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The National Art School (NAS), Sydney, Australia, occupies the site of the old Darlinghurst Gaol and until 1995 the East Sydney Technical College. With a prestigious and diverse history, the school now has gained independent status. However, this has not come without great commitment, protest, and controversy with many public and private disputes regarding the schools direction, status, rights and funding. At the helm of all the changes is Director Bernard Ollis who will be leaving at the end of 2008 after 11years of directorship, Bernard leaves a solid foundation for the next director.

Remaining an institute focused on providing the three year course accompanying the Bachelor of Fine Arts the school specialises in five key studio areas which include Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture and Ceramics. The school also offers a well respected program for both Honours and Master of Fine Arts.

One of the school's strongest features is its staff who are largely employed on a part time system which allows them a steady stable income while also empowering them to maintain a professional practice which in turn allows the students to constantly be in contact with and learn from the practising artists who are driving the visual art scene of Sydney and most of Australia.

The school has a philosophy which also makes it unique to any other artistic institute in Australia following the example of humanist ideas and making drawing a compulsory subject for all three years of the course. This trains their students in three areas with later opportunities for autonomous drawing (or self-directed) and also allows a strong base for the students to learn from in their desired disciplines.

Art history is as a key part of the degree believing that one must learn from the past to strive for the future. These are two key factors contributing to why the National Art School offers a very different Fine Arts education compared with other institutes which deliver a similar degree. Although many also consider it the equivalent of a university, its logistics render it more similar to a school, with an intensive five day a week timetable which is driven by the pursuit of artistic exploration and excellence.

Notable alumni

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Official website

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 The '''National Art School''' ('''NAS'''), [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], occupies the site of the old [[Darlinghurst Gaol]] and until 1995 the East Sydney Technical College. With a prestigious and diverse history, the school now has gained independent status. However, this has not come without great commitment, protest, and controversy with many public and private disputes regarding the schools direction, status, rights and funding.
 At the helm of all the changes is Director Bernard Ollis who will be leaving at the end of 2008 after 11years of directorship, Bernard leaves a solid foundation for the next director.