Prisma Art Prize: 20th Edition
Prisma Art Prize has opened submissions for its 20th edition, inviting painters, illustrators, printmakers and traditional 2D artists from around the world to apply. Based in Rome, the international award…
Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong
Applications are now open for Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong 2027, one of regional Australia’s leading outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Presented by Wollongong City Council, the biennial exhibition transforms the Wollongong…
Objects: One Day Studio Workshop in Art and Drawing
Open Field Studio presents Objects: One Day Studio Workshop in Art and Drawing, a drawing program exploring line, mark-making and form through a series of structured but open-ended studio sessions.…
Watch This Space 2027 Program Callout
Watch This Space (WTS) is inviting applications for its 2027 program, contributing to the creative ecology of Mparntwe/Alice Springs through exhibitions, residencies and screenings. Applications are open to artists and…
Exhibit with Incinerator Gallery
Incinerator Gallery is a platform for unique cultural experiences that connect society through art and design. Share a proposal to exhibit at Incinerator in 2027. Established in 2011 in Aberfeldie,…
Newtown ArtSeat
Have an artwork idea perfect for the heart of Newtown? Newtown ArtSeat is inviting proposals for its 2027 exhibition program. Located in Pride Square, this much-loved public art landmark showcases…
Little Things Art Prize 2026
The Little Things Art Prize was founded by Marnie Ross in 2015 and invites artists to submit creative expressions of the ‘Little Things’ that make them happy or feel grateful.…
The Willoughby Emerging Art Prize
The Willoughby Emerging Art Prize is returning after a 19-year hiatus, relaunching as a prize dedicated to supporting and celebrating the next generation of Australian artists. Originally established in 1983,…
Basil Sellers Art Prize 2026
The Basil Sellers Art Prize is a major national Australian art prize celebrating artistic excellence in 2D works across painting, drawing and printmaking. The acquisitive biennial prize supports artists at…
Trades Hall Art Prize
The Victorian Trades Hall Council is inviting artists from across Australia to enter the Trades Hall Art Prize 2026, a national exhibition exploring the legacy of one of the world’s…
Burnie Print Prize 2027
Entries are now open for the Burnie Print Prize 2027, one of Australia’s leading national printmaking awards, celebrating excellence, innovation and technical skill in contemporary print practice. Presented by Burnie…
Australian Tapestry Workshop 2027: Artist in Residence Program
The Australian Tapestry Workshop’s annual residency program offers mid-career artists the chance to extend their practice through engagement with its resources. For over 20 years, artists in residence have immersed…
fortyfivedownstairs: Exhibition Opportunities 2027
fortyfivedownstairs is inviting proposals for exhibitions in 2027. Located at 45 Flinders Lane in Melbourne CBD, the organisation features two distinctive exhibition spaces: the Small Gallery and the Large Gallery.…
Crafty Party
Get hands-on with Brisbane artists at Museum of Brisbane’s after-dark Crafty Party workshops. These relaxed, artist-led evenings invite participants to explore creative processes, learn new skills and create a handmade…
Basil Sellers Art Prize
Entries are now open for the 2026 Basil Sellers Art Prize, a major national acquisitive art prize presented by The Bas in Moruya, NSW. Celebrating excellence in traditional 2D practice,…
Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio Residency
Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio welcomes applications for its ongoing artist residency program, offering self-funded residencies of up to three months in one of Japan’s leading public art centres. Located within…
Maud Gallery: Photography Workshops
Maud Gallery is offering a range of photography workshops and courses exploring traditional analogue photography and darkroom techniques. 6-Week Darkroom Course for Beginners Starting 5 October 2026 Artist and educator…
Exhibition Opportunity: Grace Cossington Smith Gallery
The Grace Cossington Smith Gallery is calling for proposals for solo and group exhibitions in 2027, welcoming submissions from emerging and established artists and curators. With a focus on contemporary…
Queensland Regional Art Awards 2026
Entries are now open for the 2026 Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA), Australia’s largest regional art awards program for artists living in regional, rural and remote Queensland. With a total…
Tokyo Biennale 2027: Social Dive
The Tokyo Biennale 2027 Social Dive Open Call invites artists, curators, researchers, collectives and practitioners from Japan and around the world to propose projects responding to the theme “From ‘Me’…
Women in Print
Impress Art invites women printmakers to take part in Women in Print, a two-week celebration of women working in printmaking. Artists are invited to submit recent or historical work that…
Dobell Drawing Prize
Applications are now open for the 25th Dobell Drawing Prize, Australia’s leading biennial award dedicated to drawing, celebrating excellence in technique, innovation and expanded contemporary drawing practice. Presented by the…
Australian Coin Review: Coin Design Competition
Australian Coin Review is inviting artists and designers from across Australia to enter its 2027 Coin Design Competition, offering a AUD $50,000 first prize for a new Australian coin design.…
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award
