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Editor's NOTE

“IT’S A DISTURBING THING THAT WE STILL defend the National Arts School,” Ann Thompson says in the most recent issue of ARTIST PROFILE. Ann was referring to the possible merger with a Sydney university and the relocation of the National Art School (NAS) from its historic Darlinghurst gaol site. Hopefully the future of NAS will be more assured while this issue is current. Ann, like Reg Mombassa, who features on our cover, is a former NAS student.

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