Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2026
The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2026, administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, is now accepting applications from emerging Australian artists aged 20 to 30 with an…
Common Ground
Our Space Brisbane is inviting emerging and established artists to submit work for Common Ground, a three-day exhibition celebrating the studio’s fourth birthday. Open to artists working across ceramics, 2D…
Audrey Gibbs Art Prize
Entries are now open for the Audrey Gibbs Art Prize 2026, presented by the Royal Queensland Art Society (RQAS). The annual prize celebrates genre painting and drawing, honouring the legacy…
UniSQ Biennial Art Award 2026
Entries are now open for the UniSQ Biennial Art Award 2026, a national acquisitive art prize celebrating outstanding contemporary Australian art. Launched in 2024, the biennial award has quickly established…
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2026
Entries are now open for the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2026, Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize for women artists. Presented annually by the S.H. Ervin Gallery, the $30,000 non-acquisitive award…
Urunga Small Sculpture Prize
Entries are now open for the Urunga Small Sculpture Prize 2026, a national sculpture award presented by Art Space Urunga. Established in 2018, the prize celebrates original small-scale sculpture and…
Calleen Art Award 2026
Entries are now open for the Calleen Art Award 2026, one of Australia’s longest-running acquisitive painting prizes. Established in 1977, the annual award celebrates originality, creativity and excellence in contemporary…
LOOKOUT @ QUT Art Museum
QUT Art Museum is inviting applications for LOOKOUT, an exhibition program showcasing the research and creative practice of QUT students. Open to projects across visual art, design, research and interdisciplinary…
Korean Cultural Centre Australia
The Korean Cultural Centre Australia (KCCAU) is inviting applications for its 2026–27 Exhibition Program, supporting contemporary visual arts projects that foster cultural exchange between Australia and Korea. Selected exhibitions will…
Mosman Art Prize 2026
Entries are now open for the 2026 Mosman Art Prize, Australia’s premier open painting prize and one of the nation’s longest-running acquisitive art awards. Established in 1947, the Mosman Art…
Clunes Ceramic Award 2026
Entries are now open for the Clunes Ceramic Award 2026, a prestigious biennial national award celebrating excellence and innovation in contemporary ceramics. First held in 2009, the award has become…
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2026
Entries are now open for the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2026, one of the world’s leading international awards celebrating excellence in representational visual arts. Now in its ninth year, the…
Evelyn Chapman Art Award 2026
Entries are now open for the Evelyn Chapman Art Award 2026, a prestigious biennial award supporting the professional development of emerging Australian painters. Presented by the S.H. Ervin Gallery, the…
Prisma Art Prize: 20th Edition
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…
2026 Banyule Award for Works on Paper
Entries are now open for the 2026 Banyule Award for Works on Paper, a prestigious national acquisitive art prize presented by Banyule City Council. Awarded biennially, the prize celebrates outstanding…
Trades Hall Art Prize
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…
Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong
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…
Basil Sellers Art Prize
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,…
Southern Ocean Art Prize
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…
BigCi Environmental Awards 2026
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…
Burnie Print Prize 2027
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…
Bindi Digital Art Prize
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…
Fisher's Ghost Art Award
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…
Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio Residency
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…
Metropolitan Fukujusou Artist Residency
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…
Ongoing AIR
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…
Drawing Festival
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…
trenarren HOUSE Artist Residency
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…
L’AiR Arts International Arts Research Residency
