Family Tax Benefits.
Workshop Terms and Conditions
If you have any questions or queries, please contact the Creative Programs Assistant, Anne Cutajar Anne.Cutajar@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au
Parents/Carers
Parents/Carers must sign their child participant/s in and out of the workshop (if your child is attending both workshops (Creative Bundle), you will only be required to sign them in prior to the first workshop between 9:45am-10:00am, then sign them out after the second workshop at 3:00pm).
Please advise on drop off if another parent/carer will be signing out and picking up the child.
Carers are required to accompany child participants to and from the Campbelltown Arts Centre Entry Foyer/Front Desk. Child participants are not permitted to leave Campbelltown Arts Centre or to walk to the carpark without their parent/carer.
Parents/Carers are not required to attend the workshops.
Parents/Carers are asked to indicate whether their child can or cannot appear in photographs that may be used by Campbelltown Arts Centre and Campbelltown City Council for documentation or marketing purposes. If you do not provide permissions, no photographs of your child will be captured or published.
All Campbelltown Arts Centre staff and facilitators have valid Working With Children Checks (WWCC).
Campbelltown Arts Centre ensures at least 2 facilitators are present per 15 children, or up to 4 facilitators per 30 children