Tuesday 07 April 2020

As we’re all spending more time inside, we’ve been digging around in our Archive and Collection and rediscovering some brilliant work collected over the years from NAS Alumni. To share it with you, here’s the first in our new series called NAS Retake, celebrating and observing the student works of our alumni. This week, we’re kicking off with Sophie Cape, who graduated from NAS in 2010. When Cap…

Tuesday 07 April 2020

Show us how you transformed your personal places into your new studio spaces More than ever it’s important to stay in touch, support each other and find new ways of channelling our creativity. We would love to see what you’ve been doing at home or in the studio and how you are continuing to make art. Share a photo of yourself or your current workspace using #nasstudiosessions and we will re-post …

Friday 03 April 2020

Article by Kirsty Baker In the lead up to NAS alum Justine Varga’s exhibition, Tachisme, at Tolarno Galleries Melbourne, Artist Profile spotlights the artist in this interview. Find out more through the link below. Tachisme is open from 4 April – 9 May 2020, and viewing is available online. Image: Justine Varga, Vicissitude, 2018–2019, from Tachisme, chromogenic photograph, 132.6 x 105.5 cm (i…

Friday 03 April 2020

Article by Tai Mitsuji In the lead up to NAS alumni James Drinkwater’s exhibition, I Love You More Than Paintings, at Nicholas Thompson Gallery Melbourne, Artist Profile spotlights the artist in this interview. Find out more through the link below. I Love You More Than Paintings is open from 15 April – 3 May 2020, and is only able to view by appointment Image: James Drinkwater, Alone at sea, 2…

Friday 03 April 2020

The National Art School launches innovative academic program Students back to school as NAS reboots art education The National Art School has responded to the challenge of education in the time of coronavirus by rapidly developing new ways to engage with students and support their art practice, embracing a range of digital platforms and rearranging the academic year to maintain our outstanding t…