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CURRENT EVENTS

St Vincents Xavier Art Space Exhibition Program 2010

 

NOW SHOWING AT XAVIER ART SPACE    

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25TH MAY - 17TH JUNE 2010

MARLIES OAKLEY and ANA PETROU

 

OPENING NIGHT Tuesday 25th May 6:00 to 8:00 pm

 

 


OPENING TUESDAY 22ND JUNE 2010

ANA WALTERS AND MATT GODDEN

EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL 21ST JULY 2010

 

 

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25TH JULY - 27TH AUG 2010

 

JACQUELINE LEWINSKI (NAS PAINTING PRIZE WINNER) AND NAS DRAWING WEEK PRIZE WINNERS

Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick - Exhibition Program 2010

                                                               

NOW SHOWING AT THE SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, RANDWICK

 

Until 27th September 2010 - Walter Di Qual

 

Until 2nd June 2010 - Joolie Green

 

COMING UP AT THE SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN 2010

5TH JULY - 27TH SEPTEMBER 2010                                                                        WALTER DI QUAL

30TH SEPTEMBER - 2ND DECEMBER 2010                                                                   JERRY LIEW

30TH SEPTEMBER - 2ND DECEMBER 2010                                                        LISETTE DELANEY

Paris Studio Applications OUT  NOW. APPLICATION DEADLINE 30TH JULY 2010

 

 

 

 

 

STORRIER ONSLOW NATIONAL ART SCHOOL, PARIS STUDIO

The Paris Studio is located in the prestigious 'La Cite Internationale des Art's'  located in Rue De L'Hotel De Ville in the 4th arrondissement on the River Seine, a short walk from Notre Dame.

This exciting opportunity has been made possible through the tremendous generosity and support of our two patrons Tim Storrier and Annette Onslow and the ongoing commitment and collaboration between NAS and Friends of NAS. FONAS will be administering the applications, however all applications will be reviewed by a Committee that is comprised of Tim Storrier or his representative, Annette Onslow or her representative a NAS representative and a Friends of the National Art School representative.

Applications are invited from NAS academic/teaching staff, NAS graduates or successfully completed final year NAS students.

Should you have any further questions about this exciting opportunity, please do not hesitate to contact Administration Manager, Friends of the National Art School, on (02) 9339 8635 or email fonas@det.nsw.edu.au

Paris Studio Application 2011


Friends of the National Art School
C/- National Art School
Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010

T: (02) 9339 8635

fonas@det.nsw.edu.au

 


2006 Campaign

Photo by Leigh D Stark

To see other images of our MASSIVE RALLY by Leigh go to  http://www.leighlo.com/spore/index.php?gallery=./B-Paparazzi

 
RE: NAS Merger with COFA (UNSW)

Just when we had become used to the utter distain with which FONAS is treated by the NSW State Government (all the emails from FONAS to Ms Tebbutt’s, Minister for Education and Training, office being blocked is just one example) when yesterday’s article in The Australian newspaper proved that we can still be shocked by their tactics.  What followed was 24 hours of non-stop phone calls from concerned supporters until we were able to get verbal confirmation from the minister’s spokesperson who claimed that they had been ‘misquoted’. 

The article concerned, written by Imre Salusinszky, quotes Ms Tebbutts spokesperson confirming that the merger between NAS and COFA will proceed and that the minister would ‘try and preserve the school’s artistic philosophy’.  Follow the link Schools of art in unlikely merger

The FONAS committee immediately ratified that such a hostile take-over of the National Art School through dubious and questionable processes will not deter us from continuing our campaign to save the school.

Even though there appears to me no substance to the quote, legitimate questions demand to be answered regarding this merger.  For example, the proposal that COFA originally submitted never fulfilled the criteria set out in the original tender applications procedure.  If the criteria has changed then surely other universities should be given another opportunity to apply, otherwise it is COFA rather than Department of Education and Training (DET) who is setting the agenda, with DET adopting the role of mere facilitator.

