NAS offers valuable professional development opportunities to graduating students. Including:
These opportunities ensure that the talent & artistic potential of our students continues to develop & flourish beyond study at NAS.
The National Art School (NAS) is now accepting applications for the 2024 Aboriginal Art Centre Internship program. Now in its twelfth year, this internship program is made possible through the generous support of Sharon Toffler and Mark Tedeschi AM QC.
These internships provide graduating students with an opportunity to acquire practical arts management experience and training in an active Aboriginal community art centre environment. Working closely with the Art Centre Manager, interns will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with artists and day-to-day arts centre operations. Successful applicants are expected to take up the internship in 2024.
In 2024 Internships will be offered with Ernabella Arts Incorporated in far north-west South Australia and Tapatjatjaka Arts located at Titjikala, Northern Territory. Recipients will be provided with transport to and from the art centre, accommodation, and stipend for the ten-week period of the internship.
Applications are open to students completing the Bachelor of Fine Art or Master of Fine Art programs in 2023.
Applications for the 2024 program are now closed.
Application form and guidelines are available here:
THE MARK HENRY CAIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
An annual award of $10,000 in commemoration of Mark Henry Cain, an artist trained at Glasgow School of Art who relocated to Sydney in 1937. The Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship supports an MFA student to travel for their artistic research for a period of 6-8 weeks in the UK (including England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland). The award is supported by generous endowment made by a private donor.
Applications deadline close June 16, 2024.
Applicants notified of outcome by July 31, 2024.
Eligibility
The scholarship is open to currently enrolled full time MFA1 students.
Travel Dates
The successful applicant is expected to travel to the UK in the academic year break, in the period November 2024 – February 2025.
Selection Criteria:
The Scholarship will be awarded to an applicant who:
Selection Panel
Applications will be considered by a selection panel comprising suitable representatives of the National Art School. The panel may request to meet with an applicant for an interview to discuss their application. Please note the selection committee will only consider fully completed applications for the award.
Application Materials
Please prepare the following required documentation to support your application. All applications must be made online by the deadline. Please reach out to Student Services if you need assistance with the application process.
Prepare a proposal (no more than 750 words) for a 6-8 week research trip to the United Kingdom. The proposal must include:
Referees
All applicants must provide the name, phone numbers, and email addresses of two referees, academic or arts professionals.
Acquittal
Following return to Australia, the scholarship recipient will be required to:
The East Sydney Doctors Scholarship is a generous opportunity funded by East Sydney Doctors, providing $5,000 to a student completing the first year of the Master of Fine Art degree and going into the second year of the program at the National Art School.
The recipient is intended to use them as a stipend to support living and study expenses.
This Award is open to students continuing their progress in the Master of Fine Art program at the National Art School.
East Sydney Doctors Scholarship application guidelines
East Sydney Doctors Scholarship application form
Applications for 2024 are now closed.
The Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre boasts an on-site, live-in artist in residence studio called the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio (AIR).
The AIR studio is generously supported by benefactor Mr Tim Fairfax AC and named in honour of his mother Nancy Fairfax, who was a great friend of Margaret Olley.
The AIR program includes:
Applications for 2024 are now closed.
The Lift Off Award, generously funded by private donors, will provide $20,000 to a promising graduating MFA candidate from the National Art School.
The successful recipient will be eligible to use the funding to undertake an artist residency, international travel, to establish a studio, purchase specialised equipment, mount an exhibition, a publication or any project that requires a lift off to support their burgeoning art practice.
Lift Off Award Application Guidelines
Lift Off Award Application Form
Applications for 2024 are now closed.
The National Art School is proud to have a generous scholarship of $20,000 to support a student studying in the Master of Fine Art Program. Funded by the Clitheroe Foundation, this scholarship is open to current Bachelor of Fine Art Students who are immediately applying to continue study at the School in the Master of Fine Art program. The scholarship can be used for fees and course costs or as a stipend to support living expenses for the two-year duration of the course.
Applications for the scholarship are made as part of the application to the Master of Fine Art program, and more information can be found below.
Click below to download information about the scholarship:
Applications for 2024 have now closed.
The Standish & Co Scholarship, a newly established opportunity generously funded by Standish & Co, provides $10,000 to a student continuing from the Bachelor of Fine Art Program into the Master of Fine Art program and majoring in Photomedia. The recipient is intended to use the funds as a stipend to support living and study expenses. The Scholarship also provides $5,000 of in-kind printing at Look Print over the two years of the MFA degree.
This scholarship is open to current Bachelor of Fine Art Students who are immediately applying to continue study at the School in the Master of Fine Art program in Photomedia
Applications for 2024 have now closed.