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…
Mudhouse Residency
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…
Venuvana Artist Residency
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…
Life Drawing & Painting at Vacant Assembly
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…
John Leslie Art Prize 2026
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…
E.SUN International Art Prize
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…
Redland Art Awards 2026
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…
Paddo Sculpture Prize
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…
Passepartout Photo Prize
Deadline:
Deadline:
4 July
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 the annual catalogue as well as in our partners’ magazines, and…
Whitsundays Art Prize
Deadline:
20220801
Entries are open to artists for the 2022 Whitsundays Art Prize Exhibition, a highlight of the Whitsundays Arts Festival. In its second year, the Art Prize Exhibition will be held at the Coral Sea Marina Resort, at the heart of Airlie Beach in September. The 2022 judging panel is led…
Rainbow Research Fellowship
Deadline:
20220812
Uncover the PRIDE in Queensland’s LGBTIQA+ histories and communities with State Library’s $15,000 inaugural Rainbow Research fellowship. Use the John Oxley Library and State Library collections and resources, to research, explore and create new knowledge about Queensland’s LGBTIQA+ history and communities. You’ll receive a stipend of $15,000, a personal workspace within the…
Drawing Workshop - Sebastian Moody: STUDIO STADIUM
Deadline:
20220811
Join Queensland conceptual artist Sebastian Moody and compete in a fast-paced Fluxus style art making contest. Equal parts Squid Games, speed dating, Iron Chef, and Arte Povera, ‘Studio Stadium’ will test your lateral thinking as you battle for glory against your fellow participants. About the Artist: Sebastian Moody is an…
Forest Stories Artist Residency Program
Deadline:
20220801
PhotoAccess and Plumwood Mountain are delighted to launch the Forest Stories artist residency program. This program supports one photographic artist, or artist duo, to explore possibilities for creating visual narratives that respond to Plumwood Mountain, a unique conservation property located in the dense temperate rainforest to the south-east of Braidwood,…
Sculpture on the Edge
Deadline:
20220822
Sculpture on the Edge is Arts Connect Inc’s annual sculpture competition held in the stunning Sunshine Coast Hinterland. In 2022 the competition will be hosted at Flaxton Gardens, with views looking out over the Glasshouse mountains toward the coastline. The competition will include indoor and outdoor sculptures across a variety…
Punch Needle Tufting Workshop: Rug Making in The Interior
Deadline:
20220820
In this workshop, you will create your own textile work to take home using the punch needle tufting technique. Natalya will lead participants through some of the techniques and processes she has employed to create custom textile works in The Interior. Participants will design their own motif to tuft, extracting imagery…
Funding: Sculpture by the Sea
Deadline:
20220815
Artist Cost Contribution is available for Australian Artists exhibiting at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2023. Australian artists at all career stages are encouraged to apply for Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2023. All types, forms and sizes of sculpture, in all materials, are eligible for entry. With thanks to the Federal Government RISE…
The Basil Sellers Art Prize
Deadline:
20220729
Call for entries is now open for the Basil Sellers Art Prize, a biennial competition celebrating classic artistic excellence in 2D artworks and offers a prize pool of over $30,000. The art prize champions artists working in traditional mediums of painting, drawing or unique state printmaking. Housed in the Basil…
John Leslie Art Prize
Deadline:
20220722
Inaugurated in 2000, the Prize is named after John Leslie OBE (1919—2016), Patron of the Gippsland Art Gallery. The continuation of the Prize is made possible by the generous ongoing support of the John Leslie Foundation, and 2022 marks its 12th iteration. Prizes include the John Leslie $20,000 Acquisitive Prize…
CLIP Award
Deadline:
20220720
The Perth Centre for Photography invites all photographic artists to enter the 2022 CLIP Award. The CLIP Award is the Perth Centre for Photography’s biennial award for contemporary urban, natural, and conceptual landscape photography. CLIP celebrates new international photography, that exemplifies excellence and intrigue. Selected works will be critically engaging,…
