R|Artist Residency: Urban Ecologies
Mid-career to senior artists are invited to apply for the R|Artist Residency: Urban Ecologies, a unique opportunity to develop new work exploring the built environment through the lens of art,…
Cut X Paste: Collage Forage
Collage Forage combines the magical appeal of mushrooms with collage making in a pub. This workshop is a casual meet up an creative afternoon for beginners and seasoned collage artists…
Farm Studio India: International Artist Residency
Farm Studio International Artist Residency offers a unique opportunity for artists to live and work in the peaceful, rural surroundings of Rajasthan, India. Open to artists of all disciplines and…
Waterbrook Drawing Prize
Sponsored by Waterbrook Bowral, this bi-annual exhibition invites original signed drawings on paper, canvas, or board. The exhibition will be held at Bowral Art Gallery from 14 to 29 June…
A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize
Awarded biennially, the A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize supports Australian artists working in traditional styles. There are three categories: a $50,000 Travelling Scholarship, a $5,000 Art Prize in…
Hawkesbury Art Prize 2025
The Hawkesbury Art Prize is a biennial award open to Australian artists for a painting, drawing, or work on paper that reflects contemporary Australian identity. The prize excludes photography, textiles,…
9x5 Landscape Prize
Now in its 10th year, the Waverley Woollahra Art School’s 9×5 Landscape Art Prize invites artists to explore Australia’s Impressionist tradition. Entrants receive a 9×5-inch plywood board to create their…
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
This annual acquisitive award celebrates contemporary small sculptures from Australian artists. The winner receives a $15,000 cash prize, and the winning work becomes part of the Deakin University Art Collection.…
Young Paddo Art Prize
The Young Paddo Art Prize is a national competition for artists aged 5–18 years, focusing on A4 paintings on paper inspired by the Australian landscape and environment. There are four…
The Lester Prize for Portraiture
The Lester Prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious portraiture awards, offering over $130,000 in cash and prizes. It includes several awards such as the Richard Lester Prize for Portraiture…
Gallery One: Smallacombe Self Portrait Prize
The Gallery One Smallacombe Self Portrait Prize is a national Australian painting competition inviting artists to create and submit a self-portrait. Open to all permanent Australian residents, the competition emphasizes…
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2025
Since its inception in 2001, the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award has become a significant national award dedicated to celebrating and elevating the significance of work on paper. The Hazelhurst…
Royal Queensland Art Society: Abstraction
Artists are invited to submit artworks in their own media and style. This may range from art which includes recognisable forms as well as more expressive styles and pure abstraction,…
The Singleton Art Prize 2025
Hosted by the Rotary Club of Singleton on Hunter, this regional art competition offers over $20,000 in prize money across 12 categories. The exhibition will be held at the Singleton…
Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize
The Macquarie Group Collection has been supporting emerging Australian artists for more than 35 years, and the annual Emerging Artist Prize offers support to a new generation of visual artists.…
Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award
Australia’s longest-running print prize, the 47th Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, offers a $30,000 prize pool. The award is open to Australian artists aged 16 and over, with the…
The Farm 2026 Residency
The Farm Arts Residency programme in Western Australia is calling for applications from artists to develop work that engages thoughtfully with the land, in a 5-to 8-week residency to be…
Festival of Art, Theatre and New Technologies
Kyber Teatro invites artists worldwide to apply for the 12th Edition of “The Wonders of Possible”, an international festival dedicated to the intersection of art, theatre, and new technologies, held…
XANADU: A Collage Night at The Burrow
Join artist Emma Anna and The Burrow for a relaxed and welcoming evening of collage-making inspired by the cult 1980 film Xanadu, starring Olivia Newton-John. This creative session is open…
Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography Grant
Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography is calling for artists, academics, enthusiasts, and professionals, who have a passion and serious interest in vernacular photography and everyday imaging for the eidolon Grant…
House Conspiracy: Opportunities
House Conspiracy is a vibrant, artist-run space located in West End, Brisbane, dedicated to supporting emerging creatives, experimental projects, and community-focused initiatives. Since its founding, it has operated as a…
Arts Queensland: Funding opportunities
As part of the Creative Together: Grow 2022–2026 action plan, Arts Queensland offers a dynamic range of funding opportunities to support artists, venues, and organisations across the state. These grants…
Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award
This award celebrates the power of small-format works (60 x 60cm or smaller) across all mediums and styles. With a prize pool designed to support and recognise talented artists at…
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…
Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize
Artists are asked to submit an artwork that demonstrates what makes Brisbane and its surrounding attractions unique. Artworks will be accompanied by a statement telling us how their artwork tells…
The Almenara Art Prize
