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Current and Forthcoming Program
FORTHCOMING
QUEER CONTEMPORARY: CHAOSOPHY
Friday 14 February – Saturday 8 March 2025
Building 25 Project Space
24th DOBELL DRAWING PRIZE
Friday 11 April – Saturday 21 June 2025
NAS Galleries
THE NEIGHBOUR AT THE GATE
Friday 11 July – Saturday 18 October 2025
NAS Galleries
TOURING
Installation view, Dobell Drawing Prize #23, National Art School, Sydney, 2023, image courtesy and © the artists, photograph: Peter Morgan.
DOBELL DRAWING PRIZE #23
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Saturday 2 September – Sunday 5 November 2023
Grafton Regional Gallery
Saturday 25 November 2023 – Sunday 4 February 2024
Cowra Regional Art Gallery
Sunday 24 March – Sunday 12 May 2024
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Saturday 25 May – Sunday 28 July 2024
Glasshouse Regional Gallery
Saturday 31 August – Sunday 24 November 2024
Tamworth Regional Gallery
Saturday 1 February 2025 – Sunday 6 April 2025
South East Centre for Contemporary Art – Bega
Friday 25 April – Friday 4 July 2025
Opening Night — ‘Queer Contemporary: Chaosophy’
Join us Thursday 13 February for the opening night of ‘Queer Contemporary: Chaosophy’, an exhibition that brings together three generations of queer artists who make and break language across the intersections of art, activism, poetry and performance; as part of Mardi Gras 2025.
Curated by Dr Liz Bradshaw, with work by artists Kika Kereru Baker, Daniel Browning, Sam Chan, Blake Griffiths, Frankie L.A, nikita lelu, r e a, Victoria Spence, Jake Starr, Ali Tahayori, Magic Young and Justine Youssef.
With special guests Swamp Daisies.
RSVP at link in the bio.
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r e a, ’GARI (language) (detail)’, 2024-25, courtesy and © the artist
Justine Youssef, ‘Somewhat Eternal (detail)’, 2023, installation view, ACE, Adelaide, 2024, three channel synchronised video, embroidered faux mink blankets, Burnet Rose (Rosa spinosissima) hydrosol, Damask Rose (Rosa x damascena) hydrosol, Lebanese Cedar (Cedrus libani) hydrosol, Blessed Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) hydrosol, silver charms, image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Sam Roberts
Kika Baker, `Pendulum`, 2024, plaster, ink, copper, found plastic, image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Kika Baker
Blake Griffiths, ’Inhibitive Thoughts; stripping of the bark (detail)’, 2020, eucalyptus dyed woollen blanket, cotton, image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Document Photography
Jake Starr, `A Weak & Panicked Animal`, 2024, installation view, Syrup Contemporary, Sydney, 2024, digital video, 4K, screen, construction fence, child safety straps, aluminium bench, lego, power cords, image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Damien Dillon
Frankie L.A, `Pieces of`, 2024, worn machine made Persian rug, house paint, burnt wood, image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Frankie L.A
Jan 24
We’re Hiring!
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Exhibitions Project Officer - Application Deadline Sunday 2 February
The Exhibitions Project Officer is a member of the NAS Galleries Curatorial Team and provides administrative and operational support to the National Art School’s Galleries exhibition programs. It has a focus on major Indigenous exhibition projects currently in development for the National Art School as well as touring programs. Please note this is part time, three day a week, fixed term contract until 19 December 2025.
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Digital Marketer - Application Deadline Sunday 2 February
The Digital Marketer plays an important role in coordinating the marketing and communication activities that drive degree recruitment, short course attendance, public program participation, exhibition promotion, brand positioning and alumni engagement. You will have a thorough understanding of marketing principles with a focus on digital media channels and e-communications.
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Visit the link in bio to learn more.
Jan 21
The National Art School is delighted to announce rising multi-disciplinary artist Anna Mould as the first ever winner of a prestigious international artist residency program, the Prudence MacLeod Prize, generously supported by the Lansdowne Foundation, located at Acme Fire Station Studios, London.
Learn more about the prize at the link in bio.
@annalouisemould
@acme.art
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Anna Mould, ‘The Damned, Tambaroora NSW’, 2023, machine embroidery and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
Jan 14
