NAS NEO

THE FUTURE OF NOW ON GADIGAL LAND

THURSDAY 23 JUNE

6 – 10PM

The National Art School is excited to announce NAS NEO, a new after-hours program that will bring together critical and progressive arts practice across inclusive and diverse platforms.

NAS NEO is a series of weekly multidisciplinary, artist-driven cultural events in collaboration with the next generation of change-makers, innovators and creators.

Every Thursday night.

Food and bar open from 5pm.

THE CHASER

The Chaser to publish 100^th Issue of its newspaper

CELL BLOCK THEATRE

7.30PM

Comedy group is going back to its root: ​“We were right, the internet was just a fad”

Celebrating the revival of the Chaser newspaper, to print a special 100^th issue of the Chaser newspaper, the founding editors of The Chaser will be back in the same room together for the first time in over a decade.

Craig Reucassel, Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello, Andrew Hansen, Charles Firth, Dom Knight and Julian Morrow will speak at the event, including a presentation about the shady business dealings of the sprawling Chaser Media Empire, a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of writing for an out-of-date medium like print, and then a Drunk Q&A session, where audience members can disguise long boring thoughts as ​“questions to the panel”. 

The night will end with an all-new original song from Andrew Hansen, written especially for the occasion.

The night will be themed as ​“The Museum of Chaser”, and will feature large prints of all of the Chaser’s most offensive and disgraceful front covers. ​“This is a night not to be missed,” said Charles Firth, ​“although I won’t be coming because the finals of Britain’s Got Talent is on that night on Channel 7 and I really want to see who wins. But otherwise I’d totally be there.”

COLIN LANCELEY: EARTHLY DELIGHTS

Opening night

NAS Gallery open from 7pm

Curated by Sioux Garside, this new major exhibition celebrates Colin Lanceley (1938−2015), a Modernist trailblazer who believed in celebrating the joyous qualities of life in his vibrant, three-dimensional art.

After studying at NAS in the 1950s, which he described as ​“the opening of my life”, he returned to teach there from the 1980s, then in the 1990s helped write a new chapter for the School as an independent tertiary institution offering visual art degrees, after decades of being attached to NSW’s technical education sector. In the 1960s and 70s, Colin was a vigorous and adventurous spirit at a time when contemporary Australian art was discovering new forms and inspiration, as well as acknowledging the ancient country’s unique and powerful Indigenous art. Born in New Zealand in 1938 and growing up on Sydney’s north shore, a life creating art was not on the cards for young Colin, but with the encouragement of key teachers he found his way to the place he belonged, and in turn helped countless others setting off on their own artistic path. Supported by his wife Kay, this exhibition is a celebration of Colin’s life and work, confirming his creative legacy in the same year the National Art School celebrates 100 years since moving to the Darlinghurst Gaol site.

EXHIBITION DATES:

Friday 24 June – Saturday 13 August 2022

NAS Gallery

Monday to Saturday, 11am – 5pm

Free, drop-in art workshops

6.30 – 8.30pm

*The Art Workshops are open to everyone of all levels of experience. No bookings required.

NAS NEO:The Future of Now

On Gadigal Land

6 – 10PM

National Art School

Entry on Forbes Street, Darlinghurst