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ANNUAL REPORT 2015

Contents & Publication panelContents

Year at a glance 5Chair’s Report 6Director’s Report 7Degree Programs 9

The Student Experience 13Prizes and Scholarships 14

Graduate Profiles 16Educational Outreach 21Faculty Achievements 25Art Forum 27Public Programs 29Professional Opportunities 31Staff Profile 32NAS Gallery 35National Art School Fellowship 39Library and Archive & Collection 41Venue Hire 43Philanthropy 45Corporate Partners 49Financial Report 50National Art School Staff 52

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Mission

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 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;

• To ensure that all academic staff are distinguished in their field as actively practising artists, scholars and/or researchers.

Governance

The National Art School is registered as a Higher Education Provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA).

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.

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Short Course workshop enrolments increased by

39%

YEAR AT A GLANCE

Degree enrolments increased by

16%

50%NAS Gallery visitation increased by

Launched $8.7m

Postgraduate Centre on time and on budget

Facebook audience increased by

86%

Students rated the teaching quality at

89%

of staff were proud to say they work at NAS

89%

Postgraduate Student Anthony Hodgkinson.Photo: Zan Wimberley


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.

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 JohnsonChair, Board of Directors

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.

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 JohnsonChair, Board of Directors

CHAIR’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, non-metropolitan 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 SnellingDirector and Chief Executive Officer

DIRECTOR’S REPORT


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 ArtThe Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) program represents our largest student enrolment.

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.

YEAR DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL TOTAL

2013 339 3 342

2014 347 3 350

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.


2013 35 0 35

2014 41 0 41

2015 49 1 50

Master of Fine Art (by research)The Master of Fine Art program (MFA) represents the highest degree awarded at NAS. This studio research-based 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.


2013 16 1 17

2014 18 1 19

2015 27 1 28

Gender Profile

2015 DEGREE ENROLMENT GENDER PROFILE

Program 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

DEGREE PROGRAMS

Bachelor of Fine Art Student Charlotte Paull.Photo: Zan Wimberley

*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.


UAC Preferences to NAS in Main RoundAll preferences are expressed in 2015 for study in 2016.

Preferences numbers

Sydney Metro 295

Rest of NSW 154

Interstate 37

International 1

TOTAL 487

Degree Program Income PerformanceIncome performance growth remained strong in 2015 with a 34.3% growth on the previous year.

YEAR FEE INCOME$ GROWTH ON PREVIOUS YEAR

% GROWTH ON PREVIOUS YEAR

2014 $2,671,995 $519,702 24.1%

2015 $3,587,842 $915,847 34.3%

Student Experience SurveyThe 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.

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Master of Fine Art student Oliver Wagner.Photo: Zan Wimberley


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Student Experience SurveyThe 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.

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Postgraduate Centre and Rayner Hoff StudioCoinciding 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 CouncilAs 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.

THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

‘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


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.

ResidenciesBritish School at Rome ResidencyMargaret Roberts Onslow Storrier La Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, ParisSusan AndrewsDominic ByrneCeleste KotevichMichael McIntyre

Major AwardsDerivan Award for ExcellenceAngus Callander Joel Corrigan Memorial Photography AwardCeleste Kotevich John Olsen Prize for Figure DrawingPeta Minnici National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship Anke Klevjer Chrystal May RimmerHospiz Residency Austria Award 3rd Year studentSarah Enright Bei Wu Sculpture Residency Award (Germany) Johann Tovar Carrera Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship Sean Wadey Clitheroe Foundation Fine Art MFA ScholarshipEmily McGregor Bird Holcomb Foundation MFA Art Scholarship Rachael Harrex

Open AwardsParkers Sydney Fine Art Framing AwardPeta Minnici William Fletcher Foundation GrantJessica SerovJosephine MaddenSasha White

NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional PracticeStephanie Sykes Derivan Award for Mixed MediaBrendan O’Donnell Studio W doubleyou Exhibition PrizeJanis Clarke Robin Gibson Gallery New Talent ExhibitionAnthony HodgkinsonReena NaiduPaige PhillipsShannon SmithJohann Tovar Carrera

Art History and TheorySue Procter Prize for Art History and Theory 1st year studentJosephine Morrow Prize for Art History and Theory 2nd year studentPaul Mallam Mansfield Ceramics Writing Prize 3rd yearSarah EnrightEmily McGregorRaffel Snelling Art History and Theory Award 3rd year studentElena Ortega-Tolosana

