SWELL Sculpture Festival 2025
Artists are invited to be bold with their creative minds and apply to be a part of SWELL 2025, Queensland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition taking place at Currumbin Beach on…
The Homiens Art Prize
The Homiens Art Prize is an international, non-acquisitive art prize that is valued at $24,000 USD ($37,000 AUD) annually and is open to all artists. All art forms, mediums, and completion…
Metro Arts: Call For Proposals
Apply now to be part of the 2025 Metro Arts Visual Arts Residency Program Metro Arts is calling for Expressions of Interest from artists to undertake one of three residencies,…
Gallery Applications: fortyfivedownstairs
fortyfivedownstairs contains two elegant gallery spaces. The large gallery is a blank canvas, open plan space with two pillars in the centre of the room. The small gallery is also…
The SOHO Art Prize
The SOHO Art Prize provides a prominent platform for artists at various points in their careers, ranging from emerging talents to well-established professionals, who practice their craft across the diverse…
Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize
The APA Art Prize categories reflect a commitment to showcasing the breadth of artistic talent, while paying homage to the inspiring beauty and significance of your Park Lands. Who Can…
2025 Perry Prize for Drawing
Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney’s Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing reaches a milestone in 2025. Established in 2006, ‘The Perry’ has drawn the attention of some of Australia’s most accomplished artists…
Land Street Studio Applications
Land Street Studio applications are now open. Our studio period runs from January to April, dividing the space into 3 rooms for artists to sit and make work through the…
Bayside Painting Prize 2025
First established in 2015 as the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, the prize was relaunched in 2024 as the Bayside Painting Prize with an increase in prize money for the non-acquisitive…
Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize
The Art Prize showcases the work of hundreds of artists to raise awareness of the irreplaceable Park Lands which garland the city of Adelaide. We invite artists to be inspired…
RawGround 2025
RAW Moves is calling for proposals from Singaporean and international artists for the next edition of RawGround (RG) 2025/26, which will be running in February 2026. Presented by RAW Moves…
2025 World of WearableArt
The designers and creators of the world are being invited to let their imagination take flight and be seen in new light, with the launch of the 2025 World of…
2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
The 2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is now open for entries. The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is the highest valued Art Prize for women in Australia and in 2025 will award artists with…
Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
The annual Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition calls on photographers from around the world to celebrate the fauna, flora and natural formations of the Australia, New Zealand,…
World Illustration Awards 2025
The World Illustration Awards (WIA) 2025 are here, and illustrators from around the globe are invited to showcase their creativity. Organized by the Association of Illustrators (AOI) in partnership with…
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair: EOI
The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is excited to announce a call for Expressions of Interest from Artists and Designers for our highly anticipated 2025 Fashion Performance and Art Fair…
SWELL Art Prize 2025
Calling all artists – SWELL’s indoor autumn exhibition is back! Local, national, and international artists working in 2D and 3D multidisciplinary mediums are invited to apply. The 10-day exhibition is…
Noorderlicht Biennale: Machine Entanglements
Noorderlicht invites image-makers, photographers, and artists working with all forms of lens-based media to participate in the 2025 Biennale: Machine Entanglements. The festival explores the relationship between technology, ecology, and…
CULTURHUB: Virtual Art House Online Residency
CULTURHUB, a project by Art House Turku (Finland) and funded by NextGeneration EU, is calling for applications from culture professionals, including organisation representatives, to co-create a major part of the…
Collide Copenhagen Residency 2025
CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary are calling for applications from artists and collectives from any country for a fully funded, two-month residency split between CERN in Geneva (May 2025) and Copenhagen…
21st Athens Digital Arts Festival
As we move further into the age of AI and digital innovation, the Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) invites artists to explore the theme Simulacra—a concept that questions the intersection…
The Visual Field
Curious about a career in the arts after school or wanting to immerse yourself in the world of contemporary art? The Visual Field is an immersive program for students in years…
HOME 25: Invisible Cities
Inspired by Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, this exhibition will examine the symbolic power of language, gesture, and visual markers like maps and borders. It will ask how these symbols shape…
Paradise Gloss: Next Edition 2024
The annual Side Gallery end-of-year show is titled ‘Paradise Gloss — Next Edition’, which will run from December 12 — 22. The theme ‘Paradise Gloss’ is the exhibition title that…
Lab Art Prize VENICE’25
Malamegi Lab Art Prize, is a call for submissions open to all kind of artists. Works allo wed in the art competition are: drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphics, mix media…
Darwin Fringe Festival 2025
The Darwin Fringe Festival is thrilled to announce its hybrid open-access callout for the 2025 Festival! Scheduled to take place 11 – 20 July 2025, the Fringe is back and…
Farm Studio Artist Residency: India
Farm Studio International Artist Residency is located in a rural community in India. Residents stay and create in a quiet art centre and beautiful environment where they can develop their…
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency
