Footscray Art Prize

The Footscray Art Prize has four categories:

Footscray Art Prize

• Open to Australian residents.
• Maximum of two (2) entries per entrant is permitted.
• A non-refundable entry fee payment of $30 (including GST) is applicable for each artwork entered.
• The exhibition of shortlisted works will be held at Footscray Community Arts Centre(external link).

Street Art Prize

• Open to Australian residents.
• Maximum of two (2) entries per entrant is permitted.
• Entries are also eligible for the Main Prize.
• A non-refundable entry fee payment of $30 (including GST) is applicable for each artwork entered.
• Four (4) artists will be shortlisted, and each provided with a wall in central Footscray to create their work between 20 March and 20 May 2017.

The sites are:

• Betta Electrical, 216-226 Barkly Street Footscray
• Victoria University, Building T – Footscray Nicholson Campus, Buckley Street, Footscray
• Victoria University, Building D – Footscray Nicholson Campus, Albert Street, Footscray
• One more site to be announced.

Tertiary Art Prize

• Open to Australian university and art college students.
• Maximum of two (2) entries per entrant is permitted.
• Entries are also eligible for the Main Prize.
• A non-refundable entry fee payment of $20 (including GST) is applicable for each artwork entered.
• The exhibition of shortlisted works will be held at VU at MetroWest.

Young Artists Prize

• Open to young people in Melbourne’s west.
• Maximum of one (1) entry per entrant is permitted.
• Entry is free.
• Entrants under the age of 16 must complete a Footscray Art Prize – Parental/Guardian Consent Form.docx and return it with their artwork to the Bluestone Church Arts Space by 17 May 2017.
• The exhibition will be held at Maribyrnong City Council’s Bluestone Church Arts Space(external link).