The biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards has long aimed to increase public exposure to a high standard of pottery from around the nation. A showcase for both well-known and emerging artists, this competition displays the diversity of ceramic art currently being produced in Australia. The City of Townsville Art Collection…

The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Every year the Prize aims to discover talents, amateur or professional, regardless of age and nationality. The ambition of the Prize is to accelerate the careers of little-known…

In 1987, artist Jack Kilgour bequeathed funds for the creation of a major figurative and portrait art competition to be run in perpetuity at Newcastle Art Gallery. Today, the KILGOUR PRIZE is one of Australia’s major art prizes and awards $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art as determined by a panel of…

Each year, Artbank staff travel to each state to meet with unrepresented artists to view, and potentially acquire their work for the Artbank Collection. The IMA is excited to host the South East Queensland stop on the 2020 Artbank Roadshow, Friday 3 April. We are pleased to announce that one successful artist from the…

Applications are open for Queensland screen industry practitioners and creative businesses to join the vibrant co-working space and targeted business incubator program run by Screen Queensland at sqhub in Teneriffe, Brisbane. Fifteen subsidised co-working spaces are available at sqhub for early to mid-career individuals and companies looking to take the…

Looking for people who are interested in organising an ari. We think it would probably be a good idea for some other people with more energy to take over organising the gallery. We are continuing to rent the property and the workshop and studios will continue to be occupied and…

The Gallipoli Art Prize Competition commenced in 2006. The Gallipoli Art Prize will be awarded to the artist who best depicts the spirit of the Gallipoli Campaign as expressed in the Club’s “Creed“. The Club’s Creed is: We believe that within the community there exists an obligation for all to preserve the…

Join artist Jenna Lee in this hands-on workshop and create your own paper folded vessels to add to a collaborative installation inspired by ‘un/bound passage’, a significant large-scale installation work featured in the exhibition Rite of Passage. Beginning with an artist talk, Lee will then guide you through the process…

he Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize commemorates the birth of the South Australian Museum’s first curator, Frederick George Waterhouse. The biennial prize is 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 issues…

IMA School is a new professional development series that seeks to help emerging artists navigate the world of contemporary art. In this hands-on workshop series key artists, academics, and artsworkers will share insights, resources, and offer practical advice on how to build a sustainable art practice. Enrol now for the…

Applications are now open for State Library of Queensland research fellowships and awards totaling $75,000 as part of the Queensland Memory Awards. Use State Library’s vast resources to uncover and share your stories. People from all backgrounds and disciplines are encouraged to apply. For more information and to apply now,…

The 2020 Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program (ACDGP): Bushfire Renewal Round will focus on supporting the building, rebuilding and promotion of the creative industries in bushfire-affected areas of Australia. The ACDGP: Bushfire Renewal Round opened for applications at 9am (AEST) on 10 February and closes 2pm (AEST) on 16 March 2020.…

Applications are now open for this free eight-week program that joins the dots between creativity and business and sees participants take part in an incubator program to refine, test and launch their creative ideas as a sustainable business. Applications are welcome from individuals and groups from across the creative sector…

Are you an artist experimenting with the possibilities of projection? Curious to explore a challenging new medium with your existing or developing practice? Expressions of Interest for the year’s contemporary and cutting-edge light projection festival are now open! Our 2020 edition – PAST PRESENTs FUTUREs – will propel artists and audiences forward 500…

Murze is looking for artists creating artwork exploring our consciousness; the mind – mental health, and mental health activism or artwork created by artists living with mental health issues. Murze Issue Eleven will be looking at artists responses and experiences with mental health and wellbeing – we are looking for…

The Blake Prize is one of Australia’s longest-standing and most prestigious prizes which encourages conversation about religion and spirituality through art. Hosted by Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and Liverpool City Council since 2016, The 66th Blake Prize will return in 2020. Entries for the 66th Blake Art & Poetry Prizes…

Forecast offers artists and creative thinkers from anywhere in the world the chance to work with accomplished mentors toward bringing their projects to fruition. Forecast transcends neatly defined disciplines and genres to provide insight into creative production processes, and carve out space for the questions on the minds of the…

I see pictorial space as an inner landscape for the mind’s eye to roam; so it is not surprising if my paintings evoke the feeling of landscape. (I) know it is a mental projection but it is inherently delightful. While painting, I am issuing an open invitation for these illusions…