The Swatch Art Peace Hotel artist residency is calling for applications from artists from around the world to undertake a 3 to 6-month residency in the city of Shanghai, China.…
Collie Art Prize 2025
The highly anticipated Collie Art Prize is back for 2025, bringing together talented artists from across Australia. With over $60K in prize money up for grabs, next year’s competition promises…
Australia Pavilion Cultural Program
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia is calling for expressions of interest from individuals and organisations interested in participating in the Australia Pavilion cultural programme at Expo 2025…
Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence
The Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence is a recognition and celebration of artistic excellence and innovation in ceramics. Since being established in 2015, the Siliceous Award has grown in profile and now receives local, national,…
Ramsay Art Prize 2025
Open to Australian artists under 40 working in any medium, the Ramsay Art Prize is presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia and supported in perpetuity by the James…
The John Villiers Outback Art Prize 2025
The John Villiers Outback Art Prize is now open for artists from all over Australia to submit their paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures depicting the uniqueness of country landscapes and…
9 by 5 Exhibition
Celebrating its 17th year in 2025, 9 by 5 commemorates the original exhibition held in Melbourne in 1889. This featured artists Tom Roberts, Charles Conder, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin who produced…
Riddergade Artist-in-Residence
Riddergade AIR is calling for applications from professional visual artists from all over the world for their three-month residency programme in Viborg, Denmark, in 2025. The purpose of Riddergade AIR…
Pallas Projects: Artist-Initiated Projects
Pallas Projects/Studios’ Artist-Initiated Projects, is an Arts Council funded, open-submission, annual gallery programme that is highly accessible to artists, presented in the context of an established gallery space with a dedicated…
SPEAKING TO THE INDIVIDUAL
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WHAT : CALL OUT – Designers / Artists DEADLINE : 3rd May 2012 WHERE : Tractor Design School In association with Semi-Permanent, Tractor is proud to announce the launch of a new design competition. Semi-Permanent is turning 10 this year and to celebrate we’re looking to create a poster or…
VIDEO EASY
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WHAT : Call for video submissions WHERE : Three Projects DEADLINE : June 10th Three projects is a collaboration between No Frills* Co-director Kate Woodcroft and Brisbane artists Timothy P. Kerr, Sarah Byrne and Joseph Breikers. TP presents new projects which play on the form of the gallery and extend…
DIAlogues Seminar
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WHEN : 1st May, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Corporate Culture showroom – 925 Ann St. Fortitude Valley DIAloguesContinuing Professional Development (CPD) Seminar Series delivers a contemporary and engaging discussion on current issues that face the design professions ln Queensland. First hand knowledge, experience and case study examples are delivered…
Marie Ellis OAM - Drawing Prize
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WHAT : Call Out – Drawing WHERE : Jugglers Art Space DEADLINE : 11th June $4000 Major Prize (acquisitive) Honourable Mention to the value of $500 (non-acquisitive) Peoples Choice to the value of $500 (non-acquisitive) APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN Opening Reception of Finalists and Winners Announced Friday 3 August from 6pm.…
Art Write #1
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WHEN : 1st May, 6:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Join industry professionals as they share their knowledge and experience of the contemporary art writing environment, how it works and how to break in. This is the first program in the professional development series, Art Write. The program is designed…
Singapore . Brisbane Exchange
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WHAT : Open Call to Artists, Writers and Curators DEADLINE : April 30th Chan Hampe Galleries (Singapore) in partnership with Metro Arts (Australia) is calling for applications from emerging artists and curators or writers in their first five years of practice for an international residency program that will take place…
POSTCARDS TO BRISBANE
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27th April
DEADLINE : 27th April WHERE : Grey St, Southbank, Brisbane NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE 2012, FRINGE EXPERIENCE STREET EXHIBITION: “Postcards to Brisbane (wish you were here!)” In five photos – show what you love about where you live. Simply send the iamges to : apa@apa.qld.gov.au Sponsored by South Bank Corporation &…
PORTABLE PRESENTS - Susie Bubble
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WHEN : 27th April, 3:00 – 5:00pm WHERE : The Edge Portable is proud to present an exclusive series of talks with fashion thought leader and internet icon, Susie Lau. London based Susie Lau pioneered the fashion blogging revolution in 2006 with the launch of her blog Style Bubble. Her…
New Art: Writers and thinkers
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WHEN : 26th April, 2:30pm WHERE : Gallery 1.1 GOMA Join Jane Morley, fashion designer, consultant and researcher with a specific interest in sustainability, as she investigates a return to the use of particular materials in selected works on display in ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’. Free. No bookings required
NEXUS FESTIVAL
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WHAT : CALL OUT – animations and motion graphics pieces DEADLINE : 26th April The Nexus Festival is seeking entries for inclusion in its screening programme. The festival will also include exhibitions, panel discussions and workshops from industry leaders. An open call is made for animations and motion graphics pieces.…
CHURCHIE NATIONAL EMERGING ART PRIZE INFO SESSIONS
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WHEN : 26th April, 12:30 – 2:00pm WHERE : Griffith University Art Gallery
Has the Brisbane ARI Bubble Burst?
