Wangaratta Art Gallery is now calling for entries to the $40,000 acquisitive Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award.
Marking the 9th anniversary of this nationally acclaimed biennial prize and exhibition, the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2025 will be held from 24 May – 17 August 2025. With the generous support of project partners, the Kyamba Foundation, the award celebrates the strength, innovation and diversity of Australian textile art.
Building on Wangaratta’s long and prominent history of textile manufacturing, and craft making, the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award furthers this unique tradition and social history by elevating and promoting the development of contemporary textile practice in Australia.
Two prizes are offered – a $40,000 acquisitive award and the $2,500 Ruth Amery Highly Commended non-acquisitive award. Both prizes are awarded to finalists selected for the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2025 exhibition. The $40,000 prize winner will be acquired into the Wangaratta Art Gallery Collection, owned by the Rural City of Wangaratta.
Artists working with the textile medium in any form from across Australia are invited to apply. To find out more about the award and previous winners and finalists, please visit the award page.
Key Dates
Applications close: Friday 7 March 2025, 5pm (EDT)
Applicants notified of selection: by Friday 4 April 2025
Delivery of artwork to gallery: between Monday 28 April – Friday 2 May 2025, 9am – 5pm
Official opening and award announcement: Saturday 24 May 2025, 4pm
Image: Sepideh Farzam, a Sydney based Iranian contemporary artist, was the recipient of the prestigious $40,000 acquisitive award for her work Losing Eyes for Freedom, 2023.