CeramicsBlackwattle Pottery Supplies Award 3rd year student Penny Ryan Parkers Sydney Fine Art Ceramic Award 3rd year studentYvonne Souter N.E. Pethebridge Award 3rd year studentRyan HancockMansfield Ceramics Prize 3rd year studentHannah Bradbury Australian Ceramics Association Prize 3rd year studentRachael HarrexSarah Tracton Ceramics Art and Perception Prize 3rd year studentCaleb Reid N.E. Pethebridge Award Honours studentFinn LeaMachiko Motoi Mansfield Ceramics Prize Honours studentFinn Lea Ceramics Art and Perception Prize Honours studentEvie Core Mansfield Ceramics Gallery Graduate Student Exhibition prizeHannah BradburyRyan Hancock

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.

ResidenciesBritish School at Rome ResidencyMargaret Roberts Onslow Storrier La Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, ParisSusan AndrewsDominic ByrneCeleste KotevichMichael McIntyre

Major AwardsDerivan Award for ExcellenceAngus Callander Joel Corrigan Memorial Photography AwardCeleste Kotevich John Olsen Prize for Figure DrawingPeta Minnici National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship Anke Klevjer Chrystal May RimmerHospiz Residency Austria Award 3rd Year studentSarah Enright Bei Wu Sculpture Residency Award (Germany) Johann Tovar Carrera Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship Sean Wadey Clitheroe Foundation Fine Art MFA ScholarshipEmily McGregor Bird Holcomb Foundation MFA Art Scholarship Rachael Harrex

Open AwardsParkers Sydney Fine Art Framing AwardPeta Minnici William Fletcher Foundation GrantJessica SerovJosephine MaddenSasha White

NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional PracticeStephanie Sykes Derivan Award for Mixed MediaBrendan O’Donnell Studio W doubleyou Exhibition PrizeJanis Clarke Robin Gibson Gallery New Talent ExhibitionAnthony HodgkinsonReena NaiduPaige PhillipsShannon SmithJohann Tovar Carrera

Art History and TheorySue Procter Prize for Art History and Theory 1st year studentJosephine Morrow Prize for Art History and Theory 2nd year studentPaul Mallam Mansfield Ceramics Writing Prize 3rd yearSarah EnrightEmily McGregorRaffel Snelling Art History and Theory Award 3rd year studentElena Ortega-Tolosana

CeramicsBlackwattle Pottery Supplies Award 3rd year student Penny Ryan Parkers Sydney Fine Art Ceramic Award 3rd year studentYvonne Souter N.E. Pethebridge Award 3rd year studentRyan HancockMansfield Ceramics Prize 3rd year studentHannah Bradbury Australian Ceramics Association Prize 3rd year studentRachael HarrexSarah Tracton Ceramics Art and Perception Prize 3rd year studentCaleb Reid N.E. Pethebridge Award Honours studentFinn LeaMachiko Motoi Mansfield Ceramics Prize Honours studentFinn Lea Ceramics Art and Perception Prize Honours studentEvie Core Mansfield Ceramics Gallery Graduate Student Exhibition prizeHannah BradburyRyan Hancock

PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS


Kerrie Lowe Gallery Graduate Student Group ExhibitionHannah BradburyBenjamin GutmanisRyan HancockRachael HarrexPaige Phillips Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Prize Honours studentFinn Lea

DrawingDrawing Lecturers’ Award 1st year studentYul Scarf Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 1st year studentSun YizhenDrawing Lecturers’ Award 2nd year studentLilianne Ivins Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 2nd year student (Highly Commended)Lilianne Ivins Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 2nd year studentEliza Vince Drawing Lecturers’ Award 3rd year studentJodi Stewart Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 3rd year student (Highly Commended)Ioulia Ourovskaia Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 3rd year studentTimothy Perkins Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award 3rd year studentSandra Purves John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing (Highly Commended) 3rd year studentTimothy Perkins