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WHEN : 26th April, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : IMA The rise and fall of local artist-run initiatives. Panel discussion with Chris Bennie (MSSR), Brooke Ferguson (Current Projects), Rachael Haynes (Level), and Grant Stevens (formerly The Farm), chaired by Peter Anderson.
Flying Arts Professional Development Workshops
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WHEN : Sunday 22nd April, 10am – 4pm WHERE : Circle Gallery (Art Shed Brisbane)274 Montague Rd West End* Flying Arts is holding a number of professional development workshops and forums for artists over 2012. Topics include project management, setting up and running an arts practice, sustaining an arts practice,…
Curator’s discussion
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WHEN : 22nd April, 1.00pm WHERE : Cinema B, GOMA Led by curator Julie Ewington, Curatorial Manager, Australian Art, this lively discussion with artists in ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’ unravels the contributions female artists have made to the contemporary art of this country over recent decades. Featuring participating artists Bindi Cole,…
Perspectives Artist Talk
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WHEN :21st April, 11:00 – 12:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Jon Cattapan travelled to Timor-Leste in July 2008 as an official war artist commissioned by the Australian War Memorial. Join Jon as he discusses his experience of the role of Australian peacekeepers in Timor-Leste and how it influenced his…
DNA Jewellery
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WHEN : 21st April, 1:00 – 3:00pm WHERE : The Edge Inspiration can come from the strangest of places. Not your traditional jewellery making class, in this workshop contemporary artist and biotechnologist Svenja Kratz, will show you how to extract DNA from a piece of fruit or vegetable and then…
Cultural Restitution in the Digital World
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WHEN : 19th April, 4:00pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum Cultural Restitution in the Digital World: Understanding a New Political Economy of Images in the Pacific The digitisation of museum collections has transformed the way people access and engage with objects. It opens opportunities for a new kind of analytical…
Rethink: Selected works from the Collection by young artists
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WHEN : 17th April, 12:00 until 12:30 WHERE : UQ Art Museum Please join us for an ‘in conversation’ with ‘Rethink’ exhibition curator Nadia Razzhigaeva and Sebastian Moody, Special Projects Officer. ‘Rethink’ highlights two Australian artists, Eric Bridgeman and Brendan Huntley, who create characters and objects that are playful yet…
BLINDSIDE FESTIVAL: Call for video artists
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WHAT : CALL OUT DEADLINE : 16th April BLINDSIDE is calling for submissions from contemporary video artists to present their work during a two week festival in August 2012 themed around the open concept of travel, transitions and place. Is there somewhere you would rather be? The inaugural BLINDSIDE Festival…
GOMA Talks Futures | What will the future of the 21st Century hold?
