Creative arts
Onsite
A Colonial Eye
Students investigate the role of artists during the early colonial period and consider how they contributed to the development of the colony
Brilliant little jewels
Watercolours on pith paper that were produced in China for the Western export trade through most of the 19th century still have an extraordinary vividness
Onsite
Colonial Life at Elizabeth Farm
As they explore the Macarthur family home, which dates from 1793, students learn about the lives of the family and their convict servants and the impact of colonisation on the traditional owners of the Parramatta area
Dr Lisa Cooper: a creative partnership
The first resident artist at The Mint has displayed her unique aesthetic sensibilities in a range of creative responses at our properties
From the collection: Richard Browne watercolours
A Dublin-born convict artist, Richard Browne spent most of his seven-year sentence at the secondary penal settlement of Newcastle. In 1812–13 he was commissioned to make a series of drawings to illustrate a planned natural history publication
From the collection: Rose Seidler House artwork
The Rose Seidler House, Christopher Zanko, 2020, acrylic on wood relief carving. Sydney Living Museums
King's Cross: bohemian life In Sydney
Artists, intellectuals, writers, radicals, revellers and misfits made Sydney's King's Cross home from the early years of the 20th century well into the 1970s
Onsite
Lessons from the Past
Integrating outcomes from History, PDHPE and Creative Arts, this program gives students the opportunity to learn firsthand about what school life was like in the late 19th century
Meet Andrei Davidoff
In 2015 our artist-in-residence, Andrei Davidoff, set up his potter's wheel at Vaucluse House and created an intriguing collection of site-inspired ceramic pieces