Scholarships & Opportunities
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NAS Scholarships ensure exceptional talent is nurtured and artistic potential is realised.
NAS Scholarships ensure exceptional talent is nurtured and artistic potential is realised. They break down barriers to higher education and provide students with vital financial support to complete their studies.
Every scholarship, prize, and award at the National Art School exists because of philanthropic and corporate support. Your contribution can help students entering our undergraduate and postgraduate programs, or fund professional development opportunities for our alumni.
To find out more about how you can establish a scholarship, prize or residency, please contact:
Hannah Dickson
Head of Fundraising and Development
+61 2 9339 8636
🖂 hannah.dickson@nas.edu.au
Major Awards
Clitheroe Foundation Master of Fine Art Scholarship (2 x $10,000)
Jed Payten and Nikita Maricic
Lift Off Award ($20,000)
Frankie Abroon
Standish and Co. Scholarship ($5,000, mentorship, and $5,000 voucher)
Harri Barnes
Fire Up Award ($5,000)
Lihnida Krstanoska-Blazeska
Fire Up Award Highly Commended ($1,000)
Cristelle Cabrera
East Sydney Doctors Scholarship ($5,000)
Rose Rigley
National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship (10-week internship)
Indi Wolstenholme and Lucy Russell
Tropical Lab International Camp (Residency)
Majlena Muecke
Art History
Brandon Trakman Prize for Art History and Theory (3 x $900)
Sasha Hart, Emily Heath, and Jack Oliver Owen
Ceramics
Australian Ceramics Association Prize (Membership)
Janet Jiahui Wu and Damian Sawyers
Claypool Award (Membership)
Mel Jhey
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Ceramic Award ($500 voucher)
Sophie Sheppard
Kil.n.it Award (2 x $500 voucher)
Jasmine Greenwood and Jessica Smith
Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Ceramics Award (Studio)
Paige Hottwagner
Sabbia Mentorship and Exhibition Award (Exhibition and Mentorship)
Alice Royds
Matilda Kubany-Deane Ceramics Prize ($1,000)
Bianca Seeto
N.E. Pethebridge Award BFA ($1,500)
Darcy Phelan
N.E. Pethebridge Award MFA ($1,500)
Lihnida Krstanoska-Blazeska
Drawing
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award ($500 voucher)
Elodie Harmston
John Olsen Family Prize for Drawing Highly Commended ($500)
Edwina Barton
John Olsen Family Prize for Drawing ($2,000)
Alexandra Stephenson
The Bonner and Tonkin Drawing Prize ($1,000)
Sailor Kennard
Anne Pata Memorial Drawing Award (2x $1,000)
Dan Hull and Samantha Klein
Bettina McMahon Drawing Prize ($3,000)
Angus Fisher
Kaye Shumack Sunflower Drawing Prize ($3,000)
Ellen McCalmont
Painting
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Painting Award ($1,000 voucher)
Sasha Hart
John McCaughey Prize ($740)
Marina Yang
The Derivan Acrylics Award for Excellence in Painting ($1,000 voucher)
Til Kathriner
Troy Quinliven Award Highly Commended ($1,000 voucher)
Sasha Hart
Troy Quinliven Award ($2,000 voucher)
India Jablonski
Bettina McMahon Painting Prize ($3,000)
Alexys Hunter
Photomedia
Kayell Australia Photography Award ($350 Voucher)
Diane Barnetson
Photoaccess Residency Award (Residency)
Ivy Riddle
Printmaking
Artscene Printmaking Prize (2 x $125 voucher)
Lola Thompson and Marnie Tomczyk
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Printmaking Award ($500 voucher)
Josie Kearney
Jenny Robinson Print Studio Prize (Residency)
Jack Oliver Owen
Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Printmaking Award (studio)
Tallulah Stein
Megalo Studio and Gallery Residency Award Residency)
Fergus Berney Gibson
Bettina McMahon Printmaking Prize (2x $1,500)
Georgia Wilkinson and Joshua McElwee
Sculpture
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Sculpture Award ($500 voucher)
Cade Aslaugh
Minerva Sculpture Prize ($500)
Milla Watts
Dr John Vallance Prize for Sculpture ($1,500)
Dawn McGuire
Open Awards
NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional Practice (Membership)
Harri Barnes
Studio W Exhibition Prize (Exhibition)
Edwina Barton
Schmick Contemporary Exhibition Prize (Exhibition)
Milla Watts
The Foundations Squatters Residency (Residency)
Liss Finney and Alice Martin
Harvey Galleries National Art School Exhibition Prize (Exhibition)
Vicki Potter
Tresor Murace
Keely Clarke
Liss Finney
Lisa Stonham
Danae Tsapilis
Annabel Boyd
Kate Hadley
Olivia King
Luuk Zilich
Shirley Randell Student Award ($1,000)
Jessie Rifkin
NAS Library Artists’ Book Annual Award Grad ($500 and membership)
Edwina Barton
NAS Library Artists’ Book Annual Award Postgrad ($750 and membership)
Fergus Berney-Gibson
Prix Yves Hernot Award of Merit ($1,300)
Lisa Stonham
Arts-Matter’s Creative Futures Award (Membership)
BFA
Shaun Anderson
Annabel Sutton
Kyiesha Booth
Rose Blunt
Jade Mosca
Harri Barnes
Emily Heath
Genevieve Jobes
Til Kathriner
Elysia Vernis Ling
Abbey Vella
Alice Royds
Janet Jiahui Wu
Samantha Klein
William Potanin
MFA
Omi McCurdie
Luna Gui
Beth Perry
Sadie Wheelan
Tresor Murace
Isabella Allanson
Bansi Joshi
Hayley Atkins
Aislinn Connolly
Kenya Peterson