Entries are now open for the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award 2026, a biennial $50,000 non-acquisitive award celebrating excellence in realistic portrait painting. Presented by the South East Centre for…
Kilgour Prize 2027
Entries are now open for the Kilgour Prize 2027, one of Australia’s leading annual awards for figurative and portrait painting. Presented by Newcastle Art Gallery, the non-acquisitive prize awards AUD…
South Side Festival Artist Commission
Expressions of Interest are now open for the 2027 South Side Festival Artist Commission, presented by Frankston City Council. Now in its sixth year, South Side Festival is a ten-day…
Kangaroo Valley Art Prize
Entries are now open for the Kangaroo Valley Art Prize 2026, a national art prize presented as part of the Visual Arts in the Valley Festival. Offering a total prize…
M16 Artspace: Drawing Prize 2026
Entries are now open for the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2026, a national award celebrating the diversity and innovation of contemporary drawing practice. Established in 2006, the annual prize welcomes…
ANAT: Synapse Residency Program 2027
Applications are now open for the 2027 ANAT Synapse Residency Program, supporting Australian artists to undertake a creative research residency in partnership with a leading Australian research organisation. The program…
LOOKOUT @ QUT Art Museum
QUT Art Museum is inviting applications for LOOKOUT, an exhibition program showcasing the research and creative practice of QUT students. Open to projects across visual art, design, research and interdisciplinary…
Land Street Gallery: Exhibition Applications Open
Land Street Gallery is calling for applications for solo and group exhibitions from May through to December 2026. Artists, performers, and curators across all disciplines and career stages are invited…
artisan: August Workshop Series
artisan continues its new workshop program at The Parlour within the State Library of Queensland, offering a series of hands-on creative workshops led by Queensland artists, makers and designers. Following…
Metropolitan Fukujusou Artist Residency
Applications are open for the Metropolitan Fukujusou Artist Residency, a Kyoto-based international residency offering artists the opportunity to live and work within a 200-year-old traditional Kyo-Machiya townhouse. Designed for artists…
Evelyn Chapman Art Award 2026
Entries are now open for the Evelyn Chapman Art Award 2026, a prestigious biennial award supporting the professional development of emerging Australian painters. Presented by the S.H. Ervin Gallery, the…
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…
Innovate Grant: Summer 2026
Applications are now open for the Innovate Grant Summer 2026 funding round, supporting emerging and established visual artists and photographers worldwide. Each quarter, Innovate Grant awards two unrestricted grants of…
Workshop with Deborah Kelly
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WHEN : 8 & 9th June, 2:00 – 5:00pm WHERE : The Hangar – Lower 151 Musgrave Road, Red Hill COST : $50/$30,(Cash only, includes materials ) Bookings essential, limited spaces. Email: info@levelari.org With readings, investigation and encounter, come join this ongoing experiment in collective consideration and social art making.…
2012 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award
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WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 8th June The FAC Print Award, Australia’s leading printmaking award, is an annual feature of the curated exhibition program and promises a vital overview of contemporary printmaking. Established and emerging artists are presented in the Print Award exhibition, which attracts thousands of visitors each…
19th International Symposium on Electronic Art - Call Out
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WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 8th June, 2012 ISEA2013 will consist of exhibitions, performances, symposium and public events to be held in Sydney from the Friday 7th of June until Sunday 16th of June 2013. It will also support residencies and associated events throughout regional NSW and across Australia…
GOMA TALKS : Nationhood - Who creates cultural identity?
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WHEN : 7th June, 6:30pm WHERE : GOMA CINEMA A, GOMA Exploring the diverse cultural expressions of women in the context of contemporary debates about an ‘Australian’ national identity. View the live webcast of GOMA Talks on our website http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/webcast and tweet your comments, feedback and questions to the panel…
art/work: career pathways in the visual arts
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WHEN : 6th June, 6pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Senior secondary students interested in a career in the visual arts are invited to come along to this free information session. Hear from four young QUT graduates, Sam Cranstoun, Rachael Parsons, Pia Robinson and Tess Maunder, as they chart the…
The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists
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WHAT : Scholarship DEADLINE : 5th June, 2012 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. Notification: Two months following the…
AAA Art Prize 2012
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WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 1st June, 2012 The Arts Access Australia Art Prize is a new national art prize for artists with disability.The prize is non-acquisitive and will focus on a different art form each year. For the first prize in 2012, the focus will be on small…
Memefest Festival of Socially responsive Communication and Art 2012.
