Virtual art exhibitions
School examples
View real school examples of virtual arts exhibitions, using a variety of different tools and platforms.
- Merewether Heights Public School created a virtual art exhibition using Matterport. Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts also used Matterport to create a virtual sculpture gallery.
- Carlton Public School used a combination of Google Sites and video to a create a virtual tour of their art exhibition.
- Wagga Wagga Community of Small Schools (Kapooka PS, Ladysmith PS, Tarcutta PS and Uranquinty PS) used hyperlinks in Google Slides to create their combined virtual art gallery.
- The schools in the Sapphire Coast Learning Community used SITU360 to create their virtual art gallery, combining both video and images of artworks.
- Anson Street School created a video of students presenting their artworks and shared this on their school Facebook page.
- Tooleybuc Central School used Microsoft Sway to create their visual arts exhibition.
- Dapto Public School created a drive-by art exhibition by displaying artworks on their school fence, as an offline alternative.


Collaborative projects
Explore two virtual art exhibitions that have taken place in collaboration with the Arts Unit and Stem.T4L.
- ARTEXPRESS virtual gallery – explore how the technology has been used to showcase exceptional works from 2020 and 2021 HSC students.
- Your Public Art Project – explore how primary and secondary students from across NSW worked with Kaldor Public Art Projects to re-imagine public spaces within their local communities.
Creating a virtual exhibition
View the Arts Unit's step-by-step guide to creating a virtual art exhibition. This resource provides instructions, links and examples for 2 different online platforms you can use (SITU360 and SharePoint Space).
Alternatively, view the examples above to get inspiration and explore other platforms you can use.
Further information
- Check the latest department advice at COVID-19 school operations support (staff only)
- Get started planning a virtual event like this.