Tuesday 24 November 2020

Article by Gina Fairley ArtsHub No one would call 2020 normal. So the celebration of getting through this year is no greater felt than by graduating students. On Friday, 11 December the National Art School in Darlinghurst, Sydney, will present the work of 115 Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) students – work created during the pandemic in their final year. ‘We have students showing work in our galle…

Wednesday 11 November 2020

Article by Elizabeth Fortescue The Art Newspaper The National Art School in Sydney’s inner suburb of Darlinghurst will open on 4 November a National Centre for Drawing with a charter to become internationally recognised for “nurturing a curiosity around drawing that is grounded in precedent but extends towards the unknown”. The National Centre for Drawing will be an Australian first, and will …

Monday 09 November 2020

Article by Gina Fairley ArtsHub This week, the National Art School (NAS) – Australia’s longest-running independent fine art school – announced it was joining an international trend with for formation of the National Centre for Drawing (NCD). NAS Director and CEO Steven Alderton explained the new centre would be a focal point for, ‘establishing national and international connections to educatio…

Monday 09 November 2020

Stephen Little joined NAS as Head of Painting in 2010, having taught in higher education since the early 1990s, including at the University of Western Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts and Goldsmiths College in London where he attained his PhD. He has worked with many major galleries including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, and White Cube and the Lisson Gallery in London, and has exh…

Wednesday 04 November 2020

As the school approaches its centenary occupying the historic site of the former Darlinghurst Gaol (1922-2022), NAS students across all disciplines – ceramics, painting, printmaking, sculpture and photomedia – continue to engage with drawing throughout their degree courses. The school is affirming its core commitment to this crucial artistic skill with the establishment of the National Centre fo…