ANNUAL REPORT 2016

1 Contents Mission and Governance 5 Year at a glance 7 Chair’s Report 8 Director’s Report 9 Degree Programs 11 The Student Experience 15 Prizes and Scholarships 16 Graduate Profiles 18 Educational Outreach 23 Faculty Achievements 27 Art Forum 29 Visiting Artists 31 Public Programs 33 Professional Opportunities 35 Staff Profile 36 NAS Gallery 39 National Art School Fellowship 43 Library and Archive & Collection 45 Venue Hire 47 Philanthropy 49 Corporate Partners 53 Financial Report 54 National Art School Staff 56

cover Daniel Boyd Untitled 2016 window installation: adhesive vinyl on acrylic panels 3.04 × 1.52 m. Installation view at NAS Gallery for Sixth Sense. Photo: Peter Morgan

opposite 2 | NATIONAL ART SCHOOL Photo: Christopher Phillips NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 3 4 | NATIONAL ART SCHOOL MISSION GOVERNANCE

The principal mission of the National Art School is to be a The National Art School is registered as a Higher Education centre of excellence for the provision of higher education and Provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 research, scholarship and professional practice in the visual (HESA). arts and related fields. The National Art School is a public company limited by The National Art School utilises its independent identity guarantee, with two members, the NSW Ministers for the and distinctive teaching and learning methods to realise this Arts and for Education. The members appoint a Board of mission through the development of creativity and visual and Directors with responsibility for the School and oversight cultural awareness in an international context. of the leadership of the School. The aims and objectives of the National Art School are: The Board of Directors operates three sub-committees, the Finance and Audit Committee, the Properties and • To be a centre of excellence for the delivery of high Assets Committee, and the National Art School Foundation. quality specialist education in studio-based visual arts and related fields; The Academic Board is responsible for the maintenance of • To be at the forefront of learning, creativity and practice academic standards in accordance with the Higher Education in the visual arts, nationally and internationally; Threshold Standards. • To provide high quality education that fosters the The National Art School is entered on the Register of acquisition and interrelationship of technical skills Cultural Organisations. It is recognised by the Australian with creative invention; Taxation Office as a Charitable Institution, and is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient under Item 1 for the • To ensure that practice, research and scholarship following funds: in drawing is a core visual language and underpins creative development in all aspects of provision; • National Art School General Fund • To situate all programs of study within the art historical, • National Art School Gallery theoretical, cultural and professional contexts • National Art School Library appropriate to the development of knowledge and understanding of the studio arts; The National Art School Gallery and the National Art School Library are also endorsed under Item 4, and may receive gifts • To promote the widest possible participation and of property under the Cultural Gifts Program. 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.

Printmaking student Kirtika Kain. Photo: Christopher Phillips NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 5 6 | NATIONAL ART SCHOOL YEAR AT A GLANCE

Overall quality of educational Publicly Funded institution Art School in Australia #1 experience in Australia in the #1 for overall quality of educational #1 for overall educational 2016 QILT (96.9%) experience in Australia in the experience in the 2015 96.9% Teaching Quality 2015 & 2016 QILT (92%) & 2016 QILT (92%) Satisfaction rate 93.6% Student Support Satisfaction rate Art School in NSW for Art School in NSW for 92.3% Skills Development #1 Learner Engagement in the #1 Student Support in the Satisfaction rate 2015 & 2016 QILT (81.6%)) 2015 & 2016 QILT(90.4%)

Art School in NSW for #1 Teaching Quality in the 2015 & 2016 QILT (93.2%)

Students rated their overall learning Instagram followers experience at increased by 96.9%* 93% the highest rating of any Higher Education institution in Australia*

Degree enrolments increased by Highest number of short course enrolments in over a decade 17%

Facebook likes increased by Students rated the teaching quality at 71% 96.9%* * According to data collected by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training for the National Report on the 2016 Student Experience Survey (SES).

National Art School Alumnus Reg Mombassa, photographed in his studio for the 2016 Open Day campaign. Photo: Peter Morgan NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 7 CHAIR’S REPORT

I am delighted to report on the progress and the continuing landlord to implement the program of capital works needed success of the National Art School over the past year. to preserve this important heritage site while ensuring the buildings are both safe and fit for purpose in delivering our Success services to the broad public. This success has resulted from the combined effects of the acknowledged excellence of our intensive teaching model, Significant change in accounting treatment the wonderful campus provided by the Darlinghurst Gaol, the I should highlight an accounting consequence from the sustained efforts of our teaching and management team, transfer of the site ownership. During 2015 NAS had and by the generous financial support provided by the NSW managed the major renovation of one of the buildings, Government. Building 11. This renovation had been considered to provide a long term benefit for NAS and was therefore shown as The facts speak for themselves. There is growing demand a capitalised asset of $8.9 million on the 2015 year end from students to study at the school and very high student balance sheet, rather than being fully expensed as a cost satisfaction levels. We started 2016 with a final enrolment of in the 2015 Income Statement. As a result of a changed 443 (equivalent full time) students, and are going into 2017 accounting treatment of that Building 11 expenditure with around 537 students, an increase of 21%. The most following the transfer of ownership to Property NSW it recent QILT review reported a student satisfaction index of was necessary to write down the value of that previously 96.9% compared with an average of in 80.7% in comparable capitalised asset value by $8.3 million. In presenting the creative arts education institutions. operating results we have therefore tried to clearly separate Possible alternative models for outstanding the non-operating charges, the largest of which is this art education property related item. Despite the evident success of our teaching model, the Thanks to so many supporters Board is conscious of the need to remain open to possible I must again offer my sincere thanks to our major corporate other ways to deliver outstanding art teaching. In this context supporters and to the individual donors who ensure that we the Board and Management participated in extensive recognise our graduates' hard work through awards and constructive discussions during the year with the NSW prizes. This support is highly sought after by the graduates Government and with several Universities to identify and and students and deeply appreciated by the School. It often evaluate opportunities to cooperate, to integrate or to provides the necessary stimulus that an artist needs to amalgamate teaching functions. transition into professional practice. The Darlinghurst Gaol - ownership and renovation And finally I must express deep appreciation to the NSW The Darlinghurst Gaol site brings both blessings and Government for their continuing interest in, and continued problems. As an original sandstone institution dating from financial support for the National Art School. I can report 1844 it provides a unique environment to stimulate artistic that in December the then NSW Treasurer, Gladys Berejiklian, imagination. But at the same time the costs of maintaining wrote to me to give assurance that the Government will the old fabric of the buildings is substantial. The school has provide funding in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years up been fortunate in having State Government support for the to the value of $6 million each year. Thanks again! capital expenditures of repairing and renovating much of the site over the past years. Ownership of the site was transferred from the NSW Nicholas Johnson Department of Education to Property NSW during the year. Chair, Board of Directors We are looking forward to working closely with our new

8 | NATIONAL ART SCHOOL DIRECTOR’S REPORT

As the National Art School’s newly appointed Director, Our highest honour, the National Art School Fellowship, I would like to begin by acknowledging the outstanding was awarded to three distinguished alumni for their influential contribution of outgoing Director Michael Snelling. Michael’s careers and momentous contribution to the visual arts. visionary leadership and tireless support over the past three Kevin Connor, Vivienne Binns oam and Janet Mansfield oam years saw the School flourish and set us in good stead for (posthumous), were honoured at the Graduation Ceremony our future. in the School’s historic Cell Block Theatre along with faculty Deborah Beck and Lynne Eastaway who were recognised I would also like to acknowledge and thank the Interim for their decades of distinguished service to the School. Director Michael Lynch, who took the mast with great energy and enthusiasm during the recruitment process, providing Led by Gallery Manager and Curator Judith Blackall, the valuable stability and sensible guidance in the six months NAS Gallery presented a rich and engaging program of he served in the role. exhibitions, events, talks and publications, including Luminous World: Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection, It is an honour and a privilege to take on the role of Director the Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, William Wright: of this iconic and exceptional organisation, which is such a Vision Through Disbelief, Ann Thomson & Contemporaries vital part of Australia’s cultural fibre. As someone who started and the Sixth Sense, as well as the highly anticipated out as an artist and went onto gain decades of curatorial Graduate Exhibitions. and arts management experience, I am excited to build on the School’s success and implement some new initiatives On behalf of the National Art School, I thank our many that will not only bolster our place as one of the finest art donors, corporate partners and government funding partners schools’ in the world, but as one of Sydney’s most dynamic whose commitment, encouragement and support is so creative precincts. essential to the School’s continued growth and success. Through these invaluable partnerships we can continue 2016 was a tremendous year for the National Art School. to provide excellent experiences for students, alumni and The lifeblood of the School – our Bachelor of Fine Art and audiences for generations to come. Master of Fine Art degrees – went from strength to strength with record numbers of students resulting in a 17% increase In closing, I extend my thanks to our exceptional staff, in applications on the previous year. The graduating cohort of students and alumni, who bring the unique character to Master of Fine Art and Bachelor of Fine Art students showed the National Art School that sets us apart and enables us extraordinary dedication and commitment, producing work of to thrive. I look forward to working alongside you in 2017. exceptional quality, imagination and skill. Led by Dr Ella Dreyfus, our Short Course program had a Steven Alderton stellar year, achieving its highest number of students in Director and CEO over a decade – a 15% increase on 2015 - and seeing the successful implementation of the new four-term evening and Saturday short course structure. Our Education Outreach program also expanded and developed in 2016. Education Outreach Coordinator Lorrraine Kypiotis introduced 'Future Makers', a new sell-out school holiday workshop program for students aged 10 – 14, as well as continuing to foster and develop relationships with high schools across metropolitan and regional New South Wales.

