Record enrolments as oldest art school gets new life

NAS new development opens in two weeks with record enrolments, reflecting contemporary attitudes from Australia’s old art school.
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Nearly there – two weeks from signing off on NAS’s old “new” building; photo ArtsHub.

Swinging into action in just two weeks time, the National Art School (NAS) has added fifty new studios, an archive resource centre, climate-controlled collections store, new sculpture workshops, seminar room, and bolstered office space to its assets. Not bad for a heritage site – the oldest jail in Australia – and arguably the oldest art school, with the first documented painting and drawing classes held in 1843.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina