2015 annual report - National Art School

ANNUAL REPORT
2015
Contents & Publication panel
Contents
Year at a glance 5
Chair’s Report 6
Director’s Report 7
Degree Programs 9
The Student Experience 13
Prizes and Scholarships 14
Graduate Profiles 16
Educational Outreach 21
Faculty Achievements 25
Art Forum 27
Public Programs 29
Professional Opportunities 31
Staff Profile 32
NAS Gallery 35
National Art School Fellowship 39
Library and Archive & Collection 41
Venue Hire 43
Philanthropy 45
Corporate Partners 49
Financial Report 50
National Art School Staff 52
Mission
Governance
The principal mission of the National Art School is to be a
centre of excellence for the provision of higher education and
research, scholarship and professional practice in the visual
arts and related fields.
The National Art School is registered as a Higher Education
Provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003
(HESA).
The National Art School utilises its independent identity
and distinctive teaching and learning methods to realise this
mission through the development of creativity and visual and
cultural awareness in an international context.
The aims and objectives of the National Art School are:
• To be a centre of excellence for the delivery of high
quality specialist education in studio-based visual arts
and related fields;
• To be at the forefront of learning, creativity and practice
in the visual arts, nationally and internationally;
• To provide high quality education that fosters the
acquisition and interrelationship of technical skills
with creative invention;
• To ensure that practice, research and scholarship
in drawing is a core visual language and underpins
creative development in all aspects of provision;
• To situate all programs of study within the art historical,
theoretical, cultural and professional contexts
appropriate to the development of knowledge and
understanding of the studio arts;
• To promote the widest possible participation and
diversity of students and to recruit locally, nationally,
and internationally;
The National Art School is a public company limited by
guarantee, with two members, the NSW Ministers for the
Arts and for Education. The members appoint a Board of
Directors with responsibility for the School and oversight
of the leadership of the School.
The Board of Directors operates three sub-committees,
the Finance and Audit Committee, the Properties and
Assets Committee, and the National Art School Foundation.
The Academic Board is responsible for the maintenance of
academic standards in accordance with the Higher Education
Threshold Standards.
The National Art School is entered on the Register of
Cultural Organisations. It is recognized by the Australian
Taxation Office as a Charitable Institution, and is endorsed
as a Deductible Gift Recipient under Item 1 for the
following funds:
• National Art School General Fund
• National Art School Gallery
• National Art School Library
The National Art School Gallery and the National Art School
Library are also endorsed under Item 4, and may receive gifts
of property under the Cultural Gifts Program.
• To ensure that all academic staff are distinguished in
their field as actively practising artists, scholars
and/or researchers.
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Aly Indermühle You’re So Cool 2015
cardboard, LED lights, nano computing, sound, scent
Exhibited at the National Art School Graduate Exhibition 2015.
Photo: Peter Morgan
opposite
Photo: Zan Wimberley
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YEAR AT A GLANCE
$8.7m
Degree enrolments
increased by
16%
Launched
Postgraduate Centre
on time and on budget
NAS Gallery visitation
increased by
50%
Short Course workshop
enrolments increased by
39%
Students rated the
teaching quality at
89%
Facebook audience increased by
86%
89%
of staff were proud
to say they work at NAS
Postgraduate Student Anthony Hodgkinson.
Photo: Zan Wimberley
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CHAIR’S
REPORT
In the last Annual Report I outlined the work done during
2014 in building growth foundations for the National Art
School. I talked about the major building renovation to create
a Postgraduate Centre, about the installation of new IT
systems and new computer network, and about the complete
redesign of the School’s brand. I talked about a virtuous
circle of delivering an expanding scale of teaching, more
admissions, and superior student outcomes. I was optimistic
that these new foundations would underpin the continued
growth and success of the school.
So, you might ask are we achieving these ambitious goals?
The unambiguous answer is, yes we are.
In support of that answer I will highlight,
• Degree student numbers increased by 16%
• Staff surveys have recorded substantial improvements
in morale and satisfaction levels
• Philanthropic contributions have risen
• Record numbers of visitors are coming to our Gallery
to view the various exhibitions of student work and
other exhibitions
• Public Programs expanded and grew
• Our secondary school programs again reached across
the state
One favourite reflection on the year was my delight in seeing
huge billboards advertising the National Art School Graduate
Exhibition displayed prominently in Sydney’s railway stations.
The advertisements displayed work by famous NAS alumni
with a series of tags like, ‘Own a legend before it becomes
one’. Fabulous. It clearly had an impact, with more than
$170,000 of student work sold and fantastic visitation to
the exhibitions.
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My sincere thanks also to our major corporate supporters
and to the committed group of individual donors who ensure
that we recognise our graduates’ hard work through awards
and prizes, several of which allow for substantial periods of
work time overseas. This support is highly sought-after by
the graduates and students and deeply appreciated by the
School. It often provides the necessary stimulus that an artist
needs to transition into professional practice.
Previously I have referred to uncertainty around the funding
of tertiary education at both State and Federal levels, and on
the consequential challenges in developing the best business
model for the National Art School. Those uncertainties
remained during 2015 during which the NSW Government
generously continued their direct funding support. Discussions
are on-going to examine the potential benefits of close
collaboration with other tertiary education institutions. The
Board and Management are optimistic that these discussions
will result in a more robust business model while protecting
the School’s traditional commitment to delivering excellent
fine art teaching.
I again acknowledge the continuing strong financial and
broader operational support and encouragement provided
to the school by the NSW Government through the Minister
of Education and the Minister for the Arts. Particular thanks
must also go to our fine staff who deliver the virtuous circle
of the National Art School.
Mr Nicholas Johnson
Chair, Board of Directors
DIRECTOR’S
REPORT
The National Art School entered 2015 riding high on the
achievements of the previous year, with enthusiasm to
continue the momentum of change and consolidation that
has been driving the School in recent years.
The results of our entry into the UAC admissions system
gave us a significant bump in first year enrolments.
Our overall student numbers increased by 16%. We
also acquired invaluable hard data; for example, nonmetropolitan Sydney applications were 39%, much
higher than we previously thought.
Our students and graduates reported very high satisfaction
with their NAS experience and the work in the graduating
shows was enthusiastically received. Attendances for the
opening nights across both exhibitions exceeded 5000 for
the first time. Sales of student work, assisted by the microsite,
exceeded $170,000. We want our graduates to know that
there is a viable financial life as an artist (in a culture which
more commonly sends the opposite message) and although
selling is only one part of an artist’s concerns, the graduating
exhibitions send a message that many can depart NAS
understanding that people want to acquire their work.
Our Outreach programs continue to grow with an increased
participation in regional, national and international
engagement and partnerships. In Public Programs a
significant change was implemented to the Short Courses
with the successful introduction of a new four term program
and the introduction of weekday courses which proved
very popular. Student enrolments and revenue increased
significantly exceeding 1000 participants.
The NAS Gallery presented a concentrated program of solo,
group, national and international exhibitions which drew
significantly larger audiences, gained much acclaim
and offered a unique experience for our students and staff.
The NAS Gallery, the Forum program and the Visiting Artists
program offer the NAS community an invaluable educative
opportunity in bringing us diverse groups of professionals
to show and share their practices.
With the move to the new Postgraduate Centre in Building
11, the NAS Archive and Collection has become accessible
to the public, students and researchers for the first time
since its inception over ninety years ago. Valuable work on
conservation, maintenance and expansion of the Collection
allows us to draw on it for exhibitions in the NAS Gallery as
well as lending works to other institutions.
Our staff and volunteers are the life blood of NAS, as they
always have been. Our Board members continue to dedicate
their time to ensuring that governance and policy reflect the
aspirations of the generations who have preceded them and
create new horizons to strive towards.
On behalf of the National Art School, I thank our many
donors, corporate partners and government funding
partners whose commitment, encouragement and support
is so essential to the School’s continued growth and
success. Through these invaluable partnerships we can
continue to provide excellent experiences for students,
alumni and audiences for generations to come.
Thank you to all who make NAS the extraordinary institution
that it is.
Michael Snelling
Director and Chief Executive Officer
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DEGREE
PROGRAMS
The National Art School is committed to teaching the vital
practical skills and theoretical basis that is essential to a
career in the visual arts, a method that continues to produce
internationally renowned, award-winning graduates. The
academic experience continues to be defined by high
staff-to-student ratios, generous studio footprints, extensive
contact hours and an esteemed faculty of practising
artist/teachers.
Degree Programs & Statistics*
Bachelor of Fine Art
The Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) program represents our
largest student enrolment.
Master of Fine Art (by research)
The Master of Fine Art program (MFA) represents the
highest degree awarded at NAS. This studio researchbased program is designed for practising artists who wish to
develop specific research interests in their studio production
and gain a higher level of professional expertise.
The high quality of work produced by these graduates
embodies the professional expertise gained through rigorous
artistic enquiry over two or more years of individualised
studio research.
YEAR
DOMESTIC
INTERNATIONAL TOTAL
2013
16
1
17
Applications and intake for this three-year full-time program
in the 2015 academic year remained strong, with a significant
increase in enrolments from 2014.
2014
18
1
19
2015
27
1
28
YEAR
Gender Profile
DOMESTIC
INTERNATIONAL
TOTAL
2013
339
3
342
2015 DEGREE ENROLMENT GENDER PROFILE
2014
347
3
350
Program
2015
395
2
397
Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)
The Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) program is a one-year,
full-time studio-based degree, designed for students who
have completed a three-year BFA degree or equivalent, and
offers the opportunity to focus and further develop their
individual studio practice.
Enrolments were strong with many high-performing students
from the BFA in 2014 completing the Honours program.
