House Conspiracy: Opportunities
House Conspiracy is a vibrant, artist-run space located in West End, Brisbane, dedicated to supporting emerging creatives, experimental projects, and community-focused initiatives. Since its founding, it has operated as a…
Mapping Creative Ideas Through the Art of Zine Making
Join artist and educator Anna Guthrie for a hands-on, full-day workshop exploring zine-making as a creative and expressive medium. This free session is ideal for artists, educators, and anyone interested…
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…
Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award
This award celebrates the power of small-format works (60 x 60cm or smaller) across all mediums and styles. With a prize pool designed to support and recognise talented artists at…
Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize
Artists are asked to submit an artwork that demonstrates what makes Brisbane and its surrounding attractions unique. Artworks will be accompanied by a statement telling us how their artwork tells…
2025 Fifty Squared Art Prize
Brunswick Street Gallery invites artists to participate in the 2025 Fifty Squared Art Prize, Australia’s largest open-call exhibition for wall-based artworks measuring 50x50cm or less. This inclusive prize welcomes entries…
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize 2025
Entries are now open for the 2025 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, an esteemed national acquisitive art award presented by Broken Hill City Art Gallery. This prize invites artists working…
Crit Session: Amelia Winata
Crit Sessions are a unique opportunity to develop your emerging, early or mid-career visual arts or curatorial practice with constructive feedback and discussions on your works or works-in-progress from some…
Nextdoor ARI: Zine Making Workshop
Whether you are an experienced zine- er or have always secretly thought “what the heck is a zine” we would love to have you. Paper and materials will be provided…
Prisma Art Prize 2025
The 17th edition of the Prisma Art Prize is now accepting entries. As an international platform, we aim to showcase a diverse and inclusive array of paintings, drawings, and engravings, reflecting the…
Stardust Residency 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Stardust Residency, established in memory of the late Suzi Lyon—an artist, mentor, and educator whose poetic and inclusive practice deeply shaped the Mparntwe…
The Brisbane Portrait Prize 2025
The Brisbane Portrait Prize celebrates the city of Brisbane/Meeanjin and its people, telling the stories of the courageous, creative and passionate people who make up our city. It also showcases…
K’gari Field Trip
R|Short Program: K’gari Field Trip is an experiential program held on World Heritage listed K’gari across 4 days and 3 nights. It offers a unique opportunity for artists to explore…
La Fabrique des Arts Residency
Applications are now open for La Fabrique des Arts, a multidisciplinary artist residency in Paris hosted by Fondation Fiminco. Open to French and international artists of all ages, the residency…
QAG: Drawing Festival
An unmissable one-day free festival celebrating drawing and creativity. Spark or rekindle your love of drawing through experiences designed to tap into the transformative benefits of drawing. From beginners to…
the churchie emerging art prize
Established in 1987 the churchie emerging art prize is Australia’s longest running award for emerging artists. ‘the churchie’ is dedicated to promoting innovation and excellence across art encompassing all mediums…
Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2025
The national acquisitive Sunshine Coast National Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D and new media arts practice in Australia. Since 2006, the exhibition presents…
Abstract: Artist Residency
50 selected visual artists will be invited to a 2-week, all-expenses-covered residency in the South of France. This immersive opportunity is open to artists working in painting, drawing, graphics, illustration,…
Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize 2025
Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize is an initiative of the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery and Fraser Coast Regional Council that seeks to explore our reciprocal, inextricable relationship with the…
Firstdraft: Exhibition Program Call Out
Firstdraft supports and platforms early-career, risk-taking and experimental art practices through a diverse program of solo and group exhibitions. Successful applicants receive: $1,500 artist fee for solo projects $950 artist…
Robert Brownhall Drawing Workshop
In conjunction with our current exhibition, Numinous: The Landscape Paintings of William Robinson QUT Collection artist and alumni Robert Brownhall will be offering a drawing workshop. Exploring the adjacent Botanical Gardens and…
GUAM Internship Program
The Internship Program is offered to current and past Griffith University students. 2025 marks the 15th anniversary of the Griffith University Art Museum Internship Program. Over the last decade…
Remagine Art Prize 2025
Remagine Art Prize is an environmental art prize which began in 2009, to promote awareness of environmental challenges such as waste and consumption. This year’s theme ‘RE: THINK TO RE: PURPOSE’…
The Almenara Art Prize
The Almenara Art Prize is an international online painting competition that offers more than 29000€ in cash awards, 20000€ in products and other prizes. We encourage the international participation in diverse genres, styles, mediums…
Lennox St. Gallery Art Award
The Lennox St. Gallery Art Award celebrates contemporary visual art, providing a platform for artists to showcase exceptional Paintings and works on paper. Open to artists under the age of 35 and…
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, now in its 8th year, is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. It includes all static mediums:…
