Thursday 11 December 2025

Major AwardsClitheroe Foundation Master of Fine Art Scholarship (2 x $10,000)Jed Payten and Nikita MaricicLift Off Award ($20,000)Frankie AbroonStandish and Co. Scholarship ($5,000, mentorship, and $5,000 voucher)Harri BarnesFire Up Award ($5,000)Lihnida Krstanoska-BlazeskaFire Up Award Highly Commended ($1,000)Cristelle CabreraEast Sydney Doctors Scholarship ($5,000)Rose RigleyNational Art Schoo…

Tuesday 30 September 2025

We are pleased to welcome three distinguished individuals to our Board of Directors. Each of our new board members brings a wealth of expertise, insight, and passion for the arts. Their diverse backgrounds and commitment to creative excellence will play a pivotal role in guiding NAS into its next chapter. Please join us in warmly welcoming: Emilya Colliver, Helen Lochhead AO and Lucy Keeler. Emil…

Tuesday 09 September 2025

Wednesday 17 September 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Is ’non-objective’ formalism still shaping contemporary approaches to political expression and investigations of cultural identity? This talk looks at how James Nguyen, along with many other contemporary Australian artists are using the language and concepts of non-objective art to engage with the contradictions of d…

Monday 25 August 2025

Wednesday 3 September 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Contemporary Japanese artist Yuko Mohri (b. 1980) photographed the idiosyncratic, temporary remediation works made by Tokyo station managers in a series titled ‘Moré Moré (Leaky) –fieldwork’ (2009-2021). These creations, situated on the Yamanote metro line, use everyday objects to repair subway groundwater leakage. Th…

Thursday 21 August 2025

The British School at RomeCongratulations Genevieve Felix Reynolds [NAS Photomedia Lecturer (Sessional)], the 2026 recipient of the The British School at Rome Residency.This residency offers the opportunity to live and work in Rome for 3 months, in an interdisciplinary research community. The British School at Rome is a centre of interdisciplinary research excellence in the Mediterranean supporti…