YEAR
DOMESTIC
INTERNATIONAL
TOTAL
2013
35
0
35
2014
41
0
41
2015
49
1
50
BFA
B BFA (Hons)
MFA
Total
Male
121
19
14
154
Female
275
31
14
320
X
1
0
0
1
2015 Total
397
50
28
475
Age Balance
2015 DEGREE ENROLMENT AGE BALANCE
Program
BFA
BFA (Hons)
MFA
Total
17 - 25
257
24
1
282
26 - 59
118
25
22
165
60+
22
1
5
28
TOTAL
397
50
28
475
*All numbers are headcount figures. A headcount is the
number of people enrolled in at least one unit of study
at any one of the three census dates in 2015.
Bachelor of Fine Art Student Charlotte Paull.
Photo: Zan Wimberley
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UAC Preferences to NAS in Main Round
Student Experience Survey
All preferences are expressed in 2015 for study in 2016.
The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT)
Student Experience Survey (SES) is the largest survey of
Australian higher education students and is run on behalf
of the Australian Government Department of Education and
Training. NAS participated in this survey for the first time in
2015, achieving higher than average scores comparative to
Art & Design institutions across all categories.
NAS
National
Art & Design
100%
Preferences numbers
Sydney Metro
295
Rest of NSW
154
Interstate
37
International
1
80%
60%
TOTAL 487
40%
20%
Degree Program Income Performance
Income performance growth remained strong in 2015
with a 34.3% growth on the previous year.
YEAR FEE INCOME
$ GROWTH ON
% GROWTH ON
PREVIOUS YEAR PREVIOUS YEAR
2014
$2,671,995
$519,702
24.1%
2015
$3,587,842
$915,847
34.3%
0%
Overall
experience
Skills
development
Learner
engagement
Teaching
quality
Student
support
Learning
resources
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Master of Fine Art student Oliver Wagner.
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Photo: Zan Wimberley
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THE STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
Postgraduate Centre
and Rayner Hoff Studio
Coinciding with the commencement of the academic year
was the unveiling of the School’s $8.7 million Postgraduate
Centre, providing expanded facilities for Bachelor of Fine Art
(Honours) and Master of Fine Art Students and the School
community at large, with 50 new studios, exhibition spaces,
new sculpture workshops, a digilab, seminar rooms and the
Rayner Hoff Studio exhibition and project space. Students,
staff and alumni have embraced the opportunity to showcase
their work in the Rayner Hoff Studio, with 2015 exhibition
highlights including Greyscale and Pedestrian. Postgraduate
students reaped the benefits of beautiful light-filled studio
spaces and proximity to their peers, which has fostered a
lively exchange of ideas, materials and processes.
Margaret Olley Drawing Week
A dynamic program of intensive drawing kick-starts our
academic year. This fertile ground for the development of
ideas, projects, skills and processes often forms the basis
for students’ practices throughout the year. In 2016, roughly
two hundred and fifty students participated in a diverse and
challenging program. For the first time we included projects
based around animation and performance, and we had
lecturers visiting from as far away as ANU in Canberra and
ACSA in Adelaide. Many of our postgraduate students and
recent graduates also gained valuable experience as they
volunteered as interns, adding to the vitality of the week
as a whole.
Library Stairwell Gallery
The Library Stairwell Gallery is a dedicated student
exhibition space within the National Art School Library.
The Gallery provides a platform for undergraduate and
postgraduate students to develop their exhibition and
curatorial skills, collaborate with fellow students across
disciplines, and explore creative ideas outside the bounds
of their formal studies. The 2015 program included a
dynamic line-up of eleven group shows representing every
discipline and year group.
Student Representative Council
As well as serving as the main representative body for
NAS students, the SRC continued to enrich life on campus
in 2015 with exciting social events. The SRC extended their
relationship with UNSW Art & Design in 2015, joining forces
to host an ‘Intergalactic Australiana’ Ball at the Oxford Art
Factory. Students revelled in the opportunity to kick up
their heels and forge lasting friendships with fellow artists
and potential future colleagues. Another initiative was
the Performance Nights, a series of experimental shows
held in the evenings after class, where undergraduate and
postgraduate students explored interdisciplinary approaches
to performance art. The SRC also began a shift in structure;
planning to alter the re-election of SRC positions to
incorporate a changeover period to allow a continuous
vision and a smooth transition.
‘FUN AND FRIVOLITY ASIDE, WE’VE
ALL WORKED HARD THIS YEAR. OUR
SCHOOL IS KNOWN FOR ITS INTENSIVE
STUDIO PRACTICE. AS A RESULT,
WE’RE A TIGHTKNIT BUNCH. EVERYONE
KNOWS EVERYONE TO SOME EXTENT,
REGARDLESS OF YEAR OR DEPARTMENT.
WE CRITIQUE EACH OTHER’S WORK AND
VALUE EACH OTHER’S OPINIONS AND
EVERY GRADUATING YEAR LEAVES
A BIG HOLE TO FILL.’
Drew Holland and Hanli Uys,
SRC Co-Chairs
Student at Margaret Olley Drawing Week.
Photo: Anna Cuthill
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PRIZES AND
SCHOLARSHIPS
The National Art School offers an extensive program
of prizes as part of our on-going commitment to helping
students build professional networks and launch their
careers as practising artists. Announced at the Graduate
Exhibition each year, the Award Ceremony includes prizes
for our Bachelor of Fine Art, Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)
and Master of Fine Art students. Certain residencies are
open to competitive application by staff and students. The
National Art School thanks all of the donors and sponsors
who generously support the School by giving the following
Student Prizes and Awards.
Residencies
British School at Rome Residency
Margaret Roberts
Onslow Storrier La Cité Internationale des Arts
Residency, Paris
Susan Andrews
Dominic Byrne
Celeste Kotevich
Michael McIntyre
Major Awards
Derivan Award for Excellence
Angus Callander
Joel Corrigan Memorial Photography Award
Celeste Kotevich
John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing
Peta Minnici
National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship
Anke Klevjer
Chrystal May Rimmer
Hospiz Residency Austria Award 3rd Year student
Sarah Enright
Bei Wu Sculpture Residency Award (Germany)
Johann Tovar Carrera
Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship
Sean Wadey
Clitheroe Foundation Fine Art MFA Scholarship
Emily McGregor
Bird Holcomb Foundation MFA Art Scholarship
Rachael Harrex
Open Awards
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Framing Award
Peta Minnici
William Fletcher Foundation Grant
Jessica Serov
Josephine Madden
Sasha White
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NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional Practice
Stephanie Sykes
Derivan Award for Mixed Media
Brendan O’Donnell
Studio W doubleyou Exhibition Prize
Janis Clarke
Robin Gibson Gallery New Talent Exhibition
Anthony Hodgkinson
Reena Naidu
Paige Phillips
Shannon Smith
Johann Tovar Carrera
Art History and Theory
Sue Procter Prize for Art History and
Theory 1st year student
Josephine Morrow
Prize for Art History and Theory 2nd year student
Paul Mallam
Mansfield Ceramics Writing Prize 3rd year
Sarah Enright
Emily McGregor
Raffel Snelling Art History and Theory Award
3rd year student
Elena Ortega-Tolosana
Ceramics
Blackwattle Pottery Supplies Award 3rd year student
Penny Ryan
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Ceramic Award 3rd year student
Yvonne Souter
N.E. Pethebridge Award 3rd year student
Ryan Hancock
Mansfield Ceramics Prize 3rd year student
Hannah Bradbury
Australian Ceramics Association Prize 3rd year student
Rachael Harrex
Sarah Tracton
Ceramics Art and Perception Prize 3rd year student
Caleb Reid
N.E. Pethebridge Award Honours student
Finn Lea
Machiko Motoi
Mansfield Ceramics Prize Honours student
Finn Lea
Ceramics Art and Perception Prize Honours student
Evie Core
Mansfield Ceramics Gallery Graduate Student
Exhibition prize
Hannah Bradbury
Ryan Hancock
Kerrie Lowe Gallery Graduate Student Group Exhibition
Hannah Bradbury
Benjamin Gutmanis
Ryan Hancock
Rachael Harrex
Paige Phillips
Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Prize Honours student
Finn Lea
‘WINNING THE CLITHEROE FOUNDATION MASTER
OF FINE ART SCHOLARSHIP AWARD IN 2015 WAS A
HUGE HONOUR AND PROVIDED AN IMMENSE SHOT
OF CONFIDENCE. THE FUNDS THE SCHOLARSHIP
PROVIDES MEANS THAT I CAN APPROACH MY
WORK MORE FREELY AND BOLDLY, WITH A STRONG
FOUNDATION OF SUPPORT BENEATH ME AND
A WEIGHT LIFTED ABOVE. I AM PROFOUNDLY
GRATEFUL TO PAUL AND VICKI CLITHEROE, THE
CLITHEROE FOUNDATION AND TO NATIONAL ART
SCHOOL FOR THIS EXHILARATING OPPORTUNITY.’
