Fine Arts Awards

Fine Arts Awards

Amba Sayal-Bennett, Lor, 2022.
Lara Smithson, Unnamed saint, 2022.
Barbara Walker, Marking the Moment 6, 2020-2022.

National Art School, Sydney Residency

The BSR is proud to partner with the National Art School, Sydney to offer a transformative three-month residency in Rome for an emerging Australian artist. Located in the lush Valle Giulia, just north of Rome’s historic centre, the BSR offers studio accommodation, shared meals at our communal table, and the rare opportunity to live and work in an international, interdisciplinary community of artists and scholars.

Residents benefit from dedicated time and space to focus on their practice, while engaging with Rome’s extraordinary cultural and artistic heritage. The program fosters creative development through immersion in the city, dialogue with peers, and access to the BSR’s world-class research and exhibition resources.

Eligibility: Open to recent MFA/DFA graduates (within five years) and staff of NAS; applicants must be Australian citizens or residents.

Application deadline: Late June

Click here to learn more and apply.

Latest Events

Latest Events

ITALY
Conference | William Gell around the World: Research and Engagement
With speakers invited to look at recent and future projects on the numerous notebooks documenting the travels and research of William Gell (1777-1836), the well-known
1 April 2026
10:00 - 17:00
ITALY
City of Rome | The Aventinus Minor Project: Repartitioning Defensive, Domestic, and Religious Space on a Roman Hill
This lecture presents the preliminary excavation results of the Aventinus Minor Project’s from 2021-2024 and contributes to recent reinterpretations of Rome’s defensive, domestic, and religious
8 April 2026
18:00 - 19:30
ITALY
City of Rome | Janiculum and Janus: A Reassessment of Cult and Topography
This paper examines a specific dimension of the multiform cult of Janus, with particular attention to its Roman topography and the problematic evidence for his
15 April 2026
18:00 - 19:30

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