Friday 27 January 2023

Article: Bronwyn Watson Image: Ebony Russell, Piped Dream: Pink and White Grotto with Roses and Bows NAS alumna and teacher Ebony Russell’s work Piped Dreams: Pink and White Grotto with Roses and Bows (2019) is featured in Public Works, a weekly column in The Australian’s Review section that highlights works in public collections. Russell’s work is in the NAS Collection, a gift from the …

Wednesday 25 January 2023

Article: Charli Pope Photo: Mark Pokorny Coinciding with Sydney WorldPride 2023 and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, QUEER CONTEMPORARY 2023 comprises two major exhibitions, a suite of public programs, key community partnerships, and site activations, all hosted at the historic Darlinghurst campus in February. Image: Tony Albert, Brothers (The Invisible Prodigal Son) 1, 2 & 3, …

Wednesday 25 January 2023

Join us for our Term One Short Courses! Develop and expand your creative skills in our term one short courses, held on-campus at NAS in Darlinghurst. Choose from a variety of courses offered in the disciplines of Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photomedia, Printmaking and Sculpture. BOOKINGS OPEN NOW Term One: 6 February – 1 April 2023

Monday 16 January 2023

Article: John McDonald Image: Colin Lanceley’s Balmoral, 1984. Other Sydney exhibitions that warranted serious attention included Shaken to His Core: Nolan’s Auschwitz at the Jewish Museum; Heart of Country, a first-rate collection of bark painting at the S.H. Ervin Gallery, and two brilliant shows at the National Art School Gallery – a retrospective of Colin Lanceley, an important artis…

Monday 16 January 2023

Article: Linda Morris Image: James Alcock Financial necessity first drove artist Karla Dickens to take up collage and sculpture for which she is now best known. A trained painter from the National Art School, Dickens could not afford the oils and canvases to keep painting so began using found and recycled items to give vent to her frustrations around gender politics and racial injustice.…