Emily McGregor
Drawing
Drawing Lecturers’ Award 1st year student
Yul Scarf
Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 1st year student
Sun Yizhen
Drawing Lecturers’ Award 2nd year student
Lilianne Ivins
Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize
2nd year student (Highly Commended)
Lilianne Ivins
Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 2nd year student
Eliza Vince
Drawing Lecturers’ Award 3rd year student
Jodi Stewart
Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize
3rd year student (Highly Commended)
Ioulia Ourovskaia
Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 3rd year student
Timothy Perkins
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award 3rd year student
Sandra Purves
John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing
(Highly Commended) 3rd year student
Timothy Perkins
Painting
The Sydney Canvas Company Prize 3rd year student
Claudia Carroll
John McCaughey Prize (The Trust Company)
3rd year student
Robert Bennett
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Painting Award 3rd year student
Peta Minnici
Chroma Prize for Excellence 3rd year student
Lilli Stromland
Lennox Street Studio Residency 3rd year student
Zoe Rayne
Sydney Olympic Park Residency 3rd year student
Chrystal May Rimmer
The Sydney Canvas Company Prize Honours student
Danielle Tooley
Photography
Kayell Australia Photography Award 3rd year student
Emma Hill
Photo King Professional Award 3rd year student
Heath McCalmont-Parkinson
Printmaking
Ellen Lee O’Shaughnessy Printmaking Award
2nd year student
Kurtika Kain
Artscene Printmaking Prize 3rd year student
Sandra Purves
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Printmaking Award
3rd year student
Jessica Serov
Stella Downer Printmaking Award 3rd year student
Emilie Lidden
Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award 3rd year
student
Emma Cooney
Sculpture
Rayner Hoff Prize 2nd year student
Josie O’Malley
Dr John Vallance Prize for Sculpture 2nd year student
Claire Brown
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Sculpture Award 3rd year student
Johann Tovar Carrera
Sculpture by the Sea Prize 3rd year student
Alyssia Indermühle
Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award Honours student
Caroline McGregor
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[GRADUATE PROFILE]
MICHAEL
McINTYRE
After completing his BFA (Hons) in Painting in 2013,
Michael’s work Everything/Becoming a monster was selected
for the 2014 Hatched exhibition at the Perth Institute of
Contemporary Art (PICA), a prestigious selection of the best
of Australia’s graduating art students. He was awarded a
Highly Commended at that exhibition, and has gone from
strength to strength ever since. Of his time at the National
Art School, he says: “so much happened in the four years
I spent there… [the people I met] left a lasting impression
on me… the most important and affecting experiences at
NAS came about through working, talking and drinking
with fellow students.”
His mixed-media works incorporate previous training in
textiles to create multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted pieces
that confront history, life and death and the cyclical nature
of existence. He is currently preparing his work Extinct
Markers for the 2016 Sculpture at Scenic World exhibition,
which stands as a memorial to the plant and animal species
declared extinct in Australia since colonisation, made from
hundreds of colourfully woven discs, each mimicking the
colours of a species lost.
McIntyre is also working on Underwood Ark, a major work in
the public domain, commissioned by Mirvac after his design
won a competition run through the National Art School in
2015. He plans to suspend a 35m-long preserved Blackbutt
Eucalypt tree above the a lane way in the centre of the CBD,
as a symbolic vehicle to carry the history of the installation
site into the present.
As soon as the work has been unveiled, McIntyre will jump
on a plane to take up the Onslow Storrier National Art School
residency at La Cité International des Arts in Paris, where he
will spend three months studying and developing his practice.
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‘THE SUPPORT I HAD FROM NAS HAS
ALLOWED MY PRACTICE TO DEVELOP IN
MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND HAS
HELPED ME TO PURSUE A CAREER IN
THE VISUAL ARTS POST-GRADUATION.
THROUGH PROJECTS ASSISTED BY NAS
I HAVE EXHIBITED MY WORK AT PICA IN
PERTH, AM WORKING ON A PUBLIC ART
COMMISSION WITH MIRVAC DEVELOPERS
AND URBAN ART PROJECTS AND AM
TRAVELLING TO EUROPE THIS YEAR.’
Michael McIntyre
clockwise from top
Michael McIntyre, Everything 2014, mixed media
including snakeskin, bamboo and glitter on wall
drawing, 350x300cm
Michael McIntyre, A View 2014, stacked
compressed paper, paper collage and acrylic,
42cm diameter
Michael McIntyre, Becoming a Monster 2014.
elastic bands, bamboo, tacks and tape.
350cm diameter
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below left
Fiona Hall All the Kings Men 2014–15, installation
view, Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015,
Photo: Christian Corte. Courtesy of the artist and
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
below right
Fiona Hall Untitled 2014 (detail), aluminium,
burnt volume from the British Museum’s
General Catalogue of Printed Books: Ten-year
Supplement, 1956–1965, 35 x 25 x 35 cm,
Williams Sinclair Collection
[GRADUATE PROFILE]
FIONA
HALL AO
With a career spanning more than four decades and
her work represented in every major public collection
in Australia, Fiona Hall ao is one of Australia’s leading
contemporary artists.
Her already substantial international presence grew this year
when she represented Australia at the 56th Venice Biennale
of Art with Wrong Way Time, a project which tackled the big
issues of globalisation, environmental degradation, capitalism
and corruption.
Long before Wrong Way Time, Hall graduated from the
National Art School in 1973 with a Diploma of Painting.
Despite enrolling in painting, Hall was drawn to photography,
an interest that led her to study for a Master of Fine Art in
Photography at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester,
New York.
She first came to prominence as a photographer and during
the 1980s extended her practice to include sculpture,
installation, garden design, painting and film. Her work,
while varying in medium and materiality, is characterised by
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opposite
Fiona Hall, Wrong Way Time, 2012–15 (detail),
enamel on longcase clock, 137 x 31 x 18 cm,
Photo: Clayton Glen. Courtesy of the artist and
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
repurposing ordinary, everyday materials, often accompanied
by almost domestic processes such as knitting and weaving.
Hall’s practice is deeply engaged with global politics and
finance, and the environment. Her complex and allusive
objects highlight the fraught relationships we have with
each other and the planet.
Her 2015 exhibition at the Venice Biennale, Wrong Way
Time presented a wunderkammer-like display of hundreds of
objects, permeated by a deep concern with the destruction
of our natural resources and a feeling of urgency that “the
planet earth is going to hell in a handbasket, whipped and
prodded by the apocalyptic monsters of ignorance, greed and
self-interest”. However, she also manages to remind us that we
can make the world a better place through our own actions,
despite the perilous time in which we have placed ourselves.
Wrong Way Time is showing at the National Gallery of
Australia in mid-2016.
Hall was made a Fellow of the National Art School in 2012.
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EDUCATIONAL
OUTREACH
‘WE WERE TREATED AS PRACTISING INDEPENDENT
ARTISTS AND TAUGHT TECHNICAL ARTISTIC SKILLS.
OUR TEACHERS WERE INSPIRATIONAL PRACTISING
ARTISTS, AND TAUGHT IN SUCH A WAY THAT
PROVOKED STUDENTS TO PUSH THEIR BOUNDARIES.’
Miri Badger, Bachelor of Fine Art Student
HSC Intensive Studio Practice Program
The National Art School Intensive Studio Practice Program, a
BOSTES Endorsed Extension Course, is a unique opportunity
for talented Year 11 Visual Arts students from all NSW high
schools to engage with studio practice within a tertiary art
school setting.
In 2015, 154 students (including 23 boarding students) were
chosen from 400 applicants in 88 high schools to participate
in this prestigious and competitive program.
Regional areas were well-represented with students
from Moree (Northern NSW), MacIntyre (New England),
Mullumbimby, Richmond River (North Coast), Gundagai,
Moama (Riverina), Peak Hill, Dubbo, Blayney (Western NSW),
Moruya, Narooma, Nowra (South Coast) and from all Sydney
Metropolitan areas.
The course was run over two modules in July and September,
culminating in a pop-up exhibition on Friday 25 September.
The campus was transformed by the works of all 154 young
artists, in the exhibition spaces, the studios and throughout
the grounds.
HSC INTENSIVE STUDIO PRACTICE PROGRAM
PARTICIPATION BY REGION
Northern NSW
Riverina
Western NSW
Hunter
New England
Illawarra/
South Coast
Southern NSW
Sydney West
Sydney South
NAS AND DULWICH HIGH SCHOOL
OF VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN
DHSVAD has a long-standing relationship with NAS
and each year nominates students for the Dobell
Drawing School and the HSC Intensive Studio Practice.
A number of NAS graduates have come through from
this Visual Arts and Design HS. After participating in
the Dobell Drawing School in Year 11, Miri Badger from
DHSVAD applied for the BFA. She is now in second
year and a keen advocate of NAS programs.
Sydney East
Sydney North
TOTAL
2014
2015
Schools
7
7
Students
9
10
Schools
4
2
Students
6
2
Schools
9
5
Students
8
6
Schools
10
8
Students
15
12
Schools
2
3
Students
2
3
Schools
4
8
Students
4
13
Schools
4
3
Students
9
12
Schools
26
21
Students
39
39
Schools
9
14
Students
16
26
Schools
8
8
Students
17
16
Schools
10
9
Students
19
15
Schools
93
88
Students
144
154
Dobell Drawing School
Having celebrated its 18th year, the Dobell Drawing School
continues to provide a rare opportunity for students from
regional NSW and outer metropolitan areas of Sydney
to focus on developing their skills in drawing, taught by
practising artists.
The Dobell Drawing School is generously sponsored by the
Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and was initiated in 1988 by
the National Art School, the Curriculum Support Unit and the
Performing Arts Unit of the NSW Department of Education.
76 Year 11 students from 35 government schools were
nominated by their Visual Arts teachers to participate in
the four-day studio workshop program.
Bachelor of Fine Art student Miri Badger.
Photo: Zan Wimberley
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‘WONDERFUL! THE TEACHER ALLOWED
US TO BE EXPRESSIVE BUT ALSO TAUGHT
TECHNIQUES WELL. IT ALLOWED US TO
EXPERIENCE WHAT ACTUALLY GOING
HERE WOULD BE LIKE.’
