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Artisan Residency Program

Applications are now open for artisan’s exciting new career-changing residency programs. Offering fully-funded residency opportunities for 2 outstanding Queensland craft and design practitioners! Established Queensland Artist Residency: Collaborating with a national craft and design network, this program sends a Queensland-based established artist to a major facility. The inaugural residency at Canberra Glassworks in 2024 spans 4-6 weeks,

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Hidden Gems

We are now accepting entries for our first 2024 exhibition, Hidden Gems. This is an open-themed exhibition which will allow entrants to show work in any style and media; the exhibition will be on show from Wednesday, 24th January to Sunday 4th February, 2024. Show your recent creations or any previous artworks that deserve another

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Sculpture Bermagui

Sculpture Bermagui brings diverse three-dimensional art to the public for 10 days every Autumn. It showcases the skill and imagination of sculptors by gathering works from established and renowned artists, along with emerging talent, from across the country. Passion for visual arts and cultural growth is driving this uniquely placed sculpture exhibition forward. An expanding

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Derwent Art Prize

Derwent, the internationally renowned fine art brand, are proud to announce that the seventh instalment of the Derwent Art Prize is now open for entries! Created in 2012 by Derwent, the Derwent Art Prize celebrates and rewards excellence in contemporary pencil art, inviting artists to submit the very best in 2D and 3D artworks created in any pencil,

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PASSEPARTOUT PHOTO PRIZE

Passepartout Photo Prize aims to support the development of talented photographers from all over the world by awarding 1,000 euros in monetary prizes every year, organizing exhibition in a fine art gallery in the heart of Rome, publication in our partners’ magazines, and providing other opportunities for international exposure.  What makes our contest unique is

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Louis Lim: Remnants | Impressions

Remnants | Impressions continues artist Louis Lim’s interest in the diversity of the human condition, through non-fictional visual storytelling and conceptual photographic portraits.  Remnants | Impressions consists of a series of framed photographs of reclaimed polaroid negatives found by the artist and laboriously brought back to life through a tedious process of bleaching, washing and drying. As Lim

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Monica Rohan Wins Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize

Congratulations to Monica Rohan on winning the 2023 Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting for her work Crossing.   Judge Sam Cranston aptly remarked, “Monica Rohan’s exquisitely executed watercolour combines vibrant colour and intricate pattern to create a whimsical and compelling landscape. Her work offers a momentary glimpse into an uncanny narrative that

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15 Artists

15 Artists is an annual acquisitive prize developed to enhance City of Moreton Bay’s Art Collection and exhibition program. Each year, Council invites 15 artists to take part in the exhibition. The winning artist is awarded $20,000 and their work is acquired into Council’s Art Collection. The exhibition highlights recent works by Australian artists, presenting diverse

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The Alice Prize

The Alice Prize is a national contemporary art prize and welcomes artists from around Australia to submit their works in any medium or on any theme. Coordinated by the Alice Springs Art Foundation, The Alice Prize is held in Alice Springs biennially at the Araluen Arts Centre. The Foundation is a voluntary not-for-profit community organisation

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National Photographic Portrait Prize

We are excited to announce that entries to the 2024 National Photographic Portrait Prize are now open. Now in its 17th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize (NPPP) is a staple of the Australian art prize landscape. Each year, finalists are selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia’s aspiring and professional portrait photographers,

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Muswellbrook Art Prize

Since 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize has grown and evolved and is today one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia. Finalists for the Muswellbrook Art Prize vie for a total of $70,000 prize money across three prize categories: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), and Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive). Astute adjudication of the Prize over

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PRISMA ART PRIZE

Il Varco Creative Hub presents the thirteenth edition of the Prisma Art Prize, which inaugurates the fourth year of the prize. Prisma Art Prize is a quarterly art competition with €2000 of annual prize money, over €3000 of service prizes and the possibility of participating in the collective exhibition in 2024 at the Contemporary Cluster

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TORSION

Sneakers embody the tensions of the contemporary moment, where the immaterial (the brand) surpasses the material (the shoe), and where the seduction of consumerism sits uneasily alongside resistance to capitalism. Torsion includes new and existing work by local and international artists – the figure of the sneaker acts as a symbol for contemporary capitalism, where even

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Of Late

Of Late brings together selected artworks from the University of the Sunshine Coast Art Collection acquired over the last five years (2018-2023). Although collected independently of one another, throughout the work of the 18 artists represented in the exhibition interconnecting themes emerge. Many of the artists foreground their working processes to explore their chosen medium’s material

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I, Object

I, Object considers the many complex relationships Indigenous Australian artists continue to have with objects – from the histories informing their creation to the social and cultural consequences of their collection. The exhibition demonstrates the great pride and inspiration of inherited cultural practices and historical Indigenous objects, and reveals the difficulties posed by their collection and

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BRISBANE PORTRAIT PRIZE FINDS NEW HOME AT STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND

After five years of telling Brisbane stories and celebrating artists at Brisbane Powerhouse, the Brisbane Portrait Prize is moving to the home of storytelling in Queensland, State Library of Queensland. This decision comes as the Brisbane Portrait Prize continues to grow, both in size and in status. The Finalists Exhibition will be held in the

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Helen Fuller: Bowerbird

Growing up in Tarntanya/Adelaide in the 1950s and 60s, Helen Fuller would fossick in the backyard for broken ceramics and shards of glass and reconfigure them into beautiful objects. This process of aesthetic reinvention that began in her youth became a vital means of self-expression, forming an artistic practice that spans six decades. Like the

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Hiromi Tango: Healing Garden

Healing Garden at The Condensery is a site-responsive project created with, for and by the Somerset community, in collaboration with internationally renowned Japanese-Australian artist Hiromi Tango. Through a series of workshops, Tango, her artist educators and participants of all ages will co-create an immersive, sensory garden installation inspired by the healing properties of plants endemic to

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Pixy Liao and Lin Zhipeng (aka No.223): Each, Other

Bringing together works in photography by Pixy Liao and Lin Zhipeng (aka No.223) Each, Other articulates the ways that people are fragile, finite. Their bodies, their subjectivities, are composed of pathways that need careful guarding and constant negotiation, just as feelings, memories and emotions pour out from each of us and complicate all kinds of encounters. It

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Colour Box: Abstract Cinema

To celebrate the centenary of the 16mm gauge film format and in response to the QAG exhibition ‘Living Patterns: Contemporary Australian Abstraction’, ‘Colour Box’ brings together a selection of contemporary and archival 16mm experimental films to highlight the format’s long-standing relationship with abstract cinema. The program is presented across eight interconnected strands – Early Abstractions;

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SPECTRA: Contemporary Queensland Furniture

Spectra celebrates the diversity of furniture design styles in Southeast Queensland. From established craftsmen to emerging talents, this showcase highlights the diverse range of styles, materials, and artistic expressions that define Queensland’s furniture design industry. Designers: Fearon Brothers | Mast Furniture | CJ Anderson | Studio Flek | Ross Annels | Isaac Chatterton | Jay Jermyn |

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