NIDA Women – Hanna Pasternak
In the lead up to International Women’s Day, we sat down with NIDA Financial Accountant,Hanna Pasternak, to discuss what the day means to her and how she is helping our students find their artistic voice.
NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples, and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.
In the lead up to International Women’s Day, we sat down with NIDA Financial Accountant,Hanna Pasternak, to discuss what the day means to her and how she is helping our students find their artistic voice.
Di Drew, Head of Screen at the NIDA is set to leave the institution after seven years at the helm. Di was the inaugural Head of Screen setting up the very successful screen program at NIDA with financial support from Channel 7 and the Reg Grundy Foundation.
NIDA yesterday announced a $300,000 grant by the Luminis Foundation to assist Indigenous creative professionals undertaking a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Cultural Leadership.
NIDA students, staff and guests were treated to a fascinating Q&A with much�loved NIDA alumnus, Australian actor and director Richard Roxburgh (Acting, 1986), on 7 November.
NIDA Theatres welcomed about 700 guests to our state-of-the-art venues for the 2016 Wired for Wonder conference � an experience designed to bring together seemingly unrelated concepts. NIDA Corporate curated their own session on connecting effortlessly.
The 50thAnniversary of the Jane Street Theatre and Season of Australian Plays was commemorated on 25 October, with an evening that explored the Australian voice on stage since 1966.
If you’ve been lucky enough to secure a ticket to ‘Dot and the Kangaroo’,oneof NIDA’s2016Directors’ and Designers’ Productions, you’ll find yourself transported back to a simpler time, through your eyes, ears … and nose.
The time has finally come for me to say farewell to you all � students, colleagues, alumni, friends and supporters within an ever widening NIDA community. The last eight and a half years have been immensely rewarding for me and together we have achieved so much positive change.
NIDA’s leadership in the design sphere was highlighted at this year’s Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) Awards.
Congratulations to our graduates, students and staff members who were nominated for the awards � many of whom won their respective categories.
The NIDA Board of Directors appointed two new members at its October meeting � alumnus and newly appointed Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director,Kip Williams,and iconic Australian actorSigrid Thornton.