Shannon Richardson,
Richmond River HS, Northern NSW
DOBELL DRAWING SCHOOL
COMPARATIVE PARTICIPATION BY REGION
North Coast
Riverina
Western NSW
Hunter
New England
Sydney South
West
Sydney Inner West
Sydney West
TOTAL
2014
2015
Griffith HS (Riverina) 6 & 7 August
14 teachers from the following 10 schools
throughout the region took part:
Schools
0
3
Albury HS
Students
0
8
Barellan HS
Schools
4
0
Finley HS
Students
7
0
Griffith HS
Schools
5
0
Hay War Memorial HS
Students
10
0
Leeton HS
Schools
0
2
Mt Austin HS
Students
0
2
Shepherds Park Education and Training Unit
Schools
0
4
West Wyalong HS
Students
0
6
Yanco Agricultural HS
Schools
13
9
Students
28
21
Schools
1
1
Students
3
3
Schools
13
17
Albion Park HS
Bulli HS
Students
28
36
Dapto HS
Figtree HS
Schools
36
36
Robert Townson HS
Sefton HS
Students
76
76
Dobell Regional Workshop for Teachers
2011 Albury
2013 Murwillumbah
2012 Dubbo
2014 Tamworth (New England); Lake Munmorah (Hunter)
2015 Griffith (Riverina); Bulli (Illawarra)
During the fifth year of this program, two workshops were
held in the Riverina at Griffith HS and Illawarra at Bulli
HS. The highly immersive workshops provided specialist
professional development to Visual Arts teachers in regional
NSW. The workshops are generously funded by the
Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
Bulli HS (Illawarra) 23 & 24 November
12 teachers from the following 6 schools
throughout the region participated.
The Journey from HSC Intensive to BFA
Each year a number of the students who completed either
the Dobell Drawing School or the HSC Program apply for
the BFA. In 2015, seven students from across the Sydney
metropolitan area and regional NSW who had participated in
the 2013 senior school programs accepted an offer for the
2016 BFA intake.
A further 19 students, who had direct contact with NAS,
either through the HSC or Dobell programs, or who were
from schools visited or expos attended, were recommended
for the SRS (Schools Recommendation Scheme) early entry
in 2015.
Over the 18 years of the NAS high school engagement
programs a number of students have referred to their
experience of participation as “life-changing moments”.
In keeping with the studio intensive educational model of
the National Art School, the participating teachers were
immersed in two days of intensive experimental drawing
under the expert tutelage of artists and lecturers in Drawing,
Anthony Antoniou (Griffith); and Denis Clarke (Bulli).
Student at the HSC Intensive Studio Practice Program.
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Photo: Lorraine Kypiotis
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FACULTY
ACHIEVEMENTS
National Art School Faculty members continued to achieve
significant professional recognition throughout 2015 with
the presentation of works in solo and group exhibitions
both nationally and internationally, and through artistic
engagement in a range of curatorial projects and artist
residencies.
2016 also saw NAS faculty produce significant publications
including books, journal articles, catalogue essays and peer
reviewed conference papers and the presentation of a broad
range of artist presentations, guest lectures and floor talks
in association with national and international events and
institutions.
14
Finalists in
awards
Exhibited in
83
group shows in
Australia and
International Reach
Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland,
Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Norway,
United Kingdom and USA
National Reach
Bendigo, Berima, Bondi, Brisbane,
Burnie, Cairns, Canberra, Churchill,
Cooma, Cottesloe, Dubbo, Fremantle,
Gympie, Hazelhurst, Hobart,
Katoomba, Malvern, Melbourne,
Mittagong, Murwillumbah, Newcastle,
Orange, Penrith, Strathnairn,
Sutherland, Sydney, Toowoomba,
Trentham, Walcha and Wollongong
Exhibited in
23
solo shows
15
group shows
internationally
Received
8
7
grants and
residencies
24
Authored
publications
Guest
lectured at
20
institutions across
Australia, France,
Japan and the UK
Stephen Bird, Wall of Plates (detail) 2015,
exhibited at NAS Gallery for Turn Turn Turn.
Photo: Peter Morgan
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ART FORUM
The Art Forum is a weekly program where guest speakers
present their professional art and related projects to
students, staff, alumni and the general public. In 2015
we hosted twenty-five forums in which artists, curators,
academics, gallerists and graduates spoke from a wide
range of perspectives.
The first speaker in 2015 was Reg Mombassa, who
presented his life as an artist and musician to a packed
audience in the Cell Block Theatre; Reg was followed
by Bill Culbert, the 2013 Venice Biennale representative
for New Zealand who spoke alongside his well-known
installation Pacific Flotsam in the NAS Gallery; Lisa Havilah,
Director of Carriageworks, presented her ideas on art and
politics, and her ground-breaking work as one of Australia’s
leading arts administrators; Jonathan Jones spoke of his
Kaldor Public Art Project re-imagining of the old Garden
Palace, in what is now the Royal Botanical Gardens in
Sydney; and artists Merran Esson, Lynda Draper and Toni
Warburton, with art dealer Will Sturrock and curator Glenn
Barkley discussed Turn Turn Turn, an exhibition celebrating
sixty years of the ceramics tradition in the NAS Gallery.
International presenters included Cedar Lewisohn, UK artist
and curator at the Tate Modern, London; Jesper Rasmussen,
Rector at Jutland Academy of Art, Arhaus, Denmark; and
Afghani artist Khadim Ali, who recently moved to Sydney
from Pakistan to continue his art practice.
Australian artists represented at this year’s Art Forums
included sculptor Mikala Dwyer, winner of the 2015
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize; multi-media and drawingmachine artist, Gary Warner; Oscar winning cartoonist
and commentator Bruce Petty; painter Peter Bonner;
photographer and academic Helen Grace; sculptor Hany
Armanious, Australian representative at the 2011 Venice
Biennale; senior painter Ken Whisson; Kathryn Ryan spoke
about her collecting-practice; Grant Stephens talked about
his digital and installation practice; Therese Keogh discussed
her recent drawing-installation work at First Draft; Ruth
Cullen showed her film The Tightrope Dancer about Vali
Myers; artists Heidi Alexsen, Hugo Moline and Nathan
Hawkes showed their work from Japan’s Echigo Tsumari
Triennale; and designer George Freedman spoke about his
international practice now based in Sydney.
Additional Art Forum presenters included Suzanne Buljan,
Australian Centre for Photography; Dr Gillian Fuller, Design
and Art Australia Online; and Deborah Beck, artist, historian
and National Art School archivist.
At our annual forum on overseas residencies, Dr Maryanne
Coutts spoke of the Onslow Storrier National Art School
La Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, Paris, Catherine
O’Donnell of the British School at Rome Artists’ Residency
and Marta Ferracin of the Largo das Artes International Art
Residency, Rio de Janeiro.
‘ALWAYS INSPIRING TO SPEND WEDNESDAY
LUNCHTIMES IN THE ART FORUM. WE GET TO
HEAR FROM INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL ARTISTS
AT ALL LEVELS OF THEIR CAREERS, WHICH GIVES
STUDENTS SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO.’
Bachelor of Fine Art student
Photo: Peter Nolan.
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PUBLIC
PROGRAMS
In 2015 Public Programs delivered a comprehensive range
of short courses in studio-based visual arts education to the
general public and arts community. These open-entry courses
attract a wide variety of students including practising artists,
NAS alumni, retirees, high school teachers and students
and audiences with an interest in developing their skills. The
short courses provide a pathway to undergraduate programs,
giving students a taste of the NAS studio-based educational
experience. They are taught by experienced artist lecturers
who offer one-to-one tuition, rigorous critiques, historical
and contemporary concepts and demonstrate techniques
and processes across all NAS studio disciplines of ceramics,
drawing, painting, photomedia, printmaking and sculpture.
Additional Public Programs and
Customised workshops
Public Programs takes an active role in the academic
committees, Art Forum, NAS Gallery Public Programs, and
delivers customized visual arts workshops to commercial,
special interest and educational groups. In 2015 these
customized workshops included:
• Emanuel School Two Day Art Camp ceramics,
painting and printmaking workshops
• McKillop Senior College painting workshop
• St Joseph’s Regional College painting workshop
• International School, Suva drawing workshop
This year the short course structure comprised the regular
Summer and Winter School Intensives, Autumn and
Spring Weekend Workshops and a new term structure
was successfully implemented to replace the semesters,
comprising four, eight-week terms for evening and
Saturday short courses, along with the Senior High
School Holiday Workshops.
Total number of participants in customized
workshops in 2015: 200
The Public Programs Short Course comparative
participant and course numbers were:
Short Course YoY Income Data
2014
2015
• Gadens Lawyers drawing workshop
• Mission Australia workshop tour
• Ceramics Workshop for NAS Gallery Public Programs
YEAR
INCOME
Courses
Students
Courses
Students
2012
$460,668
Summer School
18
227
17
215
2013
$425,597
Semester One
18
218
28
302
2014
$500,869
Winter School
11
112
11
121
2015
$ 569,211
Semester Two
26
226
26
249
Custom Courses
0
0
7
200
Totals
73
783
89
1087
Winter School student.
Photo: Peter Nolan
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PROFESSIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
The National Art School provides opportunities for emerging
and established artists to be immersed in the professional arts
industry and to interact and collaborate with people from other
cultures and communities through a range of internships and
residency programs. From centres of Aboriginal culture to the
cities of Europe, the National Art School residencies continue
to provide opportunities for students, academic staff and
recent graduates to develop their practices alongside cultures
in different parts of the world.
Aboriginal Art Centre Internships
The Aboriginal Art Centre Internship Program is now in its
sixth year. With the generous support of Sharon Tofler and
Mark Tedeschi AM QC, Fiona Ryan, Bachelor of Fine Art
Hons (Painting) graduate, undertook an internship with
Ikuntji artists near Haasts Bluff, NT, and Bachelor of Fine Art
(Printmaking) graduate Rebecca Neeley visited Tapatjatjaka
artists in Titjikala, NT, for 10 weeks. These emerging artists
acquired practical arts management experience in active
Aboriginal community art centres and were able to develop
their own practice through engagement with local indigenous
artists. As always, this program provided an extraordinary
personal and professional opportunity for these young
artists and the communities with which they worked.
