Tuesday 23 July 2019

Article by John McDonald NAS alumna Kirtika Kain’s new exhibition Corpus at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is reviewed by John McDonald in Spectrum. “Her debut exhibition in Oxley’s smaller gallery is really impressive, showing a willingness to experiment with materials and flirt with chaos that most artists don’t achieve until much later in their careers.” READ MORE Image: Instal…

Thursday 18 July 2019

Article by Jack Wilkie-Jans NAS Fellow Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher is, in legacy, a towering figure in the history books of Indigenous art, her work is currently on display at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair. READ MORE Image: Artist, Dr Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher. (David Campbell Thancoupie Bursary)

Monday 15 July 2019

On behalf of the National Art School, it is very sad to hear of the loss of alumnus and former staff member Thomas (Tom) Thompson (1923-2019), who died in Sydney at the age of 95 on 13 July 2019. Born on the 16 November 1923 in Narrabri, NSW, Tom studied at the National Art School on a Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scholarship (CRTS) from 1947 to 1950 after serving in World War Tw…

Monday 15 July 2019

By Bronwyn Watson Karla Dickens had not been born when the Queen visited Australia in 1954, but such was her interest in the monarchy that 60 years after that royal tour she decided to create four artworks and a poem based on the visit. Dickens’s works, all titled Bottom feeder, allude to the English monarchy spreading what Dickens describes as its “sucking tentacles” around the world: …

Monday 15 July 2019

By Lesley Apps NAS alumna and lecturer, Blue Mountains-based artist Catherine O’Donnell is a case in point that it’s never too late to pick up and pursue a career you feel passionate about. The successful artist raised four children before heading off to TAFE in 2000 “to do something for herself” fuelled by a love of drawing she had carried with her since she was a child. …