PaintingThe Sydney Canvas Company Prize 3rd year studentClaudia Carroll John McCaughey Prize (The Trust Company) 3rd year studentRobert Bennett Parkers Sydney Fine Art Painting Award 3rd year studentPeta Minnici Chroma Prize for Excellence 3rd year studentLilli Stromland Lennox Street Studio Residency 3rd year studentZoe Rayne Sydney Olympic Park Residency 3rd year studentChrystal May Rimmer The Sydney Canvas Company Prize Honours studentDanielle Tooley

PhotographyKayell Australia Photography Award 3rd year studentEmma Hill Photo King Professional Award 3rd year studentHeath McCalmont-Parkinson

PrintmakingEllen Lee O’Shaughnessy Printmaking Award 2nd year studentKurtika Kain Artscene Printmaking Prize 3rd year studentSandra Purves Parkers Sydney Fine Art Printmaking Award 3rd year studentJessica Serov Stella Downer Printmaking Award 3rd year studentEmilie Lidden Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award 3rd year studentEmma Cooney

SculptureRayner Hoff Prize 2nd year studentJosie O’Malley Dr John Vallance Prize for Sculpture 2nd year studentClaire BrownParkers Sydney Fine Art Sculpture Award 3rd year studentJohann Tovar Carrera Sculpture by the Sea Prize 3rd year studentAlyssia Indermühle Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award Honours studentCaroline McGregor

‘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


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.

[GRADUATE PROFILE]

MICHAEL McINTYRE

‘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


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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MICHAEL McINTYRE

‘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 topMichael 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


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

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.

[GRADUATE PROFILE]

FIONA HALL AO

below leftFiona Hall All the Kings Men 2014–15, installationview, Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015,Photo: Christian Corte. Courtesy of the artist and

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

below rightFiona 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

oppositeFiona 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.


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

2014 2015

Northern NSW Schools 7 7

Students 9 10

Riverina Schools 4 2

Students 6 2

Western NSW Schools 9 5

Students 8 6

Hunter Schools 10 8

Students 15 12

New England Schools 2 3

Students 2 3

Illawarra/ South Coast

Schools 4 8

Students 4 13

Southern NSW Schools 4 3

Students 9 12

Sydney West Schools 26 21

Students 39 39

Sydney South Schools 9 14

Students 16 26

Sydney East Schools 8 8

Students 17 16

Sydney North Schools 10 9

Students 19 15

TOTAL 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.

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

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.

Bachelor of Fine Art student Miri Badger.Photo: Zan Wimberley


DOBELL DRAWING SCHOOL COMPARATIVE PARTICIPATION BY REGION

2014 2015

North Coast Schools 0 3

Students 0 8


Students 7 0


Students 10 0

Hunter Schools 0 2

Students 0 2


Students 0 6Sydney South West Schools 13 9

Students 28 21Sydney Inner West

Schools 1 1

Students 3 3


Students 28 36

TOTAL Schools 36 36

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.

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).

Griffith HS (Riverina) 6 & 7 August14 teachers from the following 10 schools throughout the region took part:

Albury HS

Barellan HS

Finley HS

Griffith HS

Hay War Memorial HS

Leeton HS

Mt Austin HS

Shepherds Park Education and Training Unit

West Wyalong HS

Yanco Agricultural HS

Bulli HS (Illawarra) 23 & 24 November12 teachers from the following 6 schools throughout the region participated.

Albion Park HS Bulli HS

Dapto HS Figtree HS

Robert Townson HS Sefton HS

The Journey from HSC Intensive to BFAEach 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”.

‘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

Student at the HSC Intensive Studio Practice Program.Photo: Lorraine Kypiotis


DOBELL DRAWING SCHOOL COMPARATIVE PARTICIPATION BY REGION

2014 2015

North Coast Schools 0 3

Students 0 8


Students 7 0


Students 10 0

Hunter Schools 0 2

Students 0 2


Students 0 6Sydney South West Schools 13 9

Students 28 21Sydney Inner West

Schools 1 1

Students 3 3


Students 28 36

TOTAL Schools 36 36

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.

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).

Griffith HS (Riverina) 6 & 7 August14 teachers from the following 10 schools throughout the region took part:

Albury HS

Barellan HS

Finley HS

Griffith HS

Hay War Memorial HS

Leeton HS

Mt Austin HS

Shepherds Park Education and Training Unit

West Wyalong HS

Yanco Agricultural HS

Bulli HS (Illawarra) 23 & 24 November12 teachers from the following 6 schools throughout the region participated.

