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…
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…
Objects: One Day Studio Workshop in Art and Drawing
Open Field Studio presents Objects: One Day Studio Workshop in Art and Drawing, a drawing program exploring line, mark-making and form through a series of structured but open-ended studio sessions.…
Watch This Space 2027 Program Callout
Watch This Space (WTS) is inviting applications for its 2027 program, contributing to the creative ecology of Mparntwe/Alice Springs through exhibitions, residencies and screenings. Applications are open to artists and…
Exhibit with Incinerator Gallery
Incinerator Gallery is a platform for unique cultural experiences that connect society through art and design. Share a proposal to exhibit at Incinerator in 2027. Established in 2011 in Aberfeldie,…
Newtown ArtSeat
Have an artwork idea perfect for the heart of Newtown? Newtown ArtSeat is inviting proposals for its 2027 exhibition program. Located in Pride Square, this much-loved public art landmark showcases…
Little Things Art Prize 2026
The Little Things Art Prize was founded by Marnie Ross in 2015 and invites artists to submit creative expressions of the ‘Little Things’ that make them happy or feel grateful.…
The Willoughby Emerging Art Prize
The Willoughby Emerging Art Prize is returning after a 19-year hiatus, relaunching as a prize dedicated to supporting and celebrating the next generation of Australian artists. Originally established in 1983,…
Basil Sellers Art Prize 2026
The Basil Sellers Art Prize is a major national Australian art prize celebrating artistic excellence in 2D works across painting, drawing and printmaking. The acquisitive biennial prize supports artists at…
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…
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…
Australian Tapestry Workshop 2027: Artist in Residence Program
The Australian Tapestry Workshop’s annual residency program offers mid-career artists the chance to extend their practice through engagement with its resources. For over 20 years, artists in residence have immersed…
fortyfivedownstairs: Exhibition Opportunities 2027
fortyfivedownstairs is inviting proposals for exhibitions in 2027. Located at 45 Flinders Lane in Melbourne CBD, the organisation features two distinctive exhibition spaces: the Small Gallery and the Large Gallery.…
Crafty Party
Get hands-on with Brisbane artists at Museum of Brisbane’s after-dark Crafty Party workshops. These relaxed, artist-led evenings invite participants to explore creative processes, learn new skills and create a handmade…
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,…
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…
Maud Gallery: Photography Workshops
Maud Gallery is offering a range of photography workshops and courses exploring traditional analogue photography and darkroom techniques. 6-Week Darkroom Course for Beginners Starting 5 October 2026 Artist and educator…
Exhibition Opportunity: Grace Cossington Smith Gallery
The Grace Cossington Smith Gallery is calling for proposals for solo and group exhibitions in 2027, welcoming submissions from emerging and established artists and curators. With a focus on contemporary…
Queensland Regional Art Awards 2026
Entries are now open for the 2026 Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA), Australia’s largest regional art awards program for artists living in regional, rural and remote Queensland. With a total…
Tokyo Biennale 2027: Social Dive
The Tokyo Biennale 2027 Social Dive Open Call invites artists, curators, researchers, collectives and practitioners from Japan and around the world to propose projects responding to the theme “From ‘Me’…
Women in Print
Impress Art invites women printmakers to take part in Women in Print, a two-week celebration of women working in printmaking. Artists are invited to submit recent or historical work that…
Dobell Drawing Prize
Applications are now open for the 25th Dobell Drawing Prize, Australia’s leading biennial award dedicated to drawing, celebrating excellence in technique, innovation and expanded contemporary drawing practice. Presented by the…
Australian Coin Review: Coin Design Competition
Australian Coin Review is inviting artists and designers from across Australia to enter its 2027 Coin Design Competition, offering a AUD $50,000 first prize for a new Australian coin design.…
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award
Entries are now open for the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award 2026, a biennial $50,000 non-acquisitive award celebrating excellence in realistic portrait painting. Presented by the South East Centre for…
Kilgour Prize 2027
Entries are now open for the Kilgour Prize 2027, one of Australia’s leading annual awards for figurative and portrait painting. Presented by Newcastle Art Gallery, the non-acquisitive prize awards AUD…
South Side Festival Artist Commission
Expressions of Interest are now open for the 2027 South Side Festival Artist Commission, presented by Frankston City Council. Now in its sixth year, South Side Festival is a ten-day…
Kangaroo Valley Art Prize
Entries are now open for the Kangaroo Valley Art Prize 2026, a national art prize presented as part of the Visual Arts in the Valley Festival. Offering a total prize…
M16 Artspace: Drawing Prize 2026
Entries are now open for the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2026, a national award celebrating the diversity and innovation of contemporary drawing practice. Established in 2006, the annual prize welcomes…
ANAT: Synapse Residency Program 2027