We would also like to know how Ian Howard (COFA Dean) felt able to inform the staff only last week (at the COFA Art Teachers Drawing Conference) that whilst remaining ‘circumspect’, an announcement regarding the expansion of COFA to include the National Art School in the creation of a very “exciting new art school” was imminent? He also stated that the negotiations with DET were ‘going very well indeed’.

So where to from here? Certainly we are full-steam ahead in our support for Angus Wood who will stand as an Independent candidate against Carmel Tebbutt in the State election in March 2007.

We will continue using every means available to ensure that the correct decision is made – and we need your help to do this.

We would ask each and every one of you to do what you can to save the National Art School. Please write to newspapers, phone radio stations, talk to anybody and everybody who might be able to influence the decision.  Forward this email onto all your contacts. Every little bit helps.

The unexpected support that the Liberal Party has extended reflects poorly on the Iemma Labour Government and the way it views art and art education in this State. Echoing the voices of over 400 supporters outside Parliament House on 20 September 06, ‘Shame Iemma shame’.

We will keep you updated on news as it happens and would ask you all to do the same. Let us know what you are doing. Let us know what you would like us to do.

In the meantime, hold firm and do not be dissuaded from our chartered course. It is the duty of governments, as the elected servants of its people, to listen to its electorate. Democracy must prevail.

Kind regards,

Bernadette Mansfield

FONAS President


John McDonald writes on the future of the NAS in his article in last Saturday’s Spectrum, 1 October 2006

As the future of the National Art School hangs in the balance, the importance of core skills is shown in an impressive show.

Follow the link below:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/to-draw-or-not-to-draw-that-is-the-question/2006/09/28/1159337269907.html


Please visit the FONAS blog site for information and discussion:

http://nasindependence.blog.com


Open letter to the Hon. John Howard MP

On Saturday 26th August 2006 FONAS published a full page open letter to the Hon. John Howard MP requesting that the National Art School be recognised for its past and present contribution to the cultural life of Australia and grant it federal status and federal funding as a member of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence.

We thank all the many supporters who have signed petitions in support of the independence of the National Art School. All original petitions will be tabled at State Parliament by Clover Moore over the coming weeks.

Please continue to be active in supporting the independence of the Naitonal Art School. A campaign such as this could not be successful without individual support at all levels.

To assist with our campaign please phone our office on 9339 8635 and we will forward you petitions to be signed by friends and like minded supporters.

Alternatively please write to your local Member of Parliment with your concerns or to the following:

Minister for Education and Training

Level 33

Governor Macquarie Tower

1 Farrer Place

Sydney NSW 2000

minister@det.nsw.edu.au

Michael Coutts-Trotter

Director General Department of Education and Training

GPO Box 33

Sydney

NSW 2001

director.general@det.nsw.edu.au

Clover Moore

Member of Bligh and Lord Mayor of Sydney

GPO Box 1591

Sydney 2001

cmoore@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Peter Garrett

Member of Kingsford Smith

Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts

PO Box 249

Maroubra

NSW 2035

peter.garrett.mp@aph.gov.au

Tanya Plibersek, MP

Federal Member for Sydney

422 Crown Street

Surry Hills

NSW 2010

tanya@tanyaplibersek.com

The Hon. Nathan Rees

L40 Governor Macquarie Tower

1 Farrer Place

Sydney

NSW 2000

thepremier@www.nsw.gov.au

Peter Debnam MP

Suite 102,

332-342 Oxford Street

Bondi Junction

NSW 2022

peter.debnam@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Jillian Skinner MP

Shadow Minister for the Arts

3/40 Yeo Street

Neutral Bay

NSW 2089

northshore@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Brad Hazzard MP

Shadow Minister for Education

Shop 3, 637-641 Pittwater Road

Dee Why

NSW 2099

Brad.hazzard@parliment.nsw.gov.au

The Hon. John Arthur Watkins

Deputy Premier

Ground Floor 123 Blaxland Road

Ryde

NSW 2112

ryde@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Lee Rhiannon

The Greens

Parliament House

Macquarie Street

Sydney

NSW 2000

Lee.Rhiannon@parliament.nsw.gov.au

 


 
 
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