Albion Park HS Bulli HS

Dapto HS Figtree HS

Robert Townson HS Sefton HS

The Journey from HSC Intensive to BFAEach 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”.

‘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

Student at the HSC Intensive Studio Practice Program.Photo: Lorraine Kypiotis 23 NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |


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.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

14Finalists in

awards

group shows in Australia and

15

Exhibited in

83

group shows internationally

Received

grants and

residencies

87 24

Authored

publications

20Guest lectured at

institutions across Australia, France, Japan and the UK

International ReachBelgium, 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

Stephen Bird, Wall of Plates (detail) 2015, exhibited at NAS Gallery for Turn Turn Turn.Photo: Peter Morgan

23Exhibited in

solo shows


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 drawing-machine 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.

ART FORUM

Photo: Peter Nolan.

‘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


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.

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.

The Public Programs Short Course comparative participant and course numbers were:

2014 2015

Courses Students Courses Students

Summer School 18 227 17 215

Semester One 18 218 28 302

Winter School 11 112 11 121

Semester Two 26 226 26 249

Custom Courses 0 0 7 200

Totals 73 783 89 1087

Additional Public Programs and Customised workshopsPublic 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

• Gadens Lawyers drawing workshop

• Mission Australia workshop tour

• Ceramics Workshop for NAS Gallery Public Programs

Total number of participants in customized workshops in 2015: 200

Short Course YoY Income Data

YEAR INCOME

2012 $460,668

2013 $425,597

2014 $500,869

2015 $ 569,211

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Winter School student.Photo: Peter Nolan


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.

Onslow Storrier National Art School La Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, ParisThe 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.

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

‘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

Catherine O’DonnellGarbatella 1, 2 and 3 2015,

charcoal on paper, 76 x 56 cm each. Exhibited at theBritish School at

Rome duringher residency.

‘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


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.

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JUDITH BLACKALL

Bill Culbert Pacific Flotsam 2007 Installation view at NAS Gallery

Collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu,

New Zealand. Purchased 2008.Photo: Peter Morgan


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.

[STAFF PROFILE]

JUDITH BLACKALL

Bill Culbert Pacific Flotsam 2007 Installation view at NAS Gallery

Collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu,

New Zealand. Purchased 2008.Photo: Peter Morgan 33 NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |


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.

SummerBill Culbert 8 January – 7 MarchCurator: Judith Blackall, supported by Creative New Zealand, part of Sydney Festival 2015

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 MayGuest curator: Tim Johnson

The Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize is an annual exhibition and acquisitive award presenting recent work by Australian

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.

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.

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.

Winter TURN TURN TURN: The studio ceramic tradition at the National Art School 5 June – 8 AugustCurator: 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.

NAS GALLERY

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


SpringRosemary 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

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 PlacementsMary AlteratorBachelor of Creative Arts, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Southern Cross University

Julian BlackMasters of Art Curating, The University of Sydney, Art History & Film Studies, School of Letters, Arts & Media

Rachel ProcterBA, B.Ed University of Sydney

Lisa TolcherBFA (Hons) Fine Arts, National Art School

Elena YeoMasters 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


‘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 CONVICT-BUILT 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

‘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

‘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


‘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 CONVICT-BUILT 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

‘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

‘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


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 Colin Lanceley ao2003 Peter Rushforth am2004 John Coburn am2005 Geoffrey Bardon am 2006 Elisabeth Cummings oam2007 Margaret Olley ao ac2008 John Olsen obe ao2009 Bert Flugelman am2010 Thanacoupie Gloria Fletcher-James ao2010 William Wright am2011 Guy Warren am2012 John Kaldor am2012 Fiona Hall ao 2013 Martin Sharp2013 Frank Watters oam2014 Chris O’Doherty aka Reg Mombassa2015 Susan Norrie, Ann Thomson and Ken Unsworth

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP 2015

2015 Fellows of the National Art School Susan Norrie, Ken Unsworth and Ann Thomson. Photo: Fiora Sacco


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.

Total circulation figures for the library in 2015 were 43,158.

Loans: 13,609Inhouse use items: 5,980Items 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.

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.

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.

2012 2013 2014 2015

Donors 29 22 31 41Art collection items acquired 150 33 27 111Archive collection items acquired 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.