National Art School British School
at Rome Residency
Catherine O’Donnell, Master of Fine Art (Drawing) graduate,
undertook a residency at the British School at Rome. From
January to March, she lived and worked with a diverse group
of artists, historians, archaeologists and architects from
around the world, researching and producing a new piece of
work exhibited in a group show at the British School at Rome.
Her residency saw her practice develop, drawing inspiration
from the history and architecture of the Italian capital. This
residency is made possible through the generosity of our
donors especially Jennifer Dowling.
‘THE RESIDENCY ALLOWED ME NOT
ONLY TO INTERACT WITH THE ART AND
ARCHITECTURE OF ROME AND THE
BSR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO PROVIDED
ME WITH A RICH SOURCE OF NEW
INSPIRATION AND IDEAS TO EXPAND
MY PRACTICE.’
Catherine O’Donnell, 2015 British School
at Rome Residency recipient
Onslow Storrier National Art School
La Cité Internationale des Arts
Residency, Paris
The Onslow Storrier National Art School Paris Studio
Residency is located at La Cité Internationale des Arts
in Paris and has been established for the benefit of the
National Art School’s alumni, students and staff through
the generosity of Annette Onslow and Tim Storrier. In 2015
Sarah Dugan, Bachelor of Fine Art Hons (Photography),
Melinda Marshman, Bachelor of Fine Art Hons (Painting),
Elwira Titan, Bachelor of Fine Art Hons (Painting), and
Yang-En Hume, Bachelor of Fine Art Hons (Drawing),
all attended the Studio and immersed themselves in new
experiences which will help shape their artistic practises.
‘MY RESIDENCY AT LA CITÉ ALLOWED ME TO
RESEARCH MY EXISTING IDEAS IN MORE DEPTH
WHILE ALSO ALLOWING MY PRACTICE TO
DEVELOP IN NEW AND UNEXPECTED DIRECTIONS.
SPENDING TIME GATHERING RESEARCH, AS WELL
AS NETWORKING WITH OTHER ARTISTS WAS
VERY BENEFICIAL. OTHER ARTISTS WERE ABLE TO
FIND POINTS OF INTEREST IN MY WORK, WHICH I
HAD NOT CONSIDERED, AND WERE ABLE TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGE MY IDEAS.’
Yang-En Hume,
2015 Onslow Storrier Residency recipient
Catherine O’Donnell
Garbatella 1, 2 and 3 2015,
charcoal on paper, 76 x 56 cm each.
Exhibited at theBritish School at
Rome duringher residency.
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[STAFF PROFILE]
JUDITH
BLACKALL
Judith took on the role of NAS Gallery Manager and Curator
in 2013, bringing more than 18 years of experience as a
highly-regarded museum professional, both in Australia and
overseas. Prior to joining NAS, Judith was the Head of Artistic
Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
She has worked in contemporary art galleries in Milan and
Florence, the Museo Pecci in Prato, and was exhibition
coordinator of the first Florence Biennale of Art/Fashion
presented throughout the city in 1996. In 1982, with support
from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Judith
established an artist-in-residence program for Australians
in Arthur Boyd’s Tuscan farmhouse, ‘Il Paretaio’ which she
managed until 1990, as well as undertaking a range of other
professional roles in arts organisations in Italy.
Judith has made an invaluable contribution to the National
Art School, curating an exceptional program of four
exhibitions per year – including solo and group shows by
renowned Australian and international artists – as well as the
Graduate and Postgraduate Exhibitions at the culmination
of the academic year. With highlights including an exhibition
the New Zealand representative for the Venice Biennale, Bill
Culbert, and renowned photographer Rosemary Laing’s first
solo exhibition in Sydney in ten years, Judith has achieved a
significant increase in Gallery visitation in her time as Curator.
She has also brought a new edge and creative vision to the
Graduate Exhibitions, and has done so with incredible grace,
patience and generosity of spirit.
Bill Culbert Pacific Flotsam 2007
Installation view at NAS Gallery
Collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery
Te Puna o Waiwhetu,
New Zealand. Purchased 2008.
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Photo: Peter Morgan
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NAS
GALLERY
The Gallery occupies a key position within the environment
of the National Art School, and more broadly in Sydney’s
art community. It is a striking space, conducive to the
presentation of high-quality, professionally curated
exhibitions, special events and talks, providing opportunities
for thought-provoking engagement with artists’ work.
In 2015 the National Art School Gallery presented four
exhibitions by Australian and international artists in addition
to the two end-of-year degree exhibitions showcasing the
work of National Art School graduate and post-graduate
students. The exhibition program encompassed an exciting
breadth of contemporary art practices, from work by
internationally acclaimed artists such as Bill Culbert and
Rosemary Laing, to ceramics and recent work by Australian
and New Zealand emerging and established artists.
and New Zealand artists. The National Art School
collaborated with Redlands School for the fourth year to
present this important contemporary art prize and exhibition
that provides a platform for an artist-selected exhibition
featuring established artists exhibiting alongside early-career
artists. This unique structure recognises the importance of
dialogue and mentoring between generations of artists and
provides an opportunity to reward talent and excellence in
the contemporary visual arts sector.
Summer
Guest curator for the second time running was Sydney artist
(and 1999 award winner) Tim Johnson. Johnson selected
21 established artists to participate who, in turn, each
nominated an emerging artist to also present work in the
exhibition. This lively engagement between established and
early-career artists provides insight into art practices from
across the two countries through a diversity of backgrounds,
artistic processes and themes.
Bill Culbert
8 January – 7 March
Curator: Judith Blackall, supported by Creative New Zealand,
part of Sydney Festival 2015
Winners of the 2015 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize
were Mikala Dwyer and Coen Young. Dennis Del Favero’s
installation Tampa 2001 was voted most popular in the
people’s choice.
This solo exhibition for Sydney’s summer presented
light works and photography by acclaimed international
artist Bill Culbert. Combinations of found materials and
everyday sources of light in spare and poetic juxtapositions
transformed the NAS Galleries.
The upstairs gallery featured Pacific Flotsam (2007), a major
floor installation of fluorescent lights and reclaimed plastic
vessels. Culbert’s flat-glass works downstairs presented a
rigorous use of light-as-line in space. A selection of the artist’s
photographs showed his enduring love of light – natural and
man-made – with glass, and the poetry to be found in the
juxtaposition of random forms and everyday objects.
The exhibition followed the stand-out success of Bill
Culbert’s installations in New Zealand’s pavilion at the 55th
Venice Biennale of Art in 2013, and was part of the visual
arts program of Sydney Festival 2015 and Art Month.
Autumn
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2015
26 March – 23 May
Guest curator: Tim Johnson
The Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize is an annual exhibition
and acquisitive award presenting recent work by Australian
Winter
TURN TURN TURN: The studio ceramic tradition
at the National Art School
5 June – 8 August
Curator: Glenn Barkley, presented in association with
The Curators’ Department
Turn Turn Turn celebrated more than 60 years of the
renowned ceramics course at the National Art School. In
Australia the NAS Ceramics department has a history of
outstanding creativity.This exhibition embraced ceramics
as a creative medium and also the teaching of ceramics
for its long-standing, inter-generational influence. The
exhibition featured a highly popular presentation of work
by 128 artists who have studied or been associated with
the school. Spanning more than six decades of education
and creative production, the works were drawn from
the artists’ private collections, the NAS Collection, the
Ceramics Department teaching collection and public
collections. It was complemented by installations of work
by twelve artists who represent the diversity of ceramics
production at NAS, from Peter Rushforth AM – who
established the full time ceramics course in 1960 – to
recent graduate Juz Kitson.
Winner of the Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2015
Mikala Dwyer, with her work Untitled (2014) plastic,
air, 180 x 100 x 100 cm.
Photo: Peter Morgan
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Spring
Rosemary Laing: effort + rush
20 August – 15 October
Curator: Judith Blackall
Australian artist Rosemary Laing is renowned for her major
photo-based projects that engage with historical, political
and cultural aspects of the landscape. Her exhibition at
NAS – the artist’s first solo exhibition in Sydney in a decade
– presented work from her key series one dozen unnatural
disasters in the Australian landscape (2003) shot in the
semi-arid lands around Balgo (Wirrimanu) in Western
Australia. It also provided an opportunity for Laing to
launch an ambitious new series, effort and rush (2015)
in the upstairs gallery. Large format digital prints were
installed on a sweeping expanse of a lush green wallpaper
print that covered the Gallery’s five metre-walls. This new
series continues the artist’s on-going engagement with
landscape, in this case tropical landscapes of Indonesia and
Madagascar, and introduces a painterly dynamic through her
camera in motion. It was exhibited with earlier series a dozen
useless actions for grieving blondes (2009) and Jim, from the
series leak (2010).
NAS GALLERY ATTENDANCE
Year
Numbers*
2011
17,581
2012
10,829
2013
22,910
2014
14,342
2015
21,630
*includes attendance at openings
Graduate Exhibitions
National Art School
Postgraduate Exhibition 2015
30 October – 7 November
National Art School
Graduate Exhibition 2015
27 November – 5 December
The Postgraduate Exhibition and Graduate Exhibition,
supported by Saatchi & Saatchi provide an opportunity for
undergraduate and postgraduate students to develop their
exhibition and curatorial skills and present their final works
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to gallerists, curators and art collectors, as well as celebrate
their achievements with family and friends. In 2015, the
Exhibitions showcased thousands of contemporary artworks
from students working across ceramics, drawing, painting,
photography, printmaking and sculpture.
