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New Artists APT9

Major new works by artists Jonathan Jones (Australia), Aisha Khalid (Pakistan) and Iman Raad(Islamic Republic of Iran), as well as two projects involving more than 30 women artists from the Pacific, will be among the highlights of ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) when it opens at the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) on 24 […]

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Wells Art Contemporary

Artists are invited to submit works for the WAC Awards 2018 The Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) Awards is an international open competition for contemporary visual art which has already established a strong presence in the London art world and which is drawing artists from places as diverse as Australia, Azerbaijan, India, Italy, Korea, Japan and the United

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Visions in the Nunnery

Visions in the Nunnery is returning for its 11th edition to the Nunnery Gallery. A renowned showcase of recent moving image and performance work, Visions aims to offer an international overview of the challenging and thoughtful uses of these ever shifting mediums. Shown across three monthly programmes, each led by an invited artist, this is an opportunity to

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La Wayaka Current

La Wayaka Current, artist-led initiative will offer a fully funded place on one of our our upcoming expeditions into one of the richest biomes on our planet. This is an opportunity to research + develop a new project through our program at TROPIC 08 º N, our isolated base immersed in nature alongside rainforest +

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people+artist+place

people+artist+place is a new arts initiative that aims to stimulate and support the production of socially-engaged, participatory and site-specific art in Brisbane. Facilitating projects that expand community perceptions of art in public space, we embrace the ability contemporary art has, to enhance, critique and celebrate the places we live in. Producing innovative and accessible projects in the public realm,

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Athene Currie

Athene Currie’s most recent video work RED (2017) screened at The Queensland College of Art’s (QCA) White Studio, February 2018. Currie’s move toward video installation developed in her final years as honours student in photography at QCA (2000). Currently a PhD candidate at Griffith University, Currie has developed a broad portfolio of exceptional still and

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PhotoX Awards

PhotoX 2018 is produced by ArtGemini Prize, a global art prize promoting international contemporary art by emerging and established artists worldwide. For the past 5 years, we have been organsing art competitions with huge success. The 2017 edition attracted over 1200 entries from 39 countries worldwide. For more information please visit the – Website

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Derwent Art Prize

Derwent, internationally renowned fine art brand, are proud to announce that the fourth instalment of the Derwent Art Prize is now open for entries. The Derwent Art Prize was conceived in 2012 and aims to reward excellence by showcasing the very best artworks created in pencil by British and International artists. From the submitted artworks, approximately eighty

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Archibald Prize

The Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales invite artists to submit paintings in competition for the Archibald Prize 2018. The prize will be awarded, in the terms of the will of the late JF Archibald dated 15 March 1916, to the best portrait ‘preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art,

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Intellectual Property Masterclass with Alana Kushnir

This masterclass on intellectual property for arts professionals focuses on the basics of copyright protection, licensing and enforcement in Australia. Led by Director of Guest Work Agency, freelance curator and lawyer Alana Kushnir, the session has been specifically designed for those who work within arts organisations. Art-related legislation and court judgments will be discussed, as

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WAKE UP SCREAMING #9

The next edition of Wake up screaming will invite artists to respond to the theme “The Great Outdoors. The edition will celebrate the arrival of the Equinox and Spring, in the Northern hemisphere. We will celebrate the outdoors in all its forms: Nature, space, flora, fauna, walking, landscape, blossom, bark, bugs, exploration, discovery, learning, walking

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Paul Guest Drawing Prize

Image: Peter Grziwotz, Study as St Jerome for a self-portrait 2016, charcoal on paper, Courtesy of the artist. Winner Paul Guest Prize 2016 The Paul Guest Prize is a non-acquisitive cash prize of $15,000 which is held biennially, highlighting contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The Prize was initiated by former Family Court Judge and Olympic rower, the Honourable

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PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE

PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE was born with the purpose of investigating the most interesting ideas in international contemporary art. The name COMBAT draws its conceptual inspiration from combat films, videos shot by American military cameramen during World War II battles. Combat films, often shot on the frontline and live, filmed the horrors of the war to

