Talks, courses & workshops

Explore, make and play as a family with air drying clay to create mini animal sculptures

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

Transform original drawings into handmade prints in this introductory session

A free face to face super course facilitated by Billy Kang from TAFE (Ultimo)

The first survey of Waanyi artist Gordon Hookey, charting three decades of practice where artmaking and activism fuse.

Don Cameron unveils his first complete furniture and lighting collection inspired by brutalist architecture

MCA's weekly wellbeing program

Helping you find a way through the clutter

Exhibition

Genuine Fine Art Experience in Surry Hills ( without life model)

Learn all about sharks and sculpt your own out of clay in these school holiday workshops for children aged 5-8 and 9-13

Explore, make and play with different materials to create your own creature mask.

Improve your language skills in this free weekly class for beginners

Experience the joy of playing taiko together

Sip wine and eat cheese as you make unique flower arrangements

Kids create fun 3D games and animation while developing problem solving skills

Start your child’s journey of creativity

International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) launches immersive experience, Gadigal Dreaming

Free online healthy lifestyle program for busy families

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

Deirdre O'Connell presents Harlem Nights: The Secret History of Australia’s Jazz Age

A lunchtime webinar series on various immigration topics for services that support migrant and refugee communities

A free weekly class for beginners, led by an experienced Mandarin speaking tutor

SavvySME brings the best business ideas, tools and experts for small and medium-sized businesses.

Open to all ages, experience and fitness levels

Everything you need to know to play ukulele in one lesson

Learn how to craft beautiful pendants and earrings to wear, gift or sell at this online class

'Discover a World of Fun with Languages' with lessons in Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese

Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, French and Cultural holiday programs for kids and teens

A glimpse of daily life through the eyes of young Sydneysiders aged 3 to 12

Learn how to make manifestation amulets and charms with a crystal amplifier at home

Code, create and play in a Minecraft world constructed by Powerhouse.

Unwind with a glass of wine in hand and a paintbrush in the other at our paint and sip class in Sydney!

Discover how to make natural skincare products in Sydney

Make beautiful things from natural materials

Learn how to paint in the sunshine with our paint and sip class and beautiful outdoor set up

Enjoy a few hours of drinking, laughing with friends and learning how to paint

Delve deep into the art world and draw inspiration from a nightclub

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

Fragility of paper with colours of strength

Exhibition

Art workshops for children of all ages

Full day art workshops for school age children

A fun educative journey based on experimentations and creative activities

It’s not just you, our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces.

Showcasing game-changing business technology, design and sustainability initiatives

An exhibition of architectural machines, drawings and performance, workshops and a lecture

Learn how to make a DIY terrarium in Neutral Bay

The Spring School Holiday Program is running from Monday 26 September to Friday 7 October

Sydney Language Solutions provide a high variety of drawing classes for children aged from 3 years old

Sydney Language Solutions provide a high variety of languages classes for children aged from 3 years old

Get started working with, and learning from, our team on the farm

It's never too late to learn

Turn your child's passion and ideas into reality

Re-define your self-image so you can prosper in sales, build a new business, change careers

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

Harness all things inspirational and inventive with this sensational 2-hour creative workshop for kids

Engaging, fun and social painting for a friends night out

Explore, make and play with air drying clay to create faces out of clay inspired by artist Nell Schofield.

Learn how to make candles at this fun online class

Learn, create and play in a Minecraft world specially constructed by Powerhouse.

A panel on the Rosh Hashanah theme of "New Beginnings" curated by the Youth Committee of the Sydney Jewish Museum.

Decorate your own cheese board and coasters with resin art

Come to our special nature play session and join our rangers for a morning of fun

A welcoming creative space for people to come and explore art and learn about Aboriginal culture

Fortnightly creative hangouts come to Green Square!

Learn how to make decorative pottery for your home

Become a furniture up-cycler: learn the skills and foundations to undertake DIY projects at home while reducing landfill

Get hands-on at this creative workshop: learn sculpting techniques and how to set up your workspace

Arrange flowers to heal your soul

Learn about the practice of Waanyi artist Gordon Hookey in conversation with Keith Munro.

Learn basic maintenance tips to keep your bike rolling smoothly

Learn, create and play as a family in a Minecraft world, constructed by Powerhouse.

Get creative and have fun

Learn how to create beautiful preserved flower arrangements in this relaxing class

A public lecture by Professor David Horner

Sculpt your mate, sip and laugh

Learn how to take quality photos with your smartphone

Build your music skills, collaborate with fellow musicians and explore your creativity.

Get the skills and confidence to ride on Sydney streets.

