Talks, courses & workshops

Get creative at the Art Gallery these school holidays

Explore movement, feeling and creativity

That's right, it’s totally FREE fun learning for Aussie kids.  

Weave a rug in a day using upcycled materials

Drummoyne Art Society's popular art event starts soon

A masterclass about materiality in printmaking

The RUSI NSW Ursula Davidson Library is holding a book fair until 1 July 2024

This short workshop is perfect for anyone who would like to dip their toes into the world of working with reclaimed wood

We grow up hearing cautionary tales but where are the cautionary tales for grown ups?

Aleesah Darlison will provide feedback on your writing for children, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

Deep dives into creative reuse and loose parts play pedagogy and practice

Make your own flower crown and be a queen on your special day

Learn basic embroidery skills and express your creativity playing with threads and colours

For anyone who wants to win at work. And in life. (You won't have to perform or be funny)

A well-rounded training program in film and stage: get the best of both worlds

Use images from the City of Sydney archives to create heritage inspired laser-cut jewellery pieces

Dip your toe into the art of hand stitching or slow stitching

Learn how to make a Granny Square using simple stitches

Do you have a draft manuscript of adult fiction or memoir? Are you looking for feedback and tips to improve your work?

For all skill levels, learn the best foundation for acting

Plaster Painting with kids in Rozelle

Fiona Wright will provide feedback on your poetry in an online classroom environment over five months.

Creativity and good company, and delicious pizza, come together for an unforgettable evening

Get an introduction to Qigong at any level of experience and fitness

Ride your bike the quick & easy way to a great selection of eateries.

Four Australian artists – abstract art painting show

Decorate your own cheese board and coasters with resin art

An exhibition of works from over 50 years in the making by Sydney-based artist Sally Robinson.

An art exhibition by Russell Prescott, depicting Sydney Harbour's legacy of industrial buildings and equipment.

Learn the fundamentals of using a sewing machine whilst making a cushion cover

In this online feedback course, author Ryan O’Neill will provide feedback on your short fiction.

Learn how to make a Turkish mosaic design

10-week course is designed for beginners and intermediate learners interested in music production using Logic Pro X

Come along and learn more about how to maintain and fix your bike

Get the skills and confidence to ride on Sydney streets

A beginner-friendly ceramic hand-building workshop where you will learn the fundamentals, get creative and paint.

Learn how to make candles at this fun online class

Manage stress, remove troubling thoughts and emotions, and find long-lasting happiness with heartfulness meditation

Learn to paint with your fingers

Advance your sewing skills by following a pattern to make your own shorts or pants

Sit in a chair in a beautiful park and argue with the ratbags, or get on a ladder and be one

It's never too late to learn

Learn computer and online security and this free event hosted by Wesley School for Seniors

Increase core strength, improve posture, and prevent injuries in this free 1-hour class for all levels of experience.

IT support for computer, tablets and mobile phones

For advanced beginners to intermediate level enthusiasts

Discover the art of painting with acrylics: techniques, masters, and personal style

Join this friendly beginner guitar group

Open to all ages, experience and fitness levels

Music Production Workshops for ages 15- 25 years

Award-winning artist Matteo Bernasconi shares his extensive knowledge of painting

Explore and ignite your intellectual, physical, social, and spiritual interests in a supportive environment

Build your own co-operative enterprise in the heart of Sydney

Free low-intensity Mental Health Coaching available to anyone living in the Central and Eastern Syndey PHN region

Get hands-on experience at the Darling Square Library Makerspace

Balance your mind and body in this free 1-hour classes for all levels of experience.

Build strength, flexibility, and connect with the breath in this free 1-hour class for all levels of experience.

Bring in new sewing projects or learn the to recycle and upcycle preloved items

Unlock your creative potential in a relaxing, creative, and supportive atmosphere. No prior experience required.

Creatives, arts organisations and small businesses all need a website, but where to begin?

Learn the basics of joke-writing taught by a leading stand-up comedian

Be amongst the first to be acquainted with the writer and music critic's vivid and vibrant debut novel

Science-based Techniques for Mental Health and Well-Being

Get help with your sewing projects in this 2 hour fortnightly session

Emma LoRusso, CEO Digivizer

For all levels with Sydney's most experienced and successful teachers.

4 week creative writing workshop for authors to develop skills and techniques with Joanne Fedler

An introduction to laser cutting and printmaking using the City of Sydney's photographic archives

Strum your troubles away in this fun class for all ages and levels of experience

Improve heart health and reduce arterial stiffness in this free weekly 1-hour class for all levels of experience.

Free classes facilitated by Asahi Takahasi

Led by distinguished scholars & researchers, enjoy in-depth insights into artworks & artists at the Art Gallery of NSW

Directed by Nardi Simpson - Gamilaraay

Tell your story through art and meet new people

Create and design your own stunning Turkish Mosaic Lamp

This talk will explore Jewish migration to Germany in the post-war era and how it influenced German-Jewish writing.

