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Thursday 09 July 2026
Applications are now open for The 25th Dobell Drawing Prize. The Dobell Drawing Prize is Australia’s leading prize for drawing, and an unparalleled celebration of technique, innovation and expanded practice. Presented at the National Art School in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, this biennial exhibition continues to highlight the enduring relevance and changing role of dra…
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Wednesday 09 October 2019
Wednesday 09 October 2019
By Art Almanac NSW artist (and NAS alumni) Luke Sciberras cut off from the loom the recently completed tapestry, Bridle Track, Hill End. The event took place on Tuesday 8 October, 10 am at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in South Melbourne; celebrating 50 years of fundraising by the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society (BRAGS). Designed by Sciberras, the commissioned tapestry was handwoven by …
Tuesday 08 October 2019
Tuesday 08 October 2019
By Carrie Miller JUSTINE VARGA: CAMERA OBSERVA A photographer without a camera, NAS alum Justine Varga opens up the conceptual and material possibilities of what a picture can be. Image: Nick De Lorenzo READ MORE
Wednesday 25 September 2019
Wednesday 25 September 2019
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of our 2020 international residencies. British School at Rome Residency Skye Wagner (Sessional Lecturer, Photomedia) Onslow Storrier Studio at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris Residency Lisa Jones (Sessional Lecturer, Drawing) and Julia Davis (Sessional Lecturer, Sculpture) (in collaboration) Sienna White (BFA (Hons) Graduate and Sessional L…
Monday 23 September 2019
Monday 23 September 2019
DATE: Thursday 3 and Friday 4 October 2019, 9am–5pm LOCATION: Cell Block Theatre, National Art School SPEAKERS: Alisa Bunbury, Anita Callaway, Mark de Vitis, Molly Duggins, Fiona Foley, Shannon Foster, Stephen Gilchrist, Michael Hill, Alison Inglis, Martyn Jolly and Elisa deCourcy, Jonathan Jones, Lorraine Kypiotis, Greg Lehman, Maria Nugent, Holly Schulte and Priya Vaughan. This two-day sympo…
Monday 23 September 2019
Monday 23 September 2019
By Christopher Allen We are accustomed to thinking of decades, especially in recent history with which we are more familiar, as having distinct characters, in rather the way that we think of cities or quarters and suburbs within a city as having an ethos, typical classes or categories of inhabitants and businesses. Image: Paul Worstead Settlement Dance – Sports and Annual General Meeting, 1978.…
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