Calendar of Events

Janet Parker-Smith
Wednesday 1 May, 1–2pm, Black Theatre 

Janet Parker-Smith is a Sydney based artist who works with Collage, Printmedia and small Sculptures. She has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for over 20 years. Her work deals with identity, displacement and the environment through hybrid imagery. Janet is represented by Van Rensburg Gallery, Hong Kong and has had several solo exhibitions with May Space Gallery, Sydney.

Janet exhibited at Sydney Contemporary 2015, 2017 and 2018. She has been chosen as a finalist in many art competitions and has had recent work purchased by the Art Gallery of NSW and National Gallery of Victoria. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections.

Janet has been Master Printer for various artists including Locust Jones, Debra Dawes and UK artist Mario Minichello. Janet is a sessional teacher in Printmedia at the National Art School, Sydney. She also works as the Studio Supervisor and a part-time lecturer in Printmedia at Sydney College of the Arts.

From 2016 – 2020, her work has been included in the 50th Anniversary of the Print Council of Australia exhibition, As far as the eye can see, which is traveling Regional Galleries around Australia. She has been a participant of the Print Council of Australia Commission in 2014 and 2009.

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

Garry Trinh
Wednesday 8 May, 1–2pm, Black Theatre 

Garry Trinh is an artist working in photography, video, painting and works on paper. He makes art about the uncanny, unexpected and spontaneous moments in daily life. He is perplexed by the perception of artists as coffee-drinking loafers who work whenever they feel like it. He doesn’t even drink coffee. His works are about a way of looking at the world, to reveal magic in the mundane. He is never bored and never late. He holds a BA in Psychology and a BA in Visual Communications / Photography and Digital Imaging from the University of Western Sydney.

Trinh was the winner of the Sydney Life photography prize in 2007 and won the Auburn Mayoral Photographic Prize in 2009 and 2010. His photo book Just Heaps Surprised to be Alive was nominated for Photography Book of the Year at the 4th International Photo book Festival at Kassel, Germany. From 2017-2019 Trinh was a full time tenant at Parramatta Artists Studios.

His work is collected by the Art Gallery of NSW and Artbank. He has been exhibited at the Australian Centre for Photography, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Blacktown Arts Centre, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Stills Gallery, Gallery 4A and many others. Trinh lives and works in Sydney Australia.

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

Tom Polo 
Wednesday 15 May, 1–2pm, Black Theatre 

Tom Polo (b. 1985, Sydney, Australia) uses painting and painted environments to explore how conversation, doubt and gesture are embodied acts of portraiture. Frequently incorporating text and figurative elements, his works draw upon acute observations, absurdist encounters, personal histories and imagined personas. An ongoing interest across his practice is the emotional and performative relationships between people within social, theatrical and psychological space.

Polo holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons. Class 1) and Master of Fine Arts from UNSW Art & Design. Since 2007, he has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Australia and internationally. Recent projects include The National 2019: New Australian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2019); I still thought you were looking, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (2019); Art Brussels, Galerie Transit, Mechelen, Belgium (2019); Beyond Reason: exploring the logic of the imagination, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane (2018); of defence and doubt, Galerie Transit, Mechelen, Belgium (2018); Meditation on a bone: Albert Tucker beyond the modern, curated by Glenn Barkley, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2018); Primavera 2017, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, NSW (2017); (These Things) Tell Me More About You, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC (2017); Looking at Me Through You, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney (2017); Emotional Patrol, STATION, Melbourne (2017); and Painting. More Painting, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC (2016)

Polo was awarded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2015 and completed residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris and ACME Studios, London in 2016, Artspace, Sydney in 2017 and Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy, in 2018.  He is represented commercially by STATION, Melbourne and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

Family Weekend Studio: Drawing the World around you

Explore the 2019 Dobell Drawing Prize at NAS and rediscover what drawing is and can be. This workshop is for everyone from the ‘I can’t draw a stick figure’ beginner to the person who never leaves the house without a sketchbook. Using charcoal, ink and some unlikely materials, learn how to look at and record the world around you in fun and surprising ways. Working in a creative and supportive studio environment this workshop will develop your confidence and skills in drawing to produce a small series of artworks you can feel proud of.

BOOK HERE NOW: https://nas.edu.au/product/family-weekend-studio-drawing-the-world-around-you-saturday-morning/

Family Weekend Studio: Drawing the World around you

Explore the 2019 Dobell Drawing Prize at NAS and rediscover what drawing is and can be. This workshop is for everyone from the ‘I can’t draw a stick figure’ beginner to the person who never leaves the house without a sketchbook. Using charcoal, ink and some unlikely materials, learn how to look at and record the world around you in fun and surprising ways. Working in a creative and supportive studio environment this workshop will develop your confidence and skills in drawing to produce a small series of artworks you can feel proud of.

BOOK HERE NOW: https://nas.edu.au/product/family-weekend-studio-drawing-the-world-around-you-saturday-afternoon/

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

Conor O’Shea 
Wednesday 22 May, 1–2pm, Black Theatre 

Born Stuttgart, 1991, lives and works in Sydney, Recent Exhibitions include: Energy Stains Loggia in Munich, The Drawing Is Just Not There Curated by Patrice Sharkey and Christopher L G Hill at Westspace, Melbourne, Thank you for your email and interest, but this won’t be possible at Minerva, Sydney.

Selected Curatorial Activities: Director Sydney, Sydney, We Remember It For You Wholesale 3 parts presented by Sydney & fiction writer S.T Lore Offsite, The Commercial Traveler’s Association Australia MLC Centre Martin Place/Minerva, Sydney, Holiday Lock up international http://lockupinternational.com/, Sydney/Loggia, Olympic Park, Munich. Conor O’Shea is represented by Kronenberg Mais Wright, Sydney.

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative

NAS LIFE DRAWING CLUB

Are you a friend, supporter or graduate of the National Art School? Would you like to return to life drawing on the NAS campus? Join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models, in the new bi-weekly Life Drawing Club. No experience necessary or long-term commitments, pay as you go and draw at your own pace. There is no formal tuition provided.

The NAS Life Drawing Club resumes on Monday 29 April to Thursday 20 June, and runs every Monday and Thursday evening throughout the undergraduate semester timetable.
Term 3 – Monday 22 July – Thursday 26 September

• Cost is $20 per session. Book online below and bring your receipt to each session
• Monday and Thursdays from 5:30 – 8:30pm (following the NAS undergraduate semester timetable)
• Drawing studio is located on the first floor of building 16
• A variety of different models are provided throughout the semester
• Managed by NAS Public Programs and supervised by a NAS representative