The Almenara Art Prize is an international online painting competition that offers more than 29000€ in cash awards, 20000€ in products and other prizes. We encourage the international participation in diverse genres, styles, mediums…
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, now in its 8th year, is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. It includes all static mediums:…
The William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship
The residency awards are the biennial Rome Residency, and an annual two-week residency at Bundanon. These are offered in alternate years, so that both residencies for Bundanon will be offered…
Flying Arts Opportunities
Looking to enhance your creative practice? Check out these upcoming events designed for artists to learn, explore, and expand their skills: Generative AI for Creative Professionals with Jessie Hughes27th February…
Arte Laguna Prize
Arte Laguna Prize is the Venice-based International Contemporary Art Competition that welcomes and exhibits emerging artists of all ages, countries, genders and artistic backgrounds, and is free-themed. With two decades of experience, the…
2025 Fifty Squared Art Prize
Brunswick Street Gallery invites artists to participate in the 2025 Fifty Squared Art Prize, Australia’s largest open-call exhibition for wall-based artworks measuring 50x50cm or less. This inclusive prize welcomes entries…
The Book Plate Art Project
The Book Plate Art Project is a participatory art project which is designed to strengthen connections between artists, public libraries and the community. Registration is now open for volunteer artists to take…
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize 2025
Entries are now open for the 2025 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, an esteemed national acquisitive art award presented by Broken Hill City Art Gallery. This prize invites artists working…
The Lester Prize
The Lester Prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious portraiture prizes—an award that places artists and the community proudly front and centre. Established in 2007, we provide an avenue for…
Prisma Art Prize 2025
The 17th edition of the Prisma Art Prize is now accepting entries. As an international platform, we aim to showcase a diverse and inclusive array of paintings, drawings, and engravings, reflecting the…
Indigenous Ceramic Art Award
Deadline:
26/08/2011 12:00:00 AM
DEADLINE : 26/08/2011 12:00:00 AM WHERE : Shepparton Art Gallery, Eastbank Centre, 70-90 Welsford StWelsford St, Shepparton VIC 3632 The Indigenous Ceramic Art Award was developed by Shepparton Art Gallery to support Indigenous ceramic artists and acknowledge the special industry of ceramic art practise. The awards encourage and stimulate excellence…
SafARI 2012: National Call for Artist Submissions
Deadline:
WHEN : 26 August, 2011 WHERE: safARI SafARI is calling for submissions from emerging and unrepresented artists working in diverse media across Australia to be considered for SafARI 2012. Solo artists and/or groups of one or more artists will be considered. SafARI is the unofficial fringe exhibition to the Biennale…
The Daphne Mayo Lecture 2011
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WHEN : 24 August · 18:00 – 21:00 WHERE : The University of Queensland Art Museum, ICTE Auditorium in the Sir Llew Edwards Building, (No 14), which is located diagonally across from the UQ Art Museum in University Drive. FREE : RSVP by Friday 19 August, Bookings essential as numbers…
Strutten : Call for submissions
Deadline:
21st August, 2011
DEADLINE : 21st August, 2011 EMAIL : info@strutten.com Strutten in partnership with Silo Beats are pleased to announce that submissions are now open for our joint exhibit on September 3rd 2011 . Silo is a Brisbane based music and arts collective, who love anything electronic. The collective comprises of 12…
Jump Mentoring
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As Australia’s largest artist mentoring program, JUMP is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, managed nationally by Youth Arts Queensland, and delivered in collaboration with state delivery partners. For more information, click through to the about section of this site.
Harvest Festival Arts
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Ideas and installations abound in The Secret Garden, our blissful world of a thousand delights; in Bootleg Avenue, our decadent neo-noir landscape complete with alt-performance tent Le Boudoir; in the main stage music arenas where everything is writ large; and in the many magical nooks and crannies in between. Visual…
So you wanna be an artist : Boxcopy
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Presented by QUT Art Museum and Artworkers Alliance. During session one, members of the highly successful Brisbane artist run initiative, Boxcopy will chart it’s history. The session will conclude with a tour of their current exhibition Grid North and discussion about their national and international collaborative projects. Session two will…
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
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DEADLINE :5th August, 2011 WHERE : Redleaf Building, Woollahra Council, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay, Sydney Established in 2001, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize attracts strong support from artists, collectors and critics and is the only national acquisitive prize that showcases the quality and diversity of sculptures of…
The IRIS Award
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Deadline:
14 July 2011, 10am (WST)
Exhibition opening: 4 August 2011 Continues: 5 – 28 August 2011 The IRIS Award is an annual international prize recognising new and outstanding portraiture in photo-based media offering over $4000 in cash and prizes.The criteria for selection focuses on portraits that are unique, original and engaging whilst maintaining excellence in…