The ArtStart program has been created to give financial assistance to recent arts graduates, helping you make the challenging transition from studying to having a professional career in the arts. If you’ve completed an accredited Certificate IV arts course or higher in the past three years – or are about to complete one…

Pedal Brisbane will be hosting a spectacular photography exhibition exploring the intrigue and vision of the world of cycling. We want to see your passion for cycling shine through! What does cycling mean to you? The Photography Exhibition will be displayed in the QM Collectors Cafe, as a part of…

The aim of Asialink’s Arts Residency Program is to create meaningful and enduring relationships between individuals and organisations in Australia and Asia. Asialink works in partnership with arts residency centres in the region to realise this goal. Asialink Arts Residencies are professional development opportunities, aimed at being mutually beneficial to…

The Graeme Hildebrand Art Scholarship Travel Grant through a generous bequest, offers a biennial scholarship or travel grand to developing artists who would benefit from funding for tuition and travel, and would otherwise be unable to take advantage of such an opportunity. A grant is awarded of up to $10,000.…

Professional Development for Artists This is a comprehensive program of activities for artist interested in improving their business skills. The program consists of workshops, forums, master classes, artist consultations and a new workshop series and exhibition for emerging curators. For more information please visit the – Website DATE WORKSHOP FACILITATOR…

The Wandering Room invites you to be part of a collaborative project.  As a follow up to our 2013-2014 residence in Auckland we will be hosting Justin Jade Morgan from Development AIR in Brisbane with his international traveling showcase Tools of the Trade. Tools of the Trade is a snowballing project where…

The competition’s aim is to promote the enrolled artist, giving them chance to join the international market of contemporary art. This aim will be pursued by taking advantage of the opportunities that the contest offers: Euro 3000,00 (three thousand/00) money prize to the first selected Euro 1000,00 (one thousand/00) money prize to…

The much loved Linden Postcard Show returns in 2014 with a brand new look. This unique open entry competition sees hundreds of small format contemporary artworks adorn the gallery walls at Linden. Over $10,000 worth of prizes are available. Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts is a unique contemporary public art gallery located in…

LEVEL are calling for participants in our feminist reading and resource room as part of the upcoming exhibition project THIS IS NOT THE WORK, to be held in September 2014 at The Block, Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland University of Technology.For the exhibition, THIS IS NOT THE WORK, feminist artist-run-initiative, LEVEL…

The Portia Geach Memorial Award is a celebration of female Australian artists. It’s Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize for female artists and has greatly contributed to the development of female artists in this country. It was established by Florence Kate Geach in 1961 in memory of her sister, Portia Geach…

Feck, local producers of socially responsible erotica, invite you to submit your visual response to this erotic art competition for your chance to be exhibited as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. From the sleazy to the sublime, the ethereal to the explicit, FECK:ART welcomes art that aims to arouse. Join us in…

The Moran Arts Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit organisation whose objective is to support the Arts in Australia through: The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prizes, and The Moran School Photographic Workshops. Established by Doug and Greta Moran and Family in 1988 in celebration of Australia’s bicentennial, the Moran Arts Foundation…

The Paul Guest Prize is a non-acquisitive cash prize of $12,000 which is held every two years, highlighting contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The Prize was initiated by former Family Court Judge and Olympic rower, the Honourable Paul Guest QC and encourages artists from across Australia to engage with the…

The Kennedy Prize is an annual Australian art award of $25,000 for ‘beauty’. The prize, offered by the Kennedy Arts Foundation, is based and exhibited in Adelaide but open to Australian artists nationwide, and is awarded to works that embody, comment on or celebrate beauty. The winning artist will receive…

Submissions are now open for the 11th annual Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe which is being held from 6 – 22 March 2015 on Perth’s stunning Cottesloe Beach. In 2014, over 70 artists were selected to exhibit. Over 200,000 people attended the exhibition during the 3 week exhibition period and over 44% of indoor and outdoor 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. This year’s judge will be Sebastian Di Mauro For more information…

Grafton Regional Gallery invites all artists who reside in Australia to submit drawings in the 2014 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA). The award aims to promote excellence and innovation in Australian drawing. Entries are now open for the $40,000 award, which promotes innovation, display excellence and imagination in Australian drawing.…

The John Leslie Art Prize is one of Australia’s major prizes for landscape painting. It is a non-acquisitive prize open to all artists living and working in Australia. The prize is run by the Gippsland Art Gallery every two years and is generously sponsored by the Gallery’s Patron, John Leslie…

The Walls is seeking expressions of interest from artists, writers, performers, screeners, speakers, presenters and curators for our proposed 2015 program. Send your CV/Bio, a few images, a brief statement about your current enquiries and where relevant your connection/response to (Miami) the Gold Coast. Submissions via email to mail@thewalls.com.au by July 22. This…

Each year Boxcopy presents a curated program of exhibitions and events. We work closely with exhibiting artists to support the development and production of new works within a critical context. We welcome proposals for exhibitions and projects from artists, curators and collectives at any time. The program is set 12…

—The National Portrait Gallery calls all creative types aged 18 – 30 to submit a screen-based digital portrait for the $10,000 Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2014. —The artist judged to have made the most outstanding screen-based digital portrait will be awarded a $10,000 bursary and an artistic residency at the…

Established in 2001, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize attracts strong support from artists, collectors and critics and is the first and only national acquisitive prize that showcases the quality and diversity of sculptures of smaller dimensions. Over 500 entries from national and international artists are received annually and approximately 40…

Entries for the 2014 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture are now open. In 2014 the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture features the $50,000 Lester Prize and a $7,500 People’s Choice Prize. For more information please visit – Website

Each year, the Brett Whiteley Studio, administered by the Art Gallery of NSW, invites applications for a major travelling art scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a talented young artist with an established body of work, who is best able to demonstrate the use and benefit of the scholarship to further…

The Lumen Prize Exhibition celebrates the very best fine art created digitally from emerging and established artists globally. Our goal is to focus the world’s attention on this exciting genre of fine art through an annual competition and global tour of the works selected by our eminent panel of judges. We…

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Director Chris Saines today called for Queenslanders to contribute to a major new art installation being created by Los Angeles artist collective, Fallen Fruit. Fallen Fruit of Brisbane: Pineapple Express! is a large, site-specific artwork that has been specially commissioned for ‘Harvest’, GOMA’s…

Educators will explore the theme of “sustainability” by collecting materials and found objects to create an abstract mixed media assemblage artwork. Educators will be shown how to create an aesthetically harmonious collage of assembled elements by examining materials and composition.Date: Sunday 1 June Where: Brisbane Institute of Art, 41 Grafton Street,…

This is a free workshop session dealing with Tax & Finance Matters for Artists & Artsworkers delivered by Brian Tucker. The focus of the session is Facts about tax, your arts business and preparing your tax return. Where: Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts & LIVESTREAM via Web TV Time: 7.00 pm –…

StateoftheART Gallery is inviting Australian artists currently studying or who have graduated within the last five years from a recognised higher education art or design course to apply for online representation. Artists working in any visual media can submit works for consideration. Please complete the Preliminary Application Form by following…

The MAX Indigenous Art Competition celebrates the quality and diversity of the practice of painting among  Indigenous artists nationwide. The winning artworks will be used to help redesign the new GETS (Goldfields Employment and Training Services) program and bring a new face to GETS Australia, alongside other MAX Indigenous programs.…

The Exhibition Development Project offers intensive training to emerging 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 and gain valuable insight…

The Macquarie Photography Prize is an international photography competition open to anyone from any country. 2014 MPP categories are: Open – Any Subject The Colour Red People Arthouse 2014 MPP guidelines for entry: Entry fee is $7.00AUD per photograph. No limit to the number of photographs entered. Photographs must have been captured…

The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists provides assistance towards travel (for educational purposes) and/or tuition costs for young people building a career in the visual arts broadly in the areas of painting, photography or sculpture. Four candidates will be awarded $5,000 each (excluding GST). Applications to travel overseas (preferably for the…

Are you a recent graduate or completing a higher degree in one of Queensland’s visual arts or media programs? Interested in on-the-ground experience of regional rainforests or desert outback? Wanting to deepen your knowledge of Conservation Biology and Climate Change Science? The University of Queensland’s School of Biological Sciences and…

Brave and curious? Ready to ask what’s next? Join with us to discover what’s new in 2015. We are now calling for proposals to be a part of our 2015 program, including our Performance, Exhibition and Artist in Residence Programs. The 2015 Exhibition Program will present exhibitions over 10 months in the…

Calling all Brisbane Experimental Artists working in visual art, performance, sound, screen and spoken word: The Brisbane Experimental Art Festival is calling for applications to present work in BEAF 2014 to be held at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts on Saturday 9th August 2014. In 2014 BEAF is taking over the Judith…