Monday 14 December 2020

ArtsHub In a late announcement on Friday, NSW Minister for the Arts Don Harwin announced that the National Art School (NAS) had received over $18 million, directed to upgrades and critical maintenance at the heritage-listed site. The news comes in the wake of cuts that have peppered arts education institutions nationally this year. CEO and Director Steven Alderton said: ‘This announcement is a…

Monday 14 December 2020

Article by Linda Morris Sydney Morning Herald Multimillion-dollar renovations to the heritage-listed home of the National Art School will begin in the new year, repairing the 200-year-old hand-hewn sandstone walls, wings, and walkways of the former Darlinghurst Gaol. The $18 million facelift was announced by the Minister for Arts Don Harwin at the end of year graduate students’ award ceremony …

Monday 07 December 2020

Monday 07 December 2020

We are pleased to announce some changes to the National Art School Board. Carolyn Fletcher I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to our outgoing Chair, Carolyn Fletcher AM. Under Carolyn’s leadership, NAS was acknowledged as a State Significant Organisation and awarded NSW Government funding. This achievement alone reset the course of NAS’ future in addition to secur…

Tuesday 01 December 2020

For one of their assessments in our Art History & Theory elective The Object Sensorium: Material Culture in Context, students were tasked with recording a 5-minute biography on an object of their choice. Using one of the five senses (touch, smell, taste, sound, or sight) as an investigative frame, students analysed of one aspect of their object. Potential aspects explored include use/function…