Tailored for those with lower confidence and experience

Learn how to make DIY bath bombs and foot soaks in Marrickville

Learn to paint with your fingers

Learn from colour masters to bring your landscapes to new heights

Learn how to make active cosmeceutical skincare

Discover a unique way of making a mug with your personal imprint

Explore essential oils and create your own unique fragrance

Learn how to make Eau de Toilette and Eau de Parfum in Sydney

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

Learn how to crochet

Dialogue and demo with Michael Askill

Welcome & keynote for Boom! International Festival of Percussion featuring Louise Devenish

Masterclass by Timothy Constable

IT support for computer, tablets and mobile phones

Create your own manga style comic book in this introductory workshop

Learn wheel throwing, trimming and glazing pottery over three classes

Use perspective, colour and tone to recreate landscapes in this painting workshop

A 10-week short drawing course with a focus on fundamentals and incorporating mindfulness exercises

Try a 1 hour group Spanish lesson for free

Dialogue & demo featuring Claire Edwardes

Children will build on their knowledge and interest of insects in this program

Live online featuring Fritz Hauser (Joining live via video)

Learn stop motion animation and storytelling techniques, facilitated by Dinalie Dabarera!

Afternoon Beats Workshop Presented by Jess Ciampa

Come on a family tour of our new exhibition & discover some fabulous stories from behind-the-scenes at the Library.

Interested in pottery? Learn how to use a potter's wheel in this one-day weekend workshop for beginners and beyond

Learn the joy of ink at this 2 day holiday workshop

Free group singing online classes facilitated by Asahi Takahasi

Directed by Nardi Simpson - Gamilaraay

Experience the tropical vibes of Brazill in a dance studio

Vocal class for the intermediate singer of jazz, pop and soul

Afternoon Beats Workshop Presented by Benjamin Walsh

Intersensory sessions in music, art & poetry

Join us for the First Nations Speaker Series at the Museum of Sydney

Curious about how science might impact your life tomorrow?

In this introductory workshop, young participants will be introduced to the basics of digital game design using Unity.

These school holidays explore Sydney’s fascinating history through fun and unique museum experiences and programs.

Fun and unique museum experiences and programs

Sharpen your pencils & smooth out your paper for a fun drawing session with author/illustrator Lucinda Gifford.

Dialogue & demo featuring Kaoru Watanabe

Explore Qigong at a safe and relaxed pace

Dialogue & demo featuring acclaimed drummer Simon Barker

For working directors who want to understand the actor’s process

Dialogue & demo featuring Bobby Singh and Benjamin Walsh

We're launching our all new Glee Kids Program from May and we'd love your child to be part of it

Join Cherine Fahd online in a talk with the top photographers

Make your own bug impressions of nature in this introductory printmaking workshop for kids

Bring your story to life with independent comic artist Meg O’Shea

Dialogue & Demo Featuring Claire Edwardes and Peggy Polias

Workshop Presented by Greg Sheehan

Dialogue & Demo - Live Online Featuring Cat Hope (Joining live via video)

The bestselling author talks with two-time Miles Franklin Award winner about her new book, The Sun Walks Down

Afternoon Beats Workshop Presented by Taikoz

Play Jazz with our curated ensembles and develop confident improvisation, aural and sight-reading skills

Learn how to carve and print your own linocut designs in this fun workshop for beginners

Take the children on an interactive tour of the larger-than-life artwork, P.P.F. (Past-Present-Future) by Vincent Namatjira

Be introduced to the basics of coding in a Minecraft world constructed by Powerhouse.

Meet Julianne of Fibre Art in Australia and her unique woven pieces

Dive deep into papercraft skills and techniques with four basic book making methods

A special evening Curator’s tour of our Sidney Nolan exhibition

Introducing you to a broad range of classic Soul and Rhythm ‘n’ Blues music styles in an ensemble setting

Learn how to write theatre using from your unique perspective

Join the acclaimed author of The Town to celebrate his new novel, with live music by the Newcastle-based duo Troth.

At Climateworks Australia, Anna Skarbek drives critical research and sets ambitious goals for a low carbon economy

Afternoon Beats Workshop Presented by Juan Carlos Allende and Adrian Medina

Learn to dance authentic Argentine tango

Community embroidery project celebrating the importance of meal-sharing

Mindful making that’s great for your soul and the planet

Handcrafted works from recycled materials

Dialogue & Demo - Live Online Featuring Nacho Mena (Joining live via video)

Hands-on Workshops at Simply Native Japan

Workshop Presented by Giorgio Rojas and Juan Carlos Allende

Introduction to felt making at Feltwilde Studio

A weekend full of activities including workshops, open studio and shop gallery

In this 3-day workshop enjoy the versatility of cardboard, plywood and steel as a way to simplify the human form!

