Saturday 30 May 2020

The National Art School is delighted that NIRIN, the 22nd Biennale of Sydney’s extraordinary exhibition, is reopening to the public on June 1, with extended dates running until September/October 2020. However following decisions made by the National Cabinet, as communicated by the NSW Government, NAS is unable to reopen our public gallery spaces due to duty of care to our students and staff as a…

Monday 25 May 2020

Support the next generation of Australian artists For over 150 years, the National Art School has been the epicentre of fine arts education and a vital contributor to the arts and cultural sector in NSW. In 2020, we have seen exceptional disruption to our everyday life, from devastating bushfires to the COVID-19 pandemic. During these challenging times, art students and emerging artists need our…

Monday 25 May 2020

‘This is my door. That is yours. Over there lives the tall man who lingers on his balcony, cigarette flaring angry orange. And way to his right, the old couple who watch traffic. Trees start to drop leaves. The air smells sweet. And we work. And we wait.’ – Tanya Overson, NAS MFA 1 Drawing student Art Almanac features the National Art School Library Stairwell Gallery’s first fully online exhibit…

Sunday 24 May 2020

Juz Kitson completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons in Ceramics) in 2009. She now divides her time living between Jingdezhen, a city that is said to produce the highest quality porcelain in China, and her studio in Milton on the south coast of New South Wales. Her ceramic sculptures reveal a fascination with feminine and masculine ambiguous forms and the sensuality of materials. They invariably re…

Sunday 24 May 2020

Karla Dickens is an artist of Wiradjuri, Irish and German heritage, whose work challenges notions associated with gender, inequality, race and violence against Aboriginal women. Her work courageously tackles confronting issues and enables conversations about Aboriginal disadvantage that continues to exist in contemporary Australian society. She incorporates her own text and poetry to emphasise th…