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...

Me, Myself and I invitation

This year Me, Myself and I will have a closing event and book launch, join us to celebrate the final self-portrait show, and our 10th anniversary of this annual exhibition.

Me, Myself and I 10th anniversary - Entry Deadline extended

Thanks so much for all the entries that have come in for our final Me, Myself and I show. If you missed the deadline, or would like to submit additional work, the good news is that additional entries will be accepted up until Monday April 20th. If you're bringing work in on this day bring it straight to the gallery. If you drop it off during the holidays there will either be a box near the gallery entrance, or upstairs in (or outside) P1.50.

Remember all entries must be either A4 in size and portrait format (preferably on paper), or comprised of multiple A4 panels in portrait orientation taped together at the rear (and submitted folded to A4 size). This year we are encouraging all alumni to enter too, as it's going to be our final show!

Richard Curtis

Visual Arts Staff Show floor talks this Wednesday

The Visual Arts Staff Show is currently on display in the Trapezium Gallery until The 8th of April.
Join us on April 1 for an Easter Egg hunt round P Block, and or from 1pm-2pm in the Gallery itself for  floor talks by the artists.

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Jody Graham's exhibition

NADC Visual Arts graduate Jody Graham is having an exhibition of work at Lost Bear Gallery in Katoomba.

Sydney Drawn  is an exhibition of over 50 drawings inspired by Sydney Streets and buildings.

The exhibition opening is at at  2 - 4pm  on Saturday 7 March 2015, and will run until the 30th March 2015. Make sure you get along to see some of Jody's wonderful work.

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Start your Bachelor of Visual Arts this year- It's O Week this week!

 photo by Stuart Marshall

This is a call for any TAFE graduates who are interested in doing the Bachelor of Visual Arts starting 25th March 2015 at Nepean Arts and Design Centre. The BVA is a partnership program with Federation University. This means you study here at NADC, but your qualification is awarded by Fed Uni. If you hold a Diploma of Visual Arts, and an Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, you may well  be eligible for direct entry into this course. If you hold these entry pre-requisites, you would complete your BVA in three semesters.

Offered in partnership with Federation University, the Degree is very hands-on with small classes and individual feedback from tutors, who are all established artists. The face to face contact is two days per week, (Wednesdays and Thursdays) . You will also do another 12 hours per week of your studio work in a studio space at TAFE or at your home studio, and therefore, the course is considered full-time.

We have an information session for the BAVA in Room P129, Nepean College at 11am on February 26. If you are successful, you can stay on for the course orientation at 1pm! If you think you might be interested phone Cath Barcan on 02 9208 9325 to book in, or email BVA co-ordinator Di Holdsworth at dianne.holdsworth@tafensw.edu.au