Workshop Presented by Ray Pereira and Kanchana Karunaratna

Create a beautiful tea party with paper, glue and coloured pencils!

Learn to grow tasty herbs at home from seeds, cuttings and division

Master photo composition and manual settings on your camera

Free Concerts & Workshops

Create a visual diary of your morning in Centennial Park with Outer Island

Investigate the body, community, traditions, and the environment

Learn the fundamental techniques of blacksmithing and forge a project or two on the day

An afternoon of evocative food stories told by Sydney’s hungriest and funniest food-loving writers and comedians

Jewellery and object making for all ages

In this 1-day workshop, you'll have the opportunity to make 7 fine sterling silver rings

Learn how to make latte art

Become an eyewear frame maker for the day

Enjoy a relaxing afternoon with SquarePeg Studios’ jewellery artists

Embroidery, random weave and twining workshops with Ruth Sheinman & Karlie Simring

Family fun! DIY projects with reclaimed timber

'Wildcraft Australia' teaches the skills necessary to go into the wilderness and draw all of your needs from nature

Get crafty and join us for creative workshops!

A workshop to connect with our intuition, creativity, and likeminded others.

This full day hands-on fun workshop will give you the opportunity to make your very own spoon in sterling silver.

With vintage looking vase

Deepen your mindfulness practice

Get the skills and confidence to fix your own bike

Learn how to cook healthy and simple Japanese food

Transform Sheets of Paper Into Beautiful Lamps

Advance your sewing skills by following a pattern to make your own PJ Shorts

Welcome to this unique and uplifting workshop of Afro-Cuban songs, chants and rhythms... presented by The Third Voice

Come and try your hand at modelling both the head and the hand in a single study!

The Plant Doctor will guide you through how to build your terrarium, from the different layers to plant placement and even a bit of landscaping

Join us for a remarkable talk focusing on interfaith connection and the power of shared humanity

Beginner and intermediate Spanish classes in the heart of Sydney

Explore ideas, materials and techniques for painting, print making and mixed media and sculpture

Join our friendly community centre to be inspired and grow your business

Start healing fragments of your inner child and experience inner peace.

Interested in learning contemporary art ? Enjoy a beer, or wine and having fun? Want to bring your dog? Come along

A 9 week term focused on encouraging teens across Australia to build their acting skills on stage and on screen.

Come discover the magic of sculpture with a Term Workshop class at TBSSS!

Childbirth education for dads at the pub

You are invited to check out Sydney’s newest jewellery school and workshop

Online Booster Workshop

A workshop combining paper folding with sustainability

Yarn for climate change

Two workshops presented by Korean Cultural Centre Australia

Online Booster Workshop by Open Academy

Hear about services available for older people, tenancy rights and personal safety tips, followed by lunch and Zumba.

Let's get together for mental health

The author of the multi-award-winning novel, Love and Virtue, releases her second book, Seeing Other People

Build your own terrarium at home, all materials delivered

Turn those worn-out woollen garments into rugs!

Hear from subject matter experts across a range of industries at this free webinar hosted by Givvable

Nathan Rosenstein | Controlling Political Competition: Lessons from Republican Rome? | Todd Memorial Lecture

In celebration of Mental Health Month

Join Cherine Fahd online in a talk with the top photographers

Free experiential and hospitality activity taking place in Sydney city’s Wynyard neighbourhood

Make your own flower hoop that will last for years

Horizons takes audiences on a dazzling cinematic journey; a story of how we came to be and what we can become

Workshops at Reverse Garbage that inspire creative reuse

Model a portrait in clay, carve a garden sculpture or create a bird in wire

Craft and wearable art making workshops at The Social Outfit

Professional Women Sydney club meeting

Environmental scientist turned farmer Karin Stark is championing the uptake of on-farm renewables

Small spaces can yield big results when productive gardens are designed according to permaculture principles

Join artist and teacher Monika Scarrabelotti for five evenings of life drawing!

Roll up your sleeves and join the live printing demo!

Naturalist Diego Bonetto will introduce you to the wonders of wild edibles in the City’s own Prince Alfred Park

Learn Indigenous weaving techniques to make a basket

Fortnightly creative hangouts come to Green Square!

