Tuesday 08 February 2022

Thursday 03 February 2022

NAS is very happy to welcome to John Waight, our new Head of First Peoples Programs who starts on 21 February, 2022. John is from the Mangarayi people whose country is just outside Katherine. He has worked as Curator and Liaison Officer at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney and in Darwin was Manager of the Maningrida Arts and Culture Shop, and Curator of Aboriginal Art at the Museu…

Thursday 27 January 2022

Vogue Australia spoke with NAS alum Eliza Gosse about her switch from a degree architecture to pursue her true passion: painting. ‘… the way that National Art School is laid out is you’re there five days a week, and you try out every single different studio. So you’re doing sculpture, printmaking, photography, painting, and you’re in a small cohort of 20 kids. And that class moves from medium to…

Wednesday 15 December 2021

Monday 22 November 2021

Article by Kirsty Francis. ‘A rare sensibility’ is the first solo exhibition of Valerie Marshall Strong Olsen’s work. Curated by Tim and Louise Olsen, in loving memory of their mother a decade after her passing, this exhibition aims to give Valerie the recognition she deserves as one of Australia’s unsung, yet remarkable female artists. The exhibition is on at the Rayner Hoff Project Space in t…