The National Art School has been given a 45 year lease of the historic Darlinghurst Gaol location. Recognising the institution as an organisation of state significance which should give the school access to a multi-year funding arrangement with the state government that is typically for other similarly designated organisations such as Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Arts, the lease closes a disruptive period of uncertainty for NAS which included a number of university merger proposals.
Museum and music appointments at the University of Melbourne
Former Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) Director Julie Banks has been appointed as Head of Strategic Collections at