Calling for workers of all ages to prepare for life after work. Yes, Retirement planning begins form now. Plan Today!

Hear how today's science might impact your life tomorrow

Come and practice life drawing in an informal setting with fellow art lovers, at Peach Black Gallery

Come together for a month of creativity and collaboration at the Art Gallery of NSW

Paint, sip and relax with friends

Paint and decorate a cute terracotta pot for your plants

Learn how to send less to landfill from our City of Sydney waste avoidance experts.

Connect with others through the joy of drawing.

Get a head start in the competitive world of Screen Acting. Suitable for both newcomers and experienced actors

Immerse yourself in Australia's startup community, become a part of it, help to shape it.

Australia's largest construction & design show

Strum your heart out - for beginners and intermediate.

Drawing and painting workshops for children of all ages

Improve your language skills in this free weekly class for beginners

Make the most of your trip to Australian Design Centre with a free exhibition tour.

Rebecca Hazel book writing journey

Examining the life of the Buddha

Bring your indoor plants back from the brink

Get a head start in the competitive world of screen acting

Historians Lisa Murray and Paula Hamilton explore the experiences of noise and sound in Darlinghurst

Sing your heart out, no auditions required, no experience needed, just a willingness to try on singing

Get help to use your laptop, tablet or smartphone from our English and Cantonese speaking tutor

Calm your mind and balance your body in this free weekly 1-hour class for all levels of experience.

Come for help to solve your digital problems

Improve your strength, balance and mobility

Learn how to sing in this fun class for all levels of experience

Learn acting skills from an experienced tutor in this 2-hour weekly class for adults

Where to next following this year's International Women's Day?

Create beautiful landscape paintings using Chinese ink and watercolour on rice paper

Unlock the ancient art of Chinese Calligraphy in our immersive 2-hour workshop designed for beginners!

The Fabulous Wonder Mama shares some of her best tips and tricks

Four seasons of regenerative learning

Grow your own produce on a balcony, courtyard or small space.

A public lecture by Professor Mesut Uyar for the Military History Society of New South Wales

Learn how build a beautiful outdoor chair in one day with this beginner course

See new works including paintings, drawings and explorative works in metal point and pigment

Play gongs, metallophones and drums that interlock to create mesmerising melodies and rhythms.

Learn how to create your own stunning artworks at Reverse Garbage

Join an SYO Digital Program from anywhere in the world. Journey through music from the 17th, 18th and 19th century.

SYO's Digital Programs are open to all. Join us on a journey through music from the 20th and 21st century.

Gain practical creative makerspace skills and experience in this intergenerational 2-hour session

Tailored for people with lower confidence and experience

A welcoming start line to everything you need to know about road cycling in Sydney.

A market for secondhand fabric, yarn and other craft/sewing related items.

Register to attend the Annual Maybanke Lecture

Engaging, fun and social, drawing

Discover ceramics in this directed 8-week courses for beginner students

Short music courses for adults

Refine your poetry in a six-week online poetry course with award-winning poet Pip Smith.

Discover the joy of art at our monthly creative workshop

Learn business basics, marketing skills and more in this free 8-week course

Join us for a fantastic artistic adventure on the first Tuesday of each month

Kelly Slessor, Ecommerce expert

Delve into the stories of those who answered the call to serve with the Anzac Memorial's Senior Historian and Curator.

Learn about health and wellbeing, safety, your rights and more.

Youth Music Jam Sessions

Develop your skills in these fortnightly classes led by an artist for all levels of experience

No skills required, just enthusiasm and a love for creativity

Introduction to acrylic painting

Discover ceramics in this 5-week course for beginner students

Help your startup grow by understanding your capital-raising options

Learn how to make custom soy wax candles including bonus recipe that will repel insects this summer

Create your own one-off jewellery pieces in this 5-week introductory course

Reflections from women across the health and medical research ecosystem

Studio access for experienced printmakers

Four leading Australians in design will talk about how their work is shaping our future.

This is your opportunity to explore the birds that inhabit the Royal Botanic Garden with experienced volunteer guides.

Learn more about urbanisation, neighbours, tenants and landlords of Darlinghurst in the 19th century.

Hone your wheel throwing skills in this 4-week course for experienced students

Experienced students can further develop their own projects with support from an expert ceramicist in this 6-week course

Exploring how artists use play and satire to highlight global issues.

Learn the mindful Japanese art of golden ceramic mending to give new life to a damaged piece

Learn how to sculpt a bust at this hand building online class

4-week studio access for experienced printmakers

Advanced energy healing course

Retro Gaming

Watercolour is a medium of great beauty and subtlety

Learn the skills to create vibrant watercolour paintings

Make a pair of earrings, a trinket bowl or fridge magnet! BYO drinks welcome

Centennial Park is the perfect setting for stargazing. Come together with your family or friends!

