Friday 16 July 2021

Hennessy, the inaugural winner of the Tweed Regional Gallery – National Art School MFA Residency Award, explores the possibilities and politics of concealment in her most recent suite of paintings. She spent much of her time on the residency riffling through the Gallery’s recreation of Margaret Olley’s home studio, considering the way that the space itself acts as a portrait of Olley. Hennessy w…

Thursday 15 July 2021

Article by Elli Walsh Having recently graduated from the National Art School, majoring in ceramics, Parker is searching for her own frames of beauty. As a young artist of Australian and African American heritage, she re-examines the ostensible ‘primitivity’ of the ceramic mode – one of humanity’s oldest artforms. Experimenting with textures and patterns on functional forms, Parker playfully prod…

Monday 12 July 2021

Feature by Lissa Christopher. Each week, SMH asks someone to tell them about the upside of a bad experience or rough patch. This week features NAS alumna and staff Ebony Russell. To practise ceramic art is to court disaster, says Ebony Russell, a practising artist and a lecturer at the National Art School in Sydney. There are so many opportunities for things to go wrong: collapse during constr…

Friday 09 July 2021

Update – Maintenance and Upgrade Works at the National Art School The NSW Government is committed to preserving NSW’s heritage. The Former Darlinghurst Gaol, as it is officially known, was heritage listed in February 2021 and the site will celebrate its 200th anniversary next year. The NSW Government is undertaking a series of repairs and maintenance works at the National Art School site. These …

Friday 09 July 2021

2SER speak with NAS alumnus Daniel Bodey, a 2020 National Art School graduate who paints everyday scenes. Scenes you wouldn’t look twice at in real life, but something about the way he paints them makes you pay attention. Listen through the link below. Image: Daniel Bodey, Millk, oil on Canvas, 18 x 25 cm LISTEN