NAS NEO is art in motion.

Join us for NAS NEO’s September and final edition for the year! With live music, art, performances, workshops, and much more, NAS NEO is Sydney’s hottest art after-hours event. 

We’ll have food trucks and drinks, students work on display, and much more.

MUSIC

Haiku Hands

7.30pm — 8.15pm

Cell Block Theatre 

Based across Melbourne and Sydney, the core of Haiku Hands is Beatrice Lewis, Claire Nakazawa and Mie Nakazawa. Together, they curate, perform and work as a collective of artists, engaging and exploring social norms with their lyrical and visual content. Their influences range from hip-hop to pop, electronic to dance, and everything beyond.

Haiku Hands brought their singular, rebellious, and outright fun sound across multiple continents over the past two years. On the heels of their breakthrough performances at the UK’s Great Escape, Haiku Hands has been touted by NME as ​“Australia’s most electrifying pop prospect” and ​“a thrilling pop hybrid” who combine the pure pop attitude of Charli XCX with the energy and swagger of The Beastie Boys

Gift Exchange

7.00pm — 7.30pm

Cell Block Theatre

Having recently featured on FBI Radio, Sydney Electronic trio Gift Exchange consisting of vocalist Madison Scott, guitarist Jamie Krausmann and producer Eduardo Bianchino is a self proclaimed ​‘witch-house/drag/goth’ outfit.

“Dark, textural walls of sound with soaring vocals define the sound of Gift Exchange. In fewer words, their music sounds like the work of an evil Caroline Polacheck.”

Mia Hull, FBI Radio

DJ Vegan SNACKPACK

6.00pm ‑9.30pm

B22 Courtyard

DJ Vegan SNACKPACK from Jet City Sports Club courtesy of the Burdekin Hotel will be on the decks across the evening. 

ART

Giant Swan

6.00pm — 9.30pm

Chapel Ground Floor

Acclaimed VR sculptor and painter Giant Swan will be bringing his work to NAS through VR headsets and projections, and you’ll be invited to participate in creating 3D artwork with him.Check out his incredible work here: https://www.giantswan.art/

The Prodigal Son Returns

7.45pm — 8.45pm

Chapel Upper Floor

The Prodigal Son Returns’ is a translation of the parable of the fallen Son returning to the embrace of the Father performed by the Sydney based and NAS alumni artist Gareth Ernst.

It is the title of the Rembrandt painting and the subject of the stained glass window in the round National Art School Chapel, where the performance will be held.

The Shibari rope restraint drawing performance ​‘The Prodigal Son Returns’ is inspired by these works and shows the gradual roping and drawing of and final release and redemption of the subject. 

Radiance: The Art of Elisabeth Cummings 

6.00pm — 10.00pm

NAS Gallery

The National Art School is proud to present Radiance: the art of Elisabeth Cummings, a spectacular exhibition celebrating one of the School’s most esteemed and exceptional alumni. The artist’s singular visual language and inimitable grasp of colour are celebrated in major works from the last three decades drawn from public and private collections.

Elisabeth Cummings is represented by King Street Gallery on William.

Fractals

6.00pm — 9.30pm

Hoff Space

Immerse yourself in the mesmerising world of the honeybee created by Paulina Larocca. Fractals is a sensory-laden theatrical adventure, where you’ll have three enchanting sensory experiences that will reshape your perception of our world. 

Photomedia Exhibition

6.00pm — 9.30pm

Library Stairwell Gallery

See a Photomedia show featuring some of our BFA’s best and brightest. Featuring Aldi Difinibun, Cecilia Kurtz, Chloe Shanahan, Elvis Yufei Zhang, Harry Baker, and Lindsay Hickling.

WORKSHOPS

Plant Creatures

6.00pm — 9.30pm

Building 25

Scarlett Stokoe​’s workshop Plant Creatures makes a return! Join us for a fascinating workshop rearranging natural, organic materials into your own sculptures and works of art.

Hand Building Clay Workshop

6.00pm — 9.30pm

Building 25

Get your hands dirty as we invite you to our hand building clay workshop with Amelia Lynch.

STUDENT MARKET STALLS

6.00pm — 9.30pm

Central Courtyard

We’ll have a host of market stalls from NAS students selling their own work whether that be ceramics, drawing, painting, photomedia, or print!

More details and timings TBC

NAS LIBRARY BOOK SALE

6.00pm — 8.00pm

Drawing Gallery

This initiative is proudly supported by the NSW Government through the Culture Up Late Program.

#NASNEO #CultureUpLate #CUL2023.