This concise course covers the core skills of observational drawing

Explore the beautifully fluid medium of watercolour

A fun beginner class to learn introductory drawing skills

Experienced students can further develop their own projects with support from an expert ceramicist in this 6 week course

the steps to get started and how to avoid making expensive mistakes

Help us to grow food for sick, injured and orphaned native animals in the care of local wildlife rescue groups

Get started restoring, repairing, and maintaining your hand tools with this introductory course

A wonderful woodworking and learning experience for all ages!

Panel discussion

Studio access for experienced printmakers

Join us for a monthly mending extravaganza!

Step back in time and explore the historical language of flowers

Join us for the launch of a fascinating Holocaust biography, The Photographers Potaschnikow,

(Re)connnect with nature, improve your well-being and make new like-minded friends at Bondi Community Garden

Learn the basics of working with clay in this 5-week course

Discover the fundamentals of printmaking in this 5-week introductory course

Women have played a vital but sometimes hidden role in the development of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

Voice Your Future workshop: Harness the power of writing to your MP with Climate Writers

Panel discussion about investments that seek positive social and environmental impacts

In this session, we will walk climate founders through the essential ingredients to a powerful marketing strategy

A big evening of science and pints!

Radically rethink how your business is doing purpose

Join an energising roundtable discussion featuring key fashion executives.

Do you like to knit, crotchet, embroider, paint or sew and share craft knowledge?

Join in person or online for our upcoming Access Ideas and Insights panel, Accessible Curation.

A small group format to encourage interaction and relationship development.

Green Portfolio Forum: Navigating Asset Sustainability in Property

For answers to penetrating questions, come and hear our speakers.

Izzy Whitelock, CEO Ma'at Collective

Free panel discussion about the museum's work on tackling climate challenge

Informative talk about services the hub provides

Presented by a representative of the eSafety Commissioner, learn how service providers can support the LGBTQI+ community to stay safe online.

Accelerating climate action through the 3 Cs of authentic sustainability.

Free lunchtime concerts in NSW Parliament's Fountain Court

Cambridge University Alumni Euntrepeneurship Network - Climate Coffee

A collaborative unpacking of climate change from causes to consequences

Panel and roundtable with Climate Tech Founders

Decarbonising Steel - an East Asian regional challenge and an Australian opportunity

Learn how InvertiGro is transforming farming for food security and sustainability

MECLA brings together stakeholders to better understand challenges/opportunities in embodied carbon for the industry

Australia's push for sustainable transport as discussed in a panel moderated by GHD's Eleanor Short.

Scientists present their latest discoveries at your local pub and make you fall in love with science.

Learn different approaches to building a story and crafting narrative tension in fiction with with bestseller JP Pomare.

Hear from filmmaker Kal Glanzing and a panel of youth activists from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition

Join us for a morning run / walk

Accelerating Australian Climate tech commercialisation, internationalisation and scale.

Want to take home a free artwork?

Create a textured palm tree painting using a palette knife and paste

Pedalling forward: the future of school commutes in a climate-conscious world

A ceramic sculpture workshop for creating fungi an coral inspired forms.

Calling all early-stage climate tech founders and enthusiasts!

A part how-to, part history talk on exploring the City of Sydney’s archives and its people, places and stories.

Coach Cham Tang shares his strategies

Impact and integrity: how marketers can drive sustainable change without greenwashing

Regen Food: Can we eat our way out of the climate crisis?!

BRAD Lids Sorting Sessions

Free information session

Sample bush foods and find out what you can grow in your backyard or balcony

Learn the fundamental elements of grammar and how they work in real life.

William Yang in conversation with Ellie Buttrose for the 24th Biennale of Sydney.

Join us for a conversation with Lucy Chladek as she shares experiences of being a child survivor of the Holocaust.

Unite Community – Accelerate Change

A yoga festival - 4 classes every hour + a wellness marketplace

Free training for First Nations people to learn the fundamentals of setting up and managing your own successful small business.

Learn to play bridge in 6 weeks

For the joy of socialising, self-improvement and/or continuous learning. 

Nancy Georges, Retail strategist

Learn from some of the world's most exciting literary talents with Sydney Writers' Festival

Join us as Holocaust survivor Mark Spigelman shares how a graphic novel helped him better understand his family history.

Join HCNSW & a panel of historians who will discuss the art of crafting award-winning histories & captivating narratives

Examine the power, influence and complexity of friendship at Sydney Writers' Festival 2024.

Philip Kern will bring us back to what the Bible says about relationships, our bodies and sexuality.