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WHAT : Call For Applications Memefest DEADLINE : May 31, 2012. Memefest, an international organization dedicated to promoting new, productive and relevant forms of cultural activism, together with the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, this year introduces the Memefest/Griffith-QCA award for ‘Imaginative Critical Intervention’. This award invites cultural activists,…
Tin Sheds' Curate/Innovate Grant
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WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 30th May, 2012 Tin Sheds is pleased to announce the third round of the Curate/Innovate Grant, offered to help encourage curatorial practice in Australia. The emphasis is on innovative practice that challenges our perceptions of the gallery space. We therefore encourage applicants to think…
The Where and When of Photography
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WHEN : 30th May,5.30 pm drinks for a 6 pm start WHERE : Griffith University Art Gallery, Queensland College of Art, 226 Grey St. South Bank Griffith University Art Gallery Public Programs presents:’The When and Where of Photography.’ An informal discussion on authenticity, representation, performativity and duplicability in contemporary photography…
Insurance for Artists Seminar
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WHEN : 23rd May, 2pm – 4pm WHERE : Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley Insurance for visual artists, crafts people and designers What is it? How does it work? Why should you have it? Greg Naulty of Local Community Insurance Services will explain the…
GIRRL Symposium: Excess of Sound
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WHEN : 19th May, 9:00am – 1:00pm WHERE : Glass House – QUT GIRRL is an international organization supporting and encouraging new work by women who are working in the sonic and digital arts. On 19th May 2012 GIRRL in connection with Queensland University of Technology is hosting a symposium…
Emerging Curators’ Intensive
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WHAT : Call For Applications DEADLINE : 14th May 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is pleased to announce the introduction of its Emerging Curators’ Intensive, a new initiative developed by 4A to encourage professional advancement amongst emerging curators with an interest in curatorial practice within the Asian contemporary art…
Public Seminar: ANIMAL/HUMAN
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WHEN : 11th May, 4.30 – 6.30pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum Before the opening of the exhibition ANIMAL/HUMAN, please join our seminar exploring how artists represent and question our relationship with animals in contemporary visual art and screen culture. Chaired by Professor Gay Hawkins, Centre for Critical and Cultural…
The Churchie - National Emerging Art Prize
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WHAT : Call For Entries DEADLINE : 11th May 2012 is a momentous year for ‘the churchie’. It marks 25 years of showcasing new and emerging artists from around Australia since the award was first held by the Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) in 1987 in Brisbane. Since then the…
The John Fries Memorial Prize for emerging visual artists
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WHAT : Call for Entries DEADLINE : 5pm Monday 4 June 2012. Entries are now open for the 2012 John Fries Memorial Prize for emerging visual artists – an annual non-aquisitive award of $10,000. If you are a practicing artist and a resident in Australia or New Zealand who is…
Internship Opportunity
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WHAT : Call For EOI DEADLINE : 11th May Online Interns ArtsHub is looking for interns interested in helping us publish major arts events on our website. If you are currently studying multimedia and plan to work in an online producing capacity, then this role would be a great experience.…
A National Design Policy for Australia
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WHEN : 8th May, 7:30am – 9:30am WHERE : State Library Queensland The Queensland Design Council, the Integrated Design Commission of South Australia and the design sector, through the Australian Design Alliance, agree that it is critical to have a national response to design. This forum examines what a national…
‘Contemporary Australia: Women’ artist talk
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WHEN : 5th May 2.30pm WHERE : Gallery 1.1 GOMA Judy Watson, Brisbane based artist,used the histories of Queensland frontier life from the point of view of five generations of Indigenous women in her family to create her installation In our Skin 2012, on display as part of ‘Contemporary Australia:…
Future Generation Art Prize
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WHAT : Call For Entries DEADLINE : 6th May, 2012 The Future Generation Art Prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a worldwide contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. The Prize will be a major contribution to the open…
Art of Tapestry
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WHEN : 3rd May, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : IMA Cheryl Thornton, from Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, talks about their collaborations with artists, including David Noonan, Yvonne Todd, and Jon Cattapan.
Public Art Opportunity - Brisbane Airport
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WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 4th May, 2012 Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) invites artists/designers to submit an Expression of Interest for the creation of a Landmark Entry Statement for Brisbane Airport. Respondents are asked to express their interest by submitting a portfolio and statement of approach according to the…
Lethbridge 10 000
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WHAT : Art Award DEADLINE : 4th May, 2012 Now in its third year, the Lethbridge 10 000 is an exciting art competition open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit 2D artworks up to 60cm in any direction. The judging is based on three equally…
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,…