Night At NAS Pledge Form
Susan Rothwell AM, Chair, National Art School Board Of Directors, Andrew Muston, Chair, National Art School Foundation, and Steven Alderton, Director and CEO, look forward to seeing you at the 2023 NAS Foundation Gala Dinner.
Join fellow art lovers and NAS alumni for a sparkling evening celebrating and supporting our art stars of the future. Night at NAS includes a sit down dinner like no other, with live entertainment, artwork on every table and an afterparty not to be missed.
Funds raised will support 21st Century Art School programs at the National Art School. Buy artwork from our emerging alumni, bid at our live auction and make a philanthropic donation in support of the next generation of artists.
Live Pledge and Art Auction
We are thrilled to welcome back auctioneer extraordinaire Justin Miller AM to lead an exciting pledge of philanthropic donations and a live artwork auction. You will have the chance to take home a work by important Australian artists including NAS First Peoples Advisory Board member, Tony Albert; NAS Foundation member and alumni, Eliza Gosse; NAS alumni, Dan Kyle; and NAS Board member and Fellow, Wendy Sharpe.
Eliza Gosse
‘Coffee And Gingernuts’
Acrylic on canvas
112 x 96.5 cm
Courtesy of Olsen Gallery
Dan Kyle
‘Peering Through’
Oil and mixed media on canvas
180 x 150 cm
Courtesy of Martin Browne Contemporary
Wendy Sharpe
‘Paris Windows and Church Steeple’
Gouache on Stonehenge paper
69 x 49 cm
Courtesy of King Street Gallery on William
Tony Albert
‘You Wreck Me #56’
Printed photographs and vintage Captain Cook ephemera on archival paper sheet
29 x 38.5 cm
Courtesy of Sullivan+Strumpf
Support Now
Increase Indigenous Lecturers at NAS
Support the employment of more Indigenous lecturers at NAS and collaborations with Indigenous artists, ensuring the inclusion and appreciation of Indigenous knowledge, perspectives, and practices throughout the curriculum.
New Indigenous Pathways Coordinator
This new position will work with schools and partners to provide Indigenous high school students with access to creativity and the visual arts. The role will support prospective students throughout the application process; develop the NAS scholarships program; and provide pastoral care and mentorship to existing students.
Studio Upgrade: Cité Internationale des Arts
Support crucial building work to ensure the continuation of our four NAS alumni Paris residencies each year. The Cité residencies provide an incredible stepping-stone for alumni to expand their practice on the world stage.
Access to NAS Studios for Youth
Break down barriers to participation for 16–19-year-olds and support subsidised rates for NAS Open Short Courses. Creating pathways for young creatives from high school to studio practice under the guidance of expert artist educators.
NAS Futures
Contribute to the new NAS endowment and invest in the financial sustainability of NAS and support the next generation of Australian artists. Donations from $100,000.
Artwork Sale
As you sit down to enjoy your dinner, you will not miss the incredible centrepieces provided by recent NAS alumni. All works are for sale with proceeds directly supporting these early career artists and NAS Gala fundraising programs.
We thank the NAS alumni and rising stars contributing to this unique exhibition and sale: Artists include Dani Becknell, Susie Choi, Aiya Dreaming, Isabella Edwards, Felix Feneley, Catherine Flora Murray, Amelia Lynch, Mac Mansfield, Sassy Park, Isabella Parker, Ebony Russell, Amelia Skelton, Nina Waring, and Alex Xerri.
Passionate about collections and the arts? Join us as a Digitisation Volunteer!
The National Art School Archive and Collection team is looking for enthusiastic Digitisation Volunteers to help bring our art collection to life! Your work will play a key role in making art and history more accessible—by photographing and recording our collections, enhancing our museum database, and digitising our extensive archive of photographs. Through your efforts, every stored object and artwork in our collection will have a high-quality, searchable digital record for generations to come.
Apply at the link in bio.
Apr 2
Opening night: Gesture and Trace
Join us on Saturday 12 April for the opening night of Gesture and Trace, a collaborative exhibition with the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts (LAFA), Shenyang, China. Featuring 16 students and recent alumni from the National Art School (NAS) and LAFA’s Textiles and Chinese Ink Departments, this exhibition explores cross-cultural perspectives on drawing and material practices.
