Wednesday 13 April 2022

Article by Linda Morris. Photo by Sam Mooy. It’s been two weeks since the MP farewelled the NSW Parliament, and two days since the former arts minister was named as a board member of the Australian Council for the Arts for a three-year term, among a rush of party appointments before the election. Harwin takes his seat at the cafe at the National Arts School after his career swap. He is sporting…

Monday 04 April 2022

Article by Linda Morris The Darlinghurst Law Courts would become the centre of a new cultural precinct opening the historic sandstone landmark to Oxford St and the National Art School under plans foreshadowed by the City of Sydney. Arresting the exodus of creatives out of the CBD is a key objective of Lord Mayor Clover Moore in the city’s 2050 vision released Friday. Opening the Law Courts in …

Monday 28 March 2022

Elioth Gruner, Michelago Valley c.1922, oil on canvas. 91 x 136 cm. National Art School Collection, Gift of the Gruner estate, c.1939. When he died in 1939 at the age of 57, Elioth Gruner (b. 1882, Gisborne, NZ) left two large paintings of the Michelago Valley unfinished.  Although the Gruner Estate donated them soon afterwards to the National Art School as teaching aids unfortunately it se…

Tuesday 15 March 2022

NAS alumna Lucy Vader, a flood devastated artist from Lismore has opened a ‘La Nina’ themed exhibition in the NSW Southern Highlands, showcasing the only items she has left to her name, after becoming a victim of the exact weather system she spent months painting. Lucy lost everything – except her artwork and dog – in the worst floods to hit Lismore in history. “I feel like the weather has mock…

Tuesday 15 March 2022

Article by Lauren Ironmonger Peter Jia, 62, owned the EzyMart convenience store in Darlinghurst for three years and came to art late in life. He started painting during the pandemic, initially to help his son with school art projects. NAS Alumnus Brodie Cullen struck up a rapport with Jia and helped organise a series of art shows at the convenience store. Three shows were held within the walls …