The Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowships support Brisbane artists, arts workers, cultural workers or creative producers wishing to develop and expand their careers in the arts and cultural sector by participating in: skills development masterclasses/workshops art residencies attendance at conferences short course training mentorships structured learning experiences. Funding The Lord Mayor’s Creative…

Now in its 7th year, the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize for painting is calling for entries from Australian artists. Designed to attract both emerging and established artists, the winning work selected by the judging panel is awarded an acquisitive prize of $15,000. Judges Dr David Sequeira, Director, Margaret Lawrence Gallery,…

Are you a current or emerging artist, an arts graduate, a photographer, or someone who is immersed in the arts sector? The Percivals is a prestigious visual arts competition offering more than $50,000 in prize monies. Percival Portrait Painting Prize Major acquisitive prize – $40,000 Percival Photographic Portrait Prize Major…

Entries to Australia’s highest value art prize for women are now open and close on 23 February 2022, midday Daylight Saving Time Eastern Australia. Opening Night is 13 May 2022. There are three prize categories: Professional Artist ($35,000), Emerging Artist ($5,000) and Indigenous Emerging Artist ($5,000). There is also a…

ANAT is calling for applications from artists and scientists for our prestigious Synapse Residency program, which, since 2004, has enabled research collaborations between more than 100 artists and scientists. ANAT Synapse brings artists and researchers together in partnerships that generate new knowledge, ideas and processes beneficial to both fields. A…

The Regional Arts Services Network (RASN) is a network of regional arts service providers who, supported by the State Coordination Office, work together to deliver on-the-ground arts services in communities across the state. Driving regional development across regions and working with the local arts sector, the community and key stakeholders,…

An ephemeral arts festival celebrating small scale and miniature outdoor street art installations in and around Newcastle CBD. Little Festival will feature 40 small scale and miniature street art installations. We are seeking miniature artists, street artists, stencils, paste ups, tiny sculptures, artists working with found and recycled objects, and other…

SWELL is Queensland’s premier outdoor sculpture exhibition and presents 50+ Australian and international artists to captivate the hearts and minds of a large and diverse audience of visitors.  Set between two iconic giant rock formations along the Gold Coast’s Currumbin Beach, the vast coastal landscape encourages submissions of thought-provoking and…

The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize commemorates the birth of the South Australian Museum’s first curator, Frederick George Waterhouse. This biennial prize provides an opportunity for artists to investigate the world around them and present their perspectives on natural science. It encourages artists to make a statement about the scientific…

The World Illustration Awards showcase the great work being made by illustrators all over the world today. This year we will be celebrating great illustration from across the globe, with an emphasis on supporting and connecting illustrators with each other and the industry. During the call for entries: Selected entries…

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 the artworks…

Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize. $25,000 major acquisitive St John of God Health Care Prize, $42,000 total prizes. Theme: Metamorphosis – a profound or radical change. Reference: “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19) See theme…

Metro Arts is thrilled to offer ‘MAVA Pathfinders’, a rare and well-supported opportunity for visual artists to explore new ways forward in their career. Ensuring a strong local independent sector of artists, MAVA Pathfinders will support three Queensland, mid-career visual artists to explore new opportunities, and to purposefully harness their…

The international call for the COAL PRIZE 2022 for Art and Environment has been launched, on the theme – ON THE OCEANS. The ocean is our geographic, dreamlike and political horizon. While the United Nations proclaimed the Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development 2021-2030, the COAL Prize 2022 invites artists…

Unleash your inner architect with artisan maker Tom Summers!  Tome will guide you through the creation of a small ceramic sculptural piece influenced by modern architecture. Your masterpiece can be left as a standalone sculptural piece or you can choose to make it into an incense holder. You will learn the skill of…

Ipswich City Council is seeking expressions of interests from professional muralists, artists or a consortium of artists, to design and deliver a public art concept for a high-profile space located in Ipswich Central – Bottle Alley. Bottle Alley is a laneway connecting Ellenborough Street to the Nicholas Street Precinct. The…

The Lethbridge Landscape Prize returns in 2022 after a successful inaugural exhibition. The award invites all artistic interpretations of the Australian landscape, from conventional to the unusual, and from monumental to intricate. The definition of ‘landscape’ has been extended to include urban-scapes and interiors. With a $20,000 first prize, the…

DEBRIS is now calling for pitches for Issue 02— Hospitality, guest edited by Alana Lentin, Anne-Marie Te Whiu and Anna Yeon. Contributors are invited to interrogate the theme of hospitality from all its angles: the relationship between hospitality and inhospitableness, between being a host and being welcomed or shunned—and others…