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DEGREE PROGRAMS

The National Art School is committed to teaching the vital Master of Fine Art / Graduate Diploma of Fine Art practical skills and theoretical basis that is essential to a Initiated in 2016, the Master of Fine Art (MFA) is designed career in the visual arts; a method that continues to produce for BFA or equivalent graduates who wish to further develop internationally renowned, award-winning graduates. The their individual studio practice toward a higher level of academic experience continues to be defined by high staff-to- specialised knowledge and professional expertise. The student ratios, generous studio footprints, extensive contact course exemplifies the National Art School’s belief in the hours and an esteemed faculty of practising artist/teachers. studio-based model of learning that facilitates dialogue between studio practice and theory. Degree Programs and Statistics* YEAR DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL TOTAL Bachelor of Fine Art The Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) program represents our 2016 53 1 54 largest student enrolment. Applications and intake for this three-year full-time program in the 2016 academic year Gender Profile remained strong, with a significant increase in enrolments GENDER BFA GDFA/MFA MFA (Research) from 2015. Female 285 39 8 YEAR DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL TOTAL Male 135 15 8 2014 347 3 350 Unspecified (X) 1 0 0 2015 397 2 399 TOTAL 421 54 16 2016 417 4 421 Age Balance Master of Fine Art (by research) AGE BFA GDFA/MFA MFA (Research) The Master of Fine Art program (MFA) represents the highest 17-25 269 16 1 degree awarded at NAS. This studio research-based program is designed for practising artists who wish to develop specific 26-60 132 32 14 research interests in their studio production and gain a higher 60+ 20 6 1 level of professional expertise. The high quality of work TOTAL 421 54 16 produced by these graduates embodies the professional expertise gained through rigorous artistic enquiry over two Degree Program Income Performance or more years of individualised studio research. Income performance growth remained strong in 2015 YEAR DOMESTIC INTERNATIONAL TOTAL with a 34.3% growth on the previous year.

2014 18 1 19 $ GROWTH ON % GROWTH ON YEAR FEE INCOME PREVIOUS YEAR PREVIOUS YEAR 2015 28 1 29 2016 16 1 17 2015 $3,587,842 $915,847 34.3% 2016 $4,194,093 $606,251 16.9%

*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 2016.

Painting student Cameron Stead. Photo: Christopher Phillips NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 11 2016 Enrolment by Degree Program (Headcount) DEGREE 2013 2014 2015 2016 Domestic International Domestic International Domestic International Domestic International BFA 339 3 347 3 397 2 417 4 BFA (Hons) 35 0 41 0 49 1 n/a n/a GDFA/MFA n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 53 1 MFA (Research) 16 1 18 1 28 1 16 0

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Graduate Exhibitions Student Representative Council The Graduate Exhibitions are a celebration of creativity As well as serving as the main representative body for NAS and ingenuity, honouring more than 150 Master of Fine students, the SRC continued to enrich life on campus in Art and Bachelor of Fine Art students as they embark on 2016 with exciting social events. They held several student their careers. The campus comes to life with thousands of socials throughout the year, including the all-important NAS contemporary artworks on display, offering visitors a unique Student Ball, offering the chance for inter-year socialisation opportunity to experience the very best of emerging and camaraderie. They also launched a new website, group contemporary art across ceramics, drawing, painting meditation and yoga sessions and a t-shirt design competition. and photomedia. News of a planned merger between SCA and UNSW at Well attended by gallerists, collectors, curators, art the start of the second semester, as well as continued consultants and the broader public, the exhibitions are an discussion around the future of NAS, prompted students important springboard into contemporary arts practice to form an action committee aimed at maintaining the beyond the tertiary environment. 2016 saw a total of more school’s independence and securing tenure of the site. than 20 000 pass through our historic gates, with more The committee worked closely with NAS faculty and than $200,000 of artwork sold across the Graduate and Friends of the National Art School (FoNAS) to promote Postgraduate Exhibitions, a 17% increase on 2015. letter writing, petitions and a rally. We collected 15,000 signatures for the petition and more than 500 staff, Margaret Olley Drawing Week students, alumni and NAS supporters marched down Oxford Street in torrential rain, delivering the petition to A dynamic program of intensive drawing kick-starts our NSW Parliament, where it was received by Alex Greenwich academic year. This fertile ground for the development and Clover Moore. of ideas, projects, skills and processes often forms the basis for students’ practices throughout the year. In 2016, approximately two hundred and fifty students participated in the 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 “2016 has been a year of coming experience as they volunteered as interns, adding to the together at the National Art School. vitality of the week We held several student socials as a whole. throughout the year, offering the chance for inter-year socialisation, the display of embarrassing dance moves and of course, intellectual debates around contemporary art practice in Australia.” CAMERON STEAD, CHAIR, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

Photo: Peter Morgan NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 15 PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

The National Art School offers an extensive program of Danny and Lisa Goldberg Prize for Excellence prizes as part of our ongoing commitment to helping students in Photo and Print Media build professional networks and launch their careers as Gemma Avery practicing artists. Announced at the Graduate Awards Studio W doubleyou Exhibition Prize Ceremony each year, the awards include prizes for our Ondine Seabrook Bachelor of Fine Art and Master of Fine Art students. Certain Robin Gibson Gallery New Talent Exhibition residencies are open to competitive application by staff and Gene A'Hern alumni. The National Art School thanks all of the donors and Mechelle Bounpraseuth sponsors who generously support the School by giving the Drew Holland following student awards. James Tsang Zara June Williams Residencies British School at Rome Residency Art History and Theory Prizes Gary Deirmendjian Art History and Theory Prize for a 2nd year student Onslow Storrier La Cite des Arts Residency, Paris Josephine Morrow Tania Alexander Sue Procter Prize for Art History and Robin Hearfield Theory 3rd year student Pollyxenia Joannou Kirtika Kain Danielle Tooley Mansfield Ceramics Writing Prize 3rd year Fiona Henderson Major Awards Derivan Award for Excellence Ceramics Prizes Troy Donaghy Blackwattle Pottery Supplies Award 3rd year student Joel Corrigan Memorial Photography Award Mechelle Bounpraseuth Callum Jeffery Parkers Sydney Fine Art Ceramic Award 3rd John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing year student Tango Conway Isis Star National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship N.E. Pethebridge Award 3rd year student Sarah Eddowes Georgia Bosnic Anerleigh Simms Mechelle Bounpraseuth Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship Mansfield Ceramics Prize (Highly Commended) Elena Ortega Tolosana Arna Pop Stefanija Lesanska Clitheroe Foundation Fine Art MFA Scholarship Emily Walder Richard York Mansfield Ceramics Prize 3rd year student Bird Holcomb Foundation MFA Art Scholarship Rachel Dreyfus Kirtika Kain Maricelle Olivier Australian Ceramics Association Prize 3rd year student Open Awards Jayanto Tan Parkers Sydney Fine Art Framing Award Ceramics Art & Perception Prize 3rd year student Drew Holland Natasha Hay William Fletcher Foundation Grant Mansfield Ceramics Yarrobil Magazine Prize Tarni Cameron Mechelle Bounpraseuth Aimee Gardyne Jane Mckenzie Lilianne Ivins Remy Pajaczkowski-Russell Eliza Vince N.E. Pethebridge Award MFA year student Marion Wait Machiko Motoi NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional Practice Australian Ceramics Association Prize MFA student Peter Wilkinson Machiko Motoi Derivan Award for Mixed Media Aimee Gardyne

16 | NATIONAL ART SCHOOL Mansfield Ceramics Gallery Graduate Student Printmaking Prizes Exhibition prize Ellen Lee O’Shaughnessy Printmaking Award Jane Mckenzie 2nd year student Remy Pajaczkowski-Russell Marcus Dyer-Harrison Kerrie Lowe Gallery Graduate Student Group Exhibition Artscene Printmaking Prize 3rd Year student Georgia Bosnic Kirtika Kain Jenny Coopes Parkers Sydney Fine Art Printmaking Award Jane Mckenzie 3rd Year student Machiko Motoi Matthew Feder Jayanto Tan Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award 3rd Year student Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Prize Emily Clay Mechelle Bounpraseuth Sculpture Prizes Drawing Prizes Dr John Vallance Prize for Sculpture 2nd year student Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 1st year student Anna Richards Claire Gibbon Parkers Sydney Fine Art Sculpture Award Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 2nd year student 3rd year student Sarah Furness Jane Burton Taylor Andrea Long Sculpture by the Sea Prize 3rd year student Deborah Watson Tango Conway Jocelyn Maughan Sketchbook Prize 3rd year student Amelia Skelton Tango Conway Michael Hobbs Sculpture Award Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award 3rd year student Claire Brown Isaac Nixon Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award 3rd year students John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing Amelia Skelton (Highly Commended) 3rd year student Simon Briggs

