Entries are now open for the 2015 MAX Indigenous Art Competition which is bigger and better! Major Prize Winner – $2,000 cash prize Major Prize Winner Youth – $1,000 in acquisitive prizes Download the 2015 MAX Indigenous Art Competition Entry form here Launching in NAIDOC week around Australia, we are…

The Laundry Artspace is currently accepting entries for the ‘the laundrie national emerging art prize’. For information on how to enter please see our ‘How to Enter’ form. Entries close Friday the 14th of August You can access our How to Enter form on The Laundry Artspace website

Brave and curious? Ready to ask what’s next? Join with us to discover what’s new in 2016 We are now calling for proposals to be a part of our 2016 Performance and Exhibition Program, developing and presenting new work. Metro Arts welcomes proposals from early career through to mid and long…

Please join artist Luke Roberts and co-curators Emily Poore and Michele Helmrich on a tour of the exhibition. Free. All welcome. Wunderkammer: The strange and the curious continues until 13 September. Find out more here Image: Mythical beast (Qilin), Han Dynasty 206 BCE–220 CE,unglazed pottery,12.5 x 25.0 cm.Collection of The University of…

Named after the Carstairs, the residency draws its name from an intriguing and eccentric blend of writers, poets, painters, pianists, and illustrators who immigrated to Australia from Fife, Scotland, in the Nineteenth Century. This residency takes place at the breathtaking Bundanon Trust, situated by the Shoalhaven River in NSW. It…

Over 3 days in January 2016, Backbone’s 2high Festival will inject Brisbane’s home of independence – Metro Arts – full of music, performance, art and arguments. Play music that bids hearts to beat. Manifest theatre that exposes the bone. Instigate arguments that makes the blood run hot & erode the…

Join Hobie Porter to explore colour and tonal analysis in cloudscape painting. Hobie will share his artistic techniques with you over the two day workshop, in a structured & layered oil painting process from beginning to end. Sharpen your perception of tone & colour, and hence your ability to mix…

JOIN THIS DYNAMIC TEAM AND REGISTER YOUR INTEREST TODAY! Our volunteers assist us through all stages of exhibition, and include: Support on installation and deinstallation days with assistance in helping to set up and take down the exhibition. Working with us during the exhibition: at the launch, artist talks, information…

Working with textures found outdoors can develop a range of rich tactile paper surfaces for creating artworks. Disassemble|Reassemble artist Nicola Moss will introduce experimentation with a range of mark making on paper surfaces. Bring your own materials, materials list provided when booking is made. Booking essential as places are strictly…

CLICK is an annual open-call prize photographic exhibition held at Brunswick Street Gallery. Applications are now open. The exhibition is open-call, meaning every artist is exhibited! Exhibition Event:  4 September, 6–9pm. Exhibition runs from 4 September – 3pm 17 September 2015. Conditions: – All themes, framed or unframed photographic work – Works…

Clayton Utz is proud to support the Arts through the Clayton Utz Art Award. The Award offers a $10,000 winner’s prize and exhibition space for the finalists and is awarded to Queensland-based artists or artists with a strong connection to Queensland. For more information please visit the – Website   Image:…

SITUATE Art in Festivals provides an exciting opportunity for early career artists and creative practitioners to push boundaries, take creative risks and develop concepts for artworks that respond to the unique potential of festival sites and audiences, via an open call to participate in an intensive interdisciplinary residency. The program…

Call for Entries for the 2015 Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award are now open. Now in its fourth year, the Award seeks to extend the traditional notion of portraiture to the digital realm. In 2015 the Award is moving in an exciting new direction. With the generous support of the Macquarie…

The new Perth Stadium is being developed as a world-class 60,000 seat venue on Perth’s spectacular Burswood Peninsula. A year-round destination, emblematic of Western Australia’s landscape, culture, history and community, it will be a place for spectacle, play and celebration. Expressions of Interest (EOI) from artists (or artist teams) within…

Reclaiming disused and forgotten spaces within the community, MICRO GALLERIES embodies the idea that art does not need to be locked away in pristine galleries; it can permeate the streets and change the way we see the world…even for a micro moment. A free, global, public art project that features…

You’ve got the great idea and you’re keen to get underway but how do you secure the funding support you need to make it all happen? It is competitive out there and knowing how to prepare and write a quality grant application will maximise your chances of success. This workshop…

Home of Australia’s most unique creative community classes – Work-Shop – has expanded its creative crusade to Brisbane and is throwing a huge party on Friday 7 August to celebrate. Join us at the new Work-Shop Brisbane digs, The Autumn Co. at 29 Merivale Street South Brisbane. The fun starts…