Bring the beauty and allure of nature into your home

New works made with glass that consider how we see and understand space

The Embera Beading is an ancestral way of beading practiced by the tribe in Colombia from more than 300 years ago

Come and trade ideas at Australia’s biggest investing festival - FinFest

A series of solo exhibitions celebrating glass practitioners in Australia

In celebration of Mental Health Month

Celebrate some of Australia’s most fascinating practitioners working with glass

New works that explore the potential of the glass medium during fire polishing, fusing and slumping

Exploring the potential and flexibility of glass as a material for drawing

Create a beautiful mono-printed artwork from garden weeds in this fun workshop for beginners

In celebration of Mental Health Month

Learn classical and contemporary sculpture techniques in a fully equipped studio

Learn how to carve a wooden serving spoon

Learn how to bring some lush greenery indoors at this workshop for beginners

Get sewing and turn your trash into treasure

New major glass projects by Consuelo Cavaniglia, Mel Douglas, Liam Fleming & Louis Grant

Turn your vintage or scrap textiles into fibre art

Craft your own pair of sterling silver in this hands-on Sydney workshop

Cynthia’s stories for babies and young children are fun and warm, and sure to spark their imagination

Participants will spend an hour with certified yogi Diana Parada, engaging deeply with their body in this workshop

the class to get you on track for a life of song

Explore movement, feeling and creativity

Discover ceramics in this 6-week course for beginner students

Paul G Wunungmurra and Jennifer Deger will reflect on beaches as increasingly complex zones of love and concern

Sharing circles

Learn elementary theoretical concepts, historical knowledge and basic skills in the art of jazz improvisation

Inviting emerging designers to explore methods of reuse

Discover the fundamentals of drawing in this 4-week beginner course

Make a series of stackable sterling silver rings in this 4-week introductory jewellery course for beginners

Learn to read music and understand how it works

Order a poet!

inspire your compsing and develop your live electronic music skills

A wellness and mental health day for carers, to celebrate Carer's Day

A lecture by the Centre for Christian Living

group piano classes for adults at the Conservatorium of Music Open Academy

Learn fun hand printmaking techniques to create unique prints in this 4-week course

Purpose is a place where ideas are sparked, community is formed & conversations can help us navigate an uncertain future

An immersive, two day event for the purpose-driven business community

Learn about Australian animals using songs, stories and movement!

This lecture will analyse new geopolitical conflicts that are increasingly fought on the economic battlefield.

Singing classes for adults

Join Cherine Fahd online in a talk with the top photographers

How many more women will be failed by the criminal justice system?

Read with us the best literature in Spanish!

The Cloud Brightening project is trying to buy time for the Great Barrier Reef

Get a fun introduction to ceramics in this 4-week course

Transform your informal group to a formal organisation and access City of Sydney grants to support your community

Join Wikimedians Toby Hudson and Annie Reynolds who’ll guide you through the basics of Wikidata

Gain practical makerspace skills and experience in this regular 3-hour session

Celebrate growing food in the city with local community gardeners and urban farm volunteers

Join curator Hamish Sawyer for a walkthrough of the exhibition ‘Sandra Selig: exploring giant molecules'.

Spend a day filled with blooms

Discover the fascinating world of natural backyard beekeeping

Master the art of a flower arrangement with gorgeous seasonal blooms

Enhancing vocal control and care

Experience the magic of risograph printing in our zine making workshop!

A 1-day introductory course to jewellery making. You will make a simple yet beautiful sterling silver ring

Who will be the next Australian Poetry Slam champion?

Learn skills to thrive in the online world in this monthly class led by our City of Sydney Library team

S guided tour of the Developing Sydney exhibition with historian and curator Laila Ellmoos

Learn to use the Archives & History Resources catalogue

Meet Juliette Arent and Sarah-Jane Pyke, founders of the renowned design practice, as they talk about their new book

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

Aimed to support positive health and wellbeing outcomes for a carer, family or friend of a person living with dementia.

Join Cherine Fahd online as she meets some of the 2022 Australian Life finalists every Thursday this October

Discover your local biodiversity

Discover biodiversity in the city

Cheyne Flanagan is helping the dwindling koala population persevere

Computer scientist Michael Fuhrer is looking for ways to increase the energy efficiency of electronics

Learn how to use the City of Sydney's digital history resources

Learn creative practices in a non-structured teaching environment

Delve into the delights of sustainability and discover the feel-good magic of artful upcycling

A day of cosmic Journey

Discover biodiversity in the city

The novelist and musician talks about her new novel, which follows from her bestselling books Goodwood and Cedar Valley.

A book-loving community for enthusiastic young readers

Learn how to paint on clay with Artisans in the Gardens artist Araceli Adams.

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