Painting Prizes “I can attest that to be an art student John McCaughey Prize (The Trust Company) is to perennially answer for the value of 3rd Year student Nicolette Lewis an art education: to parents, to friends, Parkers Sydney Fine Art Painting Award 3rd Year student even to politicians. Thus, the true value Gene A'Hern of this generous scholarship lies in Chroma Prize for Excellence 3rd Year student its support for not only myself but my Zara June Williams fellow students and indeed the school. Sydney Olympic Park Residency 3rd Year student I sincerely thank Alex Holcomb and Amelia Carroll Andrew Bird for granting me time to remain curious, for recognising those Photography Prizes Kayell Australia Photography Award 2nd Year student obscure hours in the studio and for Patrick McCarthy affording me the privilege to continue Photo King Professional Award 3rd Year student study at the National Art School.” Tarni Cameron KIRTIKA KAIN BIRD HOLCOMB MFA SCHOLARSHIP

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 17 [GRADUATE PROFILE] KARLA DICKENS

Born in Sydney in 1967, Wiradjuri woman Karla Dickens' of my paintings on death and grief transformed by affection for art began at a young age. She enrolled in life animation thanks to Rhoda Roberts for the sails of the drawing classes focusing on the female form in high school; Opera House in Vivid 2016. but it wasn’t until she discovered the National Art School in “This year I have work in Defying Empire at The National 1991 that her interestblossomed. She completed a Diploma Gallery of Australia – as a school student making the long of Fine Art in 1993 and a Bachelor of Fine Art in 2000, bus trip to Canberra to visit the Gallery I could never have during which she ‘[met] like-minded people who embraced imagined I would one day have work on its walls.” not fitting into society’.

Today Karla has built a formidable career as a leading contemporary painter with numerous accolades to her name including more than twenty solo and over 100 group exhibitions both in Australia and internationally. She has won multiple prizes including the 2013 Parliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize and was selected to exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial in the Czech Republic in 2015. Her work is held in various public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Artbank and the University of Technology Sydney Art Collection. At first glance Karla’s work is an eclectic mix of line, pattern and decoration. Look again and you will see the reoccurring “The greatest lesson learnt in my years themes that underpin her production are referential to at the National Art School was the one Aboriginal Dreaming, Christianity, Hinduism and elements of discipline - you do not wait for the right from pagan gods and mythology. mood to make art, you make art rain, hail or Karla works from personal experience; gender politics and shine. The real art lay in the mental strength sexual preference, motherhood, a deep spiritualism and the to keep working. I also learnt that the difficulty of being an outsider in a culture reinventing itself to majority of the seen art world is very much survive. She produces assertive and complex works—uplifting and contemporary in both narration and presentation. the business of white middle aged men, who had little confidence in women in the Reflecting on her career, Dickens comments, “Apart from the same field. It was just the red flag obvious that I'm still making art and showing alongside some I needed to work as hard as I have.” of my art heroes and heroines I am fortunate to have had some great moments. It was mind blowing to see a number KARLA DICKENS

above Karla Dickens The nips are getting bigger / I’d better go and get somethin’ harder 2015

opposite Karla Dickens Black Madonna 18 | NATIONAL ART SCHOOL 2009, 920mm x 1020mm NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 19 below Pathway/Patina, 2017, acrylic, oil stick, paper, canvas and fabric on board, 79 x 59 cm. Photo: Jessica Maurer bottom Installation view, Arcades, Galerie pompom, 2017. Photo: Docqment

opposite Installation view, NEW16, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2016. Photo: Andrew Curtis

[GRADUATE PROFILE] MASON KIMBER

Mason Kimber graduated with a Masters in Painting from the National Art School in 2013. As well as being a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2014, he was awarded the National British School at Rome residency School in Rome, a three-month studio residency funded by NAS donors, particularly Jennifer Dowling. While in Italy, Kimber developed a fascination with the technique of using Fresco, or painting straight onto plaster, which he has incorporated into his own painting practice. Mason is represented by Galerie Pompom in Sydney; where he held his first solo exhibition Oltre la Vista in 2015. Describes by Mason as a ‘career highlight’, in 2016 he was commissioned to create a new body of work for the NEW16 exhibition at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne (ACCA) in March 2016, which brings together eight emerging artists from around Australia. “The curator Annika Kristensen allocated a wall for me that was eight metres high, bigger than anything I was used to as a painter. In response, I created a geometric design using two- dimensional colour planes, which I painted on the walls using a scissor lift and the help of the ACCA install team. (…) I never would have thought to paint something on that scale, but when you’re given the opportunity, you become much more ambitious.” In 2017, he was awarded a coveted one-year studio residency at Artspace in Woolloomooloo, where he developed the bulk of the work for his follow up solo exhibition at Galerie Pompom. Titled Arcades, inspired an unfinished collection of writing by “Even though I only graduated in 2013, German literary critic Walter Benjamin, the exhibition featured my work has changed and developed collaged paintings, comprised of samples of smaller paintings, so much that it now feels like a lifetime photographs, cheap fabrics, architectural sketches and Roman ago. My understanding of ‘painting’ ruins and motifs. has expanded from ‘oil on canvas’ to incorporating other forms of making that respond to architectural spaces. Although I have been making art for most of my life, at 31 years old I feel like this is only just the beginning…”

MASON KIMBER

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2016 saw a significant growth in the area of Education Number of Students and Schools per Year Outreach with increased participation in regional, national NUMBER OF NUMBER OF YEAR and international engagement. SCHOOLS STUDENTS Over 2,300 students and 200 teachers from 190 schools 2000 29 81 were reached via expos (regional, interstate and international), 2001 77 164 metropolitan and regional workshops; on-and-off campus 2002 85 174 visits; and long standing high school programs such as the HSC Intensive Studio Practice and the Dobell 2003 90 171 Drawing School. 2004 93 193 2005 89 187 HSC intensive Studio Practice 2006 97 183 and Dobell Drawing School 2007 88 159 Since 2000, 2,940 students from 401 schools have participated in the HSC Program. 2008 90 189 2009 103 206 In the 19 years of the Dobell Drawing School 1098 students from 57 schools have participated 2010 94 213 2 011 119 235 Participation in existing programs such as the Dobell workshops for students and regional teachers and the 2012 91 163 HSC Intensive Studio Practice for high achieving state-wide 2013 86 156 students was solid and is reflected in a growing number 2014 85 144 of high school leavers from these programs applying to the Bachelor of Fine Art. 2015 89 154 2016 104 168 In 2016: 5 HSC Intensive students (2014) and 1 Dobell school student enrolled in the BFA. TOTAL 1502 2940

In 2017: 13 HSC Intensive students (2015) and 5 Dobell schools students enrolled in the BFA. There was also a marked increase in correlation of students who completed the HSC Intensive studio Practice at NAS and were chosen for ArtExpress: “The HSC intensive course is one of the 13 students: 2014 HSC Intensive Studio Practice / 2016 Art Express greatest art opportunities I have ever experienced in my life. Coming from the small 21 students: 2015 HSC Intensive Studio Practice / rural town of Gilgandra I was completely 2017 Art Express taken aback being accepted into the course. Both outbound and inbound school visits increased over However being here I have learned a the metropolitan area and regional NSW. There was also an significant amount of knowledge about art and increase in on-campus visits from interstate high schools, the techniques associated with it. Art has been predominantly from Queensland. my passion since the beginning so I am so Appendix: HSC 2000–2016 Statistics blessed that I have been able to strengthen my art practice which will help me fulfil my dream of becoming an artist.” CLEMENTINE MCINTOSH HSC 2016, GILGANDRA HIGH SCHOOL

Future Makers students. Photo: Peter Morgan NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |23 Customised Workshops Future Makers In 2016, the National Art School Public Programs delivered In 2016 NAS launched 'Future Makers': holiday workshops visual arts workshops to various commercial and educational for students aged 10-14. These courses target the upper groups, including: primary and junior high school years. There has already been a marked growth in the program from October 2016 to April • St Joseph’s Regional College 2017. It is envisaged that the program will expand to include • Macintyre High School classes also for the middle school years of high school as a bridge between Future Makers and the already solid senior • Corinda State High School high school programs that NAS runs. • Cannon Hill Anglican College • The Emanuel School • Riverside Christian College • Mirvac • Total number of participants in customized workshops in 2016: 141 “I really enjoyed meeting students from all Solid Ground over the state. I believe the skills I have gained 2016 also saw the pilot program of Solid Ground: a in this course will influence my partnership program with Carriageworks and Blacktown Arts Year 12 work in both physical skills and Centre. This program targets metropolitan students who options, and in my understanding of art and identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background. the aspects of creating a successful artwork. The program resulted in 6 of these students engaging in the HSC Intensive and 3 completing the program. 2017 will see Completing this course allowed for a greater an increase in the engagement of students with the inclusion understanding of the aspects of art I enjoy of a year 10 and a year 11 cohort with the participants in the and therefore influenced my consideration of 2016 program acting as mentors. options regarding my tertiary studies.” ARALUEN SQUIRE Teacher engagement HSC 2016, GOSFORD HIGH SCHOOL Teacher engagement in 2016 was strong with the two Dobell Regional Teachers workshops held in Gilgandra and Mullumbimby, NSW. Education Outreach in conjunction with NAS Gallery also launched private “Teacher Previews”: an opportunity for Visual Arts teachers to preview exhibitions at NAS and engage in networking with their peers and art world professionals. These previews are Curator- and/or Artist-led. The pilot was launched alongside the “Sixth Sense” exhibition with the preview led by Djon Mundine and Judith Blackall. 2017 will expand on these previews as well as pilot a series of Teacher Professional development workshops.

