Your voice matters!

FEDERAL

• Malcolm Turnbull - PO Box 545, Edgecliff, NSW, 2027
• Mitch Fifield - 42 Florence Street, Mentone, VIC, 3194
• Anthony Albanese (he came out in support of SCA) - 334A Marrickville Road Marrickville, NSW, 2204 or A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au
• Tanya Plibersek (the school is in her electorate) - 150 Broadway Broadway, NSW, 2007 or tanya.plibersek.mp@aph.gov.au

NSW

• Mike Baird - GPO Box 5341 Sydney NSW 2001
• Troy Grant - PO Box 1327 Dubbo NSW 2830
• Adrian Piccolli - PO Box 5341, SYDNEY NSW 2000 or office@piccoli.minister.nsw.gov.au

Main points to make in your own words are:

• It is very important that the National Art School retains full and independent use of the site.
• The importance of diversity in teaching methods for visual arts, and also of university and non-university options. Non-university schools are less restricted in enrolment requirements e.g. NAS is portfolio assessment only with no minimum ATAR
• We want direct funding from the Federal Government’s Arts budget, in the way that the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) are funded as arts training bodies instead of being funded through Commonwealth-supported places as part of a university.
• OR we would like to continue to receive direct funding from the Government of NSW, without the threat of the sale of the site or mergers with other organisations.

You could also mention the following, which would be at risk in a merger:

• The School’s specialist model of atelier teaching, which includes dedicated studio space, small class sizes and high teacher contact hours
• The history of the school, on site since 1922: https://www.nas.edu.au/place/old-darlinghurst-gaol/history/
• You could talk about the school’s alumni: https://www.nas.edu.au/people/alumni/
• You could talk about the NAS Gallery and how it adds to the School’s reputation: https://www.nas.edu.au/place/gallery/
• You could reference statistics from the 2015 annual report, e.g. degree enrolments increased by 16%, and results from the 2015 Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Student Experience Survey where students rated the teaching quality of NAS at 89%, higher than those at UNSW Art & Design (76.5%) or Sydney College of the Arts (83.3%). In fact, NAS beat the other two Sydney art schools in every quality indicator.