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WHEN : 14th April WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art Tony Albert (Artist, Brisbane) Ross Dawson (Futurist, Future Exploration Network, Sydney) Dr Melissa Gregg (Senior Lecturer, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney) Tim Longhurst (Strategy Lead, Key Message, Sydney) Hosted by Antony Funnell, Presenter, Future Tense,…
Chairbiz : Artists At Work Prize
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WHAT : Artist Call Out – Live Art Prize DEADLINE : 27th April Are you an established or emerging artist in Brisbane? This is your chance to get out of the studio, connect with a live audience of over 5,000 members of the architecture and design industry and auction your…
Curator Mentorship
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WHAT : Mentorship Opportunity DEADLINE : 10th April 2012 The Curator Mentorship Initiative, supported by the Sidney Myer Fund, provides the opportunity for emerging and mid-career curators to further their professional development by supporting mentored placements within a gallery, art institution or university. Four grants of up to $15,000 will…
The Maximilian - Call Out
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WHAT : Call Out WHEN : Deadline, 15th April The Maximilian is an international online platform and publication that will publish in-depth discussion around art and theory, culture and philosophy. Our overarching ethos is one of ‘deep vs. broad’: we aim not to simply expand upon the surface of our…
The Art of Fashion Photography
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WHEN : Sunday 1 April, 1.30pm-2.30pm WHERE : QUT Gardens Theatre Foyer | Free Art and fashion have always been closely aligned and nowhere is this more obvious than in the realm of fashion photography. National fashion photographers, style makers, artists and curators will talk about these ideas during this…
Mondo Motion | Life on pegs: Pre-digital animation in Brisbane
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WHEN : 28th March, 6:00 – 7:00pm WHERE :QUT Creative Industries Precinct / Cnr Kelvin Grove Road & Musk Avenue Regional creative practice is often overlooked in histories that emanate from established centres of cultural activity. Australian animation production is generally associated with Sydney and Melbourne, and little of the…
THE TIDY SPACE - CALL OUT
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WHERE : Tidy Contemporary Arts Space DEADLINE : Open Call Tidy Contemporary Arts Space is a new gallery located in Brisbane. We’re on the look out for new artists to exhibit, particularly street art and photography. Proposals are sought for both our hired space and free rotational space. Our main…
Public Art Commission Opportunities
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WHAT : CALL OUT DEADLINE : 26th March, 2012 Expressions of Interest are sought from interested artists and designers to undertake site-specific public artwork/s commissioned as part of The Corso, North Lakes project. The Artwork Program consists of five (5) Artwork Commissions. Opportunities include: cultural placemaking, integrated sculptural works, interactive…
Tactile Animation Master Class
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WHEN : 24th and 25th March, 12:00 – 6:00pm, WHAT : Workshop WHERE : The Edge Auditorium/Lab 1/Lab 2 This weekend master class pairs you up with the magical artists from Greedy Hen. These DIY darlings are in demand, their stellar reputation stemming from their work with indie musos such…
The art of collecting
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WHEN : Wednesday 21 March, 6pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Get an insight into the collection of Art through a panel discussion from varying view points of public institutions, commercial galleries, collecting groups and corporate collections. Panelists include Bruce Heiser (Heiser Gallery), Jenifer McLennan (Kurilpa Group) and Megan Williams…
GIRRL Electrovocal Performance
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WHEN : 21st March, 6:00 – 7:00pm WHERE : The Glasshouse Donna Hewitt has been creating works for voice and technology for the past 15 years, starting out with fixed media works for processed voice and developing her practice into cross media and real time performance contexts. In this seminar,…
Contemporary art practice in Poland
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WHEN : Saturday, March 17, 11:00am – 12:00pm where : QUT Art Museum Join Polish contemporary artists, Dr Malgorzata Warlikowska and Dr Maja Wolinska from the Media Art Department, Academy of Art & Design, Wrocław, in conversation with Dr Beata Batorowicz as they talk about their individual practices and the…
Ectoplasm, Spirit ‘Extras’, and Full-body Materialisations
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WHAT : Lecture WHERE : IMA WHEN : Thursday 15 March at 6pm Martyn Jolly on the history of spirit photography in Australia,Europe, and America. Jolly is the author of Faces of the Living Dead: The Belief in Spirit Photography and Head of Photography and Media Arts at the Australian…
ARTIST CALLOUT - Viva La Femme exhibition
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WHAT : Artist Call Out (Female) WHERE : Lust For Life Tattoo WHEN : SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL UNTIL 5pm WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH Lust For Life gallery invites women of Brisbane to submit their artwork for inclusion in Viva La Femme – A Celebration Of Women.The exhibition will celebrate female-related…
Gordon Hookey in conversation with Eleanor Heartney
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WHEN : 13th March, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Milani Gallery Please join Gordon Hookey and New York art critic Eleanor Heartney as they discuss Gordon’s new solo exhibition. The event is co-sponsored by Queensland College of Art and Milani Gallery. WEBSITE
Urban Art Binge
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WHEN : March 5th WHERE Jugglers Art Space Urban Art Binge (UAB) is an Artist-Run-Initiative created by Emily Fong and Joannah Underhill with the aim of providing a platform for accessing creative inspiration in everyday life for everybody. To this end, UAB is currently running a series of workshops, based…