NAS HSC Intensive Studio Practice Student. 24| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL Photo: Peter Morgan NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |25 26| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

National Art School faculty members continued to achieve significant professional recognition throughout 2016 as finalists and winners of national art prizes, and through the presentation of works in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. 113 The calendar year 2015-2016 saw NAS faculty produce a range of significant publications including books, journal Group Exhibitions 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. 16 Countries International Reach Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, 18 France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Publications Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, authored Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America. 17 National Reach Finalists in Adelaide, Alexandria, Berrima, Bondi, National and Braidwood, Brisbane, Bundaberg, international Cairns, Canberra, Clayfield, Coffs art awards Harbour, Cooma, Cottesloe, Darlinghurst, Eden, Fremantle, Grafton, Gypie, Leichhardt, Mackay, Maitland, Marrickville, Melbourne, Monstalvat, Newcastle, Orange, Perth, Port Macquarie, Sale, Surfers Paradise, 10 Sydney, Wollongong. External examinations and consultancies 7 Art Prizes won

Guest lectures, 42 floor talks and 31 conference papers 4 ResearchGrants Solo Exhibitions 9 Curatorial Artist Residencies 11 Projects Geoff Kleem, Tympanumum, 2016, 1400 x 750 x 1650 cm, steel, wood, composite materials. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Kronenburg Wright Artist Projects. NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |27 28| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL ART FORUM

The Art Forum is a weekly lecture program for artists, Recipients of the NAS residency and internship programs curators and academics to present their professional shared their respective experiences, including NAS lecturer projects to students, staff and the general public. Margaret Roberts and alumni Mason Kimber on the British School at Rome; Celeste Kotevich on the Cite Internationale The 2016 program began with Nicci Haynes speaking des Artes, Elyssa Sykes-Smith on interning for Isidro Blasko about performance drawing, followed by Wendy Sharpe’s in New York, and Chrystal Rimmer and Anke Klevjer on their discussion on her portraits of asylum seekers. Three artists internships at Aboriginal Art Centres. from the 20th Biennale of Sydney spoke: British artist and NAS artist-in-residence Marco Chiandetti, Taiwanese artist Additional Art Forum presenters were arts writer and curator Lee Mingwei, of his Guernica in Sand and Aboriginal artist Julie Ewington, Director of Artspace Alexie Glass-Kantor, Archie Moore talked about Bennelong/Vera’s hut in the NAS lecturer Carolyn McKenzie-Craig, researcher Dr Laura Botanical Gardens. Fisher, painter Jude Rae, winner of the 2016 Bulgari Art Award, Andrew Leslie, Director of Sydney Non Objective Three ceramic artists gave talks — Australian artist Ramesh Contemporary Art Projects and photographic artists Nithiyendran discussed his works for the Adelaide Biennial Joachim Froese and Sarah Mosca, also a NAS lecturer. of Australian Art, Dutch artist Alexandra Engelfriet, a guest of the Clay Gulgong International Ceramics Festival, spoke of her relationship with clay, nature and the body, and Dr Ella Dreyfus NAS lecturer Stephen Bird showed works from his survey Head of Public Programs exhibition at Casula Powerhouse. Dr Margaret Roberts Art Forums integrated with the NAS Gallery to hold talks by Lecturer in Drawing artists Luke Parker, Sean Wadey and Mitchell Cumming, all finalists in the Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize exhibition; curator Djon Mundine and artists Nasim Nasr, Fiona Foley and Karla Dickens on their works in Sixth Sense; and Ann Thomson ‘in conversation’ with NAS Gallery Curator Judith Blackall for her exhibition Ann Thomson & Contemporaries.

2016 Art Forum speaker Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran. Photo: Peter Morgan NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |29 30| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL VISITING ARTISTS

The School’s international reputation continues to attract Christopher Orchard academics and artists from around the world to visit our Adelaide-based artist and former Head of Drawing at the campus and share their knowledge with our students and Adelaide Central School of Art, Christopher Orchard, was academic community. a visiting Lecturer in conjunction with the National Art School’s Margaret Olley Drawing Week. Well regarded as Marco Chiandetti contemporary figurative drawer Christopher delivered a fully In conjunction with the 20th Biennale of Sydney, NAS hosted booked workshop for NAS students entitled Identity and the London-based artist Marco Chiandetti. Marco worked for Avatar focused on drawing the head. several months with support of NAS staff and students to produce his ambitious installation work ‘The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?’. Installed in the historic Mortuary Station, a former morgue, and featuring exquisite wooden cages with real Indian Minah Birds, the work was a meditation on the cycle of life and death and notions of otherness. “Australia is so beautiful. I think I make my best work when I’m on the move Ramesh Nithiyendran or travelling. (…) The piece for the Sri Lankan born and Sydney-based artist Ramesh Biennale of Sydney was developed Nithiyendran undertook a residency with the NAS Ceramics department where he produced Mud Men, a spectacular from a direct observation of something installation work comprising five large-scale ceramic I experienced in Australia. It was very sculptures, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia tricky to produce, we were trying to do and presented in the NGA’s Contemporary galleries in something no one had done before, but February 2017. I had full support from Artistic Director Stephanie Rosenthal and the whole team at the Biennale and the National Art School.” MARCO CHIANDETTI

Portrait of Marco Chiandetti holding Heavenwards, 2016. Photo: Ivana Jovanovi NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 31 32| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS

In 2016, NAS Public Programs achieved its highest number The Public Programs Short Course comparative of students in over a decade. With the introduction of the new participant and course numbers were: four-term evening and Saturday short course structure, the 2015 2016 regular Summer and Winter School intensives and Weekend Workshops, this was our most successful year to date. The Programs Courses Students Courses Students short courses attract a diverse range of participants from Summer 17 215 21 257 the general community, and a growing number of NAS Semester 1 28 302 31 371 undergraduate and postgraduate students return to study Winter 11 121 11 137 at NAS through Public Programs. The Summer School is increasingly popular with high school visual art and design Semester 2 26 249 31 346 Schools / teachers attending for professional development accreditation. Corporate 7 200 10 141 At the NAS Open Day the Public Programs are of great Totals 89 1087 104 1252 interest to prospective students, and they often try a short course prior to applying for full time study at NAS. There was encouraging growth and interest in the new Short Course YoY Income Data weekday short courses. Monday and Friday morning classes proved to be highly popular, especially in the disciplines of YEAR INCOME painting and drawing. The two-day weekend workshops 2013 $425,597 in autumn and spring continue to offer newcomers an 2014 $500,869 introduction to art-making, and many go on to enrol in longer courses. 2015 $ 56 9 , 211 2016 $726,096 The range of professional artists employed as lecturers are well-balanced between regular NAS teachers and specialist visiting artists. The student survey feedback on lecturers is consistently high, and they are highly valued for their commitment, encouragement and depth of understanding of the technical, conceptual, historical and aesthetical aspects of art, across the disciplines of ceramics, drawing, painting, “I had a sensational teacher, she photomedia, printmaking and sculpture. was generous, well organised, thoughtful in her feedback, and created a very stimulating environment in providing good source material to work from and keep the class going at a productive pace.” HEATHER, SHORT COURSE STUDENT

Winter School student. Photo Peter Morgan NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |33 34| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

“I was honoured to receive the Onslow Storrier National Art School Paris Residency in 2016. The residency allowed me to live in The National Art School provides opportunities for emerging Paris for three months. I made it my mission to and established artists to be immersed in the professional see something every day and saw countless arts industry and to interact and collaborate with people exhibitions and performances. I walked for from other cultures and communities through a range days, met heaps of artists, read, painted and of internships and residency programs. From centres of Aboriginal culture to the cities of Europe, the National Art studied. The residency far from home has School continues to provide opportunities for students, helped me plant my feet firmer on the ground academic staff and recent graduates to develop their on my return. I’m grateful for all that.” practices in different parts of the world. MICHAEL McINTYRE 2016 ONSLOW STORRIER PARIS STUDIO Aboriginal Art Centre Internships RESIDENCY RECIPIENT The Aboriginal Art Centre Internship program is now in its 7th year. With the generous support of Sharon Tofler and Mark Tedeschi AM QC, NAS was able to send Anke Klevjer, Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) graduate to undertake an internship with Ikuntji artists near Haasts Bluff, NT, and Chrystal Rimmer, also a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) graduate to Tapatjatjaka Art Centre at Titjikala, NT, for ten weeks. These emerging artists acquired practical arts management experience in community-based Aboriginal art centres, working with local indigenous artists. As always, this program provided an extraordinary personal and professional opportunity for these young artists and the communities in which they worked.

