Flying Arts has announced its 2026 Annual Programme, delivering an expansive calendar of professional development, exhibitions, awards, education initiatives and regional touring opportunities designed to strengthen Queensland’s visual arts sector from the ground up. For more than 55 years, Flying Arts has championed artists and communities across regional and remote Queensland, working to reduce barriers […]
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Prisma Art Prize has opened submissions for its 20th edition, inviting painters, illustrators, printmakers and traditional 2D artists from around the world to apply. Based in Rome, the international award celebrates contemporary painting and two-dimensional practice, welcoming a broad range of approaches from figurative and abstract works to experimental image-making. Selected finalists receive a permanent
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The Victorian Trades Hall Council is inviting artists from across Australia to enter the Trades Hall Art Prize 2026, a national exhibition exploring the legacy of one of the world’s oldest continuously operating trade union buildings. This year’s theme, A Living Monument, encourages artists to respond to Victorian Trades Hall as a place of organising,
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Applications are now open for Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong 2027, one of regional Australia’s leading outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Presented by Wollongong City Council, the biennial exhibition transforms the Wollongong Botanic Garden into a large-scale outdoor gallery, showcasing sculpture and environmental installations by artists from across Australia. The 2025 exhibition attracted more than 66,000 visitors,
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Entries are now open for the 2026 Basil Sellers Art Prize, a major national acquisitive art prize presented by The Bas in Moruya, NSW. Celebrating excellence in traditional 2D practice, the biennial prize welcomes artists from across Australia working in painting, drawing and unique-state printmaking. The 2026 prize pool exceeds $55,000, including the $50,000 acquisitive
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Entries are now open for the Southern Ocean Art Prize 2026, inviting artists from across Australia to submit work in any medium for this non-acquisitive national art prize. The open award celebrates contemporary artistic practice across a wide range of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, textiles, digital art and photography. Awards Southern Ocean
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Applications are now open for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2026, inviting Australian and international artists working across visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, filmmaking and curatorial practice to respond to the environment through creative research and practice. Two award recipients will each receive: A$5,000 prize Four-week residency at BigCi Guided access to the
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A Meadow, A Clearing presents a new body of ceramic sculptures by Melbourne-based artist Brendan Huntley. Guided by touch, instinct and material experimentation, Huntley’s practice embraces spontaneity and process. His sculptural works are built through layered surfaces, textured markings and intuitive forms that draw upon memory, heritage and imagination. Influenced by a lifelong immersion in
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MONO x IAG brings together the Institute of Modern Art’s long-running experimental sound program with Ipswich Art Gallery for a special expanded presentation as part of Spark Festival. Curated by Lawrence English, MONO has spent two decades presenting sonic experimentation, durational performance and boundary-pushing artistic practices. This one-night event invites audiences to engage with sound,
Meanjin/Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA) plays a critical role in setting the agenda for contemporary art in Australia through significant investment in the state’s artists. Today, the IMA is pleased to announce the artistic cohort of Platform 2027, its esteemed early-career professional-development project. The artist recipients are Amanda Bennetts, Adam Cole, Savannah Jarvis, Daniel Sherington, and Prita Tina Yeganeh. Established in 2024, Platform is a career-development program with proven impact on the profile and
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Entries are now open for the Burnie Print Prize 2027, one of Australia’s leading national printmaking awards, celebrating excellence, innovation and technical skill in contemporary print practice. Presented by Burnie Arts, the acquisitive prize welcomes emerging and established artists from across Australia working in traditional and expanded printmaking practices. Finalists will be exhibited at the
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Entries are now open for the Bindi Digital Art Prize 2026, a national art prize celebrating digital and moving image practice by artists of all abilities across Australia. Presented by Bindi Enterprises, the non-acquisitive prize encourages artists to explore and celebrate digital media in all its forms, supporting creative and inclusive approaches to contemporary digital
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Entries are now open for the 2026 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, one of Australia’s longest-running and most prestigious regional art awards, presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre. Now in its 64th year, the award offers more than $60,000 in prize money, including the $50,000 acquisitive Open Award, with the winning work entering the Campbelltown City Council
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The winners of the $50,000 Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026 have been announced, with KHR Stewart awarded the $20,000 2D Prize for Dollface, an oil painting praised by judge Wendy Sharpe as “a striking dream-like image, both meticulous and mysterious.” The $20,000 3D Prize was awarded to Keith Burt for Inquiet, a painted plaster sculpture recognised
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Curated by artist and researcher Larissa Warren, ‘Shifting Ground’ explores the rich history of women potters from Tamborine Mountain, Queensland. The exhibition brings together works by twelve contemporary Australian artists alongside historical pieces by pioneering women potters from the region. All artworks are created using Tamborine Mountain’s native volcanic clays, highlighting a deep connection between
Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio welcomes applications for its ongoing artist residency program, offering self-funded residencies of up to three months in one of Japan’s leading public art centres. Located within Tenjinyama Park in Sapporo, the residency provides studio apartments, shared creative facilities and opportunities to engage with the local community through exhibitions, workshops and public
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Applications are open for the Metropolitan Fukujusou Artist Residency, a Kyoto-based international residency offering artists the opportunity to live and work within a 200-year-old traditional Kyo-Machiya townhouse. Designed for artists interested in Japanese culture, minimalism and slow living, the residency encourages participants to embrace a simple way of life while developing new work. Residents have
