The Neighbour at the Gate | Community & Family Activities

Drop-in Artmaking – Incense Holder Workshop

Saturday 12 July
11am – 3pm
Gallery Green
Free admission, all welcome

Led by art educators and inspired by James Nguyen’s new installation work Homeopathies_where trees grow (2025), join us for this free drop-in artmaking workshop and make your own incense holder out of clay. Add it to the evolving artwork in the NAS Gallery.

Drop-in Artmaking – Tassel Making Workshop

Saturday 12 July
11am – 3pm
Building 25 Small Studios
Free admission, all welcome

Led by art educators inspired by Jacky Cheng’s major installation work Imaginary Homelands (2025), join us for a free drop-in textiles workshop and create your own tassel artwork inspired by the Paifang, a form of traditional Chinese architecture.

Drop-in Artmaking – Screenprinting Workshop

Saturday 12 July
11am – 3pm
Building 16 Printmaking
Free admission, all welcome

Led by art educators, this workshop relates to Dennis Golding’s major artwork Bingo (2025) and Jason Phu’s drawings. Join us for a free printmaking workshop and create your own hand-printed tote bag.

*No booking required. These drop-in artmaking workshops are family friendly. Children must be accompanied by adult carers at all times. Spend 10-15 minutes participating in each activity, before continuing to circulate around campus. Why not do all three!

Free Children’s Activities in the Gallery

Saturday 12 July
11am – 3pm
NAS Gallery
Free admission, all welcome

Children are welcome to relax and enjoy a reading corner and complete the children’s art trail in the exhibition at NAS Gallery.

DJ Sets

Saturday 12 July
5pm – 8pm
Cell Block Theatre Courtyard
Free admission, all welcome

Kick back and enjoy the vibes at the National Art School Cell Block Theatre Courtyard with sounds and performances by DJs Mason Kimber, Rocky Stallone and Sveta.

Grab a bite from the food truck and a drink from the bar, or pop into the exhibition for its extended opening hours until 8pm.

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Hear artist James Nguyen (@jamesnguyens) discuss the process of his artwork ‘Homeopathies_where new trees grow’ (2025), a site-specific installation created for The Neighbour at the Gate, now on at NAS Gallery.

In response to the exhibition, Nguyen created a large-scale suspended textile, dyed with introduced weeds and contaminated mud collected along the Duck River and Parramatta River in Sydney. These local sites, like many places in Vietnam, continue to be contaminated by Agent Orange, dioxins and toxic leachates that account for the industrial scale manufacturing of chemical weapons along Homebush Bay.

The Naarm/Melbourne-based, Vietnamese Australian artist positions his personal experiences and perspectives in dialogue with others in his interdisciplinary practice, moving between live and online performance, video, drawing and installations. This work was made in conjunction with Nguyen’s aunt, Nguyễn Thị Kim Nhung, and uncle, Nguyễn Công Chính, who you can hear in conversation with the artist in the Artist Talks archive on our website.

The Neighbour at the Gate is now on until Saturday 18 October 2025. 11am – 5pm, Monday to Sunday. Plan your visit at the link in bio.

The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.
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