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NAIDOC Week 2026
Thursday 25 June 2026
This NAIDOC Week, the theme Fifty Years of Deadly recognises the enduring strength, resilience and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Fifty Years of Deadly is a tribute to the people who built this movement. The Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after …
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Monday 02 November 2020
Monday 02 November 2020
The National Art School’s Archive and Collection is hitting the road! National Art (part one) will open at Tweed Regional Gallery on Friday 13 November 2020, running until Sunday 3 January 2021. National Art (part one) presents a dynamic selection of artworks by 50 of Australia’s most significant artists who studied at NAS. As the school approaches 100 years on its Darlinghurst site (1922–2022) …
Monday 02 November 2020
Monday 02 November 2020
Article by John McDonald Sydney Morning Herald QStation, Manly, is hosting the first-ever Les Sculptures Refusées: A Celebration of Rejection, (until November 19). The idea of a Salon des Refusés for works rejected by Sculpture by the Sea has been around for a long time, so it’s ironic this show has appeared while the parent exhibition remains in suspended animation. It’s the brainchild of two …
Monday 26 October 2020
Monday 26 October 2020
In 2001, Simon Cooper left his hometown of Melbourne to join the National Art School as Head of Printmaking. At the time, he thought he’d stay a few years, until his kids were old enough to go to school, then the family would head back south. Not quite. After teaching at NAS for seven years, Cooper became Head of Studies in 2008. He is responsible for the development and delivery of the school’s…
Thursday 22 October 2020
Thursday 22 October 2020
Article by Joe Frost Sydney Morning Hearld In three solo exhibitions running concurrently at Australian Galleries, Sydney, NAS staff David Horton and Stephanie Monteith, and alumni Dale Miles and made a persuasive case for artists following their curiosity irrespective of fashion. The trio were art students in the final decade of the twentieth century, and while their works exhibit few obvious…
Saturday 17 October 2020
Saturday 17 October 2020
Australian Haydn Ensemble, Song Company and Ensemble Offspring The National Art School is pleased to be a venue partner of Great Southern Nights, a music event which will bring 1,000 COVID-safe performances to live music venues in Greater Sydney and regional NSW in November (Australian Music Month). This event is a NSW Government initiative, delivered by its tourism and major events agency Desti…
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