With a first prize of $20 000 and $5300 in runners up prizes, the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award is open to national and international artists. Entrants may submit 2D artworks up to 61cm (24 inches) in height or width. The Judging is based on three equally evaluated criteria…

Launching in 2021, the inaugural annual National Capital Art Prize is the first Australia-wide competition for paintings of any subject. The Prize has been established to support and showcase Australian artists and celebrate their skill and diversity. With a generous prize pool of more than $45,000, this competition aims to…

Submissions are now invited for the Anthology Cover Art Award 2021.  Established to foster and support both established and emerging visual artists and provide a platform for publication, the competition is open to multiple genres including painting, printmaking, mixed media, photography and digital media. Works entered must not have appeared on the…

Il Varco s.r.l.s organizes the 8th edition of PRISMA Art Prize, an art prize that takes place every three months online with cash award, that will end with an annual group exhibition at the end of the fourth edition of the same year at Atelier Montez in Rome, with some…

House Conspiracy has reopened our residency program. Head to our website to apply for a 6-week residency with us. As part of the residency, we offer 24/7 access to a private studio at no cost. At the end of your residency we’ll share your work with the community by organising…

Submissions are now being accepted for the d’Arcy Doyle Art Awards. The exhibition is held in Mudgeeraba (Gold Coast) for 12 days from 23rd June to 4th July. Major art prize of $10,000 for the landscape winner, with minor prizes for portraiture, still life and junior art categories. Online entry…

Presented by Illuminate Adelaide and ANAT, New Light 2021 will showcase experimental and diverse moving image works by contemporary First Nations artists. Through a national call out, New Light will feature selected work by First Nations artists, exploring compelling and complex concepts. The commissioned artworks will be displayed on the media screens…

The Space Between: Conversations about practice through the intersection of people and place As Australia’s largest regional arts gathering for over two decades, Artlands is a strategic exchange that responds to emerging trends, discovers new ideas, considers adapted approaches and showcases artists as well as highlighting the creative and cultural…

The 22nd Triennale Grenchen from September 10 – 26, 2021 in Grenchen (Switzerland) will be dedicated to the xylographic printing process. The works will be shown simultaneously at three locations in Grenchen, Solothurn and Evilard. With the exhibition “Mini Print 2021”, the Grenchen Triennial aims to present a comprehensive picture…

Driving the Human invites designers, artists, architects, filmmakers and other multidisciplinary agents from everywhere in the world to send their applications in order to develop future-proof concepts and test them as tangible prototypes responding to complex contemporary scenarios. The scientifc and artistic collaboration Driving the Human will develop and produce the…

Frame Finland invites applications for grants available to artists, contemporary art professionals, and local and international contemporary art organisations who are planning international contemporary art projects featuring Finnish or Finland-based artists in 2021. Project grant for contemporary art organisations to exhibit work by Finnish artists abroad The purpose of the grant is…

An international open call is open for the Aomori Contemporary Art Centre ACAC Artist in Residence Full Support Program 2021: Invisible Connections. For 2021, the call is open to residents of Japan able to stay and work at the ACAC and non-Japanese nationals living outside of Japan who will participate remotely. The…

Lab.18 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 opportunity to exhibit the artworks and…

The Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, to be held in Australia in September 2021, has a call for submissions for the Futuring Craft conference – virtual and in-person proposals. Do you have something to contribute to discussions about the role of craft today and how it can make a better future…

Nextdoor ARI is a small team of volunteers working to support other emerging artists and creatives. We’d love to open our team to a broader variety of people to help share this workload, provide more professional experience for early-career artists / art workers, and increase our (already lovely) community! If…

Discuss your career or practice one-on-one with a respected arts industry professional.  Joolie Gibbs was Director of Gympie Art Gallery and she has worked with regional artists for over 23 years. She helped the gallery grow from infancy into a successful, vibrant venue with a strong focus on involving young people…

The IMA is looking for two new audience development professionals to join our team. We are recruiting for a Creative Producer, Public Programs and Education Manager. Please note these are two separate part time positions, however if a candidate can fulfil the duties of both roles, we will consider one…

Outside In is an annual program of vibrant and engaging visual art exhibitions that transform our hospital environments across both St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane and Northside. Outside In aims to provide hospital patients with a connection to the outside world and gives artists the opportunity to show their work in a unique…

