Wednesday 28 November 2018

NAS alum Antoinette Barbouttis is declared the winner of this year’s Black Swan Prize for Portraiture. The Black Swan Prize is held at the Art Gallery of Western Australia is in it’s 12th year and is a $50,000 art prize. Read the Article in the Daily Telegraph

Wednesday 07 November 2018

Congratulations to NAS alumni Nadia Odlum and Drawing Lecturer Noel Thurgate, who were announced as winners of the 2018 Kedumba Drawing Award, held at the Orange Regional Gallery. The exhibition of invited artists is current until 2 December, and also includes work by alumni Sophie Cape, Evan Salmon and staff members John Bokor and Kim Spooner. Images: Nadia Odlum, Engagement sequence (our inte…

Monday 05 November 2018

Congratulations to NAS alum Antoinette Barbouttis who has been announced as the winner of the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, held by the Art Gallery of Western Australia with her work ‘Alexandra’. This year’s judges described her work as “simultaneously powerful and gentle demonstrating a palpable connection between artist and sitter, sitter and artist.” Other finalists include MFA student Mar…

Monday 05 November 2018

Congratulations to NAS alum and Drawing Lecturer Catherine O’Donnell, who has been awarded the Grace Cossington Smith Art Award for her work Yates Court. The exhibition at the Grace Cossington Smith Gallery is on until 24 November, and other finalists include NAS Fellow Wendy Sharpe, current student Annabelle Wass, and alumni Amanda Fuller, Melinda Le Guay, Deborah Marks, Ro Murray, Adam Norton, …

Monday 29 October 2018

Congratulations to NAS alumni Todd Fuller, who was awarded the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award at Grafton Regional Gallery over the weekend with his hand-drawn animation work, Ode to Clarence. Other finalists include NAS alumni  Geoff Harvey, Hyun-Hee Lee, Peta Minnici, Craig Waddell, Greg Warburton and staff members, Anthony Cahill and Nicci Haynes. The exhibition runs until 9 December. R…