Artist Insights: Laith McGregor
Deadline:
20220820
Join exhibiting artist Laith McGregor for a floor talk and collage workshop reflecting on his installation artwork Some Days, featured in the After Fairweather exhibition. Spend time making while you hear about the inspiration behind the creation of Laith’s artworks. Laith McGregor has explored both real and fictional identities throughout his two-decade…
Artist insights: Aaron Butt
Deadline:
20220807
Join a live art experience with local artist Aaron Butt as he creates a new portrait artwork inspired by the famous Bribie Island artist, Ian Fairweather. Learn more from Aaron as he paints about the influence Ian Fairweather has had on his art practice. Aaron Butt is an exhibiting artist…
Curiocity Brisbane 2023: Expression of Interest
Deadline:
20220812
World Science Festival Brisbane (WSFB) invites expressions of interest to participate in Curiocity Brisbane 2023, an annual temporary public art event. Artists can submit ideas for artworks that celebrate the interconnectivity of art and science. The festival is seeking a diverse array of artworks varying in scale, budget and type…
Clayton Utz Art Award
Deadline:
20220722
Clayton Utz is proud to support the Arts through the Clayton Utz Art Award. The Award offers a $20,000 winner’s prize and exhibition space for the finalists and is awarded to an outstanding artwork by a Queensland-based artist, or an artist with a strong connection to Queensland. We are looking forward…
Logan Art Gallery Pop-up: Workshops
Deadline:
20220720
Logan Art Gallery Pop Up current exhibitions: Adult workshop program. Logan Art Gallery and Southside Upcycling Stitchers Collective artists are excited to offer a series of workshops which highlight the joy and creative possibilities to be found by giving unused and unwanted objects and materials a new lease on life.…
State Library Queensland: Research Fellowships
Deadline:
20220715
Want to be a part of something exceptional? Applications are now open for State Library’s research fellowships and awards totalling $85,000 as part of the Queensland Memory Awards. Use State Library’s vast resources to uncover and share your stories of Queensland’s limitless history. Australian researchers and creatives from all walks…
INSIGHT: Professional Development Workshop Series
Deadline:
Deadline:
12 March - 30 July
INSIGHT Professional Development Workshop Series delivers five cross-disciplinary practice-led workshops by some of Queensland’s leading arts professionals to Sunshine Coast based contemporary artists. IN | artist run initiative x The Old Lock Up are proud to host Hamish Sawyer, Louise R Mayhew, Kellie O’Dempsey, Daniele Constance x Aha Ensemble, and…
Still Life Social
Deadline:
20220731
Sharpen your sketching skills and make new friends as we combine art and local history at the monthly still life social. Featuring eclectic collection pieces for your inspiration, you’re invited to capture a new display each month. Light refreshments available – Bookings required Image credit: Photo by cottonbro from Pexels.
Samstag Scholarships
Deadline:
Deadline:
30 June
The annual Samstag Scholarships enable Australian artists to develop their artistic capacities and skills through a dedicated period of practice-based learning in an international learning institution. The scholarship provides each artist with institutional fees for one academic year of study and a US$50,000 tax free allowance and covers travel expenses…
National Capital Art Prize
Deadline:
Deadline:
30 June
With a prize pool of more than $45,000, this competition aims to ignite the passion and courage of artists across the country, many of whom lost the opportunity to display and sell their work during 2020-2021 with its devastating impact on the arts sector. The annual National Capital Art Prize…
Firstdraft x Metro Arts Exhibition Program
Deadline:
20220726
This is a reciprocal partnership program supporting regional NSW and regional QLD artists to exhibit at both Firstdraft (Sydney) and Metro Arts (Brisbane). Across two years, this program supports two projects, one by regional NSW artists and one by regional QLD artists to be presented at both Firstdraft and Metro…
Brisbane Portrait Prize 2022
Deadline:
20220814
The Brisbane Portrait Prize celebrates the city of Brisbane and its people. We are inviting all artists with a connection to Brisbane to join us and be a part of this unique cultural prize. All entrants will be eligible for the $50,000 Lord Mayor’s Award which is supported by Brisbane…
Holly Anderson: Drawing with Light Workshop
Deadline:
20220716
