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…

Friday 29 April 2022

Article by Jenny Valentish. Photograph: Katy Marks. “It’s not about the typical male gaze,” says Twyford-Moore of the models. “And I also like to find people who appeal to the queer gaze.” NAS alumni Bligh Twyford-Moore, an illustrator and a roadie, thought a life-drawing club would be a “cool throwback idea”. He took inspiration from clubs he’d seen in Melbourne, both in terms of having themes…

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…