Renowned artist, Ann Thomson and teacher, Anna McPherson are my guests today. Ann Thomson’s exhibition at the National Art School: ‘Ann Thomson & Contemporaries’ celebrates the heady times at East Sydney Tech in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a period which produced a significant group of Australian artists including Godfrey Miller, John Passmore, John Olsen, Vivienne Binns, Elisabeth Cummings and Martin Sharp. The National Art School is also going retro and paying tribute to the swinging 60s and the revolutionary spirit of the Beat Generation with NAS nights: The Beat Generation, celebrating the style, music, spontaneous creativity and non-conformist ideologies which defined this bohemian sub-culture in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ann Thomson & Contemporaries - NAS — Ann Thomson & Contemporaries – NAS

Ann Thomson & Contemporaries at NAS Gallery

NAS NIGHTS: THE BEAT GENERATION

Thursday 14 July, 6 – 9pm

The National Art School, Forbes St, Darlinghurst

More info: www.nas.edu.au

Anna McPherson, a faculty member of The School Of Life, Sydney, teaches classes in ‘How To Have Better Conversations and ‘How To Find A Job You Love’. The School of Life, a cultural enterprise offering good ideas for everyday life, was founded in London by philosopher Alain de Botton. The School of Life’s Melbourne branch opened in 2014 and its Sydney branch opens this July. The School of Life’s Sydney branch features a wide variety of events and programs throughout the year.