Friday 06 May 2022

Article by Gina Fairley Every year we take a stab at a bit of crystal ball gazing across the crop of finalists for the prestigious Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes. This year 115 finalists will vie for Australia’s top prizes, with 58 entries by men, 54 by women (a literal flip of those gender stats for last year), and in a first, one non-binary artist recorded and two collaboration. This yea…

Thursday 05 May 2022

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALUMNI, STAFF AND STUDENT FINALISTS NAS would like to congratulate all the finalists of this year’s Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes who were announced today at the Art Gallery of NSW. We are very proud of the many NAS alumni, staff and current students who are among those finalists, listed below. NAS alumni, staff and student finalists for 2022 (20% of finalists over all th…

Wednesday 04 May 2022

The Archives at the National Art School is delighted to be working on the NAS Alumni Project, a complete list of alumni and the years they attended NAS. Currently a work-in-progress, this list will become an important resource for the school, particularly in this – the 100th anniversary of the school’s presence on this site. If you graduated from (or attended) NAS, and your name or the name of …

Wednesday 04 May 2022

Vivid Sydney is coming to the National Art School Wednesday 1 – Saturday 18 June 2022 Cell Block Theatre See the National Art School’s grand historic Cell Block Theatre transformed after dark, when Vivid Sydney alights on the Darlinghurst institution – for the first time ever. Unfurling a brand new, eclectic music and arts program over the winter festival, revelers can indulge in a …

Wednesday 04 May 2022

Two very successful Senior Schools programs ran on campus last week, the 2022 Dobell Drawing School for Year 11 and the last module of the 2021 HSC Intensive which finally went ahead after being postponed last year due to COVID-19. Students came from across NSW, with 63 students from 28 schools for the Dobell and 111 students from 70 schools for HSC. Pop-up exhibitions presented their work at the…