Applications are now open for the 2027 ANAT Synapse Residency Program, supporting Australian artists to undertake a creative research residency in partnership with a leading Australian research organisation. The program…
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…
Land Street Gallery: Exhibition Applications Open
Land Street Gallery is calling for applications for solo and group exhibitions from May through to December 2026. Artists, performers, and curators across all disciplines and career stages are invited…
artisan: August Workshop Series
artisan continues its new workshop program at The Parlour within the State Library of Queensland, offering a series of hands-on creative workshops led by Queensland artists, makers and designers. Following…
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…
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…
Arts Queensland: Funding opportunities
As part of the Creative Together: Grow 2022–2026 action plan, Arts Queensland offers a dynamic range of funding opportunities to support artists, venues, and organisations across the state. These grants…
Innovate Grant: Summer 2026
Applications are now open for the Innovate Grant Summer 2026 funding round, supporting emerging and established visual artists and photographers worldwide. Each quarter, Innovate Grant awards two unrestricted grants of…
HOME - Digital Residency
Deadline:
31st May, 2020
HOME | Digital Residency A continuation and evolution of our Initial digital residency ‘Isolation’ We are launching our next seven day residency ‘Home’ to allow more artists to share their work and help tell their stories of what life in isolation as an artist is really like! From the 1st-7th…
North Queensland Ceramic Awards
Deadline:
20th April, 2020
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…
Luxembourg Art Prize 2020
Deadline:
30th April, 2020
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…
KILGOUR PRIZE 2020
Deadline:
3rd May, 2020
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…
Calling unrepresented artists
Deadline:
22nd March, 2020
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…
Queensland Screen Industry Practitioners - Creative Hub
Deadline:
5th April, 2020
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…
Wreckers call out: ARI organisers
Deadline:
31st March, 2020
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…
Gallipoli Art Prize
Deadline:
18th March, 2020
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…
Un/bound - paper vessels workshop with Jenna Lee
Deadline:
8th March, 2:00 - 4:00pm
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…
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
Deadline:
13th March, 2020
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
Deadline:
10th March, 2020
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…
Queensland Memory Awards
Deadline:
26th March, 2020
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,…
Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants: Bushfire Renewal Round
Deadline:
16th March, 2020
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.…
The Refinery Creative Incubator
Deadline:
2nd 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…
Gertrude Street Projection Festival
Deadline:
28th February, 2020
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…
Conscious - Art Call
Deadline:
10th March, 2020
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…
66th Blake Art & Poetry Prize
Deadline:
3rd April, 2020
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 Open Call
Deadline:
1st March, 2020
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…
Milburn Art Prize
Deadline:
27th March, 2020
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…
John Leslie Art Prize
Deadline:
20th March, 2020
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…
Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
Deadline:
18th March, 2020
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: Callout 2020
Deadline:
Ongoing
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…
Stanthorpe Art Prize
Deadline:
16th March, 2020
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…
Percival Photographic Portrait Prize
Deadline:
2nd March, 2020
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 LANDSCAPE PRIZE
Deadline:
26th March, 2021
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…
Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize
Deadline:
2nd March, 2021
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 national emerging art prize
Deadline:
1st March, 2020
‘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 LKV Residency
Deadline:
1st March, 2020
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…
Burnie Wearable Paper Art Competition
Deadline:
28th February, 2020
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…
A Lecture -Workshop by Sabine Rittner
Deadline:
29th February, 11:30 - 3:30pm
‘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,…
Art & Protest Poetry Workshop
Deadline:
15th February & 7th March
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…
Fu: Contemporary Papercutting for Good Fortune Workshop
Deadline:
29th February, 10:30 - 12:30pm
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
Deadline:
13th March, 2020
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…
Moreton Bay Region Art Awards
Deadline:
1st March, 2020
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…
Passepartout Photography Prize
Deadline:
16th June, 2020
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…
Prisma Art Prize
Deadline:
13th March, 2020
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,…







































































