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Violet Hamilton
Violet Hamilton (née Diane Oakley, February 1949 – July 2014) was a photographer who lived and worked in Australia, the US and the UK. Her photographic career, which spanned some 45 years (1970–2014), covered artistic, commercial and curatorial work. Violet was one of the students in the first Photography course at Sydney's National Art School (then East Sydney Technical College). From 1973 onwards, Violet worked as a freelance photographer, documenting the contemporary culture of a rapidly changing world – Sydney's Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Darlinghurst - which incubated the emerging gay, lesbian, transsexual and feminist cultures. Post-graduate studies in Los Angeles culminated in a curatorial role with the Wilson Centre for Photography - one of the largest private collections of photographs in the world, spanning the early nineteenth century to contemporary artists. Early and middle life Violet was born in Singapore in 1949 to Judy Oakley (née Ivy Wain) and Grah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Art School
The National Art School (NAS) is a tertiary level art school, located in , an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school is an independent accredited higher education provider offering specialised study in studio arts practice across various disciplines. With its origins in the formation of Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts in 1843, NAS has been in operation on the historic Darlinghurst Gaol site in East Sydney in various forms since 1922 and was formerly part of East Sydney Technical College, known as East Sydney Tech. Today NAS is a centre for education, research, scholarship and professional practice in the visual arts and related fields. In 2022 the school marks 100 years occupying the sandstone buildings of the former Darlinghurst Gaol, combining a long artistic tradition with its modern role educating Australia's future contemporary artists. NAS Tertiary Degree Program NAS has three full-time visual art degrees: Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |