The National Association for the Visual Arts has partnered together with Artisan to present a special, half day professional development intensive for emerging arts workers. Join a group of industry leaders in a program of discussions to examine best practice standards of working together with artists across a range of…

The classes are facilitated by Jude Roberts to introduce participants of all ages and drawing experience to different ways of seeing, drawing and thinking. Exercises and demonstrations include observational and intuitive methods to drawing. Students learn and investigate ways to express their own mark making. The course is tailored to suit…

Inspired by Artisan’s current exhibitions, Beneath the Surface by Luke Maninov Hammond and Seitanic Beach by Sarah.x.Isabella, this tutored drawing session explores the visual and aesthetic qualities found in the emotionally tactile landscapes of the mind and body. The tutor will guide participants in the use of mixed media approaches…

Submissions for the churchie national emerging art prize 2017 are now open until the 23rd July. Open to all disciplines, Australian emerging visual artists over the age of 18 are strongly encouraged to enter the prize. The overall winner is rewarded with the major prize sponsored by Brand+Slater Architects. Two commendation…

What is Environmental Art, and who are its main proponents? Learn about the history and current practices within this fast growing contemporary art form. Be inspired to work with young people to encourage them to make Environmental Art across multiple disciplines, including drawing, storytelling, recycled art, printing and performance art.…

The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development. In 2017, the QRAA theme is ‘Iconic Queensland’. Queensland is rich with iconic structures,…

Bonjour! Nicky Ginsberg, Founder of the Chippendale New World Art Prize and President of the Chippendale Creative Precinct invites you to embrace your international arts community and join her global art movement. Australian and International artists are invited to submit a painted landscape for the fifth annual Chippendale New World Art Prize,…

The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (JUWSPA), introduced in 2002, is considered one of the most important annual surveys of contemporary Australian photographic practice. The exhibition showcases a selection of finalists, in a stunning display where established photographers are presented alongside emerging talent. The resulting exhibition is a…

This year the winner of the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize will take home $30,000 in prize money – $5,000 more than previous years. And, for the first time in the history of the prize, Monash Gallery of Art will acquire the winning entry. Established by the MGA Foundation…

Call for entries from artists worldwide working on themes of art and environment for the COAL Prize 2017. In seven years, the COAL Prize became an international meeting place for artists who take up the main universal issue of our time: ecology. The prize-winner receives an award of € 5,000…

or the fourth edition of the Crystal Ruth Bell Residency, Red Gate & China Residencies invite applications for a funded residency in Beijing for November and December 2017.  The call targets people of all types of creative practices, of all passports, ages, gender-identities, abilities, and interests to send proposals for projects…

Impakt is calling for curatorial proposals for the Impakt Festivals in Utrecht in 2018 and 2019.  The Impakt Festival is the annual culmination of Impakt’s activities as an organisation that focuses on critical media culture: a five-day, multi-media festival with film screenings, conferences, talks, performances, exhibitions and presentations. Founded in…

Open call for the 2017 Frieze Writer’s Prize. Aspiring art critics are invited to submit one unpublished review of a recent contemporary art exhibition, which should be 700 words in length.  The Frieze Writer’s Prize is an annual international award to discover and promote new art critics. This year the prize…

Make your mark on Toowoomba, the street art capital of Queensland! Join us at the University of Southern Queensland for a contemporary street art program with a difference. Design and create a large mural and explore an extensive outdoor gallery of public art. This program is open to young artists…

Curators’ Agenda is a networking/training/practical residential program for international emerging curators, organised in Vienna with talks, lectures, studio visits, practical project etc. over 6 weeks in September/October 2017. Applications are invited for the fee-based program. Part-subsidy offered for travel and accommodation costs. Want to gain first-hand curatorial practice in one of…

The Hermès Foundation launches the 8th call for projects of the New Settings programme. This programme is devoted to the performing arts and is directed both to live performance artists (of all disciplines) and to visual artists who wish to create for the stage. Indeed, collaborations between performing artists and visual…

2017 ASIAN WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE at Objectifs, Singapore – call for submissions from Asian women photographers worldwide. Slideshow Projection curated by Yumi Goto (Reminders Photography Stronghold) and Emmeline Yong (Objectifs) In collaboration with Objectifs’ Women in Film & Photography Showcase Submission Deadline: 10 July 2017 Asian women photographers are invited…

Award winning NSW artist John Caldwell is one of Australia’s master landscape painters. Renowned for his dramatic and atmospheric paintings of an often rugged Australian landscape Caldwell’s paintings begin with drawings and general impressions made on location later to be transformed in his studio works. John will demonstrate the procedure…

