At the CREATE Centre we believe one of the most valuable things we can do is make sure everyone knows about the research and resources being generated around creativity, across disciplines and across the world. This is where you will meet the scholars, educators and artists who make up our community.
Towards Creative Schools Conference
Our annual conference brings together early childhood educators, primary and secondary teachers, teaching artists, school leaders, researchers and arts organisations working at the meeting point of creativity, the arts and learning. Two days of keynotes, workshops, papers and practice.
The 2027 conference, Creativity and the Arts, Imagining Learning Together, runs on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 July 2027 at the University of Sydney. The call for proposals and registration open later in 2026. Become a CREATE member to be notified first.
CREATE’s regular monthly webinars introduce distinguished experts, creative artists and community members to share new knowledge and lead provocative interdisciplinary discussions. Become a member to be notified about what’s coming up, and browse our YouTube channel for our huge catalogue of past presentations.
We have also created a special series of webinars to help support Higher Degree Research students and Early Career Researchers working in creativity connect with others in the field and learn about new developments in methodologies. After the live events these continue to be available online here: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
Every year we play a role in establishing international events that create opportunities for global dialogue about creativity. In June 2025 we co-convened Beyond Four Walls in New York with the New Victory Theatre and Roundabout Theatre, a two-day symposium of practical workshops, performances, critical discussions and academic presentations. It brought together teaching artists, theatre educators, policy makers and practitioners to explore practice, varied understandings of success, and the theoretical and empirical frameworks that underpin this sector of theatrical work.
We hold Roundtables to bring experts across a particular field together to explore research opportunities and potential fresh partnerships.
Watch our Roundtable videos Adolescent Mental Health and the Arts and Youth Mental Health and the Arts Partnerships to learn more, and our playlist of expert panels discussing facets of creative support for education and health.
We host the annual Shakespeare Memorial Lecture, an event free and open to the public to hear from the most exciting practitioners of Shakespeare’s works. This series of lectures is also published in book form, which you can download for free. Join our mailing list to be notified when this year's lecture is announced.
email: create.centre@sydney.edu.au