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Art Center Ongoing is inviting applications for its Ongoing AIR residency program, a two-month international residency based in Kichijoji, Tokyo. Open to artists and curators from Japan and overseas, the residency provides private accommodation, an exhibition opportunity and access to Art Center Ongoing’s gallery, library and creative community. Established in 2013, the program supports experimental
The Drawing Festival returns to Queensland Art Gallery for a weekend of creativity, exploration and fun, featuring more than 50 free events across two days. Expanded in 2026 due to popular demand, the festival invites visitors of all ages and skill levels to discover or rekindle a love of drawing. Visitors can participate in artist-led
Applications are open for the 2025/2026 trenarren HOUSE Residency Season, inviting artists from all creative disciplines to immerse themselves in a unique rural residency centred on the theme Community. Located on the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, trenarren HOUSE is a multidisciplinary artist-run residency where creativity and wellbeing intersect. Artists are encouraged to dedicate focused
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Applications are open for the L’AiR Arts International Arts Research Residency, offering artists and cultural practitioners the opportunity to live and work in the historic Atelier 11 Cité Falguière in Montparnasse, Paris. Situated within one of Paris’ most significant historic artist communities, the residency continues the legacy of the École de Paris, supporting intercultural exchange,
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The Mudhouse Residency invites visual artists, writers, musicians and performers to undertake a two-week creative residency on the island of Crete, Greece, surrounded by the historic mountain village of Agios Ioannis. Now entering its eleventh year, the artist-run residency offers three sessions across Summer 2026: 8–22 June 2026 29 June–13 July 2026 20 July–3 August
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The Venuvana Artist Residency, presented by ABARI, invites artists, architects, writers and interdisciplinary practitioners to immerse themselves in the landscapes of Nepal through nature-based creative research and making. Hosted on an organic farm in Chitwan and Dhulikhel, the residency offers dedicated time to develop new work within a bamboo forest surrounded by farmland, rivers and
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Darwin-based artist Franck Gohier returns to Mitchell Fine Art with his fifth solo exhibition, Australia Has Cowboys Too. Featuring a new body of work inspired by the iconography of Western comics, films and vintage advertising, the exhibition reimagines the visual language of the American frontier through an Australian lens. Gohier explores themes of national identity,
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Info: Excess All Areas explores consumer culture and society’s relationship with waste through humour, colour and critical reflection. Presented by the New Quotidian Collective, the exhibition draws upon the visual language of advertising, packaging and branding to examine the pervasive influence of capitalism on everyday life. Through vibrant imagery and found materials, the artists highlight
Join a welcoming weekly life drawing and painting session at Vacant Assembly, open to all skill levels and all mediums. Bring your own materials—charcoal, oils, acrylics, pencils—and settle into a relaxed evening of observational practice with a live model. Choose from standing easels or seated spots (first in, best dressed), and feel free to BYO
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Entries are now open for the John Leslie Art Prize 2026, one of Australia’s most established landscape painting awards. First presented in 2000 and named after John Leslie OBE, the prize celebrates excellence in contemporary landscape painting by artists living and working in Australia. The 2026 edition marks the 14th iteration of the award, continuing
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Black Door Gallery invites painters to apply for the E.SUN International Art Prize, a global painting award established by E.SUN Bank in Taiwan, offering a total prize pool of approximately USD $130,000. This international prize celebrates contemporary painting across diverse styles and approaches, encouraging artists to engage with one or more of three open themes:
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The Redland Art Awards is a biennial contemporary painting competition open to Australian citizens and permanent residents aged 18 and over. The award celebrates innovation and excellence in painting, with selected finalists exhibited at Redland Art Gallery later in the year. Prizes include: Major Acquisitive Prize: $20,000 Second Prize: $6,000 Third Prize: $3,000 Meredith Foxton
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The Paddington Art Prize introduces the inaugural Paddo Sculpture Prize, a national, non-acquisitive award offering $10,000 for a 3D free-standing sculpture inspired by the Australian landscape. Open to artists across Australia, the prize invites submissions that respond to landscape through sculptural form—encouraging diverse interpretations across material, scale, and concept. In addition to the major prize,
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The Brisbane Gallery invites artists to participate in Open House, a rotating display program designed to connect artists with collectors and provide opportunities for works to be exhibited between scheduled exhibitions. Open to artists at all stages, this initiative offers a flexible platform to showcase 1–5 original artworks in a curated gallery setting. There is
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Waverley Woollahra Art School invites entries for the 2026 9×5 Landscape Art Prize, celebrating the legacy of Australian Impressionism and its spontaneous approach to landscape painting. Now in its 11th year, this nationally recognised prize encourages artists to respond to the Australian landscape using the iconic 9×5 inch format—echoing the historic use of cigar box
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Between the Threads brings together eight artists whose practices find common ground in fibre, fabric, and material process while remaining distinct in vision, method, and cultural origin. Featuring artists from Australia and overseas, the exhibition celebrates textile art as one of the most dynamic and expressive contemporary art forms. Spanning weaving, stitching, soft sculpture, and
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Earthen form profiles the works of contemporary Somerset ceramicists who have responded to natural colours and forms of the region, whist experimenting with incorporating locally sourced materials within their practice. The exhibition includes a showcase of works created by Toogoolawah High School students as an outcome of workshops led by Shifting Ground Curator Larissa Warren. The featured works reflect the
The Earth Partner Prize 2026 is now open for submissions, inviting artists and creatives aged 14–30 from around the world to respond to the urgent challenges of climate change, ecological justice and environmental action. Open to all nationalities, backgrounds and creative disciplines, the prize welcomes submissions across a broad range of mediums including photography, film,
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Entries are now open for the Gosford Art Prize 2026, one of Australia’s longstanding regional art prizes and a significant event in the cultural calendar of New South Wales’ Central Coast. Open to artists across Australia and working in all mediums, the prize offers a total prize pool of more than $55,000. Awards include the
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