Friday 02 October 2020

During Sydney’s lockdown in March, when the NAS campus closed, second-year students Rani Matthews and Anna Mould initiated a community craft project, called the Corona Quilt, inviting other students working in isolation to create their own quilt square on the theme of COVID-19 crisis. When the students were able to come together again, the squares would be sewn together to create a group artwork …

Thursday 01 October 2020

NAS alumni and staff Gary Deirmendjian has released a book, A Prevailing Sense of Disquiet, published by Hardie Grant Books. A Prevailing Sense of Disquiet is a visually rich and multi-voiced introduction to the work and practice of this restless and somewhat defiant creative spirit. His unusual mode of practice has produced an extensive body of work that is often described as beguiling, thought…

Wednesday 30 September 2020

NAS is hosting a lively and accessible series of classical music concerts broadcast live from the atmospheric Cell Block Theatre on campus, in partnership with Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, presenting some of Australia’s most outstanding and beloved musicians. MDCH has been a trailblazer since being created in March to help support performers who have been hard hit by Covid, seeing their incom…

Tuesday 29 September 2020

Article by Kerrie O’Brien NAS alumni and Former Head of Sculpture Ron Robertson-Swann speaks with Sydney Morning Herald about his work, practice and time at the National Art School. Read the full article through the link below. Image: Ron Robertson-Swann. Photo: Louise Kennerley READ MORE

Monday 14 September 2020

The National Art School was thrilled to see our BFA 2 Painting Student Lesley Wengembo and Campus Assistant Mal Nabogi featured on the ‘Feel Good Sunday’ segment on Channel Ten’s The Project. The interviews took place in our campus studios, chatting about Lesley’s practice and the friendship between the two fostered at NAS. Watch the full TV segment below. Image: National Art School student Les…