Are you an emerging arts writer? As part of ‘GOMA Q: Contemporary Queensland Art‘ (11 July – 11 October 2015) you have the opportunity to enter the ‘GOMA Q’ Emerging Writers competition, and win the chance to be published on the QAGOMA Blog. In this opportunity to develop your writing skills…

Designers, painters, photographers, jewellers, curators, sculptors, illustrators, typographers: However you roll, Backspace Gallery has a place for you! Now seeking exhibition proposals for the 1st half of 2016 for work by artists in all mediums – emerging & established, solo & group, local & regional & out-of-area. No hire fees.…

This grant provides assistance towards the costs of public presentation for professional visual and media arts, craft and design practitioners who are Australian citizens or permanent residents. This includes, but is not limited to: advertising; promotional printing; mail outs; media photographs; media releases; equipment rental; framing; freight; installation costs; insurance;…

An open proposal call-out for the 2016 January – June exhibition program at Moana ARI space. Applications close midnight WST, Sunday, 26 July 2015. For more information, or to request an applicant information pack, please email: info@moana-ari.com / www.moana-ari.com

The competition funded by Warsteiner brewery offers young artists from all around the world the possibility to gain a foothold in the international art market. Who can apply? Visual arts, Design, Urban art or Video – the artistic potential has no limitations at BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER. We are looking…

As part of Imaginary Accord, artist Sean Dockray will present an interactive AI-COMMUNE workshop. The workshop will cover notions of digital intimacies, temporary communities and networked logic. The event will be spilt into two stages; in part one Dockray will give a lecture-tour of the AI-COMMUNE. He will narrate both…

Etsy is a marketplace where people around the world connect, both online and offline, to make, sell and buy unique goods. The heart and soul of Etsy is our global community: the creative entrepreneurs who use Etsy to sell what they make or curate, the shoppers looking for things they…

MPavilion’s unique annual architecture commission and design event for Melbourne is partnering with Australia’s art magazine of record, Art Monthly Australia, to present an innovative new writing award to explore the flourishing field of interdisciplinary practice within art and design. Australian writers are invited to submit a proposal (no more…

KINGS Artist Run are accepting proposals for the Front Gallery, Middle Gallery and Side Gallery for the first half of 2016. KINGS Artist Run welcomes: — Artists at all stages of their practice. — Large-scale curated projects. — Conceptually and technically ambitious projects. — Curated exhibitions using 1 or more…

The ArtGemini Prize is a celebration to promote international contemporary art for emerging and established artists around the world. It is an independent competition, open to all artists from anywhere in the world. There is no age limit for applicants. The winners will be announced at an exhibition of the…

Join the first in a series of free professional development workshops, by artists for artists, at Boxcopy. Jemima Wyman lives and works between Brisbane and Los Angeles. Her individual art practice incorporates installation, video, performance, photography and painting. Her most recent artworks utilise these mediums to specifically focus on visually…

Artisan is inviting practitioners, groups, curators and organisations to submit exhibition proposals for the Ivory Street window and Gallery 2 exhibition program. We are looking for fresh ideas and an innovative approach to these high profile exhibition spaces at artisan. Exhibitions must pertain to craft and design or explore the…

Making art is the start of the artist’s journey into successful business. Knowing how to write about, document and present your artwork is the next important step in getting ready to go to market. Facilitated by Louise Martin Chew.   Where: Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley  Time:  10 pm…

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 40 finalists’…

Applications are now open to proposals for the 2016 UTS Gallery Exhibition Program. Our annual program incorporates curated, solo and collaborative projects across a broad range of media, with a focus on critical practices that reflect and engage with current dialogues surrounding cultural production. We’re seeking proposals from artists, curators,…

Gain skills from three industry professionals who will guide you through drawing techniques for different lettering styles and the various effects that can be utilised in many beneficial uses for hand painted lettering. This workshop is exciting and friendly in an intimate and hands on setting and is designed for those who have the basics under…

This course offers intensive training to artists wanting to develop/improve their exhibition concept, planning, design and development skills to a professional level. Over five intensive workshops July – August, participants will learn about the essential the principles of exhibition planning, design and development. Participants will also gain valuable insight into…

Join the third iteration of the IMA Reading Group on Saturday, 13 June, at 3pm. The reading group is a monthly assembly in the Motto IMA bookstore designed to further activate local discussion surrounding contemporary art. The initiative is aimed at university students and recent graduates, and desires to provoke conversation in an open,…

PhotoAccess is now calling for proposals for our 2016 exhibition program. The PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery is dedicated to the contemporary photo-based arts, and presents a dynamic program of exhibitions across three spaces. Artists, curators and community groups are invited to submit exhibition proposals. The Gallery Committee are particularly interested…