National Art School residency at the British School at Rome Drawing Lecturer Margaret Roberts undertook a three- month residency at the British School at Rome from April to June 2016, where she lived and worked alongside a diverse group of artists, historians, architects and archaeologists from around the world. Her residency saw her investigate space, scale, geometry and movement, largely in conjunction with Borrimini’s churches. This residency was made possible “As an artist, Ikuntji has opened my eyes. through the generous support of the school’s donors, It gave me the opportunity to see the especially Jennifer Dowling. importance of art in community and the vital role it plays for everyone living in Onslow Storrier National Art School residency Haasts Bluff. For the artists at Ikuntji art is at La Cite International des Arts, Paris everything. It is living, breathing, past and The Onslow Storrier National Art School residency at La Cite present. Working at the art centre has shown International des Arts, Paris has been established for the me this, and from making tea to mixing benefit of the National Art School’s alumni, students and staff colours, every day is a new experience. With through the generosity of Annette Onslow and Tim Storrier. a rich history that can only inspire the artists In 2016, Celeste Kotevich, Bachelor of Fine Art (Photography), and landscapes of the West MacDonnell Dominic Byrne, Bachelor of Fine Art Hons (Painting), Michael McIntyre, Bachelor of Fine Art Hons (Painting) and Susan ranges tell endless stories of beauty, mystery Andrews, Painting Lecturer, all attended the studio and and grandeur.” immersed themselves in new experiences as part of shaping CHRYSTAL RIMMER their artistic practices. 2016 ABORIGINAL ART CENTRE INTERNSHIPS RECIPIENT

Photo: Dominic Byrne NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |35 [STAFF PROFILE] LORRAINE KYPIOTIS

Lorraine Kypiotis (MA; BA; Dip.Ed.) is the National Art School’s Education Outreach Coordinator. She joined the School in 1997 as a sessional lecturer in Art History and Theory, a role she still holds to this day. She also manages the School’s HSC Intenstive Studio Practice Program – an extension program for talented Year 11 visual art students – and the Dobell School for Drawing – a program for Year 11 students from regional New South Wales who wouldn’t normally have access to tertiary quality teaching and equipment. Known for her extraordinary commitment to dressing in the theme of her Art History and Theory lectures – from Frida Kahlo to French Baroque – Lorraine is a much loved and indispensable member of staff who brings unbridled positivity and enthusiasm to her role. “I regard my proudest moments Since taking on the role of Education Outreach Coordinator in 2016, Lorraine has spearheaded a number of strategic as outcomes of my teaching cross-cultural partnerships, as well as bolstering relationships practice. Each time I see a with High Schools throughout metropolitan and regional worthy student graduate and New South Wales, interstate and internationally in China. know that in some way I’ve “In the last couple of years we’ve instigated new programs helped or guided that student which reach out to teachers and students; such as 'Future towards a career in the arts, Makers' (for students aged 10-14) and teacher previews I feel proud to have had the and workshops. In 2016 we piloted a partnership with chance to do that.” Carriageworks and Blacktown Arts Centre for Metropolitan LORRAINE KYPIOTIS students who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander. We’ve also reached out to an international audience in China with visits to Beijing and Shanghai.” “Ultimately, I envisage our role in Education Outreach as showing students that there is a clear pathway to a career in the arts and that the journey begins not with a student’s enrolment in the BFA but in their early years of education: through Primary, leading on to Secondary school and then into tertiary and beyond. After all, Art isn’t an end point – it’s a life’s journey.”

Photo: above and opposite, 36| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL Peter Morgan NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |37 38| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL From left: Elizabeth Newman- - - All together now 2015, Francesca Heinz, Giulia Varano, The Mother in Law and Vatayanarsana 2016. Installation view at the 2016 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize. NAS Photo: Zan Wimberley GALLERY

The National Art School Gallery occupies a unique position Winter within the art school environment, providing a space where Ann Thomson & Contemporaries students, staff and the public engage with a broad range 27 May – 23 July 2016 of artwork by Australian and international artists at various Sydney-based artist Ann Thomson studied painting at the stages of their careers. In 2016 NAS Gallery program National Art School from 1957 until 1962. Her distinguished delivered six group and solo exhibitions as well as the much- career encompasses more than six decades of innovative anticipated end-of-year student exhibitions, showcasing the studio work across painting, collage, drawing and sculpture, year’s creative output by Bachelor of Fine Art and Master of presented in the upstairs gallery. Fine Art graduates. As an aspiring artist at the East Sydney Technical College The Gallery’s program encompasses historical and in the late 1950s, Thomson thrived in the euphoria and contemporary perspectives in a range of media and creative intensity of art-school life. A parallel exhibition in the ground approaches. In 2016 three exhibitions – Ann Thomson & floor gallery explored the creative directions of Thomson’s Contemporaries; William Wright: Vision through disbelief and contemporaries, a group of artists who either studied or Future Form focussed on different generations of outstanding taught at East Sydney Tech in the late 1950s and early artists who have studied at the National Art School. 1960s. Twenty-four NAS artists and twelve influential Throughout the year the NAS Gallery program is supported teachers were represented by works drawn from the School’s by artist talks and curatorial discussions that foster deeper Collection and Archive, private collections and the artists, understanding of artists’ practices and provide insight into providing a snapshot of a unique and creative generation that the important role of art in contemporary society. flourished at the School.

Summer Spring Luminous World – Contemporary Art from the Sixth Sense Wesfarmers Collection 19 August – 15 October 2016 4 January – 27 February 2016 Guest curated by Djon Mundine OAM, Sixth Sense presented This major exhibition presented over sixty works by work by 13 artists: Daniel Boyd, Destiny Deacon and Virginia contemporary Australian and New Zealander artists: 28 Fraser, Karla Dickens, Fiona Foley, Nicole Foreshew, Emily of whom are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artists. Kame Kngwarreye, Willurai Kirkbright, Gabriella Mangano and The exhibition explored ways artists engage with the Silvana Mangano, Archie Moore, Nasim Nasr and Skye Raabe. phenomenon of light and optical experience, from night to Their works investigate a range of sensory realms and other, daylight, between the stars and the cycles of life on earth lesser-known perspectives and contexts, often influenced by through diverse cultural, mythical and spiritual perspectives. intuition, personal experience, history and politics. Artists included NAS alumni Susan Norrie, Dick Watkins and painting teacher Godfrey Miller. William Wright – Vision through disbelief 29 March – 16 April 2016 Autumn Rayner Hoff Project Space, building 11 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2016 This exhibition focussed on the life and work of William Wright 14 March – 14 May 2016 AM, the Australian curator, director, artist, writer and teacher. 2016 marked the 20th annual Redlands Konica Minolta Art Wright enrolled at the National Art School at the age of Prize, an artist-selected exhibition that provides a platform sixteen, and graduated in 1958. He went on to an extensive for established artists to exhibit alongside early-career artists career in London and New York, working with many influential from Australia and New Zealand. This lively engagement artists and critics. creates a special insight into art practice and recognises the Perhaps best known for the ground-breaking 1982 Sydney importance of dialogue and mentoring between generations Biennale, Vision in Disbelief, of which he was Artistic Director, of artists. Guest curator Mikala Dwyer invited 23 established Wright was Assistant Director of the Art Gallery of New South artists to participate, who in turn, nominated one emerging Wales, Curatorial Director of Sherman Galleries and Director artist each to also present a recent work in the exhibition. of the William Wright Artists’ Projects. He was made a fellow The winner of the main prize was Pat Brassington with Pair of the National Art School and taught at the School until Bonding (2015) and Jack Lanagan Dunbar was awarded the 2014. The exhibition presented more than thirty of Wright’s emerging artist prize with Vase #9 (2015). Rosie Deacon was artworks together with notebooks, catalogues, photographs voted the most popular work in the people’s choice award. and documents – illustrating his extensive career.

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |39 Pamela Leung, Why does God allow these things to us? 2016, eggshells and digital video with sound, dimensions variable. Installation view at the 2016 National Art School Postgraduate Exhibition. Photo: Peter Morgan

Future Form Other projects 1 – 8 September, 2016 The National Art School collaborated with the 20th Biennale Rayner Hoff Project Space, building 11 of Sydney with a three-month studio residency for British Future Form presented work by six recent graduates of the artist Marco Chiandetti. Working with graduate sculpture National Art School: Gemma Avery, Dominic Byrne, Ryan students, Chiandetti prepared his site-specific installation, Hoffmann, Sophie Hopmeier, Michael McIntyre and Elena The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best Tory-Henderson. These emerging artists each demonstrate shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, highly individual approaches, contributing a distinct vision and and where the other begins? (2016) presented at Sydney’s continuing the significant legacy of the School's alumni to Mortuary Station as part of the 2016 Biennale exhibition. develop and influence the future form of Australian art. Creative and strategic partnerships and intuitional National Art School Postgraduate Exhibition 2016 associations in 2016 included: 4 November – 12 November Artwork by 27 graduating Master of Fine Art students was Wesfarmers exhibited in the Gallery. The School has a track record of Art Month [Art Students] creating truly exceptional and highly valued Australian artists Redlands School, Cremorne and the Postgraduate Exhibition is a unique opportunity to Museums & Galleries NSW [Objects & Energies: experience fresh and exciting new talent first hand, gain an touring exhibition] appreciation of art and invest in emerging artists.

