The Lester Prize Youth Awards: Education Workshops 2026

Join guest artists for workshops hosted for the Lester Prize Youth Awards, as we encourage the creative talents of young and aspiring artists.

Meet some of WA’s leading contemporary portrait artists and discover innovative ideas and techniques to develop your artistic growth. Start the workshop with a tour of The Lester Prize Youth Awards exhibition, allowing students to view and discuss a diverse range of portraits produced by students from across Australia. Explore the theme of identity, creativity and family through portraiture by taking part in a hands-on portraiture session led by an artist, providing students the opportunity to practice and refine their skills.

Workshops are suitable for a class of up to 32 students. There are two workshops being held on each day.

• Tuesday 12 May  - The Drama of View and Light with Anne McCaughey. 
  10am-12pm More information on this workshop (This session is now fully booked)
  1:30pm-3:30pm More information on this workshop
   
• Thursday 4 June - Emotion in Motion - Capturing Life Through Colour with Jessica Logan. 
  10am-12pm More information on this workshop (This session is now fully booked)
  1:30pm-3:30pm More information on this workshop

Skills Development: 

These workshops link to the following strands of the Western Australian Curriculum: 

Visual Arts

Year 7

• Techniques and processes to support representation of ideas in their art-making (ACAVAM119; ACAVAM121)
• Application of techniques and processes suited to 2D and/or 3D artwork (ACAVAM121)
• Key features identified in the organisation of a composition (ACAVAR123)
• Key features identified in artwork belonging to a given artist, movement, time or place (ACAVAR124)

Year 8

• Key features considered when constructing a composition (ACAVAR123)
• Key features recognised in artwork belonging to selected artists, movement, times or places (ACAVAR124)
• Processes to develop and produce artwork (ACAVAM121)

Year 9

• Visual art language (visual art elements and principles of design) used in the development of artwork (ACAVAM125)
• Recognition and use of visual art conventions (e.g. examining the representation of the human form in cultural contexts)  (ACAVAM125; ACAVAM128)
• Identification of representations in artwork within a given context  (ACAVAR130)

Year 10

• Visual art language (visual art elements and principles of design) used in the development of artwork (ACAVAM125)