[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”9527″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We chatted to TBSSS Guest Teacher and Chair Carol Crawford about her practice. Carol is teaching the ever popular 2 Day Alabaster Workshop in July, which is now sold out. We’d love to know your background and your journey to becoming an artist: I had always been fascinated with art and it was in the early 2000’s when I decided to start attending classes with Tom Bass AM that my sculpture journey began.  (You could say I came to sculpture late in my…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”9812″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Please join us to celebrate our 48th Annual Studio Exhibition by TBSSS students and teachers. Opening Saturday 23 September, 3 – 5pm, all welcome! The Annual Studio Exhibition features sculptures created over the past year, in our Term and Special Workshops. Don’t forget to vote for your favourite sculpture in our People’s Choice Award! All welcome to the opening, please bring a drink to share. Exhibition continues: Sunday 24 September – Tuesday 26 September, 10am – 2pm. We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition! Tom…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”9367″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are lots of opportunities in the next few month to submit your sculptures for Prizes all over NSW. Good luck! Naked and Nude is a partnership between the Friends of the Manning Regional Art Gallery and the Manning Regional Art Gallery. Open to all media, $35,000 in prize money. Entries close 23 June. The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize celebrates and explores the full potential of the small sculpture format. There is $29,000 in prize money and entries close 30 June. William Fletcher Foundation: The William Fletcher…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”10010″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are thrilled to announce that our great friend, wonderful teacher and artist Usama Alnassar is returning to TBSSS to teach the ever popular Marble Carving Workshops for the month of January 2024! Alnassar will be running 5 & 10 Day Workshops from 3 – 27 January – bookings are now open – click here to enrol! Fees: 5 Days – $1,150, 10 Days – $1,950. Fees include one piece of Carrara marble, tuition, use of tools and GST. Other pieces of marble and tools will be…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”9332″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this eNewsletter, we thought it was time to bring back TBSSS student profiles! This month we chatted to Wednesday AM student Simon Harris (pictured above), who is a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize #23 which is currently on show at National Art School. Tell us a bit about yourself:   I have been a hobby artist all my adult life, a freelance illustrator for 35 years and an illustration lecturer for 20. I’m now transitioning into becoming a full time artist – focusing on rock drawing……

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”9298″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Studying at Tom Bass has opened up my practice and through the new techniques used at the school, I have approached and tackled different subject matter.” Tom E, TBSSS Youth Scholar. At Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, it is part of our ethos to ‘promote sculpture in the wider community’ and to support youth and people with a disability to attend our workshop classes in Erskineville. One of the ways we do this, is through our long running scholarship program. In the last five…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”9136″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Once again, in late 2022 we saw the early filling up of bookings in anticipation for the 2023 Marble Workshops at Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School. It was lovely to have Usama Alnassar back again from Carrara in Italy after a 2 year Covid break. The 3 large crates of marble and alabaster which arrived in August, 2022 from Carrara, laid waiting to be unsealed and seized upon by eager students. As usual, the students loved working with Usama. Here are some student reviews:…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”9169″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The months of April and May are very busy for TBSSS’s Life Study Program! We are excited to be able to offer three interesting upcoming opportunities to work with a life model as we head towards the middle of the year. Whether it be a 3-day intensive, portraiture study or life drawing, we’re sure you can find something that piques your interest! Further details about each of the classes are below. Remember, bookings are available through our website or by calling the TBSSS Office during office hours. Modelling from…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”8950″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last month, TBSSS long-time student Simon Gandevia held a very successful opening of his exhibition at Clara Street Gallery. The exhibition is entitled Old Found and Remade.  Simon is showing a series of 15 sculptures created from sandstone, wood and found materials. A note from Simon about the exhibition: This is a series of pieces sculpted largely from sandstone and wood.  Some were made de novo and others are based on found material such as pieces of burnt wood and rusted steel.  Often a piece reveals something unexpected about…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”8919″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are some fantastic exhibitions happening over the summer. Here are some highlights: – Visit the new Sydney Modern Project which has transformed the Art Gallery of New South Wales into a unique art museum campus with two buildings and an art garden. Click here to find out more. – Visit MCA’s summer blockbuster exhibition by Do Ho Suh. South Korean artist Do Ho Suh is known for his large-scale sculptures and architectural installations, which address the often complex relationships between the body, memory and space. Click here to find out…