Strand Ephemera, a much loved and highly anticipated biennial event, is celebrating its 20th year in 2021! Strand Ephemera is the North’s leading outdoor sculpture festival which has rapidly grown over the years, much to the delight of artists and the public alike. Strand Ephemera gains considerable media coverage and attracts many local, national,…

THE CENTRE is inviting emerging Queensland photo media artists to participate in the community exhibition FIRST LIGHT. This initiative aims to build a community in Queensland’s changing landscape of photographic practice. Closely associated, as a prime exhibition space, THE MAUD STREET PHOTO GALLERY (THE GALLERY) provides exhibition support to THE…

We are seeking students and fresh graduates who want to expand their expertise in digital and mobile journalism, with a focus on art and culture related topics. YAJA is calling for: • Students to submit their articles. • Judging panel members. • Partner Universities • Sponsors and Supporters • Media Partners Please get in touch and join…

he National Art School and the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation invites artists to submit entries in competition for the Dobell Drawing Prize #22. The $30,000 acquisitive prize will be awarded at the opening of the finalists’ exhibition at NAS Gallery on 25 March 2021. To be eligible for selection, artists…

 JAA DESIGN sketch RENDER Drawing Competition is back! It’s a celebration of Australia and New Zealand jewellery design and sketching skills. The Competition honours the diverse   talent of local artisans by showcasing their original and distinguished talents in hand and digital drawing.  By promoting local creative talent, the JAA DESIGN sketch RENDER Drawing Competition…

The Blacktown City Art Prize is a much loved open-themed award and exhibition which celebrates its 25th year in 2020. Artists across Australia are invited to submit work for the prize, which culminates in an exhibition of the finalists’ work at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre. A total prize pool…

Waverley Woollahra Art School is pleased to announce the 2020 9×5 Landscape Prize is open for entries. With all the challenges we have faced during 2020, the 9×5 Landscape Prize, now in its fifth year, offers artists a wonderful opportunity to immerse themselves in the landscape and create an award-winning…

Australian applications for the UK/Australia Season 2021-22 are now open. The Season will explore and celebrate the relationship between Australia and the UK across the arts, creative industries, and higher education through the theme ‘Who are we now?’ The Season will take place in the UK from August to November…

ACMI and The Ian Potter Cultural Trust are calling for submissions from Australian artists for the final biennial Ian Potter Moving Image Commission worth $100,000. Established a decade ago, through a partnership between ACMI and The Ian Potter Cultural Trust, this groundbreaking series is the country’s most significant commission for…

Do you work in the fields of visual art, design, architecture, literature, performing arts or on transdisciplinary projects and have a strong interest in textile production and its context? Then the innovative Artist in Residence Programme TaDA Textile and Design Alliance offers you a unique opportunity to work together with…

Jan van Eyck Academie’s call for a 12-month residency is now open! Artists, curators, designers ranging from graphic and fashion to food and social design, writers, and architects are welcome to apply! As a multi-disciplinary post-academic institute, the Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, NL) offers residency programmes to those who…

FREE to all UK and International Artists, we would like to invite you to our October get together with Artist Manager, Fine Art Auctioneer and Consultant Expert as seen on BBC’s Art Bargain Hunt Karen Van Hoey-Smith. The focus of conversation will be Karen taking us on her journey on…

The Paddington Art Prize is a $30,000 National acquisitive prize, awarded annually for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape. Established in 2004 by Arts Patron, Marlene Antico OAM, this National prize takes its place among the country’s most lucrative and highly coveted painting prizes. The prize encourages the interpretation…

The $15,000 acquisitive prize is open to artists from Australia and Oceania. The Burnie Print Prize is an initiative of the Burnie Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) in northwest Tasmania. The Burnie Print Prize was established in 2007 to: Develop the Gallery’s print collection Present the best of contemporary printmaking Support artists who…

The A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize is awarded biennially to Australian artists who have demonstrated talent and achievement in traditional styles. This includes realist, figurative and representational styles. The Art Prize is intended to encourage, support and advance classical training of emerging artists (in their early to mid-career) at any stage of…

A notable event on the Inner West arts and culture calendar, the GreenWay Art Prize celebrates the qualities of the Cooks River to Iron Cove GreenWay–a precious 5.8km urban environmental and sustainable transport corridor in Sydney’s Inner West. The GreenWay follows the route of the Inner West Light Rail and…

Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Summer Cycle. Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists.…

The Carstairs Prize aims to support socially engaged art projects that embrace participatory and collaborative experiences, bring participants into active dialogue with the artist(s) in order to involve audiences beyond the art community. The prize is intended to contribute to artwork production costs to assist the successful applicant(s) to develop…

The Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie have launched the Lake Art Prize, a new biennial national acquisitive art prize valued at $25,000. Australian artists, aged 18 years and over, are invited to submit works which reflect on the theme ‘Where there is Water’. There is a total acquisitive…

VAST ART MAGAZINE is excited to announce the international open call for ISSUE N°02. See your work in print and published along side new, emerging, and established practices from around the world. Thirty (30) artists will be selected and profiled in full color print spread showcasing their work, artist biography,…

QCA Galleries are now accepting proposals to exhibit in the Webb Gallery, Project Gallery and Grey Street Gallery in 2021. Please take the time to read through the information listed on the QCA Galleries website, including the QCA Galleries Terms and Conditions prior to applying. Successful applicants will be notified within two…

The competition’s aim is to promote the enrolled artists, giving them chance to join the international market of contemporary art. Internationality and networking make YICCA a huge opportunity for the artists, which can: • Win a cash prize: – Euro 3000,00 money prize to the first selected – Euro 1000,00…

Look to the future, imagine a new surreal world. We want to see your imagined perceptions on what life on planet earth will look like in years to come. Embracing artististic mediums such as painting, drawing, digital, photography and film, capture your wildest imaginations of a surreal future. Selected artwork…

Applications are now open for the 2020 Moreton Bay Region Youth Art Awards! To enter the Award, you must be of school age and either live in the Moreton Bay Region or attend school in the region. The competition is divided into two art categories: 2D and 3D works. Entries…

Kangaroo Valley Art Prize $6,000, Highly Commended $2,000, Commended $1,000 Tony White Memorial Art Prize, for a young emerging artist $5,000 Salon of Local Artists Prize $1,500, Commended $500 People’s Choice Prize $1,000 TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $17,000 Online Entries:  3-28 August at www.artsinthevalley.net.au/entry Exhibition:  2-5 October, Kangaroo Valley, NSW Curator: Jane Cush – former Director and Curator, Goulburn Regional Art…

Redland Art Awards is a biennial contemporary painting competition open to all Australian artists, presented by Redland Art Gallery. Redland Art Awards 2020 features four prizes, totalling over $20,000. The primary award will be an acquisitive prize of $15,000. There will also be runner up awards of $4,000 and $2,500…

Interested in increasing the visibility of women on the world’s most popular online research tool, but don’t know where to start? The Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon is a global event that addresses the under-representation of women, feminism and the arts on Wikipedia. Across four virtual sessions in August, join Dr Louise…

Expressions of Interest are open now until 20 August 2020 for Curiocities that reflect the intersection of art, science and technology through large-scale, interactive physical and digital installations. This is a global call-out. Individuals, collectives or organisations may submit an EOI. Curiocities will be exhibited at public spaces in Brisbane from 12 to 28…

The Brisbane Portrait Prize is all about celebrating Brisbane portrait artists and their sitters, while encouraging public engagement with the arts. Any artist with a connection to Brisbane is eligible to enter. The sitter must also have a connection with Brisbane. Key dates for 2020 ​ 23 February >> Entries Open 16…

As part of the RQAS Biennial we are delighted to host The Fourth Queensland Figurative Award again in 2020. The QLD Figurative is a non-acquisitive Art Award open to Queensland Artists for 2D works in which the human figure is integrated in the composition.  Please note exhibition information is subject to…

The Aesthetica Art Prize was launched in 2007, five years after the launch of Aesthetica Magazine, as a way to support the next generation of talent across new visual media. It welcomed both established and emerging practitioners to submit pieces on any theme, celebrating innovative works from a range of media. These…

Open to UK and International Artists, Open Call opportunity to join the Artists Evolve Programme with the Visual Artists Association (VAA). Learn essential skills to grow your arts business online. Artists will be given free essential social media and online training via zoom webinars. Programme Schedule: Session 1 – Monday…

In 2020, the theme of the AFTM Queensland Outsider Art Awards is “belonging”. A simple word for a huge concept – whether it be the need to belong or finally having found a place where they do. This compelling exhibition provides the platform for these artists to bring valuable life…

In 2020 the Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) celebrates 10 years, a decade of rewarding and celebrating Queensland regional arts and the wealth of creativity and imagination thriving in the regions. The QRAA is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and…

Established in 2001, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is Australia’s pre-eminent award for small sculpture presented by Woollahra Council. In 2020 there will be an increased prize pool of $29,000 to mark its 20th anniversary. The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize attracts strong support from artists, collectors and critics and is…

The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting is a unique triennial art prize that aims to celebrate excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium. This non-acquisitive prize is open to all Australian artists over the age of 18 years. Selected finalists will be exhibited in the Grey Street…