Join Outer Space studio artist Holly Anderson for a 1.5 hour drawing workshop hosted in the Outer Space Gallery. In this session, you’ll learn techniques for capturing light, reflections and movement in your drawings and observe the surprising ways these phenomena flatten and skew our perceptual worlds. Before the large…
How to Find Your Ideal Art Buyer
Deadline:
20220713
Join our online workshop with award-winning artist Samantha Messias and VAA artist mentor Karen van Hoey Smith. This session is for artists of all levels who would like to understand how to find their ideal art buyer to create multiple streams of income. Once artists start to understand who is their ideal customer…
BBA Photography Prize 2022
Deadline:
20220802
The BBA Photography Prize awards international photographers irrespective of their background with several Prizes incl. a solo show, cash prizes & more. The competition includes two exhibitions – one at Berlin Photo Week in September and one at Kühlhaus Berlin in October. Berlin Photo Week is a prestigious community event and…
Dhana Merritt: Naturopathy 101
Deadline:
20220716
In this session, Outer Space studio artist Dhana Merritt will present you with an introduction to naturopathy practice, the benefits of naturopathy, and how tea drinking can influence your well-being. Dhana’s project DM Teahouse is an ongoing marrying of her artistic practice and work as a healthcare practitioner. After learning…
SAM Residencies
Deadline:
20220815
The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is calling for applications from artists and researchers from all around the world for their residency programme. The Singapore-based, fully funded studio residencies will take place within a period of one to six months, between July 2023 and December 2024. SAM Residencies is a museum-run programme committed to supporting…
PhotoAccess: 2023 Exhibition Program
Deadline:
20220808
PhotoAccess now invites artists and curators at all stages of their careers to propose exhibitions of contemporary photo-based art for the 2023 Huw Davies Gallery season. This is an opportunity to showcase your work in a professional gallery with an established local and national profile, engaged audiences and a dynamic…
WWAS Printmaking Prize
Deadline:
20220729
The aim of the prize is to celebrate the amazing world of printmaking by showcasing traditional and digital techniques from established and emerging printmakers as well as cross-disciplinary artists exploring print media. 30 Finalists will be selected (15 works from each of two categories: Traditional Print and Digital Print) for…
2022 Mosman Art Prize
Deadline:
20220720
Mosman Art Gallery is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the 2022 Mosman Art Prize. Established in 1947 it is the oldest Municipal Art Prize in Australia. This national acquisitive painting prize is valued at $50,000 with an additional four awards on offer, including an Emerging Artists’…
HYPERSPECTRAL
Deadline:
20220801
HYPERSPECTRAL is the inaugural contemporary arts and music event by PhotoAccess! This immersive showcase will feature the convergence of local and emerging contemporary digital media, video, music and sound artists responding to the themes of Hauntology, Trans/Post Humanism, Otherworldly Events, and more than Human Occurrences. HYPERSPECTRAL calls attention to current questions…
Lab Art Prize ROME’22
Deadline:
20220630
Malamegi Lab Art Prize, is a call for submissions open to all kind of artists. Works allowed in the art competition are: drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphics, mix media and video. A great opportunity for the artists, which can win a cash prize, have the opportunity to exhibit their artworks,…
Ekphrastic Writing Club
Deadline:
20220806
Grab a cup of tea and join us in the Museum of Brisbane for an opportunity to explore the generative art of Ekphrastic writing. Ekphrasis has long been a vital craft tool used by poets, fiction writers, dramatists and essayists as a springboard for creative imaginings. It is the process…
BiB’N’Brace - Creative Studios
Deadline:
BiB’N’Brace offers 7 Creative Studio spaces situated on the mezzanine level of the warehouse. Each studio has its own unique layout. The studios are rented on a month to month basis, which gives the Artist flexibility.
Bowness Photography Prize
Deadline:
20220629
Over the last 16 years, the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize has emerged as an important annual survey of contemporary photographic practice in Australia and one of the most prestigious prizes in the country. In 2005 the MGA Foundation was established with the aim of supporting MGA and its…







































