LIBRARY ARCHIVE & COLLECTION

[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


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 51

VENUE HIRE

SUMMER DANCEIn 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.


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, ParisThis 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 AuctionIn 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 ScholarshipWith 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 ScholarshipThe 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 ScholarshipThe 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.

PHILANTHROPY

Bachelor of Fine Art student Khadija Ali. Photo: Zan Wimberley


[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

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

$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. Photo: Christopher Phillips


[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

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

$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. Photo: Christopher Phillips 47 NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |


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.

CORPORATE PARTNERS

Government Partner

Partners

Media Partners Outdoor Media Partner

Legal Partner Beverage Partner

Supporters

Edward Ohanessian, ALGEBRA 2015Timber, aluminium, LED light, glass, cables: 350 x 105 x 13 cm,Aluminium: 300 x 100 x 13 cm. Foreground: Penny Ryan As For Living 2015stoneware, glaze and Perspex, 86 x 38 x 39 cm. Both exhibited at the National Art School Graduate Exhibition 2015. Photo: Peter Morgan


FINANCIAL REPORT

STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2015

2015 2014

$ $

Expenses excluding losses

Operating expenses

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

Revenue

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


FINANCIAL REPORT

STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2015

2015 2014

$ $

Expenses excluding losses

Operating expenses

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

Revenue

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


STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2015

2015 2014

ASSETS $ $

Current assets

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

Non-current assets

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

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities

Payables 773,728 1,125,577

Provisions 493,141 427,719

Total current liabilities 1,266,869 1,553,296

Non-current liabilities

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

TOTAL EQUITY

Accumulated funds 12,934,509 13,627,451

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Director & Chief Executive Officer Michael Snelling

Chair, Board of Directors Nicholas Johnson

Chief Operating Officer & Company Secretary Sue Procter

Board of Directors David GrayceJennifer GreenGlenda McLoughlinMark Tedeschi AM QC

Dr John Vallance

Academic Studies Head of Studies Simon Cooper

MFA CoordinatorDr Ian Greig

BFA Honours CoordinatorJohn Bloomfield

BFA, HSC and Educational Outreach Coordinator Lorraine Kypiotis

CeramicsHead of Ceramics Merran Esson

LecturersStephen BirdTania Rollond

Studio Technicians David Stockburn Joseph Purtle

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DrawingHead of DrawingDr Maryanne Coutts