The William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship
The residency awards are the biennial Rome Residency, and an annual two-week residency at Bundanon. These are offered in alternate years, so that both residencies for Bundanon will be offered…
The Doyles Art Award
The Doyles Art Award is an annual Australian representational fine art award and exhibition. Hundreds of original artworks are on display in Mudgeeraba, Queensland, for the duration of the exhibition.…
Arte Laguna Prize
Arte Laguna Prize is the Venice-based International Contemporary Art Competition that welcomes and exhibits emerging artists of all ages, countries, genders and artistic backgrounds, and is free-themed. With two decades of experience, the…
Olive Cotton Award 2025
The Olive Cotton Award is a $20,000 biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture in memory of photographer Olive Cotton. In 2025 the Gallery will celebrate the 20-year anniversary…
Tamworth Textile Triennial
The 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial will launch in 2026 at Tamworth Regional Gallery before embarking on a two-year tour across Australia. Curated by artist Blake Griffiths, this prestigious exhibition invites…
Cheongju International Craft Competition
Cheongju International Craft Competition, Korea, is calling for submissions of craft artworks reflecting trends in contemporary arts and crafts and conveying values of the future from artists from all over…
The Lester Prize
The Lester Prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious portraiture prizes—an award that places artists and the community proudly front and centre. Established in 2007, we provide an avenue for…
The Book Plate Art Project
The Book Plate Art Project is a participatory art project which is designed to strengthen connections between artists, public libraries and the community. Registration is now open for volunteer artists to take…
Workshop: The Artist as Fundraiser
The Artist as Fundraiser is a free 3-hour fundraising workshop that is ideal for artists, producers and collectives looking to boost their knowledge, skills and confidence to strategically build supporter…
We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize
The National Wool Museum and the City of Greater Geelong announce the opening of the We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize, a biennial competition celebrating dynamic and diverse ethical fashion design.…
Estonia - Maajaam Residency
Deadline:
15th January, 2018
MAAJAAM artist residency in Estonia is seeking proposals for a 10-day production residency aimed towards an exhibition/festival (festibition), taking place in July 2018. The works are to be installed/performed in the landscape spread out around MAAJAAM. The aim of the residency is to explore the idea of digital natives and digital…
STABLE Proposals 2018
Deadline:
5th January, 2017
STABLE is now accepting proposals for its 2018 exhibition program. If you’re interested in exhibiting with us, please collate into one PDF file a short proposal outlining your practice, intentions for an exhibition, CV and examples of your work and send to stableartspace@gmail.com by 11:59 PM Friday 5 January 2018. For…
Call for Proposals: Church Brisbane
Deadline:
15th January, 2018
We are now welcoming exhibition proposals from emerging to mid-career artists, collectives and curators, including both group and solo shows to exhibit at Church Brisbane in 2018. Exhibition proposals should include: – Statement about your exhibition concept (400 words). – 3 to 5 images of proposed or previous work. –…
Forecast
Deadline:
20th December, 2017
The Forecast International Platform for Pioneering Ideas has an open call, inviting creative pioneers and innovators in various arts disciplines a chance to work with internationally renowned mentors to develop their projects. Forecast project is in cooperation with the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin. Forecast encourages interdisciplinary…
India - Farm Studio Artist Residency
Deadline:
31st December, 2017
Farm studio is a non-profit art space in Rajasthan, India. It has an open call for artists residencies in both urban and rural areas of Rajasthan. The aim is to promote and celebrate the community’s artistic and cultural identity and support community-based open platform where creativity can unfold free from accustomed distractions.…
Athens Digital Arts Festival
Deadline:
31st December, 2017
SINGULARITY NOW – Tales form the Event Horizon Event Horizon is the conceivable surface of a black hole, a place where gravity curves space-time so much, there is no escape, not even by light itself. Its core is the singularity, a zero point, where space and time are discontinued and is…
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize
Deadline:
28th February, 2018
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2018 will be awarded to artists that show significant potential, interesting ideas, a relevant message and skillful execution. We understand that talented artists exist in many forms, so endeavour to appeal to emerging artists of all ages and career paths, whether student, graduate, full-time or part-time,…
The Aspirant Collection
Deadline:
Ongoing
Want to be part of Brisbane’s best collection of growing and emerging artists? The Aspirant Collection is an online platform that promotes a small handful of Brisbane’s emerging artists. It willl be the one stop shop for art collectors and art lovers looking to support Australian artists and find…
Outside In 2018
Deadline:
Ongoing
We are seeking artists for Outside In 2018 – art exhibitions that transform the hospital environment at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane and Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital. We invite proposals from artists that wish to show their work in a unique way to a wide audience, impacting directly on the quality…