NAS GALLERY ATTENDANCE National Art School Graduate Exhibition 2016 1 December – 10 December Year Numbers The National Art School presented 98 graduating students’ 2012 10,829 work selected from the School’s five principle disciplines – 2013 22,910 ceramics, painting, photomedia, printmaking and sculpture. At the National Art School every student studies drawing for 2014 14,342 three years and a selection of outstanding drawing works 2015 21,630 ranging from life drawing to more experimental approaches 2016 21,781 by 3rd year students was also exhibited in Building 25. Off-site projects Gallery Interns Throughout 2016 a selection of artwork by eleven National Art School Bachelor of Fine Art Graduates was installed Lucy Brack – Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership, in the offices of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia. This annual University of New South Wales Art & Design exhibition provides an opportunity for student artists to Isaac Yeo – Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership, exhibit their works in a different context, and offers Saatchi University of New South Wales Art & Design & Saatchi young and exciting artwork in their offices. The artists included were Aly Indermühle, Annabelle Wass, Gallery Volunteers 2016: Brendan O’Donnell, Natascha Joestring, Kate Fennell, Volunteer Coordinator: Elyse Goldfinch Jodi Stewart, Jessica Serov, Suzi Zglinicki, Marisa Langley, (1 January – 28 February 2016) Chrystal Rimmer and Yiyi Fan. Volunteers: NAS Gallery Touring Exhibition Sarah Adams, Matilda Bailey, Kit Ball, Jane Barrow, Objects & Energies: Joyce Hinterding, Agnes Martin, Linda Jackie Black, Frank Cannata, Caitlin Casey, Kewen Dai, Matalon, curated by Katie Dyer toured to three regional and Patrick Doab, Natalia Dzwigala, Nikole Evans, Nikita interstate art and cultural centres throughout 2015 and Holcombe, Annelies Jahn, Kirtika Kain, Sergey Litvinov, 2016. In 2016 the tour concluded at Caboolture Regional Rae Marr, Shelagh May, Karen McAndrew, Jo Meisner, Art Gallery, QLD 5 March – 7 May 2016 Victoria Molsen, Sandra Paech, Timothy Perkins, Jane Randall, Diana Russell, Cameron Stead

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“Looking back I can see that I was not always successful. But I fought on because I believed in what was possible. (…) It is all about “The National Art pursuing your ideas with purpose, courage and conviction, riding the ups School on Darlinghurst hill, the one great stable fact and downs and never giving up. I learnt to keep on going, to have my own “My time as a of the city’s art education for student shaped me and nearly a century, is a place where vision, to make a stand, but most importantly, to keep on working.” my life’s work as much by thick paint and charcoal on the floor what it lacked as its positives. goes deep, recording most of the great JANET MANSFIELD oam Censorship was a hot topic through artists of Sydney. I admire its emphasis all the arts at the time; the rights of on drawing, the very basis of visual the artist and the role and participation art. It’s a place to learn and practice, of women became a primary focus for leaving the future an open canvas me in the early 1970’s. The key to my for students to lead the way.” work is the understanding of art as KEVIN CONNOR a fundamental human activity.”

VIVIENNE BINNS oam

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Vivienne Binns oam Director Michael Snelling announced the Fellowship at the Kevin Connor School’s graduation ceremony on Thursday 12 May 2016 Janet Mansfieldoam in the Cell Block Theatre. Since its inception in 2002, the National Art School The National Art School Fellowship acknowledges the Fellowship has been awarded to: achievements of eminent visual artists, arts administrators, writers, advocates and academics who have made outstanding contributions to the visual arts community in Australia. The 2002 Colin Lanceley ao Fellowship is an honorary award for exceptional achievement 2003 Peter Rushforth am and/or service within the professional domain, awarded 2004 John Coburn am annually by the National Art School. 2005 Geoffrey Bardon am 2006 Elisabeth Cummings oam Vivienne Binns oam studied painting at the National Art 2007 Margaret Olley ao ac School from 1958-1962. Her first solo exhibition, at Watters 2008 John Olsen obe ao Gallery in 1967, was considered the ‘breaking through’ 2009 Bert Flugelman am of feminist art in Australia, and attracted a violent critical 2010 Thanacoupie Gloria Fletcher-James ao backlash. Binns was one of the founding members of the 2010 William Wright am Sydney Women’s Art Movement in 1974, and her work was 2011 Guy Warren am crucial to the development of community arts in Australia. 2012 John Kaldor am She has exhibited widely and undertaken many international 2012 Fiona Hall ao residencies, and is currently Emeritus Fellow at the Australian 2013 Martin Sharp National University in Canberra, where she teaches painting, 2013 Frank Watters oam sculpture and theory. 2014 Chris O’Doherty aka Reg Mombassa Kevin Connor studied drawing and painting in night classes 2015 Susan Norrie, Ann Thomson and Ken Unsworth at the National Art School from 1948-1950, and taught 2016 Vivienne Binns oam, Kevin Connor and painting and drawing at the School in the 1970s. He received Janet Mansfield oam a Harkness Fellowship in 1966 and served as a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1981-1984. He has famously won the Archibald, Sulman and Dobell Prizes twice each, and was the subject of a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2006. His work is represented by all state galleries and the National Gallery of Australia, as well as private collections in Australia and overseas.

Janet Mansfield oam [1924-2013] studied ceramics at the National Art School from 1964-65, and was a ceramic artist, gallerist, author, editor, publisher and founder of the Gulgong Clay Triennial. She held a number of significant positions in national and international craft organisations, including President of the Crafts Council of Australia [1972-1973] and President of the International Academy of Ceramics [2006-2012] and is considered to have put Australian ceramics on the international stage. She exhibited internationally and supported ceramics students at NAS with a range of annual prizes. Her son Neil Mansfield accepted this posthumous award on her behalf.

Kevin Connor, Neil Mansfield and Vivienne Binns oam Photo: Peter Morgan NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |43 44| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL ARCHIVE & LIBRARY COLLECTION

The National Art School Archive & Collection is housed The NAS Library holds a significant collection of books, on the 1st floor of the Postgraduate Centre in Building 11. journals and dvds focusing on contemporary and historical The collection of over 4,000 items plays a major role within art. The collection contains 27,770 items, the majority of the NAS, both as a teaching source and historical record. which are available for loan. Over 900 items were added Throughout 2016 the collection rooms were accessed by 780 to the collection. Significant donations were made by people, including researchers, students, staff, and tour groups. Andrew Pethebridge, National Gallery of Australia Research Library, Illawarra Institute of TAFE (Nowra Campus), State The Archive & Collection was recognised with works loaned Library of NSW, Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis, Judy Annear for major exhibitions at the State Library of NSW and the and Maryanne Coutts. S.H. Ervin Gallery, and during 2016 the NAS supplied images and documentation for four publications on our alumni: The Library houses a dedicated student exhibition space, Margaret Margaret Olley, Frank Norton, Rayner Hoff and the Library Stairwell Gallery, which hosted 11 exhibitions Martin Sharp. displaying the work of approximately 100 students. Works from the collection have also been exhibited in As part of the ARLIS/ANZ National Executive, Library the NAS gallery, particularly during Ann Thomson and Manager Elizabeth Little helped organise the highly Contemporaries, when 41 NAS Collection works were successful conference Persistence of the Real, held at the exhibited between May and July, supported by archive items Art Gallery of New South Wales 1-2 December 2016. relating to NAS alumni from the 50s and 60s. Many of these Total circulation figures for the library in 2016 were 44,194. works were conserved and framed before the exhibition with funds provided by a Community Heritage Grant from Loans: 12,971 the National Library in Canberra. Inhouse use items: 6,191 Items added to the collection: 908 The Collection is managed by NAS archivist and historian Deborah Beck, with assistance from volunteer Therese Significant donations from Illawarra Institute of Kenyon, and during 2016 collection works were placed TAFE (Nowra Campus), National Gallery of Australia in public spaces and staff offices around the campus. Research Library, State Library of NSW, Maryanne Coutts. Lynne Eastaway, Georgina Cole.