Entries are now open for the 2021 The Fineman New Photography Award. This award places the focus on photographic artists working throughout the Asia-Pacific region, seeking to find those whose work is beginning to receive critical attention and deserves to be seen by international audiences. A selection of up to 6 artists…

Fabric celebrates the extraordinary talents of our region’s artists, designers and change-makers. We shine a light on ethically focussed practice, inspired design and resourceful living. The variety of events provide a wonderful opportunity for you to learn and feel inspired with new knowledge.  Join us in 2021 for the final activities…

The Boynes Emerging Artist Award is an independent artist-run International 2D art competition dedicated to providing a platform for talented emerging artists worldwide, as well as building a community of artists supporting artists. For more information please visit the – Website

From February 10 to April 9, 2021, Driving the Human invites designers, artists, scientists, initiatives, and agents from any fields of expertise from anywhere in the world, to join us in shaping sustainable and collective futures that combine science, technology, and the arts in a transdisciplinary and collaborative approach. Our…

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…

Local, national and international artists are invited to create revolutionary works of art on the body. Wearable Art Mandurah is Australia’s premiere wearable art event and is inclusive to artists of all skill levels, ages and design forms, offering many opportunities. The competition is designed to push the limits of…

Repair Culture – Open Call Kick start a new wave of repair culture. This project is a chance to launch experimentation and exploration into the potential of embracing repair culture in artistic practice. We’ll be pushing the boundaries of material use, in the hope of sticking back together products and…

Outer Space is delighted to announce our 2021 exhibition program callout. From April 2021 to March 2022, Outer Space will present solo and group exhibitions at our new gallery in the Judith Wright Arts Centre via this callout, in addition to a program by invitation. We particularly encourage applications for…

Join Caitlin Franzmann for an afternoon of events delving into the stories of the plant-life. Taking pace within her exhibition ‘to the curve of you’, begin with a garden tour and immersive listening session, followed by a papermaking workshop using weeds. Join one or both events—registration for each is essential…

SMACH is an international call for artists proposals for a land art biennale, taking place in the Dolomite mountains in Italy. SMACH – Constellation of art, culture & history in the Dolomites” is a land art project born in 2012. An outdoor biennial exhibition which supports the marriage of art…

Brisbane Square Library is Brisbane City Council’s flagship library located in the CBD (266 George Street). The library regularly hosts exhibitions and displays showcasing the work of local artists and creatives, using wall space on Levels 1 and 2 as well as glass display cabinets. Examples of previous displays include…

The Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship enables people from the creative community to experience Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic, and Australia’s activities in these locations, so that they may communicate this unique experience and understanding to others. The Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship is made possible by the Australian Antarctic Division in association…

The Alpine Fellowship 2021 is open for entries – a fellowship for writers, academics, visual artists and playwrights, with prizes awarded for Writing, Visual Arts, Academic Writing and Theatre/Playwriting. All four prizes invite submissions (with no restrictions of nationality) on the theme of the Alpine Fellowship 2021 – Untamed: On Wilderness and Civilization. Awards of cash prizes and invitations to…

Life Framer is a platform for discovering, sharing and exhibiting contemporary photography. Calls are open for monthly photography competitions in 2021, each with a different theme and deadline. There is an obligatory entry fee. Cash prizes are awarded ($2,000 each month) and exhibitions of winning entries take place in partner galleries…

Call for applications for the Saari Residence in Finland, for residency periods in 2022. The residency places are intended for individual professional artists, fiction writers, poets and novelists, translators, curators and critics and artistic collectives (workgroup or an established organization with a Business ID) of all disciplines and all nationalities for the purpose of carrying out…

State Library of Queensland’s Queensland Memory Awards recognise the valuable contribution of individuals and organisations across Queensland in the investigation, preservation and celebration of Queensland’s memory – past and present. The Queensland Memory Awards program is dedicated to supporting researchers of all kinds to interpret the collections of the John Oxley Library.  Through…

The Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award is a biennial acquisitive award & exhibition celebrating the diversity and strength of Australia’s textile artistry. This biennial nationally significant award has been presented by Wangaratta Art Gallery since 2009, and will again be a showcase of textile artistry and talent from across Australia. Wangaratta…

DEVIATIONS by CALLUM MCGRATH Facilitated by Courtney Coombs We are looking for your image recordings of queer club nights, house parties, dinner parties, dancing, DJ sets, gigs, zoom parties, performances – essentially anything that represents queer party/time to you. Your footage will be utilised by Brisbane artist Callum McGrath for…