Differences- an exhibition of graduating students from the Diploma of Visual Arts

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All are welcome to the opening event on Wednesday May 20, 6pm for 'Differences', an exhibition by graduating students from the Diploma of Visual Arts.We hope you can join us to support these talented artists.

Me, Myself and I - 101 self-portraits from our 2014 show

Thanks to all who came along to the closing of our final Me, Myself and I show the other night. Along with the closing of the show we launched our latest book, with images drawn from the 2014 show. The book is available to purchase from Blurb.com, and is printed 'on demand'. This means the books are only printed as ordered, and we do not make a profit - what you see is the cost price. The hardcover version is approx $64 (inc GST) - the softcover version (available shortly) will be approx $53 (inc GST) Getting together and ordering with a few friends may help you save on shipping, and if you keep your eye out Blurb offers regular discount codes. See below for a preview, and a link to purchase, or use this link to go directly to Blurb. The ebook will be available shortly - we've had a technical glitch with one of the pages and the cover and are working to resolve it. The good news is the ebook will be FREE!

http://www.blurb.com/b/6157032-me-myself-i-2014

Me, Myself, & i 2014 by NADC | Make Your Own Book

Stephen Hall's residency in Taiwan

Bachelor of Visual Arts lecturer Stephen Hall has recently returned from an art residency in Taiwan. Here is a local television story of his visit, plus a report from Stephen himself below.

Yunlin County is a coffee bean and oyster/seafood producing region in Taiwan that is trying to boost the community's art and cultural knowledge and experience. One way is the annual exhibition "Yunlin Art Together" showing the work of Taiwanese artists along side international artists, this time from Japan, China, Malaysia, Korea, Australia, USA and Spain. I was suggested to the organizers by a Taiwan/Australian artist I taught drawing years ago. Yunlin Cultural Department provided food and accommodation for nearly a week while the artists were taken around the county seeing sights and being introduced to various parts of the community. I was made one of two representatives for the International artists, which meant I had to make speeches and do presentations. This included being a guest speaker opening The Taiwan Artists Association exhibition, doing a half hour presentation about my work to 500 students and faculty members at the National Formosa University, and made a speech to school children.
I had requested to borrow a studio and go a week earlier to do some work, which I did and was lent the little disused studio in Taisi, a small remote oyster farming township where the TV segment is filmed. A newspaper article for a Taiwan Newspaper was also done about my stay and the work I was doing there. I have invitations to go back. I also met a Chinese artist who has given me an open invitation to go and stay and work in Beijing. All food for thought...