8 April 2023 – 23 April 2023
The seasonal program for April School Holidays program offers a variety of educational experiences for children and young people from ages 5–15 and their families across Powerhouse Ultimo.
This program provides opportunities to work with Powerhouse residents and creatives with music and merch workshops inspired by current exhibition Unpopular.
We accept Creative Kids vouchers, please call our bookings team on 02 9217 0222 to redeem this against one of our programs. More information on Creative Kids here.
Venue: Powerhouse Ultimo, 500 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007
Design a Record (All Ages)
Be inspired by the music memorabilia found in Unpopular to create a bespoke record sleeve using your own unique designs.
Use your artistic flair to make an exciting design for your favourite artist, your own band, a record that you love, or for the next trailblazing album.
Using bold pigments and distinctive textiles, participants of all ages are encouraged to join in. Show off your radical designs to your friends and family at home or expose your artistic talent by displaying your designs on our Wall of Fame.
Suitable for all ages and abilities.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Individuals: Free entry, no bookings required.
Schools and Groups: please follow this link to arrange your visit or submit a booking form. If you need further information please contact our bookings team on (02) 9217 0222.
Find more information here about the measures we’ve put in place to keep everyone safe.
Making Merch with Cricut™ (Ages 9+)
Design, create and make your own merchandise inspired by artists seen as part of the Unpopular exhibition.
In this workshop, participants will design and create their own tote bag inspired by their favourite band, using Cricut cutting machines.
Cricut cutting machines work with an easy-to-use app to help you design and personalise almost anything. Taking inspiration from the Unpopular exhibition you will choose a design, customise it, print it and heat press it onto a tote bag to take home.
Recommended for ages 9+.
Family workshops are designed to create conversations between adults and young learners in a shared environment. They create a platform for learning to continue at home.
Children must be accompanied by an adult, although one adult may accompany multiple children within a small group. Bookings essential for all participants (children and adults). Adults accompanying children, not wishing to make a bag, can register as a free supervising adult.
UNPRODUCTIVE, Music Posters with Ben Brown (Ages 10–15)
Get creative and design a music poster for your favourite music band or singer.
In this workshop you will learn different illustration techniques to design and create your music poster using a variety of art mediums such as paint, liquid chalk and ink. After the workshop you can take your poster home to hang up on your wall.
This workshop will be led by Ben Brown. Ben’s illustrations can be found in an extensive range of publications, apparel companies and music industry commissions. His work has featured in Rolling Stone magazine, promoted performers including Nirvana and Pearl Jam and his graphics continue to be sought after by clients such as Hurley and Mambo.
This workshop is recommended for ages 10–15. No adult supervision required.
UNPRODUCTIVE, Poster Design with Paul Curtis (Ages 12–17)
Get creative and design a music poster for your favourite music band or singer.
In this workshop you will learn different analogue and digital design techniques to create your music poster. This workshop will look at analogue techniques such as illustration, collage and typesetting to create a digital poster. After the workshop you can take your poster home to hang up on your wall.
This workshop will be led by Paul Curtis. Paul started hand drawing and screen-printing posters and flyers in the late 80s. He now combines digital methods while still embracing the flaws and rawness of hand creation.
Recommended for ages 12–17.
Minecraft Music (Ages 7–12)
Learn, create and play in a Minecraft world specially constructed by Powerhouse.
In this workshop, young participants will be guided through Minecraft activities and games, exploring musical note blocks before changing into creative mode to compose their own musical Minecraft creation.
This workshop uses Minecraft Education Edition, a game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment. Participants will be provided with computers for the workshop to develop their computer literacy with keyboard and mouse skills. The Minecraft world used in this workshop is safe, private and accessible only at Powerhouse.
Participants are asked to bring their own lunch and a hat as lunchtime activities may take place outdoors.
Advanced bookings essential as places are limited.
For ages 7–12. Where appropriate classes will be split into groups of 7–9 and 9–12-year-olds.
We accept Creative Kids vouchers, please call our bookings team on 02 9217 0222 to redeem.
For more information on the Creative Kids program please click here.
Minecraft Coding (Ages 7–9)
Be introduced to the basics of coding in a Minecraft world specially constructed by Powerhouse.
In this workshop, young participants will be guided through a series of coding challenges within the Minecraft world, using Microsoft MakeCode block coding to control their agent and make changes to the world.
This workshop series uses Minecraft Education Edition, a game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment. The Minecraft world used in this workshop is safe, private and accessible only at Powerhouse.
Participants are asked to bring their own lunch and a hat as lunchtime activities may take place outdoors.
We accept Creative Kids vouchers, please call our bookings team on 02 9217 0222.
Minecraft Coding (Ages 10–12)
Code, create and play in a Minecraft world specially constructed by Powerhouse.
In this workshop, young participants will be guided through a series of coding challenges within the Minecraft world, using Python coding to control their agent and make changes to the world.
This workshop series uses Minecraft Education Edition, a game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment. The Minecraft world used in this workshop is safe, private and accessible only at the Powerhouse.
Participants are asked to bring their own lunch and a hat as lunchtime activities may take place outdoors.
We accept Creative Kids vouchers, please call our bookings team on 02 9217 0222.
For more information on the Creative Kids program please click here.
Family Minecraft Workshop (Ages 7+)
Learn, create and play as a family in a Minecraft world specially constructed by Powerhouse.
Intergenerational groups will be guided through Minecraft activities and games before changing into Creative Mode to design their own Minecraft creation.
This family-friendly short workshop is designed to encourage conversations between young learners and adults that establish a framework for learning to continue at home.
This workshop series uses Minecraft Education Edition a game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration and problem-solving in an immersive digital environment. The Minecraft world used is safe, private and accessible only at Powerhouse.
Recommended for ages 7+. Children must be accompanied by an adult, although one adult may accompany multiple children within a small group of family and friends. Bookings essential for all participants (children and adults).
Scratch Music Coding (Ages 7–9)
In this workshop, young participants will be introduced to the basics of coding and creating music through Scratch.
Scratch is a coding language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, animations and music.
Participants will be guided through coding challenges using music extension blocks. Participants will be able to take their Scratch files home to continue coding and composing.
Participants are asked to bring their own lunch and a hat as lunchtime activities may take place outdoors.
We accept Creative Kids vouchers, please call our bookings team on 02 9217 0222.
For more information on the Creative Kids program please click here.
Unity Coding (Ages 10–13)
In this two-day workshop, young participants will be introduced to the basics of game design using Unity.
Building their own game, participants will learn various design concepts to make their games fun and challenging.
This workshop uses the Unity Game Engine, which is a free and professional game development software. Participants will be able to take their game files home at the end of the workshop to continue building their own games.
For ages 10–13.
Participants are asked to bring their own lunch and a hat as lunchtime activities may take place outdoors.
We accept Creative Kids vouchers, please call our bookings team on 02 9217 0222.
For more information on the Creative Kids program please click here.
Ableton Song Writing (Ages 12–15)
With workshop partners TAFE NSW, participants in this two-day workshop, will experiment with sound and compose their own music using Ableton Live.
Ableton Live is a professional tool for digital music creation and live performance.
Workshop participants, whether experienced musicians or complete beginners to music and song writing, will learn the basics of electronic music composition and produce a short track which they can take home and share.
Participants are asked to bring their own lunch and a hat as lunchtime activities may take place outdoors.
Advance bookings are essential, as places are limited. Tickets can be discounted using the NSW Creative Kids voucher
For ages 12–15.
