Monday 09 December 2019

On January 8, 2020, Dr Fiona Foley’s survey exhibition Who are these strangers and where are they going? opens at the NAS Gallery. In October 2019, she took part in the National Art School’s symposium The Australian Object: Material Culture in Context. Her presentation spoke about the response of the Badtjala people on her country K’gari (Fraser Island) to their first sighting of Captain Cook’s s…

Friday 06 December 2019

Article by Bo Seo Professionals dreaming of throwing it all away and pursuing their passions may find it helpful to observe lessons from those who have already taken the plunge. NAS alume Justine Roche and Nina Walton chat to The Australian Financial Review about their practice and committing to three years of full-time study at National Art School. Image: Justine Roche presenting her photograp…

Wednesday 04 December 2019

The National Art School is deeply saddened by the news that Andrew ‘Greedy’ Smith, one of the founding members of iconic Australian band Mental as Anything, has died. Smith attended the National Art School in the 1970s, then East Sydney Tech, where he met band members and fellow art students Chris O’Doherty (aka Reg Mombassa), Martin Murphy (Martin Plaza), David Twohill (Wayne DeLisle) and Steve…

Tuesday 19 November 2019

Check out the next wave of artistic talent at the National Art School’s BFA exhibition, featuring 135 final year students from all departments – ceramics, drawing, painting, photomedia, printmaking and sculpture. It’s the chance to admire and snap up artworks at the beginning of a brilliant career. EXHIBITION DATES: Thursday 5 December – Sunday 15 December 2019 OPENING NIGHT: Thursday 5 Decembe…

Monday 18 November 2019

On Tuesday 12 November, we opened NAS NOW, an exhibition featuring NAS MFA1 students Amelia Lynch, Catherine Flora Murray, Arash Chehelnabi, Maria Constantinescu, Sophie Lampert, Susan Dureau, Laura Clay Hernandez and Curtis Ceapa, alongside NAS alum Jo Makas and Printmaking Tech Nina Juniper. The exhibition is on view at 363 George Place in Sydney CBD until February 2020, with some work for sal…