2014 2015 2016 Donors 31 41 44 Art collection items acquired 27 111 101 Archive collection items acquired 97 18 14

[SPOTLIGHT] Old Darlinghurst Gaol Historical Tour 2016 marked the first time the National Art School flung open the gaol gates and invited the public in for a regular series of guided tours. The tours shed light on the fascinating history of the old Darlinghurst gaol - one of Australia’s oldest and best preserved examples of colonial sandstone architecture, exposing the dark, hidden corners which aren’t usually open for public access. Led by an expert historical guide, guests discover the historic Cell Block Theatre, the Chapel, the old Governor’s residence, the morgue, the flogging wall and the tunnel which was used to process and delouse prisoners and the site of the former National Art School Archivist and gallows. The School hosted six tours in 2016 attracting a Historian Deborah Beck. total of 124 visitors to the site. Photo: Peter Morgan

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |45 46| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL VENUE HIRE SUMMER DANCE

2016 proved to be another fantastic year for Venue Hire and After a bumper inaugural season, Astral People presented Events at the National Art School. The Cell Block Theatre the second year of Summer Dance – a series of open air maintained its status as a highly sought after venue, known Sunday sessions at the National Art School. The 2016 for its aesthetic beauty and historical significance as an season featured four events taking place from January important site in Australia’s colonial history. In 2016 the to March, attracting crowds of more than 3,500 in total. School booked 99 events for corporate product launches, Bringing the best in electronic, techno and dance artists trade shows, film/television productions, weddings, from all corners of the globe to Sydney, Summer Dance workshops, fundraising appeals and introduced an outdoor transformed the old Darlinghurst Gaol into a massive outdoor music festival. The National Art School partnered with dancefloor and providing the ultimate setting for Sydney Astral People and Cake Wines to produce this series of music lovers to dance their blues away. four outdoor electronic music events. Hirers include other not-for-profit groups and cultural organisations such as the Renowned for delivering exceptionally curated line-ups, Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, Australian Chamber Sydney-based artist management and touring company Orchestra, Art Month, The Australian Haydn Ensemble, Astral People hand-picked an impressive line-up of Greek Festival of Sydney, the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation, international and local artists, including Julio Bashmore, St Vincent’s Hospital Foundation and Cure Brain Cancer Nightmares on Wax, Jeremy Underground and Hunee. Foundation, who were all supported through subsidised rates. Approximately, 20,000 people have visited the National Art School from the external hire events run in 2016.

In addition to external venue hire, a range of National Art School related events were held in 2016, ranging from academic ceremonies, exhibition openings, open day, sponsors events, and donor engagement events. “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. The 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

Taittinger Ambassadors Event in the Cell Block Theatre 2016. NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |47 48| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL PHILANTHROPY

We want to recognise a very important group of people - our Bird Holcomb Foundation MFA Scholarship donors, whose commitment, encouragement and support The Bird Holcomb Foundation generously supported a are essential to the School's continued growth and success. $20,000 Scholarship for a talented student to undertake Our donors share the School’s vision by contributing to the study in the newly created Master of Fine Arts program at development and promotion of art and culture in Australia. the National Art School. Kirtika Kain was awarded the Nurturing the next generation of artists through the provision Bird Holcomb Foundation MFA Scholarship for 2017-18. of residency and internship opportunities, scholarships and prizes, and world class teaching resources, facilities and Clitheroe Foundation MFA Scholarship technical equipment. The Clitheroe Foundation also generously supported a Thank you to the over 70 donors who greatly contributed to $20,000 Scholarship for a talented student to undertake the success of the School in 2016. We raised over $220,000 study in the newly created Master of Fine Arts program at last year in individual contributions. the National Art School. Richard York was awarded the Clitheroe Foundation MFA Scholarship for 2017-18. Deutscher and Hackett Auction Donor Anita Duffy kindly donated nine Sidney Nolan prints, Trusts and Foundations of the ‘River Bend’ series that were auctioned by prestigious The trend in Australian philanthropy of funding increasingly auction house Deutscher and Hackett in support of the coming from trusts and foundations was also noticeable at school at their November 2016 auction of Important Fine Art the National Art School. In 2016 the School was grateful and Aboriginal art. Thank you to Anita Duffy, Chris Deutscher to receive support from Bird Holcomb Foundation, and Damian Hackett for your support. Clitheroe Foundation, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, Jennifer Dowling Foundation, William Fletcher Foundation, Mark Henry Cain Memorial Scholarship Jocelyn Maughan Art Foundation, J McCaughey Trust and With the support of a generous endowment made by a private Margaret Olley Art Trust. 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 2016 was Elena Ortega-Tolosana.

Drawing student Justine Youssef. Photo: Christopher Phillips NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |49 Donors [DONOR PROFILE]

$10,000+ JENNIFER Bird Holcomb Foundation, Vicki Clitheroe and DOWLING Paul Clitheroe am, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, Jennifer Dowling Foundation, William Fletcher Foundation, Jennifer Dowling is the major donor for the National Art Jenny Green, Margaret Olley Art Trust, Annette Onslow School’s highly competitive 3-month annual residency at and Tim Storrier am, Frank Robertson the British School in Rome, and has been supporting the school in this regard since 2010, which has allowed a $5,000 - $9,999 number of alumni and staff members to make the most of a Anita Duffy, David Grayce, Jan Lane, Andrew Pethebridge, wonderful opportunity to live and work in Rome. Her passion Howard Tanner am and Mary Tanner, Mark Tedeschi am qc for Italy is matched only by her passion for supporting the arts and artists. $1,000 - $4,999 Luca Belgiorno-Nettis AM, Dr Andrew Bell sc, Judith Blackall, Chroma Australia, Patrick Corrigan am, Cleansurance, Derivan, Dr Ella Dreyfus, Jane Duncan, “We're passionate supporters and proud to be James Graham, Michael Hobbs AM, Raewyn Hodgson, Nicholas Johnson, AA Kilns, Susan Maple-Brown, associated with the National Art School which Jocelyn Maughan Art Foundation, Mansfield Ceramics, has produced so many fine alumni. It is a great Glenda McLoughlin, Samantha Mostyn, John Olson, pleasure to be donors enabling one alumni of Parkers Sydney, PhotoKing, Sue Procter, Sculpture by NAS each year to gain further artistic, creative the Sea, Michael Snelling, P. Taylor and intellectual growth through the award of $250 - $999 a residency at the acclaimed British School at Rome. We see the benefit to the recipients of Artscene, Jane Bridge, Dr Maryanne Coutts, Michael Crouch, Pamela Doherty, Susie Gore, Dr Michael Hill, D. Hyde-Page, the rich cultural and artistic program offered Kayell Australia, Andrea Larkin, J. McCaughey (Perpetual at the BSR and from an invaluable interaction Trustees), Deborah Minnici, Ellen O’Shaughnessy, with other artists and scholars from around Bettina Pidcock, Stephen and Belinda Rankine, Ron the world. They in turn bring so much back to Robertson-Swann OAM, Annabel Spring, John Vallance, the wider artistic community in Sydney. We are Frank Watters oam, Westpac Group, Rosie Williams delighted to contribute in this small way to a $2 - $249 program of such value to the arts.”

Lindy Babington, Blackwattle Pottery Supplies, Mitch Carins, JENNIFER DOWLING AND JAMES HILL Steve Clarke, Ian Cooke, Lizzie Davis, Karl Doyle, Amanda Ellerker, John B Fairfax, M. Freyne, Robyn Gordon, Tony Grybowski, Cynthia Hass, Hordern House, Ian Jackman, Paivi Kaukomaa, Kay Lanceley, Ian McClelland, Anne McCormick, Annabelle Parbury Philip Quirk, Barbara Roddenby, Brian Suters, Oliver Tanner, Mark Tanner, anonymous

MFA Printmaking student Angus Fisher. 50| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL Photo: Christopher Phillips NATIONAL ART SCHOOL | 51 52| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL CORPORATE PARTNERS

The National Art School has developed a broad range of creative and mutually rewarding partnerships with the corporate sector. Our partners share the School’s vision by contributing to the development and promotion of art and culture in Australia, nurturing emerging artists and supporting the visual arts industry. Partnership with NAS may involve sponsoring an exhibition, education program, special event, or other specific projects. The generous support of corporate partners in 2016 totalled $398,198.