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Artlands Victoria – Call for Papers and Presentations

“Sharing knowledge, trading resources and exchanging gifts at a time of ceremony and gathering…” Artlands Victoria, Australia’s largest regional arts gathering, will be located in the heart of central Victoria in the City of Greater Bendigo and Mount Alexander Shire from 10 – 14 October, 2018. Designed as a multi-art, cross industry, inter-generational event, Artlands Victoria

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Textile Art of Today

Triennial of Textile, without borders, the civic association announces the 5th edition of the international art project Textile Art of Today 2018. Call for submissions of textile artworks for the event, opening in Bratislava, Slovakia in September 2018. The exhibition will tour to venues in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in 2018-19. Textile Art

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MMCA International Research Fellowship

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, Korea (MMCA) hosts an international research program for museum professionals aged 25-45, including curators, conservators and educators. Call is open to eligible applicants (including professionals from Asia and Eastern Europe) for the July-November 2018 fellowship. This program was initiated as a part of the Cultural Partnership

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Brisbane Airport Awards

Queensland College of Art (QCA) Master of Visual Art student Michael Phillips has won a commission to create an epic 90 metre floor to ceiling art work for the expansion of Brisbane Airport’s International Terminal northern departures concourse. Believed to be the most lucrative student art prize ever offered in Australia, Brisbane Airport’s competition was

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MELT Portrait Prize

Now in its third year, the MELT Portrait Prize is an opportunity for visual artists across the globe to celebrate their heroes in the LGBTI+ Community. During MELT a selection of shortlisted artworks submitted by artists from Brisbane and beyond will be exhibited in the annual MELT Portrait Prize, with the overall winner to be

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FlockArt Call Out

Hands on Art is piloting FlockArt this year. It intends to give small groups and individuals an affordable platform to explore and present concepts of interest. Please contact us at artistregistry@handsonart.org.au for an application form. For more information please visit the website – www.handsonart.org.au

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Australian Collection

An exciting reimagining of the Australian collection opens this spring.  Our curators, along with Director Chris Saines, have taken this rare opportunity to re-present the Gallery’s Australian art holdings, collected for more than 120 years, in new and innovative ways. The reconfigured spaces capture major historical moments from first contact to colonisation, and exploration to immigration.

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A Fan Art Exhibition

Crowbar invites you, the community – to participate in our first FAN ART EXHIBITION celebrating our universal love for TV shows, music and movies. You can submit anything from your favourite TV shows, bands or movies from ‘Rick & Morty’ to ‘Jimmy Barnes’, ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘Violent Soho’. The original artworks will be hanging for

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The 35th Telstra NATSIAA

As Australia’s longest running and most prestigious Indigenous art awards, Telstra NATSIAA captures the attention of the nation. Each year sees an increasing variety of art forms and mediums, collectively demonstrating the richness and diversity of current contemporary Indigenous artistic practice. The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT), with the support of

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HIDDEN: Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk 2018

HIDDEN – A Rookwood Sculpture Walk is an outdoor sculpture exhibition that provides artists with the opportunity to showcase their work in Australia’s most historic and culturally significant cemetery. Rookwood Cemetery is interested in exhibiting works that respond to the themes surrounding the Rookwood site, such as history, culture, remembrance and love. We are also

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The Night Watch

Check out an exciting collection of contemporary screen-based artworks that playfully depict life on the Gold Coast. Taking its name from a famous 16th century Rembrandt painting, THE NIGHT WATCH is a modern rekindling of the much-loved Gold Coast tradition of the Sunday night beachside gathering.   The project explores the act of ‘night watching’

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Steel: art design architecture

Today steel is one of the most ubiquitous materials in the world. It inhabits the landscape of our bodies, our domestic spaces and our built environments. A material that ranges from raw and functional to lustrous and decorative – steel blurs the boundary between utilitarian and precious. STEEL: art design architecture explores innovative and outstanding

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