Friday 10 September 2021

Veiled Paradise, an exhibition at QUT Art Museum which surveys three decades in the extraordinary career of NAS alum Fiona Foley, closes 26 September 2021. If you can’t get to Brisbane to see the show–or if you’ve been but still want to know more– the biography Fiona Foley Provocateur: An Art Life offers an in-depth look at what drives the Badtjala artist. Written by Louise Martin-Chew, this bio…

Wednesday 25 August 2021

The National Art School’s annual Open Day is a highlight of the year, giving visitors the chance to explore Australia’s leading independent fine art school. NAS Open Day 2021 is scheduled for Saturday 13 November from 10am – 4pm. Usually Open Day takes place in September on the heritage-listed Darlinghurst campus, however this year it has been rescheduled to due to lockdown. While we hope to w…

Thursday 19 August 2021

The National Art School, Artspace and Create NSW are pleased to announce the finalists for the NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship (NSW VAEF): Eddie Abd, Chun Yin Rainbow Chan, Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen, Joe Wilson and Chanelle Collier, Emily Parsons-Lord, and Genevieve Felix Reynolds. This edition of the Fellowship will be presented in partnership with NAS and exhibited at the NAS Gallery in Darlingh…

Friday 13 August 2021

Article by Hugh Robertson Georgia Mokak is one of 20 new appointments to Create NSW Artform Advisory Boards as a Multi-Arts Board Member. These boards assess applications made to Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program, provide recommendations to the Minister – who will have final say on any funding decisions – and advise on strategic directions for the sector. Georgia is a proud Djugun…

Tuesday 10 August 2021

Article by Emma-Kate Wilson At Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NAS drawing lecturer Dean Cross’ exhibition, ‘Icarus, my Son’, invites consideration of the connection of metropolitan Australia to its regional towns and the people who grew up in them. As the gallery reveals, ‘Icarus, my Son’, is a place to ‘ruminate on ideas of home, ambition, cataclysm and loss.’ Read the full article through the…