Art Club Term 2 - Drawing

The Art Club Workshops for High School students are designed to enhance and extend students’ technical, conceptual, and intellectual skills under the direction of experienced artists, through intensive practical study in the disciplines offered at NAS as well as engaging in an experience of NAS studios and campus. Students will develop their skill sets whilst investigating a variety of media and techniques. Each term is based on a separate discipline.

Luke Thurgate is an artist and educator that currently lives and works on Gadigal Land (Sydney). He teaches in the BFA program at the National Art School where he is a Master of Fine Art alumni in drawing. Luke has previously worked in public programming and education roles at Adelaide Central School of Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, and Newcastle Art Gallery. Luke has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and has recently been a finalist in the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, the Dobell Drawing Prize and the Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture. Luke is represented in NSW by .M Contemporary.

Nic Fern is an Artist and Educator currently lives and works on Gadigal Land (Sydney). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting and a Master of Fine Art in Drawing from the National Art School. Nic works across the mediums of textiles, drawing and painting, often combining all three methods of production. Nic has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize, Dobell Drawing Prize, Fisher's Ghost Award, and Waverley Art Prize.