Collie Art Prize
Deadline:
12th January, 2018
The Collie Art Gallery has launched an ambitious biennial major art event, with the largest single art prize to be awarded throughout regional Australia. The acquisitive first prize of $50,000 cash has been made possible thanks to the generous commitment of Collie & Districts Community Bank Branch of the Bendigo…
John Fries Award
Deadline:
19th January, 2018
The John Fries Award is an annual $10,000 art prize recognising the talents of early career visual artists. Since its humble beginnings in 2010, the Award has established itself as a platform for some of the most engaging and experimental works from the next wave of contemporary artists from across Australia and…
Fimo workshop with Homejob
Deadline:
16th November, 2:00 - 4:00pm
Learn how to work with Fimo, a type of polymer clay, to make accessories with Brisbane-based jewellery-making duo Homejob. During this workshop learn techniques for working with Fimo using different tools and with your hands. Homejob will teach you how to create marbling effects with a summer colour palette and…
Beijing NIGHTLIFE residency
Deadline:
15th December, 2017
China Residencies, I: project space and The Neighbourhood are calling for DJs, producers, artists, and performers to work in Beijing for a fully-funded two month residency in February & March 2018, in the ever-growing and increasingly idiosyncratic nightclub and electronic music communities in Beijing and China. China Residencies, I: project space and The Neighbourhood will connect…
MoB Makers: Art After Dark
Deadline:
15th December, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Looking for a stylish, contemporary Christmas decoration Look no further than himmeli, a traditional Finnish geometric sculpture perfect for the festive season … and every day after. Participants in our Art after Dark workshop will learn how to construct basic himmeli using a variety of materials including straws, rigid plastic,…
Call For Artists: The Other Art Fair Sydney
Deadline:
17th December, 2017
We are thrilled to announce that The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art, will return to the Australian Technology Park from 22-25 March 2018. The Other Art Fair is recognized as the definitive place to discover exciting and emerging talent. Now in six cities across the globe, the Fair’s expansion illustrates the…
Reuters Photojournalism Grants
Deadline:
10th December, 2017
Reuters is launching a grant program which seeks to recruit and develop a diverse new generation of photojournalists to tell original visual stories from around the world. Reuters is offering up to eight $5,000 USD grants to passionate photojournalists or photojournalism students who are interested in working on photo assignments and…
Festival Belluard Bollwerk International
Deadline:
10th December, 2017
The Festival Belluard Bollwerk International and Migros Culture Percentage are looking for new or nascent artistic projects on the theme of « Solitude». Selected projects will show either in the festival’s main venue – a medieval fortress – or in another appropriate venue. All forms of artistic expression will be…
Mobile Week Barcelona - call for proposals
Deadline:
4th December, 2017
Mobile Week Barcelona looks for artistic creations that invite reflection on the impact of digital transformation on The Future of Today What will our daily life be like in the coming years? And our city? Can a machine feel more than a human mind? Will we live 140 years? … Unavoidable questions…
Stamp Carving Workshop
Deadline:
7th December, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Learn to carve your own rubber stamps to create your own handmade Christmas cards and gift tags with artist and printmaker Kay Watanabe. Kay will show you how to carve soft, easy-to-work rubber to create small, Christmas-themed stamps. She will show you hints and tricks to stamp them effectively to…
The Tom Bass Prize
Deadline:
30th November, 2017
The Tom Bass Prize is the first national Australian prize for figurative sculpture. This important and prestigious Prize is a celebration of the human form and its influence on today’s sculptors and is an acknowledgement of the influence Bass had as one of Australia’s pre-eminent public sculptors. The next Tom…
IMA Workshop Series: Arts Grant Writing
Deadline:
28th November, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Hone your grant-writing skills and take your practice or creative project to the next level. Take part in our grant writing masterclass, developed specifically for arts professionals, artists, curators, and writers. Attendees will benefit from in-depth guidance from IMA Assistant Director Madeleine King, who has extensive experience working in the…
Brisbane Canvas: expression of interest
Deadline:
1st December, 2017
Seeking creative talent for Brisbane Canvas Expression of Interest Brisbane City Council is continuing its successful Brisbane Canvas project, with the opportunity for talented emerging artists to be commissioned to install their mural artwork on infrastructure across the city. Brisbane Canvas introduces a rich range of innovative and imaginative commissioned…
Wreckers Proposals
Deadline:
30th November, 2017
FEB – JULY PROPOSALS Wreckers Artspace is made up of studios, workshop and gallery in the former Brisbane Bike Wreckers building. We are accepting proposals for the downstairs gallery, with a preference for solo or collaborative shows. If you’re interested in working in the space email us a pdf document…
Wellington St Projects
Deadline:
20th November, 2017
Applications for 2018 are due midnight, 20th November! We are open to proposals from curators, groups, and individuals. Please email one pdf including 10 images, a short CV and a one page proposal with the heading “exhibition application 2018” to info@wellingtonstprojects.com. For more information, visit our website.
