Tuesday 30 June 2026

Please see below for current and forthcoming exhibitions and events featuring our staff and alumni.   Joan Ross: Solo Exhibition With her fluoro-infused imagery subverting colonial art, National Art School alum and fellow Joan Ross examines the legacy of invasion and the consuming forces of settlement in Australia.  Now on view across N.Smith Galley, Ross’ new exhibition continues her incisive ex…

Tuesday 30 June 2026

Please see below for current and forthcoming exhibitions and events featuring our staff and alumni.   Dr Carolyn McKenzie-Craig: Becoming Penguin (Act II) Head of Printmaking, Dr Carolyn McKenzie-Craig, presents Becoming Penguin (Act II) at PARKER Contemporary, Brisbane. The exhibition asks what it means to seek protection from a world that continues to decide who is seen, who is suspected, and w…

Thursday 25 June 2026

This NAIDOC Week, the theme Fifty Years of Deadly recognises the enduring strength, resilience and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.   Fifty Years of Deadly is a tribute to the people who built this movement. The Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after …

Friday 29 May 2026

The Makers Exhibition brings together works by NAS staff across teaching, technical, curatorial, administrative and library areas, celebrating the diverse creative practices that shape the school community. Presented as the launch exhibition for Third Space, the exhibition highlights making as a shared and ongoing part of life at NAS.  Third Space will be open for the duration of the show from 11…

Friday 29 May 2026

Please see below for current and forthcoming exhibitions and events featuring our staff and alumni. Oliver Abbott: Processing This exhibition explores how personal and collective histories are constructed by revisiting relics of architecture and infrastructure unique to the Tweed. In Processing, Abbott reveals parallels between the construction of a painting and the way memory distorts, rearrange…