The National Art School is supported by the NSW Government

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Jack Lanagan Dunbar, Studies in Light, Movement and Time 2016. Installation view at the 2016 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize. Photo: Zan Wimberley NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |53 FINANCIAL REPORT

STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEC 2016 2016 2015 $ $ Expenses excluding losses Operating expenses Employee related 8,577,039 8,190,397 Other operating expenses 2,903,673 2,984,900 Depreciation and amortisation 326,409 327,428 Other expenses 400,921 429,696 Total expense excluding losses 12,208,042 11,932,421

Revenue Recurrent grant 5,464,960 5,665,223 Sales of goods and services 4,920,189 4,157,053 Investment revenue 65,530 122,910 Grants and contributions 734,010 699,517 Other revenue 626,023 594,776 Total revenue 11,810,712 11,239,479

Operating result (397,330) (692,942) Other gains/ (Losses) (5,448,585) — Net result (5,845,915) (692,942) Other comprehensive income — — TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/ (EXPENSE) (5,845,915) (692,942)

54| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2016 2016 2015 ASSETS $ $ Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 4,487,788 4.227,397 Other financial assets 140,000 — Receivables 272,862 613 ,116 Inventories 11,187 12,385 Total current assets 4,911,837 4,852,898

Non-current assets Other financial assets — 140,000 Property, plant and equipment 1,083,131 9,444,444 Intangible assets 194,378 109,099 Total non-current assets 1,277,509 9,693,543

TOTAL ASSETS 6,189,346 14,546,441

LIABILITIES Current liabilities Payables 1,107,800 773,728 Provisions 568,587 493,141 Total current liabilities 1,676,387 1,266,869

Non-current liabilities Provisions 424,365 345,063 Total Non-current liabilities 424,365 345,063

TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,100,752 1,611,932

NET ASSETS 4,088,594 12,934,509

TOTAL EQUITY Accumulated funds 4,088,594 12,934,509

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |55 NATIONAL ART SCHOOL BOARD & STAFF

Executive Painting Student Service Director & Chief Executive Officer Head of Painting Registrar Michael Lynch (acting) Dr Stephen Little Ben Ross Griffin Michael Snelling Lecturers Student Counsellor (until July) Susan Andrews Michelle Glass Chair, Board of Directors Andrew Donaldson Student Services Administrator Nicholas Johnson David Serisier Jazmin Velasco Head of Studies Studio Technican Student Services Officer Simon Cooper Paolo Iarossi Marina Veg Chief Operating Officer & Casual Student Services Admin Company Secretary Photomedia Monique Arundell Sue Procter Head of Photopmedia Geoff Kleem Library Board of Directors Studio Technican Library & Learning Manager David Grayce Damian Dillon Jane Elizabeth Little Jennifer Green Library Assistant Glenda McLoughlin Printmaking Brooke McKenzie Mark Tedeschi am qc Head of Printmaking Library Technician Dr John Vallance Peter Burgess Lana Ryles Lecturers Grace Sagud Postgradute Coordinator Maureen Burns Sue Olive Dr Ian Greig Dr Carolyn Mckenzie-Craig Undergradute Coordinator Studio Technican Gallery John Bloomfield Nina Juniper Gallery Manager Education Outreach Coordinator and Curator Lorraine Kypiotis Public Programs Judith Blackall Education Outreach Officer Alana Head of Public Programs Archivist and Collections Mgr Ambados Dr Ella Dreyfus Deborah Beck Academic Administrator Public Programs Admin Officer Gallery Assistant Zoë Wilesmith Jenny Rislund Lisa Tolcher Joan Cameron-Smith Ceramics Corporate Services Head of Ceramics Sculpture Mgr, Governance & Business Ops Lynda Draper Head of Sculpture Ellen O'Shaughnessy Lecturers Ron Robertson - Swann oam Executive Assistant Stephen Bird Lecturers Laura Bialecki Sandra Lockwood James Croke Receptionist/Admin Assistant Tania Rollond David Horton Shiling Wu Studio Technicians Studio Technican Claire Thomas David Stockburn Simon Hodgson Philanthropy Manager Joe Purtle Stephen Clarke Art History & Theory Sponsorship Manager Drawing Head of Art History & Theory Helen Maidens Head of Drawing Dr Michael Hill Facilities & Dr Maryanne Coutts Lecturers Operations Mgr Lecturers Dr Jaime Tsai Christine Myerscough Charles Cooper Dr Georgina Cole Facilities Administrator Lynette Eastaway Dr Shane Haseman Scott Clement Joseph Frost Facilities Assistant Dr Margaret Roberts Mark Polak Studio Technican John Stanfield

56| NATIONAL ART SCHOOL Campus Assistant Sessional Academic Staff Terry Hayes Marcel Delgado Art History & Theory Paul Higgs Mal Nabogi Art History & Theory Annelies Jahn Campus Grounds Assistant Dr Christine Dean Pollyxenia Joannou-Reddin Darwish Khalil Dr Molly Duggins Lisa Jones Campus Services Assistant Sophie Hopmeier Therese Keogh Jason Bennett Thomas Melick Deborah Marks Workshop Manager Dr Jessica Priebe Esther Neate Jaroslav Prochazka Dr Adam Smith James Nguyen Audio Visual Technician Dr Denise Thwaites Catherine O'Donnell John Daly Alexander Trompf Daniel Pata Photographer Dr Clare Veal Judith Rae Peter Morgan Ceramics Ambrose Reisch Finance Manager Glenn Barkley Jeff Rigby Chloe Wong Kwi Choung Kim Spooner Finance Officer Merran Esson Noel Thurgate Suki Yuen Simone Fraser Bernadette Trela Casual Finance Clerk Elizabeth Hogan Skye Wagner Huy Khanh Tran Bronwyn Kemp Belinda Ward Human Resources Manager Jennifer Orchard Gary Warner Mauricio OrtizHR Assistant Madeleine Preston Maryanne Wick Catherine Procter Simon Reece HSC Choy Lee Toni Warburton Allison Atkinson IT and Communications Manager Dobell Tim Barbarino Nhu Pham Andrew Antoniou Lucy Buttenshaw IT and Communications Officer Anthony Cahill Anthony Cahill Duncan Whichelo Denis Clarke Steven Cavanagh Marketing & Communications Mgr Michele Elliot Linda Chant Rosamund Brennan Rachel Fairfax Rachel Fairfax Marketing Coordinator Cameron Ferguson Harrie Fasher Danielle Neely Deborah Marks Cameron Ferguson Graphic Designer Jeff Rigby Deborah Marks Ricardo Felipe Kim Spooner Annabel Marley Manager, Venue Hire and Events Brooke McKenzie Drawing Julie O'Reilly Esther Neate Suzanne Archer Events and Production Coordinator Anthony Phillips John Bokor Ross Morrison Jeff Rigby Anthony Cahill HSC Boarding Supervisor Georgia Saxelby Steven Cavanagh Brooke Thompson Linda Seiffert Andrew Christofides Literacy Support Consultant Kim Spooner Sally Clarke Samantha Thompson Brenda Tye Nick Collerson Casual Administrator Lucy Vaughan Christine Cornish Georgia Saxelby Pamela Vaughan Roger Crawford Skye Wagner Sebastian Danta Ben Denham Painting David Fairbairn Justin Balmain Rachel Fairfax Nick Collerson Cameron Ferguson Roger Crawford Patrick Hartigan Dr Christine Dean Janet Haslett Dr Ben Denham

NATIONAL ART SCHOOL |57 Joanne Handley Public Programs Jennifer Orchard Steven Harvey Andrew Antoniou Sarah O'Sullivan Paul Higgs Allison Atkinson Remy Pajaczkowski-Russell Anwen Keeling Inge Berman Daniel Pata Chelsea Lehmann John Bokor Sue Pedley Idris Murphy Louise Boscacci Anthony Phillips Nana Ohnesorge Linda Bowden Madeleine Preston Rodney Pople David Briggs Simon Reece Leslie Rice Tania Browitt Ambrose Reisch Kim Spooner Georgina Bruce Jeff Rigby Rolande Souliere Annabel Butler Linda Seiffert Brenda Tye Lucy Buttenshaw Jessica Serov Photomedia Anthony Cahill Kristel Smits Marco Bok Kwi Choung Kim Spooner Steven Cavanagh Denis Clarke Noel Thurgate Dr Ben Denham Nick Collerson Bernadette Trela Harley Ives Roger Crawford Pamela Vaughan David Manley Lucinda Culliton Skye Wagner Sarah Mosca Jacqueline Driver Toni Warburton Tanya Peterson Michele Elliot Belinda Ward Tim Silver Merran Esson Spencer White Marian Tubbs Rachel Fairfax Maryanne Wick Skye Wagner Gina Fairley Cameron Williams Neil Fenning Susan Windmiller Printmaking Cameron Ferguson Student Crew Gemma Avery Angus Fisher Tania Browitt Tania Alexander Simone Fraser Laura Badertscher Jacqueline Driver Michael Gatliff Angus Fisher Miri Badger Janette Gay Jason Chiang Cecilia Jackson Jane Gillings Claude Jones Gabriela Dounis Clara Hali Matthew Feder Alexi Keywan Michelle Hiscock Alexander Latham Eliza Gosse Paul Hopmeier Antonia Houben Peter Lancaster Pollyxenia Joannou-Reddin Kirtika Kain Pia Larsen Lisa Jones Sabine Kamarados Kate Mitchell Bronwyn Kemp Nicolette Lewis Helen Mueller Barbara Kjar Amelia Lynch Wendy Murray Anita Larkin Patrick McCarthy Esther Neate Chelsea Lehmann Oscar McMullin Tanya Peterson Glenn Lockitch Visharadha Peters Brenda Tye Graham Marchant Anna Richards Sculpture Deborah Marks Georgia Saxelby Maria Buchner Annabel Marley Cameron Stead Harriet Fasher Michele Marshall Marion Wait Clara Hali Kevin McKay Justin Watson Caroline Haswell Virginia Morrison Zara Williams Simon Hodgson Idris Murphy Anna Wilson Monica Scarrbelotti Wendy Murray Sam Valenz Nana Ohnesorge

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