Established in 2001, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize attracts strong support from artists, collectors and critics and is the first national acquisitive prize for an original, freestanding sculpture of up to 80cm in any dimension. Over 500 entries from Australian and international artists are received annually and approximately 45 finalists’…

We are now calling for proposals to be a part of our 2018 Performance and Exhibition Program and Expressions of Interest for our 2018 Takeovers, developing and presenting new work. Metro Arts welcomes proposals from early career through to mid and long term practitioners – Brisbane-based, interstate and around the…

The Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards is an an opportunity for you to become involved in Brisbane’s cultural life by capturing and celebrating images that reflect Brisbane’s creative lifestyle. The Photographic Awards invite photographers and photographic artists to submit original images that represent an expressive, energetic and enthusiastic Brisbane. Categories Cash…

Life Art Worldwide hosts the call for artists’ interpretation of the meaning of life.This broad creative brief promotes diversity in art form and practice.  Entries: Now Open  Entries Close:   30 June, 12 pm International Acquisitive $10 000 Award Open to artists working in: painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and sculpture Exhibition:…

Artist Chantal Fraser invites you to join her for an afternoon of subversive adornment making. Fraser uses material culture and adornment in her installation, performances, and digital media works as a method of understanding and exploring her Samoan heritage, politics, culture and identity. During her workshop, Pariah Protection Adornment Making,…

The 8th annual Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing is now open for submissions. The Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing aims to encourage excellence in drawing as an important foundation for any arts practice. The Prize was established to help perpetuate the memory of Marie Corella Ellis OAM (1918-2003)…

Learn how to make bags out of square Japanese furoshiki material, gift wraps using fabric squares, an origami box, and other wrapping techniques. Local paper artist and jewellery designer Mabina Alaka will teach you to create standout Japanese styled wrapping for your gifts for any season. For beginners aged 12+…

Join MOB for an hour of relaxed crafting and creation in the Museum of Brisbane. We present a range of different handmade and art techniques taught by local working professionals. Once you have finished making at MoB, explore our current exhibitions throughout the Museum. Cutting portraits, usually in profile, from black…

Join artists, curators, and Ngugi women belonging to the Quandamooka People of Moreton Bay, Sonja and Freja Carmichael, for an afternoon of weaving and yarning. Workshop participants are invited to join the weaving circle, learn basic techniques, and share stories. Sonja and Freja come together to share their knowledge and…

FAKE estate is currently accepting applications to our LAST thursdays program (July 2017 – January 2018). LAST thursdays is an ongoing series of movie nights, presenting screen-based work by emerging visual artists. Located in the new FAKE estate open-air cinema in east brisbane, LAST thursdays is an opportunity to see…

Kinosaki International Arts Center is now taking applications for the Artist-In-Residence program 2018-2019. The application deadline for contemporary performing arts projects to be realised in Kinosaki, Japan is Thursday 15th June 2017. Applications are now open for the 2018-2019 Artist-In-Residence program at Kinosaki International Arts Center (KIAC), a creative residence facility…

Open call for TRANScuratorial Academy (TCA) Mumbai, an initiative of KfW Stiftung in collaboration with Goethe-Institut.  TCA takes place September 18-22 2017 in Mumbai and is open to up and coming cultural practitioners and scholars with curating experience. Theme is “Hospitality”. The TRANScuratorial Academy (TCA) is an initiative of KfW…

We are excited to announce the return of The Other Art Fair Sydney. Applications are now open. Don’t miss your chance to be part of Australia’s largest artist-led fair. Now in five cities across the globe, The Other Art Fair is established as the leading platform for emerging artists to meet and sell…

The Art meets Science Exhibition is an opportunity for artists from across South East Queensland to join the Artist in Residence Scientist artists to showcase their recent artworks that demonstrate a strong Art-Science connection. The partner organisations at the Ecosciences Precinct (ESP) Dutton Park hold a number of public and…

Artists of all mediums, arts managers and arts workers, academics, researchers and students are invited to stay with their partners, collaborators and children and experience authentic rural Thai farming life in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Completely self-contained with a support system in place, this is an opportunity to be…

ASRC and Amnesty International are calling for entries of artworks for an exhibition during Refugee Week 2017 called Finding Freedom – artworks which are aspirational about what we want to create for people seeking asylum. Artworks should focus on the following ideas: Seeking asylum is a basic human right and…

A free event sharing our passion for film photography. On this day we focus on cameras. From 35mm, medium format to large format (5×7, 8×10, 11×14), old and new, LOMO, classic and quirky; all will be on display on the day, there will be demonstrations, tutorials, presentations, Q&A session and…

The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international competition aiming to discover talents, amateur or professional, regardless of age and nationality. The ambition of the Prize is to accelerate the careers of unknown artists by providing them with professional art gallery space, first as part of a group exhibition in the…