Margaret Olley Drawing Week 2020: Online Exhibition
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Margaret Olley Drawing Week 2020: Online Exhibition
The National Art School’s annual Margaret Olley Drawing Week is a chance for 2nd and 3rd year Bachelor of Fine Art students to immerse themselves in drawing at different locations such as Hill End, the Opera House and the State Library of NSW, ending with an exhibition of work in the Rayner Hoff Project Space at NAS.
Workshops this year included Drawing with Video, Drawing Marathon, the Renaissance Reborn, and Drawing on Clay.
Images: Installation View, 2nd and 3rd year BFA students’ artworks for The Renaissance Reborn workshop (led by Paul Higgs), Rayner Hoff Project Space, National Art School. Part of Margaret Olley Drawing Week exhibition 2020. Photo: Peter Morgan; Charcoal on paper work by Benjamin Simpson from the Drawing Marathon workshop (led by Fran O’Neil), on display in the Rayner Hoff Project Space, National Art School.
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