Monday 11 May 2020

We’re thrilled to introduce four new online Short Courses for Term Two 2020. Contemporary Watercolours with Tanya Baily Understanding and Applying Colour with Dr David Briggs The Visual Mind and the Imagination with Kelly-Ann Denton Sustain Your Painting Practice with Tonee Messiah All the short courses are taught in real time, with demonstrations, group discussions and individual mentoring. Th…

Sunday 10 May 2020

Our new online exhibition in collaboration with Newcastle Art Gallery Today we are excited to launch On Stillness, an evolving online exhibition presented across the social media accounts of public art galleries. Initiated by the National Art School and Newcastle Art Gallery, it highlights artworks from the collections of participating institutions that embody the idea of stillness. As COVID-19 …

Friday 08 May 2020

Canadian artist Randy Lee Cutler and Australian artist Andrew Rewald worked together for 18 months from opposite sides of the world to create a collaborative installation for NIRIN at the National Art School in Sydney. Randy lives in Vancouver while Andrew is based on the NSW north coast in Mullumbimby. Spread through three rooms in the school’s historic Chapel, their joint work Mineral Garden d…

Thursday 30 April 2020

Article by Steve Lopes NAS alumnus Guy Warren has inspired many other artists with his inventive and curious approach to the landscape and human form. An Archibald Prize winner, educator and respected painter, his contribution to Australia’s visual culture has been enormous. In Issue 34, Steve Lopes chatted to Warren about his colourful life and career – the rainforest, the permutations of the a…

Wednesday 29 April 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 The National Art School’s Library Stairwell Gallery presents its first fully online exhibition, Decameron: Drawings from home,…