This exhibition is presented by the National Centre for Drawing, in conjunction with Facture: Drawing Symposium 2025.
Purchase your tickets to the symposium at the link in bio.
Apr 1
Bring a friend to Winter School and save!
We’re offering a 15% discount on the purchase of a second Winter School course—as part of our exclusive ‘bring a friend’ special.
How it works:
1. Sign up for any Winter School course
2. Invite a friend to join you on the learning journey
3. Get 15% off when you purchase a second course for yourself or your friend
Learn more at the link in bio.
Mar 31
Introducing Sean O`Connell and Pia van Gelder, speakers at Facture: Drawing Symposium 2025
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Moderated by Ben Denham, Sean will explore traditional and extended practices that map connections and energetic exchange within abstracted landscapes, while Pia will discuss drawing of electronic circuits and their curious divinatory elements in 20th century radionics and their own work with electrodermal activity and audio synthesis.
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Sean O`Connell is an artist exploring the internal world of matter and the movement of electrical energy and force. He uses alternative photographic techniques, electronic circuitry, noise, energetic structures and experimental processes to visualise and sonify these spaces of interest. His work is concerned with the realms of both matter and electricity, exploring the ways they each transform, modulate, and inform one another`s nature through their interaction.
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Pia van Gelder is an electronic artist, researcher and historian at the School of Art and Design at the Australian National University. Their research investigates historical and contemporary conceptions of energy and how these shape our relationships with technologies, bodies and environments. Their scholarship has concentrated on the influence of esotericism on electronic instruments of the 20th century and their studio practice produces instruments for performance and installation contexts. Their current project *The Energies Artists Say* with co-editor Douglas Kahn, presents a methodology for understanding the polyvalence of energies in practices across the arts.
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Facture: Drawing Symposium 2025
Saturday 12 April 2025
Facture – The manner in which something is made
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Learn more about the speakers and symposium at the link in bio.
Mar 28
We’re looking for a Facilities and Risk Manager - Application Deadline Sunday 13 April
The Facilities and Risk Manager effectively manages and organises services and resources for the facilities, workshop, security, WHS, and campus operations of National Art School in Darlinghurst. In addition, they provide strategic support and advice to senior management on all issues related to facilities and campus operations.
Apply at the link in bio.
Mar 27
Introducing Kirtika Kain and Kyra Mancktelow, speakers at Facture: Drawing Symposium 2025
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Moderated by Chelsea Lehmann, Kirtika will be discussing the role of drawing in process, experimentation, and abstraction in material and socially-engaged practices, while Kyra will discuss the influence Dylan Mooney`s work has had on their practice, especially his most recent exhibition The Story of My People.
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Kirtika Kain is an artist practicing on Darug Country, New South Wales, Australia. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2016 and was awarded the Bird Holcomb Scholarship to complete her Master of Fine Art in 2018 at the National Art School, Sydney. She was a recipient of the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award in 2017, the Art Incubator Grant and Dyason Bequest, Art Gallery of New South Wales, and a finalist in the Churchill Fellowship and numerous art prizes including Blacktown Art Prize (2017, 2019). Kirtika has been a finalist in the Create NSW Emerging Artist Fellowship at Artspace, a recipient of the Parramatta Artist Studio (2020, 2024) and an artist in residence at the British School at Rome (2019) and the Amant Siena Summer Residency (2022).
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Kyra Mancktelow’s multidisciplinary practice investigates legacies of colonialism, posing important questions such as how we remember and acknowledge Indigenous histories. A Quandamooka artist with links to the Mardigan people of Cunnamulla, Kyra’s practice includes printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture – each applying a unique and distinct aesthetic. Kyra works with various materials to share her rich heritage, stories, and traditions to educate audiences and strengthen her connection to Country. Her printmaking explores intergenerational trauma as a result of forced integration on colonial missions, and her use of local materials in her sculpture, including clay, emu features, and Talwalpin (cotton tree), strengthens her connection to Country.
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Facture: Drawing Symposium 2025
Saturday 12 April 2025
Facture – The manner in which something is made
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Learn more about the speakers and symposium at the link in bio.
Mar 27