Offsite project – 2015 Saatchi & Saatchi Australia Exhibition,
The Rocks, Sydney
Gallery Internships
and Professional Placements
Mary Alterator
Bachelor of Creative Arts, School of Arts and Social
Sciences, Southern Cross University
Julian Black
Masters of Art Curating, The University of Sydney,
Art History & Film Studies, School of Letters, Arts & Media
Rachel Procter
BA, B.Ed University of Sydney
Lisa Tolcher
BFA (Hons) Fine Arts, National Art School
Elena Yeo
Masters of Curating and Cultural Leadership,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
Gallery Volunteers 2015
Coordinator: Elyse Goldfinch
Sarah Adams, Tania Alexander, Kit Ball, Jane Barrow,
Jemma Burke, Frank Cannata, Caitlin Casey, Patrick Doab,
Nikole Evans, Barbara Fryer, Annelies Jahn, Suji Jeong,
Moira Kirkwood, John Lam, Pauline Le-Tran, Alexander
Linegar, Monique Lovering, Karen McAndrew, Shelagh May,
Alexander McConochie, Annika Patrick, Alexandra Pedley,
Timothy Perkins, Kirsty Ross, Diana Russell, Fiona Ryan,
Lisa Sharp, Shannon Smith, Mardi Vassella, Yvette Wilson.
Hiromi Tango Sea Tears (2014), exhibited at the
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize at NAS Gallery,
mixed media, neon, Perspex, wool, donated fabric,
paper, wire.
Photo: Peter Morgan
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‘THE 1970S AT EAST SYDNEY TECHNICAL
COLLEGE WERE FORMATIVE YEARS FOR
ME AS AN ARTIST. ONE OF MY TEACHERS
WAS PAINTER AND CONCEPTUAL ARTIST
NOEL SHERIDAN, WHO OFTEN WORKED IN
VIDEO AND PERFORMANCE. AT THE TIME,
THE SCHOOL WAS UNDER GREAT POLITICAL
AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL AS THE FUNCTION
OF ART IN SOCIETY WAS CONSTANTLY
DEBATED. EAST SYDNEY TECH WAS
RADICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL; ART WAS
VALUED AS A FREEDOM OF THE MIND.’
Susan Norrie
‘THE MOST USEFUL AND INDEED
SOMETIMES PROFOUND EXPERIENCES AT
THE 1960S NATIONAL ART SCHOOL WERE
EVERY NIGHT-TIME DRAWING CLASS WITH
GODFREY MILLER, MY FRIENDSHIP WITH
GODFREY MILLER, AND CONVERSATIONS
WITH PETER LAVERTY AND JOHN COBURN
THAT LED TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
WITH UNCEASING APPLICATION ONE MIGHT
FIND ONE’S OWN WAY FORWARD AND DO
SOMETHING THAT OTHERS MIGHT FIND
WORTHY OF THOUGHT. IT MAY BE SOONER,
OR PERHAPS MORE REALISTICALLY IT MAY
TAKE A LIFETIME.’
Ken Unsworth
‘IT WAS QUITE A FEAT FOR ME AS A
YOUNG WOMAN TO FLEE FROM THE
SLEEPY TOWN OF BRISBANE, AS IT WAS
IN THE EARLY 50S, AND ESCAPE TO
SYDNEY TO BECOME AN ART STUDENT.
FOR ME, BECOMING A STUDENT AT EAST
SYDNEY TECH WITH ITS OLD CONVICTBUILT BUILDINGS OPENED UP A WHOLE
OTHER WORLD. REAL ARTISTS LIKE
JOHN PASSMORE AND GODFREY MILLER
COMING FROM THEIR STUDIOS TO TEACH
US WAS INSPIRING AND WITHOUT DOUBT
FORMED MY FUTURE LIFE AS AN ARTIST.’
Ann Thomson
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NATIONAL ART SCHOOL
FELLOWSHIP 2015
SUSAN NORRIE
ANN THOMSON
KEN UNSWORTH
The National Art School Fellowship acknowledges the
achievements of eminent visual artists, arts administrators,
writers, advocates and academics who have made outstanding
contributions to the visual arts community in Australia. The
Fellowship is an honorary award for exceptional achievement
and/or service within the professional domain, awarded
annually by the National Art School.
In 2015, the National Art School was honoured to bestow
the Fellowship of the National Art School on Susan Norrie,
Ann Thomson and Ken Unsworth.
Susan Norrie graduated from the National Art School
in 1972, and went on to build a successful career as a
photographer, painter, filmmaker and multi-media artist.
She represented Australia at the 52nd Venice Biennale
in 2007 and has exhibited widely both in Australia and
overseas including Helsinki, Tokyo, Spain, Germany,
Canada and Scotland.
Ann Thomson graduated from the National Art School
in 1963 with a Diploma in Art, and went on to develop her
painting and sculptural practice as well as a long career as
an art teacher. In 1977 Ann’s work was the subject of a major
exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Australia
Felix, a huge sculptural work, was commissioned and
exhibited as the centrepiece for the Australian pavilion at the
1992 World Expo in Seville, Spain. In 2015 she had a survey
at the Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra. Her work is represented
in collections in Spain, France, Germany and in various
collections across Australia.
Ken Unsworth graduated from the National Art School in
1962 with a Diploma in Art. He has held several teaching
positions and numerous solo exhibitions, in Australia
and overseas, including a major survey exhibition at the
Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1998. In 1978 Ken
represented Australia at the Venice Biennale. He has
received numerous awards including the Bicentenary
Sculpture Competition.
Michael Snelling announced the Fellowships at the School’s
graduation ceremony on Thursday 21 May 2015 in the Cell
Block Theatre.
Since its inception in 2002, the National Art School
Fellowship has been awarded to:
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2010
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2015
Colin Lanceley ao
Peter Rushforth am
John Coburn am
Geoffrey Bardon am
Elisabeth Cummings oam
Margaret Olley ao ac
John Olsen obe ao
Bert Flugelman am
Thanacoupie Gloria Fletcher-James ao
William Wright am
Guy Warren am
John Kaldor am
Fiona Hall ao
Martin Sharp
Frank Watters oam
Chris O’Doherty aka Reg Mombassa
Susan Norrie, Ann Thomson and Ken Unsworth
2015 Fellows of the National Art School Susan Norrie,
Ken Unsworth and Ann Thomson.
Photo: Fiora Sacco
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LIBRARY
ARCHIVE & COLLECTION
The National Art School library holds a significant collection
of both contemporary and historical Australian and
international art books. These include artist monographs
and exhibition catalogues, as well as art journals and dvds.
The collection contains 28,488 items. The Library also
houses the dedicated student exhibition space, the Library
Stairwell Gallery. In 2015 the LSG hosted 11 student
exhibitions, displaying the works of more than 100 students.
With the support of the Ian Potter Foundation, the new and
improved facility for the National Art School Archive and
Collection was officially unveiled in April 2015 as part of the
$8.7 million dollar Postgraduate Centre refurbishment.
Total circulation figures for the library in 2015 were 43,158.
Loans: 13,609
Inhouse use items: 5,980
Items added to the collection: 903
The library received seventy donations, with significant
contributions from the Australia Council, National Gallery
of Australia Research Library, QAGOMA Research Library,
NAS Gallery and Kay Lanceley.
The new climate-controlled centre, managed by Historian
and Archivist Deborah Beck, is home to the National Art
School’s significant art collection and archive of over 4000
items dating back to 1760, which includes works of art on
paper, paintings, prints, sculptures, archival material
as well as artefacts relating to history of the site as a Gaol.
The collection performs a major role within NAS, both as
a teaching resource and historical record.
Donors
Art collection items
acquired
Archive collection items
acquired
2012
2013
2014
2015
29
22
31
41
150
33
27
111
44
31
97
18
Our aim is to build and maintain an accessible collection
to enable research on the visual arts and to support the
teaching programs of the National Art School. There were
774 visitors between April and December 2015, including
six tour groups and 16 external researchers. Conservation
work was achieved on 28 works on paper, one painting and
two sculptures, with a Community Heritage Grant from the
National Library in Canberra.
[PROFILE]
DEBORAH
BECK
Deborah Beck is the National Art School’s Historian,
Archivist and Collections Manager. She has an in-depth
knowledge of the histories of both the old Darlinghurst Gaol
and the National Art School, and has authored two books to
that effect. Hope in Hell - a History of Darlinghurst Gaol and
the National Art School, was published by Allen and Unwin in
2005. Her second book Set in Stone: the Cell Block Theatre
was published by UNSW press in 2011, receiving a NSW
Premier’s History Award in 2012. Her biography of former
National Art School Head of School, the sculptor Rayner
Hoff, is due for release in early 2017.
Beyond her role in safeguarding and preserving the history
of the site and the School, Deborah is a National Art School
drawing lecturer and artist. She has held 17 solo exhibitions
in Sydney and Melbourne, participated in over 90 group
exhibitions throughout Australia, and has been a finalist in
the Dobell prize for drawing, the Sulman Prize, the Blake
Prize and the Portia Geach Memorial Prize for portrait
painting. She studied at the National Art School and
Alexander Mackie CAE in the 1970s and received a Master
of Arts (History) at the University of Sydney in 2010. She has
taught in art schools in Sydney for over twenty years.
The National Art School Archive and Collection.
