ART FORUM TALK

Black Lecture Theatre, Building 5
Free entry

Wednesday 27 May, 2009
1PM - 2PM

ANITA TAYLOR
Director, National Art School

Professor Anita Taylor makes drawings and paintings exploring the representation of female identities; notions of pleasure and sensuality; the private and the public; decoration and allegory; and the influence of scale on the reading of a work. Her practice includes exploratory and realised work in the form of invented paintings, drawings, prints, sketchbooks, notebooks, work from the model and self-portraiture.

Anita is also concerned with the development of knowledge and understanding in contemporary drawing, and is the founding Director of the Jerwood Drawing Prize, the annual exhibition for drawing in the UK.

Cockatoo Island

On an Island - selections from National Art School Drawing Week

27 May - 2 August 2009

Presentation of student work made during 2009 National Art School Drawing Week. Work by National Art School students will be installed across several sites on Cockatoo Island, which forms the inspiration and impetus for the week long workshops that are held on this historic and picturesque island in Sydney Harbour.

Cockatoo Island is situated at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers in Sydney Harbour.

Information on ferry routes and times can be found at: http://www.sydneyferries.info/timetables/services-to-cockatoo-island.htm Or by phoning: 131 500 transport info line.

On an Island is held in conjunction with A Field Guide, an exhibition of rarely seen drawings and props from the National Art School’s unique collection, on view at the National Art School Gallery, Darlinghurst, 7 May to 13 June.

Art Forum Series

National Art School Gallery

1pm, Wednesday 4 March, Free

Melody Willis completed residencies at the National Art School, Sydney, and Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, in 2008. Join her for a discussion on the styles and references that have influenced her recent and past work.

For information regarding student-run exhibitions,
please click onto Library Stairwell Gallery link on the left.

Have your cake and eat it too

National Art School Gallery

6-8pm, Thursday 5 March, Free

Monica Behrens' work boldly engages in political and environmental commentary. She invites you to participate in tasty and creative dissent as she serves up cakes and zines in an evening of eating, politics and art

For information regarding student-run exhibitions,
please click onto Library Stairwell Gallery link on the left.

Looking and Collecting:

Reg Richardson in Conversation
National Art School Gallery

6pm, Wednesday 11 March, Free

Where does the desire to collect come from? Why do certain objects capture an individual's attention and imagination? Reg Richardson discusses his passion for contemporary art and his personal motivation for filling his life with art.

For information regarding student-run exhibitions,
please click onto Library Stairwell Gallery link on the left.