Thursday 10 April 2025

We are delighted to announce NAS alum Rosemary Lee as the winner of the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize, Australia’s leading prize for drawing, worth $30,000. Selected from 56 nationwide finalists, and 965 entries, Rosemary’s work will become part of the National Art School’s significant collection, built over the past 120 years. Rosemary, in her winning work 24-1 (2024), observes tonal and compositio…

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Wednesday 2 April 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Milan is home to the Pinacoteca di Brera, one of Italy’s most prestigious art galleries which contains a pivotal collection of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, including works by Caravaggio, Raphael, Mantegna and Piero della Francesa. It also shares history and a site with the Accademia, an art school not unlike NAS. …

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Wednesday 9 April 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Fergus Berney-Gibson was the recipient of the 2024/25 Mark Henry Cain Memorial Travel Scholarship. He undertook a study trip to the United Kingdom to enhance his research which is concerned with heritage leather-craft and textiles. During his travels he encountered Celtic metalwork, contemporary photomedia practices, diverse curatorial a…

Wednesday 05 March 2025

Wednesday 19 March 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Exploring connections between cultural forms can reveal surprising parallels. Over the past decade, artists worldwide have increasingly drawn from science fiction to generate ideas, reframe contexts, and rethink creativity. One key technique borrowed from sci-fi is worldbuilding–the imaginative reconfiguration of social relationships an…

Tuesday 04 March 2025