LecturersCharles Cooper Lynette Eastaway Joseph Frost Dr Margaret Roberts

Studio Technician John Stanfield

PaintingHead of PaintingDr Stephen Little

LecturersSusan AndrewsDr Andrew Donaldson Dr David Serisier

Studio Technician Paolo Iarossi

PhotographyHead of Photography Geoff Kleem

LecturersRebecca Shanahan

Studio Technician Damian Dillon

PrintmakingCo-Heads of PrintmakingHelen MuellerPeter Burgess

LecturerCarolyn Mckenzie-Craig

Studio Technician Nina Juniper

SculptureHead of Sculpture Ron Robertson-Swann OAM

LecturersJim CrokeDavid Horton

Studio Technician Simon Hodgson

Art History & Theory Head of Art History & TheoryDr Michael Hill

LecturersDr Georgina ColeDr Ian Greig Lorraine Kypiotis

Student Services RegistrarBenedict Griffin

Student Counsellor Raji Munro Michelle Glass

Student Services Officer Marina Veg

Student Services AdministratorJazmin Velasco

Library Library & Learning Centre Manager Elizabeth Little

LibrarianSusan Olive

Library Technician Lana RylesGrace Sagud

Public Programs Head of Public ProgramsDr Ella Dreyfus

Public Programs Administrative Assistant Jenny Rislund

GalleryGallery Manager & CuratorJudith Blackall

Archivist & Collections Manager Deborah Beck

Corporate Services Chief Operating Officer & Company Secretary Sue Procter

Governance & Business Operations Manager Ellen O’Shaughnessy

Executive Assistant to CEOLaura Bialecki

Receptionist & Administrative Assistant Claire Thomas

Philanthropy Manager Steve Clarke

Sponsorship Manager Helen Maidens

Alumni and Development CoordinatorZoë Wilesmith

Facilities & Operations Manager Christine Myerscough

Facilities Administrator Scott Clement

Facilities Assistant Mark Polak

Campus Service AssistantJason Bennett

Workshop Manager Jaroslav Prochazka

Digital Media Lab & AV TechniciansJohn DalyPeter Morgan

Security and Services OfficerJean-Claude Imbert Louis Greco

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL BOARD & STAFF


Campus AssistantsMarcel DelgardoMal Nagobi

Campus Grounds AssistantDarwish Khalil

Finance ManagerChloe Wong

Finance ClerkSuki Yuen

Human Resources ManagerCaroline Tommey

IT ManagerNhu Pham

IT OfficerYasantha SamarasingheDuncan Whichelo

Marketing & Communications ManagerRos Brennan

Marketing CoordinatorDanielle Neely

Venue Hire & Events ManagerJulie O’Reilly

Venue Hire & Events Co-ordinator Ross Morrison

Administration CasualsMonique ArundellKhanh Tran Katie Procter

SESSIONAL ACADEMIC STAFF

Art History & TheoryChristopher Dean Dr Molly DugginsDr Shane HasemanSophie HopmeierAlex TrompfDr Jaime Tsai Tom Melick

CeramicsSimon Fraser Bronwyn Kemp Sandy Lockwood Simon Reece

DrawingJohn Bokor Anthony Cahill Dr Sally ClarkeRoger Crawford Dr Ben Denham Ivor Fabok David Fairbairn Rachel FairfaxCameron Ferguson Terry Hayes Emma Hicks Paul Higgs Pollyxenia Joannou Lisa Jones Frank Littler Deborah Marks Daniel Pata Ambrose Reisch Alan Rigby Kenneth SmithKim SpoonerNoel Thurgate Belinda Ward Suzanne ArcherDenis ClarkeJanet HaslettAnnelise JahnKiata MasonCatherine O’DonnellJudith RaeGary Warner

Painting Justin Balmain Nick Collerson Joanne Handley Steven HarveyAnwen Keeling Chelsea Lehmann Nana Ohnesorge Rodney Pople Leslie Rice Nike Savvas Rolande Souliere

PhotographySteven Cavanagh Tanya PetersonSkye Wagner David ManleyTim Silver

PrintmakingMaureen Burns Pia Larsen Brenda Tye Jacqueline DriverCarolyn Mckenzie-Craig Wendy MurrayEsther Neate

SculptureGary Deirmendjian Clara Hali Caroline Haswell Simon HodgsonLinda BowdenPaul HopmeierSam Valenz

Public Programs Andrew AntoniouTania Browitt Kwi ChoungToni Warburton Allison AtkinsonDavid BriggsLucy ButtenshawLucinda CullitonGina FairleyAngus FisherMichelle HiscockCameron WilliamsMaryanne WickMichele ElliotJane 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 CREWTania AlexanderMelina AltmanShelly AnfieldLaura BadertscherTimothy BarbarinoMorgan BeeJason ChiangHelen Coates-MiltonEvelyn CoreEliza GosseCeleste GreevesTamara HallGillian HodesElizabeth HoganIvana JovanovicSimon KahnKirtika KainMatilda Kubany-DeaneAmy McgregorCharlotte PaullTimothy PerkinsAnna RichardsChrystal RimmerPenelope RyanKatika SchultzShannon SmithLaura SuttonEmilie Syme-LamontSarah TractonHanli UysSean WadeyMarion WaitJustin Watson






| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL

Director & Chief Executive Officer Michael Snelling

Chair, Board of Directors Nicholas Johnson

Chief Operating Officer & Company Secretary Sue Procter

Board of Directors David GrayceJennifer GreenGlenda McLoughlinMark Tedeschi AM QC

Dr John Vallance

Academic Studies Head of Studies Simon Cooper

MFA CoordinatorDr Ian Greig

BFA Honours CoordinatorJohn Bloomfield

BFA, HSC and Educational Outreach Coordinator Lorraine Kypiotis

CeramicsHead of Ceramics Merran Esson

LecturersStephen BirdTania Rollond

Studio Technicians David Stockburn Joseph Purtle

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PaintingHead of PaintingDr Stephen Little

