The Black Swan Prize is one of Australia’s richest Portraiture Prizes, featuring the $50,000 Lester Group 1st Prize. Showcasing and promoting Australia’s top artists this is an exhibition/competition not to be missed. For more information please visit the – Website   Image: 2015 Lester Group Prize Winner – Detail from Marcus Callum’s…

The Young Artist Award is an initiative of RQAS Brisbane and is open to all Queensland residents aged 17 to 30. This Biennial exhibition will be held at Petrie Terrace Gallery following the Queensland Figurative Art Prize. The award is designed to encourage and support young artists in the pursuit…

Welcome to S/tick! We want submissions of your feminist art and creative writing. Tell us your stories and challenge the status quo. Try odd or forgotten writing forms, like haibuns, on us. Or, if none of these red dresses fits you, simply ensure you redress something of interest to women.…

Fraction Magazine is an online venue dedicated to fine art, contemporary photography and brings together diverse bodies of work by established and emerging artists from around the globe. Fraction is published on a monthly basis, and has shown portfolios from more than 300 photographers. The concept of Fraction was born in…

Professionally run, untutored, with professional models, at a studio in Sherwood, 37 Quarry Rd. Life Drawing Sessions: Tuesdays, 6.30 pm Fridays, 10 am Friday 1.30, (first Friday of the month) All run 3 hours. Easels, tables and paper available. Cost, Non members $15 Members $12.00 We are a not for…

Contemporary Art Gallery Online announces their 3rd Annual International “Water / Seascapes” Online Art Competition for the month of June 2016.  Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all 2D and 3D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field. A group exhibition of all entrants will…

Welcome to The Other Art Fair, Sydney’s favourite fair to meet and buy art direct from 80 of the very best emerging artists. An international platform for emerging artists, The Other Art Fair connects buyers directly with top undiscovered artistic talent, hand picked by a committee of art industry experts.…

About the workshop In this workshop you’ll learn the techniques of coiled basketry, from weaving to stitching, with experienced visual artist and weaver, Casselle Mountford. You’ll pick from a variety of colourful ropes to create your own coiled vessel to take home. Suitable for ages 12 years and above. No…

Branding is like a fingerprint. It shows your customers how your creative business is distinctive from all the rest of your competition. Branding isn’t advertising, but it does help you sell more and market your products and business more effectively. It’s about packaging up what you stand for, in your…

A renowned showcase of recent performance and moving image works by emerging and established artists, Visions aims to offer an international overview of the challenging and thoughtful uses of these ever shifting mediums. We are now inviting artists from all over the world to submit moving image and performance works…

Deadline extended! Artists from all countries are invited to apply for a residency at the European Space Agency in the framework of the European Digital Art and Science Network. This call is open to digital artists to propose innovative concepts and ideas in the field of art, science and technology.…

A Practical Curatorial Workshop with GOMA curator and artist, Mat Dabrowski. “Pick Up Your Tape Measure and Throw it into the Sun!” Join GOMA curator and Brisbane artist, Mat Dabrowski for a 3 hour practical and hand- on evening covering everything you need to know about handling, installing and archiving…

Residential fellowships in the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems, Germany are awarded to international visual artists.  The 2017 residential fellowships focus is CERAMICS. Furthermore a curator fellowship is awarded to a junior academic graduate. Since 2013, fellowships are offered in one artistic genre or one theme each year which is announced at the…

Charcoal Home is a new residency based at a health resort and charcoal production kiln in Zhanjiang, a coastal city in Guangdong. The first residency session, led by artist and former artistic director of Da Wang Culture Highland Tom Hayes, will host eight artists for two months in September and October. Charcoal Home…

Join visual artist Lucy Irvine in this Spatial practice and experimental weaving workshop as part of our Strung exhibition. Lucy will teach you a series of basic weaving techniques and how to use everyday materials to create site-specific woven sculptures. The aim of this workshop is to further your understanding…

The 7th annual Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing is now open for submissions. Entries close at midnight on Monday June 13th, 2016. 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…

Facilitated by Brian Tucker This free online web session will introduce you to tax and money matters for artists. Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Venue: Your own Personal Computer Cost: FREE BOOK NOW This webinar is presented as part of our Arts Professional Development program.

As part of the CORIOLIS EFFECT PROJECT: MIGRATION AND MEMORY Khoj Artists Association in New Delhi invites applications for its International Residency Program, to be held August-October 2016. The theme of Migration and Memory addresses currents across India and Africa and applications are open to artists worldwide and for a critic/writer-in-residence.…

Mongolian Contemporary Art Support Association (MCASA), based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia has launched an international call for the engagement of a curator and an artist for the visual performance art project, NOMAD SPIRIT. The project aims to raise public awareness on potential threats to vital environmental and cultural resources in rural…

Frieze Writer’s Prize, the annual international award to discover and promote new art critics, is now open for entries. The winner will be commissioned to write a review for friezeand will be awarded GBP£2,000. This year the prize will be judged by frieze assistant editor Paul Clinton, writer Olivia Laing, and…

Life Art Worldwide hosts the call for artists’ interpretation of the meaning of life. This broad creative brief promotes diversity in artform and practice. The rigorous size parameter of 40 x 40 cm provides an artistic challenge. The winner of the Brisbane Art Prize will take home $10 000 to…

Artisan is inviting practitioners, groups, curators and organisations to submit exhibition proposals for our 2017 Ivory Street Window Gallery exhibition program. We are looking for fresh ideas and an innovative approach to this highly visible 24 hour exhibition space at artisan. Exhibitions must pertain to craft and design or explore…

The IMA is seeking a part-time Public Engagement Manager. We are looking for a committed individual to support the IMA in developing and delivering a growing program of events and educational activities. The new member of this dedicated team must be self-motivated, goal-oriented, and able to work in a collaborative…

Kyoto Art Center’s Artist-in-Residence Program offers support to emerging artists and art researchers who wish to pursue creative activities in Kyoto. We call for applications from the artists/researchers in performing arts and visual arts alternately. In 2017, the program is open to the artists and researchers working in visual arts.…

Live the dream of being a professional curator. Be introduced to the role of the curator and the principles of planning, developing and implementing exhibitions, under the guidance of experienced curator Simone Oriti. Over one weekend intensive (Saturday and Sunday) and three Saturday follow up sessions you will cover foundation…

Open call to photographers and multimedia artists to submit work for selection in the Festival Programme of the 12th Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops, to be held this year from 3rd – 10th December 2016 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The longest-running photography event in Southeast Asia, the annual Angkor Photo Festival &…

Learn to make traditional Japanese fabric flowers to decorate anything from clothing to cards to jewellery in this new workshop. Paper artist and jewellery designer Mabina Alaka will show you how to make the flowers using Japanese fabric, and use them to create a brooch and earrings. All materials are…

In this workshop, experienced arts accountant Brian Tucker will help you understand your tax basics as an artist, what paperwork you should keep and how to organise it before you visit the accountant. He will also help you recognise what expenses you can claim and how to claim them, why…

Experienced leatherworker, Eleisha Nylund, will teach you the basics of working with vegetable tanned leather, including oiling, dyeing, saddle stitching, stamping and hardware fitting. You’ll walk out of this workshop with not only the purse and keyring you’ve made from scratch, but with the traditional leatherworking skills and tools to…

Contemporary Art Awards is an annual online art award, based in the district of Brisbane. The aim of this award is to support emerging artists in their early careers. The award does not restrict entries by category and welcomes all mediums including painting, works on paper, new media, photography, ceramics, sculpture,…

Apomogy is a community art project that invites people to anonymously apologise through a handmade pom pom. In this workshop, founder Rachel Burke will tell you about the fascinating stories behind some of the more shocking, hilarious, and often emotional, apologies that have come to light through the Apomogy project. Rachel…

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

You’re an artist – how do you let the world know what you’re doing, how, when and where? What works in marketing and public relations NOW with the explosion of social media? Can you manage your own marketing and PR? How do more traditional methods like press releases work? Come…

The City of Ryde proudly presents the sixth annual Women’s Art Prize. Artists and members of the community are invited to apply for the prize and exhibition with artworks that respond to themes surrounding women. Be inspired by the 2016 International Women’s Day theme Pledge for Parity. Eligibility The exhibition…

In the second half of the year, the IMA’s Green Room will transform into a space dedicated to the moving image. We are seeking a range of moving image works that have a connection to Queensland, with an Open Call running from now until 1 June. Eligible works include video…

The Research and Creation Fellowship programme is designed to host one international artist and researcher of extraordinary talents in the area of new media art in order to conduct research and creation at Chronus Art Center (CAC), Shanghai. Call for applications. This Fellowship is a chance for international artists and researchers…