Learn how to make an easy solid shampoo bar in your own kitchen

Can we adapt to save ourselves? A Sydney Writers' Festival 2024 event.

Let's experience the charm of Guqin together!

Unearthing the lives and writing of Clift, Hazzard and Harrower at Sydney Writers' Festival 2024.

Gain practical creative makerspace skills and experience in this intergenerational 2-hour session

Snaps and stories capturing our city’s changing face. A Sydney Writers' Festival 2024 event.

Pack your bags for literary adventure

The untold story behind the colourful legend

Man vs machine – an intellectual battle royal at Sydney Writers' Festival 2024.

Grab one of only 60 tickets to the hottest morning tea in town to celebrate ADC’s 60th year.

Chat with cherished writers and real life friends at Sydney Writers' Festival 2024

Get creative and learn how to incorporate reused materials into your very own zine!

Learn to play bridge in 6 weeks

This interactive public speaking course will help you be more confident and charismatic at work and in social settings

An engaging and educational journey into the world of literature with Sydney Writers' Festival

The 2023 Booker Prize winner discusses his breathtaking parable at Sydney Writers' Festival 2024.

Redefining genre with Australian literary greats

The boys are back in town... a Sydney Writers' Festival 2024 event.

See Bonnie Garmus talk about her smash hit novel Lessons in Chemistry

Learn How To Make Natural Soy Candles

Flatten fear and nurture inspiration at Sydney Writers' Festival 2024.

International king of crime fiction talks books and beyond at Sydney Writers' Festival 2024.

Learn about your skin type and create any soap you want

Explore the histories of the Afghan cameleers in a day of storytelling, knowledge-sharing, poetry, performance, and film

Learn the basics of working with clay in this 4-week course

Make your own etched jewellery, in this 4-week introductory jewellery course for beginners

This short workshop is for anyone who would like to dip their toes into the world of working with reclaimed wood

Claudia Barriga-Larriviere, People & Culture Director

This course covers core hand tool skills, safety, and creativity across 6 evenings or a four-day intensive course

Sew for a cause and socialise at the same time

If you love books, this is a great opportunity to connect with other readers online and find literary inspiration.

In April, we'll reuse old CDs to make fabric covered card holders.

Get your family together and join our volunteer and we will show you how the bats are counted.

Practical guidance for growing fruit trees, vines and berries in small spaces

Come along to Sydney's favourite calligraphy sessions, hosted at our cute cafe and studio venue in Tempe

Practise creating jokes and funny characters that children will adore with award-winning author Oliver Phommavanh

Make your own pearl bracelet

Learn how to repair and adjust your clothes using hand stitching, repairing and dyeing

Merlin Luck, Regional VP Salesforce

Join the human rights conversation

Dr Jane Goodall is returning to Australia for the first time in five years with her Reasons for Hope tour.

A futuristic human rights panel show with Waleed Aly, Adam Spencer and Jennifer Robinson

Learn Reiki Energy Healing to release stress, support the immune system and promote self-healing. No experience needed

Discover the joy of acrylic painting in our fun Saturday class for beginners

This fun and engaging workshop is a great introduction for children into the world of woodwork

This is a great introduction to woodwork for anyone who would like to learn the joys of working with wood

Cole Cornford, CEO Galah Cyber

A must-attend event for all manufacturers, suppliers, and designers who want to scale in the fashion industry.

Learn how to weave within an abstract form for a meditative evening of crafting in Marrickville!

A fun 6-week course with OzHarvest

Make a one of a kind brooch or hair piece

Get the inside knowledge and tools you need to grab the attention of your desired agent or publisher.

Discover the joy of portrait painting in our Saturday workshop

Join a class that will delight the senses!

A welcoming, non-competitive performance opportunity for primary and high-school age musicians.

Accredited editor Pamela Hewitt walks you through the next part of the journey after finishes your manuscript.

Discover what the night sky teaches you

Tom Dawkins, CEO StartSomeGood

An online romance writing workshop with author Anne Gracie on writing successful romance novels.

Lee Kofman will provide feedback on essays and creative non-fiction, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

Sensory Afternoon Ages 13 - 18

A women-only strip show where YOU are the star.

Author Mirandi Riwoe will discuss research methods and the writing processes involved in writing a historical novel.

Join us for botanical watercolour painting and afternoon tea

Develop your own approach to writing about family

James MacDonald, MD Newy Tech People

If you love books, this is a great opportunity to connect with other readers online and find literary inspiration.

New and recent photographic, textile and machine learning works

Uncover the issues surrounding the “making” of poetry and gain a fuller understanding and appreciation of poetry’s power

Learn about the features and expectations of writing from life.

Learn how to appreciate and hone the craft of short fiction through the analysis of contemporary short stories.

Learn new skills using handtools to deconstruct and explore e-waste objects.