The John Leslie Art Prize is open to all artists living and working in Australia for landscape paintings that have been completed since 1 July 2018. 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…

Australian Art – Any Medium – All Women The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is an annual prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established female artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in Australia. We are…

Articulate is calling for  proposals for projects and exhibitions for our 2020 program. Articulate is an artist-run initiative formed in 2010 to support experimental contemporary art that emphasises installation, performance and related spatial  and temporal practices. Articulate has two spaces, Articulate project space on the ground floor and ArticulateUpstairs on the mezzanine. These spaces are suited…

We are pleased invite you to enter the 2020 Stanthorpe Art Prize. Established in 1972, the biennial Stanthorpe Art Prize is the second oldest art competition in Queensland and is open to both emerging and professional artists and one of the top 10 art prizes in regional Australia. The Stanthorpe…

The Percival Photographic Portrait Prize returns for the fourth installment since it first debuted in 2014. The Percival Photographic Portrait Prize was started to coincide with the highly popular Percival Portrait Painting Prize and to ensure a city-wide celebration of portraiture. Selected works will be on display at Perc Tucker…

Lethbridge Gallery believes in the power of art to understand, interpret, and explore the place we live. We are proud to establish the Landscape Prize to celebrate and develop this important genre. We look forward to seeing the entries and to select an annual exhibition that displays the finest landscape artwork…

Now in its fourteenth year, the prize is an annual favourite for audiences and Portrait Gallery staff alike, drawing captivating photographic portraiture from Australia’s professional and aspiring visual artists, and providing a diverse national image in composite. MARKING THE EXTRAORDINARY Accepting photographs taken after 23 October 2019, this edition of…

‘the churchie’ returns to the IMA once more in 2020, debuting a new look and new approach. Since its inception at Anglican Church Grammar School in 1987, the prize has sought to identify and profile the next generation of contemporary artists from across the country. Today it is one of…

Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder is a an artist’s workshop located in a former school building in the east of Trondheim in northern Norway. In addition to 41 studios and shared workshops, we also run and international trans-disciplinary artist residency to facilitate international mobility and collaboration opportunities with the local art scene. Who can…

Entries are now open for paper on skin – Burnie Wearable Paper Art Competition 2020. paper on skin is a biennial wearable art competition first held in 2012, taking place in Tasmania. The Design Eye Creative Major Prize is $5000, making it one of the single richest wearable art awards in the country. In…

‘Practical theory of altered states of consciousness’ and ‘The art of breathing’ A Lecture-Workshop by Sabine Rittner UQ Art Museum presents a lecture-workshop by Sabine Rittner in conjunction with Mel O’Callaghan’s exhibition, Centre of the Centre . This workshop will be led by Sabine Rittner, Associate Researcher and Music Psychotherapist,…

Join artist Rachael Haynes and Brisbane poet Sarah Holland Batt to explore connections between poetry and protest. Through conversation and inspiration, co-create a large-scale collective banner, incorporating fabric techniques and playing with pattern and colour! The completed banner will be displayed at the WOW Australia 2020 Festival. This series of…

Turn paper into an intricate masterpiece for protection and good luck. Papercutting is a tradition that emerged from the agricultural region near the Yellow River in China between the fourth and sixth centuries. One of its primary functions was to bring good fortune or ‘Fu’. Learn more about the traditions…

Lab.15 art contest, 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 chance to exhibit their artworks in…

The Moreton Bay Region Art Awards are currently open. The Art Awards offer an acquisitive prize of $8,000 to an overall winner, four category prizes of $2,000 each and two supplementary $1,000 prizes for a Local Artist and People’s Choice Award. Held annually, 2020 will mark the 27th year of…

Il Varco srls creates and organizes the first edition of the Passepartout Photography Prize, a six-monthly online photography prize with cash prize, which will end with an annual exhibition of some of the finalists artists chosen by the art director. The date of the exhibition at 28 Piazza di Pietra…

Il Varco is pleased to announce the opening of the call for artists for the fourth edition of the Prisma Art Prize, an exhibition entirely organized by artists for the artists. A painting competition with more than € 2000 in prize money and € 1000 in service awards per year,…

The Fivex Art Prize is a new and unique annual award in Australia for digital billboard art, highlighting the dynamic relationship between contemporary art and urban street culture. Sponsored by Australia’s leading digital billboard company, QMS Media, the Fivex Foundation invites artists to submit one or more works specially created…