FluxKUNST
Deadline:
30th November, 2017
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. We are in the process of planning our next exhibition, COLOURFUL CHAOS at @thelaundryartspace. We are seeking video submissions from international artist and encourage local artist to submit physical pieces. The exhibition will explore COLOUR and it’s CHAOTIC implications. With an interest in works that conjure extreme emotions…
Australia Council Grants
Deadline:
Ongoing
The Australia Council Grants Program supports a diverse range of artists, organisations, artistic practice and arts activity. Expert, arms-length peer assessment of artistic merit and excellence is central to grant decision making at the Australia Council for the Arts. Australia Council Grant Programs: Career Development Grants for Individuals – $5,000 –…
Metal Mobile Workshop with Bianca Mavrick
Deadline:
25th November, 2:00 - 4:00pm
Learn how to create a hanging sculptural mobile with contemporary jeweller Bianca Mavrick. Known for creating dynamic and sculptural works for the body with bold forms and colours, Mavrick will show you lo-fi methods of working with metal, using copper foil. In this workshop, you will create objects from metal…
Zine Workshop with Charlie Hillhouse
Deadline:
4th November, 2:00 - 4:00pm
Make your own zine in the IMA Gallery Shop with DIY publisher and photographer Charlie Hillhouse. With a background in photography and design, Hillhouse will share his extensive knowledge and insight into the independent publishing industry, along with his process and techniques for producing books and zines. Bring along any…
Biennial of Graphic Design Brno
Deadline:
15th November, 2017
The 28th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2018 will take place from 10/5 to 26/8/2018. International call for entries. Since 1963, the Brno Biennial has been an important international show of visual culture, taking place in the city of Brno, south of Prague in the Czech Republic. The…
ThalieLab residency
Deadline:
31st October, 2017
From ecological transition to degrowth and the effective use of art – an international residency call at ThalieLab in Brussels is open for applications from visual artists, designers, chefs or curators who speak French and/or English (minimum age 30 years). Project submissions by 31 October. Based on an examination of artisanal…
Brisbane City Council - Temporary Art Program
Deadline:
6th November, 2017
Temporary Art Program 2018 Brisbane City Council (Council) is seeking proposals for the delivery of the Temporary Art Program 2018 activations. Council’s Temporary Art Program is an artistic program that will transform the city’s outdoor public spaces through a series of temporary creative activations. Council invites all artists, producers and…
Myself Prize
Deadline:
27th October, 2017
Celebrating the art of self-portraits. Myself Prize is Australia’s only dedicated self-portrait prize open to all artists where submissions can be made in the form of an illustration, painting, photograph or sculpture. The winner will be awarded $4,000 in acquisitive prize money. We would love to celebrate your self-portrait. Submissions…
Young Art Journalism News Feed + Awards
Deadline:
31st October, 2017
What’s YAJA? YAJA is a new innovative news feed giving journalism, media and art students a global platform to publish their articles. YAJA – ’embracing mobile and online journalism’ YAJA provides media opportunities, industry mentoring, work experience, networking opportunities, a large audience reach, as well as awards recognition. Yes we…
Layers and Connections: Journeys of the real and imaginary
Deadline:
28th October, 1:00 - 3:00pm
About the drawing session Inspired by the textures and layers in our current exhibition, Empathy to Infiltration, this drawing session explores a broad range of experimental surfaces and mark-making techniques. Through this tutored session you’ll explore ideas about journey, time and layers on an individual level, which can take the form of an…
Contemporary Art Gallery Online
Deadline:
4th November, 2017
Contemporary Art Gallery Online announces their 4th Annual International 2017 “ALL Colors” Online Art Competition to be held from October 8, 2017 to November 4, 2017. Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all 2D and 3D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field. A group…
Goethe-Institut International Coproduction Fund
Deadline:
30th October, 2017
The Goethe-Institut International Coproduction Fund is intended to support coproductions by artists in the fields of theatre, dance, music and performance art, in which hybrid and interdisciplinary formats and the use of digital media may be key components. The target group comprises professional artists and ensembles abroad and in Germany, which demonstrably lack sufficient…