Monday 15 July 2019

On behalf of the National Art School, it is very sad to hear of the loss of alumni 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 Two as a ta…

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: “Noble o…

Monday 15 July 2019

By Lesley Apps NAS alum 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. READ MORE Im…

Friday 12 July 2019

Delhi Born, Sydney-based NAS alum Kirtika Kain makes her commercial exhibition debut at Roslyn Oxley9. Last year, Delhi-born, Sydney-based artist Kirtika Kain sold all of her 14 works at the National Art School Postgraduate Exhibition. This included her majestic, tar-tinged Pitch, a sizeable work that caught the eye of eminent Sydney gallerist Roslyn Oxley. Kain makes her commercial exhibition d…

Friday 14 June 2019

Calling all artists from 6 to 18, from beginners to HSC students – school holiday workshops are now on! With small groups, individual attention and an emphasis on creativity and experimentation, the NAS holiday programs are a great way to begin or extend a life in art. There are even specialist classes for high school students who want to extend their learning outside the confines of a classroom…