Photo: Zan Wimberley
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VENUE HIRE
2015 proved to be another fantastic year for Venue Hire and
Events at the National Art School. The Cell Block Theatre
maintained its status as a highly sought-after venue, known
for its aesthetic beauty and historical significance as an
important site in Australia’s colonial history. In 2015 the
School booked 98 events for corporate product launches,
trade shows, film/television productions, weddings,
workshops, fundraising appeals and introduced an outdoor
music festival Summer Dance. The National Art School
partnered with Astral People to produce this series of
four outdoor electronic music events. Hirers include other
not-for-profit groups and cultural organisations such as the
Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, Australian Youth
Orchestra, Art Month, Musica Viva, Sherman Contemporary
Art Foundation, the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School and
the Mental Health Commission of NSW. These NFP groups
were supported through subsidised rates. Approximately
18,900 people have visited the National Art School from
the external hire events run in 2015.
YEAR ON YEAR COMPARISON
Year
Total Hires
Total NFP Hires
2012
37
2
2013
58
5
2014
72
7
2015
93
9
In addition to external venue hire, a range of National Art
School related events were held in 2015, from academic
ceremonies, exhibition openings, open days, sponsor events
and donor engagement events.
ACADEMIC EVENTS
15 EVENTS
NAS Gallery events
17 events
Development events
19 events
Total events undertaken
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SUMMER DANCE
In 2015, Astral People presented the inaugural Summer
Dance – a series of open air Sunday sessions at the National
Art School. The series brought the best in electronic, techno
and dance artists from all corners of the globe to Sydney,
transforming the old Darlinghurst Gaol into a massive outdoor
dancefloor and providing the ultimate setting for Sydney
music lovers to dance their blues away.
Renowned for delivering exceptionally curated line-ups,
Sydney-based artist management and touring company
Astral People hand-picked an impressive line-up of
international and local artists, including Moodymann, Omar-S,
DJ EZ and Vakula, Tornado Wallace, Andras Fox and Simon
Caldwell. With more than 3,000 revellers enjoying the
inaugural season, it’s safe to say Summer Dance provided a
unique offering in the dance music scene that will continue
to grow and develop over the coming years.
‘WE’RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
AND TO KEEP THE CITY AS EXCITING AS WE KNOW
IT CAN BE. THERE ARE DEFINITELY OTHER EVENTS
WITH A SIMILAR SORT OF VIBE – BUT NOTHING OF
THIS CALIBRE’S BEEN DONE AT SUCH A UNIQUE
LOCATION IN SYDNEY. NATIONAL ART SCHOOL HAS
BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH. THEY’VE REALLY
LOVED OUR VISION. THE TWO BRANDS COMBINED TO
CREATE SUMMER DANCE’
Vichara Edirisinghe, Astral People
James Squire ‘Edible Biography’
in the Cell Block Theatre.
Photo: Dominic Loneragan.
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PHILANTHROPY
We want to recognise a very important group of people –
our donors. In 2015, many generous supporters donated
money, artwork and equipment to the School. Our donors are
incredibly important to us and are helping to make the School
even better for the next generation.
Thank you to more than 50 donors who greatly contributed to
the success of the School in 2015. We raised over $150,000
last year in individual contributions and hope to build on this
in 2016.
The Onslow Storrier National Art School
La Cité Internationale des Arts
Residency, Paris
This residency was established for the benefit of the
National Art School’s alumni, students and staff through
the generosity of Annette Onslow and Tim Storrier, with the
help and support of the School. The residency is located
on the Right Bank in Rue de L’Hôtel de Ville in the 4th
arrondissement, ideally positioned near many commercial
and public galleries and only a short walk to Notre Dame
Cathedral. It gives recipients the chance to develop their
practices in a city rich in artistic tradition within a large
artist’s studio complex.
Deutscher and Hackett Auction
In August 2015, prestigious auction house, Deutscher and
Hackett held their Australian + International Fine Art Auction
in the Cell Block Theatre. Works by Brett Whiteley, Tim
Storrier, Michael Johnson and John Olsen were donated by
the artists and Wendy Whiteley to raise funds for NAS. In
addition, Gene and Brian Sherman donated a percentage of
sales from their collection. In all, over $100,000 was raised
for the National Art School on the night. Thank you to the
artists, to Gene and Brian Sherman and to Chris Deutscher
and Damian Hackett for your support.
Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship
With the support of a generous endowment made by a private
donor, the School is able to offer an annual scholarship in
commemoration of Mark Henry Cain, an artist trained at
Glasgow School of Art who relocated to Sydney in 1937.
The Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship supports a
student to travel and study for a period at an art school in
the UK. The recipient of the Mark Henry Cain Memorial
Scholarship for 2015 is Sean Wadey, who was previous
winner of the Bird Holcomb Foundation Honours Scholarship.
Trusts and Foundations
The trend in Australian philanthropy of funding increasingly
coming from trusts and foundations was also noticeable at
the National Art School. In 2015 the School was grateful to
receive support from The Ian Potter Foundation, the Margaret
Olley Foundation, the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, the
Sherman Foundation, the Bird Holcomb Foundation, the
Clitheroe Foundation, Jocelyn Maughan Art Foundation
and The Trust Company.
Bird Holcomb Foundation
MFA Scholarship
The Bird Holcomb Foundation generously supported a
$20,000 Scholarship for a talented student to undertake
study in the newly created Master of Fine Arts program at
the National Art School. Rachael Harrex was awarded the
Bird Holcomb Foundation MFA Scholarship for 2017-18
The Clitheroe Foundation
MFA Scholarship
The Clitheroe Foundation also generously supported a
$20,000 Scholarship for a talented student to undertake
study in the newly created Master of Fine Arts program at
the National Art School. Emily McGregor was awarded the
Clitheroe Foundation MFA Scholarship for 2016-17.
Bachelor of Fine Art student Khadija Ali.
Photo: Zan Wimberley
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Donors
$10k+
Anita Belgiorno-Nettis and Luca Belgiorno-Nettis am,
Vicki Clitheroe and Paul Clitheroe am,
Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, Leonie and James Furber,
Jennifer Dowling, Jane and David Duncan,
Alex Holcomb and Andrew Bird, Kay, Tristan and Felix
Lanceley, David Ng and Peter Thompson, Margaret Olley Art
Trust, Gene and Brian Sherman, Tim Storrier am,
Pamela Taylor, Anne Wienholt, Wendy Whiteley oam
$5,000 - $9,999
Alberg Hospiz Hotel, David Grayce, Michael Johnson,
Jan Lane, Ursula Laverty, Georg, Keay and Anders
Lindstrom, John Meyers, John Olsen, Andrew Pethebridge,
Jan Ritchie, Mark Tedeschi am qc, Michael Tuckson,
John Vallance, Anonymous
$1,000 - $4,999
Judith Blackall, Chroma Paints, Derivan, David Handley am,
James Hill, In Memory of The Honourable David
Hodgson ao qc, Vivien Jackson, Nicholas Johnson,
Bernadette Mansfield, Jocelyn Maughan, James Ross
Morrison, Parkers Sydney, Fine Art Supplies, Daniel Pata,
Sue Procter, Quality Manufacturing Engineers, Jeff Rigby,
Sculpture by the Sea, Michael Snelling and Suhanya Raffel,
The Sydney Canvas Company, Howard and Mary Tanner,
William Fletcher Foundation, Penny Zylstra
$250 - $999
The Art Scene, Fiona Boxall, Michael Buzacott,
Maryanne Coutts, Pam Doherty, Stella Downer,
Thomas Gottleib, Michael Hodgson, Kayell Australia,
Deborah Minnici, Michelle and John Murch, Perpetual Trust,
Photo King, Belinda and Steven Rankine
[DONOR PROFILE]
HOWARD &
MARY TANNER
Howard and Mary Tanner are valued supporters of the
National Art School, in addition to their support of the
Australian performing arts and sites of historical and
architectural significance. Howard is a Sydney-based
architect and author and former National President of the
Australian Institute of Architects. His career as an architect,
author and educator is influenced by his abiding interest in
history and landscape.
‘OUR SON, SCULPTOR OLIVER TANNER, LOVED HIS
TIME AT THE NATIONAL ART SCHOOL, IN PARTICULAR
ITS URBAN SANDSTONE CAMPUS, AND THE GOOD
TEACHERS AND PRODUCTION AREAS. WE SUPPORT
A PROGRAMME THAT BRINGS COUNTRY HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SYDNEY TO BENEFIT FROM
INTENSIVE ART WORKSHOPS WHICH HONE THEIR
SKILLS PRIOR TO THE HSC, AND INTRODUCE THEM
TO THE UNIQUE OFFERING OF THE NAS. THE RESULTS
OF THE WORKSHOPS ARE INSPIRING. IT GIVES US
ENORMOUS PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN SUCH
DOORS FOR TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE.’
Howard and Mary Tanner, Donors
$2 - $249
Sandy Belford, Blackwattle Pottery Supplies,
Georgina Bolitho, Michael Brand, Alex Byrne, Amy Ciolek,
Steve Clarke, Catherine Clayton-Smith, Helen Coates-Milton,
George Conomos, Charles Cooper, Jim Croke,
Lynne Eastaway, Claire Gibbon, David Horton, Lilianne Ivins,
Roger McIlroy, Jane McKenzie, John Moroney,
Izabella Negro-Caselberg, Ellen O’Shaughnessy,
Jordan Richardson, Shannon Richardson, Marg Roberts,
Ron Robertson-Swan oam, David Saxelby, Frances Sebesta,
Virginia Skelton, Angus Turner, Oliver Wagner, Natasha
Walsh, Thea Weiss, Jane Westbrook, Yuting Zhang
Bachelor of Fine Art student Remy Pajaczkowski-Russell.
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Photo: Christopher Phillips
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CORPORATE
PARTNERS
The National Art School has developed a broad range of creative and mutually rewarding
partnerships with the corporate sector. Our partners share the School’s vision by contributing
to the development and promotion of art and culture in Australia, nurturing emerging artists
and supporting the visual arts industry. Partnership with NAS may involve sponsoring an
exhibition, education program, special event, or other specific projects.