Take a look through the lens of celebrated Brisbane artist Martin Smith and explore the professional application of his artistic practice in photography and photo media. In his work, Martin employs photography, typography and storytelling to consider how language and modes of representation are used to express and interpret personal…

Adelaide Perry was a remarkable woman with an eventful career. She studied under Bernard Hall and Frederick McCubbin and experienced early success by winning the National Gallery Travelling Scholarship to study at the Royal Academy in London in 1918. During her three year sojourn abroad she exhibited at the Salon…

New Course is a guided residency program for the personal growth of artists, performers and creative professionals. The program is designed to expand and enhance artists’ creative practice, routines and way of being through new collaborative methods and professional guidance. The program helps artists establish their own rituals and guides…

ENTRIES OPEN FOR THE 2022 LIBRIS AWARDS: THE AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS’ BOOK PRIZE Artspace Mackay’s biennial event, the Libris Awards, brings together works by leading and emerging artist book makers from across the country. The Awards are a chance to celebrate the art form and build on the gallery’s significant artist book…

Join City in the Sun exhibiting artist Laura Patterson in this hands-on workshop and learn how to unpack complex landscape subject matter to create your own two-dimensional compositions. Drawing inspiration from dense Queensland rainforests, Laura translates her research, photographs and field studies into intricate and skilful arrangements in her studio.…

Passepartout Photo Prize aims to support the development of talented photographers from all over the world by providing 1,000 euros in monetary awards every year, exhibition opportunities in a prestigious venue in the heart of Rome, Italy, publication opportunities and more. Among the jurors are the American photographer Richard Tuschman,…

Prisma Art Prize is an art prize created to promote emerging visual artists and painters. As our name and logo suggests, we want to be a Prism that refracts all possible results of the painting process. At the base of our project, there is the inclusiveness and constant research and…

Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize. $25,000 major acquisitive St John of God Health Care Prize, $42,000 total prizes. Theme: Metamorphosis – a profound or radical change. Reference: “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19) See theme…

Join our free online Art Café with VAA arts marketing expert & mentor, Shirley-Ann O’Neill, where we will discussing how self-representing artists can prepare for 2022 and to find and engage with art buyers in a more meaningful way. This session will include how to increase your visibility and making…

ASAP recognises urgent and important Pre-emerging creative practice of Meanjin / Brisbane. Highlighting Australians who happen to have Asian heritage/s and Asian disaporic lineage; and are not too sure about their professional direction, are uneasy about all that big institutional gatekeeping and tastemaking, but also just really need a little…

Platform LAB comprises three residency programs that offer digital and onsite engagement, including a designated studio for a First Nations arts practitioner. LAB provides each participating artist or collective with $5000, studio and/or venue space, tailored mentorship, group intensives and presentation opportunities, as well as in-house technical, producing, and marketing support.…

Entries are now open for the annual Port Lincoln Art Prize and close Monday 6th December 2021 at 3pm. It is open to all Australian residents, providing a prestigious competition for the many artists who enter and the opportunity to have their efforts publicly acknowledged with the chance to win…

Art and science collide as artists investigate the natural world around them. The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize commemorates the birth of the South Australian Museum’s first curator, Frederick George Waterhouse. This biennial prize provides an opportunity for artists to investigate the world around them and present their perspectives on…

The Ceramic Awards is a showcase for both well-known and emerging artists and has a major acquisitive prize of $10,000. Apply now Image:Mahala HILL, Armoured Mist Frog 2020. Bone china, porcelain, stoneware, volcanic glaze. Major acquisitive prize winner of the City of Townsville Art Collection Award, 2020 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards,…

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. Held in Alice Springs biennially at the Araluen Arts Centre, the Alice Prize is coordinated by the Alice Springs Art Foundation, a voluntary not-for-profit…

The Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowships support Brisbane artists, arts workers, cultural workers or creative producers wishing to develop and expand their careers in the arts and cultural sector by participating in: skills development masterclasses/workshops art residencies attendance at conferences short course training mentorships structured learning experiences. Funding The Lord Mayor’s Creative…

Tawny Trails Launch day celebrations are on Sunday NOVEMBER 28 & Sunday JANUARY 30. Tawny Trails is The Creative Living Experience. Not your average trail; this one is accessible year-round, so we are ready when you are. Mixing the beauty of nature and the magic of creativity into an art…

Open Call – UK & International artists are invited to apply for the inaugural VAA Professional Artist Award 2021 with a £5000 Prize Fund The aim of the Award is to promote the artworks of member artists, whilst helping them to gain momentum and grow their art business. The prize…