LecturersSusan AndrewsDr Andrew Donaldson Dr David Serisier

Studio Technician Paolo Iarossi

PhotographyHead of Photography Geoff Kleem

LecturersRebecca Shanahan

Studio Technician Damian Dillon

PrintmakingCo-Heads of PrintmakingHelen MuellerPeter Burgess

LecturerCarolyn Mckenzie-Craig

Studio Technician Nina Juniper

SculptureHead of Sculpture Ron Robertson-Swann OAM

LecturersJim CrokeDavid Horton

Studio Technician Simon Hodgson



Student Services RegistrarBenedict Griffin

Student Counsellor Raji Munro Michelle Glass

Student Services Officer Marina Veg

Student Services AdministratorJazmin Velasco

Library Library & Learning Centre Manager Elizabeth Little

LibrarianSusan Olive

Library Technician Lana RylesGrace Sagud

Public Programs Head of Public ProgramsDr Ella Dreyfus

Public Programs Administrative Assistant Jenny Rislund

GalleryGallery Manager & CuratorJudith Blackall

Archivist & Collections Manager Deborah Beck

Corporate Services Chief Operating Officer & Company Secretary Sue Procter

Governance & Business Operations Manager Ellen O’Shaughnessy

Executive Assistant to CEOLaura Bialecki

Receptionist & Administrative Assistant Claire Thomas

Philanthropy Manager Steve Clarke

Sponsorship Manager Helen Maidens

Alumni and Development CoordinatorZoë Wilesmith

Facilities & Operations Manager Christine Myerscough

Facilities Administrator Scott Clement

Facilities Assistant Mark Polak

Campus Service AssistantJason Bennett

Workshop Manager Jaroslav Prochazka

Digital Media Lab & AV TechniciansJohn DalyPeter Morgan

Security and Services OfficerJean-Claude Imbert Louis Greco

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL BOARD & STAFF


Campus AssistantsMarcel DelgardoMal Nagobi

Campus Grounds AssistantDarwish Khalil

Finance ManagerChloe Wong

Finance ClerkSuki Yuen

Human Resources ManagerCaroline Tommey

IT ManagerNhu Pham

IT OfficerYasantha SamarasingheDuncan Whichelo

Marketing & Communications ManagerRos Brennan

Marketing CoordinatorDanielle Neely

Venue Hire & Events ManagerJulie O’Reilly

Venue Hire & Events Co-ordinator Ross Morrison

Administration CasualsMonique ArundellKhanh Tran Katie Procter

SESSIONAL ACADEMIC STAFF

Art History & TheoryChristopher Dean Dr Molly DugginsDr Shane HasemanSophie HopmeierAlex TrompfDr Jaime Tsai Tom Melick

CeramicsSimon Fraser Bronwyn Kemp Sandy Lockwood Simon Reece

DrawingJohn Bokor Anthony Cahill Dr Sally ClarkeRoger Crawford Dr Ben Denham Ivor Fabok David Fairbairn Rachel FairfaxCameron Ferguson Terry Hayes Emma Hicks Paul Higgs Pollyxenia Joannou Lisa Jones Frank Littler Deborah Marks Daniel Pata Ambrose Reisch Alan Rigby Kenneth SmithKim SpoonerNoel Thurgate Belinda Ward Suzanne ArcherDenis ClarkeJanet HaslettAnnelise JahnKiata MasonCatherine O’DonnellJudith RaeGary Warner

Painting Justin Balmain Nick Collerson Joanne Handley Steven HarveyAnwen Keeling Chelsea Lehmann Nana Ohnesorge Rodney Pople Leslie Rice Nike Savvas Rolande Souliere

PhotographySteven Cavanagh Tanya PetersonSkye Wagner David ManleyTim Silver

PrintmakingMaureen Burns Pia Larsen Brenda Tye Jacqueline DriverCarolyn Mckenzie-Craig Wendy MurrayEsther Neate

SculptureGary Deirmendjian Clara Hali Caroline Haswell Simon HodgsonLinda BowdenPaul HopmeierSam Valenz

Public Programs Andrew AntoniouTania Browitt Kwi ChoungToni Warburton Allison AtkinsonDavid BriggsLucy ButtenshawLucinda CullitonGina FairleyAngus FisherMichelle HiscockCameron WilliamsMaryanne WickMichele ElliotJane Gillings

Anita Larkin Graham Marchant Michele Marshall Kevin McKay Virginia Morrison Sarah O’Sullivan Sue Pedley Anthony Phillips Madeleine Preston Linda Seiffert Pamela Vaughan

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