The generous support of corporate partners in 2014–15 totalled $270,383.
Government Partner
Partners
Media Partners
Outdoor Media Partner
Legal Partner
Beverage Partner
Supporters
Edward Ohanessian, ALGEBRA 2015
Timber, aluminium, LED light, glass, cables: 350 x 105 x 13 cm,
Aluminium: 300 x 100 x 13 cm.
Foreground: Penny Ryan As For Living 2015
stoneware, glaze and Perspex, 86 x 38 x 39 cm.
Both exhibited at the National Art School Graduate Exhibition 2015.
Photo: Peter Morgan
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FINANCIAL
REPORT
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2015
2015
2014
$
$
Employee related
8,190,397
7,358,168
Other operating expenses
2,984,900
2,509,788
Depreciation and amortisation
327,428
232,153
Other expenses
429,696
393,774
Total expense excluding losses
11,932,421
10,493,883
Recurrent grant
5,665,223
5,816,785
Capital grant
—
3,959,000
Sales of goods and services
4,157,053
3,172,864
Investment revenue
122,910
290,994
Grants and contributions
699,517
428,837
Other revenue
594,776
444,896
Total revenue
11,239,479
14,113,376
Net result
(692,942)
3,619,493
Other comprehensive income
—
—
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(692,942)
3,619,493
Expenses excluding losses
Operating expenses
Revenue
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2015
2015
2014
$
$
Cash and cash equivalents
4,227,397
8,060,367
Receivables
613,116
699,931
Inventories
12,385
12,335
Total current assets
4,852,898
8,772,633
Financial assets at fair value
140,000
150,000
Property, plant and equipment
9,444,444
6,464,910
Intangible assets
109,099
107,726
Total non-current assets
9,693,543
6,722,636
TOTAL ASSETS
14,546,441
15,495,269
Payables
773,728
1,125,577
Provisions
493,141
427,719
Total current liabilities
1,266,869
1,553,296
Provisions
345,063
314,522
Total Non-current liabilities
345,063
314,522
TOTAL LIABILITIES
1,611,932
1,867,818
NET ASSETS
12,934,509
13,627,451
12,934,509
13,627,451
ASSETS
Current assets
Non-current assets
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
TOTAL EQUITY
Accumulated funds
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NATIONAL ART SCHOOL
BOARD & STAFF
Director & Chief
Executive Officer
Michael Snelling
Drawing
Drawing
Head
Head of
of Drawing
Drawing
Dr
Dr Maryanne
MaryanneCoutts
Coutts
Chair, Board of Directors
Nicholas Johnson
Lecturers
Lecturers
Charles
Charles Cooper
Cooper
Lynette
LynetteEastaway
Eastaway
Joseph
Joseph Frost
Frost
Dr Margaret Roberts
Dr Margaret Roberts
Studio
Studio Technician
Technician
John Stanfield
John Stanfield
Chief Operating Officer
& Company Secretary
Sue Procter
Board of Directors
David Grayce
Jennifer Green
Glenda McLoughlin
Mark Tedeschi AM QC
Dr John Vallance
Academic Studies
Head of Studies
Simon Cooper
MFA Coordinator
Dr Ian Greig
BFA Honours
Coordinator
John Bloomfield
BFA, HSC and
Educational Outreach
Coordinator
Lorraine Kypiotis
Ceramics
Head of Ceramics
Merran Esson
Lecturers
Stephen Bird
Tania Rollond
Studio Technicians
David Stockburn
Joseph Purtle
Painting
Head of Painting
Dr Stephen Little
Lecturers
Susan Andrews
Dr Andrew Donaldson
Dr David Serisier
Studio Technician
Paolo Iarossi
Photography
Head of Photography
Geoff Kleem
Lecturers
Rebecca Shanahan
Studio Technician
Damian Dillon
Printmaking
Co-Heads of
Printmaking
Helen Mueller
Peter Burgess
Lecturer
Carolyn Mckenzie-Craig
Studio Technician
Nina Juniper
Sculpture
Head of Sculpture
Ron Robertson-Swann
OAM
Lecturers
Jim Croke
David Horton
Studio Technician
Simon Hodgson
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Art
Art History
History&&Theory
Theory
Head
Head of Art History
&
& Theory
Theory
Dr
Dr Michael
Michael Hill
Hill
Corporate Services
Chief Operating Officer
& Company Secretary
Sue Procter
Lecturers
Lecturers
Dr
Cole
Dr Georgina
Georgina Cole
Dr
Ian
Dr Ian Greig
Greig
Lorraine
Lorraine Kypiotis
Kypiotis
Governance & Business
Operations Manager
Ellen O’Shaughnessy
Student Services
Registrar
Benedict Griffin
Executive Assistant
to CEO
Laura Bialecki
Receptionist &
Administrative Assistant
Claire Thomas
Student Counsellor
Raji Munro
Michelle Glass
Philanthropy Manager
Steve Clarke
Student Services Officer
Marina Veg
Sponsorship Manager
Helen Maidens
Student Services
Administrator
Jazmin Velasco
Alumni and Development
Coordinator
Zoë Wilesmith
Library
Library & Learning
Centre Manager
Elizabeth Little
Facilities &
Operations Manager
Christine Myerscough
Facilities Administrator
Scott Clement
Librarian
Susan Olive
Facilities Assistant
Mark Polak
Library Technician
Lana Ryles
Grace Sagud
Campus Service
Assistant
Jason Bennett
Public Programs
Head of Public Programs
Dr Ella Dreyfus
Workshop Manager
Jaroslav Prochazka
Public Programs
Administrative Assistant
Jenny Rislund
Digital Media Lab &
AV Technicians
John Daly
Peter Morgan
Gallery
Gallery Manager
& Curator
Judith Blackall
Security and
Services Officer
Jean-Claude Imbert
Louis Greco
Archivist &
Collections Manager
Deborah Beck
Campus Assistants
Marcel Delgardo
Mal Nagobi
Campus Grounds
Assistant
Darwish Khalil
Finance Manager
Chloe Wong
Finance
Clerk
Finance Officer
Suki Yuen
Human Resources
Manager
Caroline Tommey
IT Manager
Nhu Pham
IT Officer
Yasantha Samarasinghe
Duncan Whichelo
Marketing &
Communications
Manager
Ros Brennan
Marketing Coordinator
Danielle Neely
Venue Hire & Events
Manager
Julie O’Reilly
Venue Hire & Events
Co-ordinator
Ross Morrison
Administration
Casuals
Monique Arundell
Khanh Tran
Katie Procter
SESSIONAL
ACADEMIC
STAFF
Art History & Theory
Christopher Dean
Dr Molly Duggins
Dr Shane Haseman
Sophie Hopmeier
Alex Trompf
Dr Jaime Tsai
Tom Melick
Ceramics
Simon Fraser
Bronwyn Kemp
Sandy Lockwood
Simon Reece
Drawing
John Bokor
Anthony Cahill
Dr Sally Clarke
Roger Crawford
Dr Ben Denham
Ivor Fabok
David Fairbairn
Rachel Fairfax
Cameron Ferguson
Terry Hayes
Emma Hicks
Paul Higgs
Pollyxenia Joannou
Lisa Jones
Frank Littler
Deborah Marks
Daniel Pata
Ambrose Reisch
Alan Rigby
Kenneth Smith
Kim Spooner
Noel Thurgate
Belinda Ward
Suzanne Archer
Denis Clarke
Janet Haslett
Annelise Jahn
Kiata Mason
Catherine O’Donnell
Judith Rae
Gary Warner
Painting
Justin Balmain
Nick Collerson
Joanne Handley
Steven Harvey
Anwen Keeling
Chelsea Lehmann
Nana Ohnesorge
Rodney Pople
Leslie Rice
Nike Savvas
Rolande Souliere
Photography
Steven Cavanagh
Tanya Peterson
Skye Wagner
David Manley
Tim Silver
Printmaking
Maureen Burns
Pia Larsen
Brenda Tye
Jacqueline Driver
Carolyn Mckenzie-Craig
Wendy Murray
Esther Neate
Sculpture
Gary Deirmendjian
Clara Hali
Caroline Haswell
Simon Hodgson
Linda Bowden
Paul Hopmeier
Sam Valenz
Public Programs
Andrew Antoniou
Tania Browitt Kwi Choung
Toni Warburton
Allison Atkinson
David Briggs
Lucy Buttenshaw
Lucinda Culliton
Gina Fairley
Angus Fisher
Michelle Hiscock
Cameron Williams
Maryanne Wick
Michele Elliot
Jane Gillings
Anita Larkin
Graham Marchant
Michele Marshall
Kevin McKay
Virginia Morrison
Sarah O’Sullivan
Sue Pedley
Anthony Phillips
Madeleine Preston
Linda Seiffert
Pamela Vaughan
STUDENT
CREW
Tania Alexander
Melina Altman
Shelly Anfield
Laura Badertscher
Timothy Barbarino
Morgan Bee
Jason Chiang
Helen Coates-Milton
Evelyn Core
Eliza Gosse
Celeste Greeves
Tamara Hall
Gillian Hodes
Elizabeth Hogan
Ivana Jovanovic
Simon Kahn
Kirtika Kain
Matilda Kubany-Deane
Amy Mcgregor
Charlotte Paull
Timothy Perkins
Anna Richards
Chrystal Rimmer
Penelope Ryan
Katika Schultz
Shannon Smith
Laura Sutton
Emilie Syme-Lamont
Sarah Tracton
Hanli Uys
Sean Wadey
Marion Wait
Justin Watson
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[email protected]
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Sydney NSW 2010
Australia
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