
The Grace Cossington Smith Gallery invites proposals for solo and group exhibitions from emerging and established artists and curators for 2025.

Promotion of Australian printmaking and members work.



‘The Poetics of Abstraction’
Print Council of Australia
Exhibition Dates: 19 April to 10 May
Opening reception: 19 April, 5-7pm with Dr Sally Gray
Gallery Hours: 10am – 4pm Tuesday to Friday



‘The Poetics of Abstraction’
Print Council of Australia
Exhibition Dates: 19 April to 10 May
Opening reception: 19 April, 5-7pm with Dr Sally Gray
Gallery Hours: 10am – 4pm Tuesday to Friday



Jenny’s exciting new studio is now very much open for business, and she has completed the first workshops in the studio on her enormous press.
Further workshops are planned. Please go to her website for further information.

Both Carolyn Craig and Roslyn Kean have been selected as finalists in the 2024 Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize.
In addition, Roz’s image is reproduced in an article about the Mokuhanga conference in the latest issue of Printmaking Today. Roz is currently in Japan for the conference, along with Susan Rushforth and Neil Clarke.

The art prize is open to Australian residents working within any 2D medium and new media
The national acquisitive Sunshine Coast National Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D and new media arts practice in Australia. Now in its eighteenth year, the exhibition presents the remarkable finalist works by artists from across the country.
The artwork awarded with the Major Prize will be acquired into the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. A People’s Choice prize is also decided by way of public vote by exhibition visitors.

Artists from across Australia are invited to submit entries for the 2024 JADA.
Grafton Regional Gallery is pleased to announce that entries are open for the 2024 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA), artists from across Australia aged over 18 are invited to submit entries until midnight 30 June 2024.
The JADA is Australia’s richest regional drawing award. This award seeks to encourage and promote innovation and excellence in drawing, and plays a vital role in fostering Australian drawing practice. The JADA provides an opportunity for artists to further their arts career.
Over the years the JADA has documented the development of contemporary drawing practice in Australia, and has captured how drawing has changed and evolved.
At the official opening of the exhibition to be held on 27 September 2024, two prizes will be awarded. The acquisitive prize of $35,000 proudly sponsored by the Friends of Grafton Gallery (FoGG), and a non acquisitive prize of $5,000 for an Early Career Artist.
The exhibition of works by selected finalist’s will be on show at Grafton Regional Gallery from 28 September – 24 November 2024.
JADA Drawing Definition – A drawing is primarily driven by mark-making using various mediums. Submissions that include both traditional and/or contemporary approaches to achieve this are eligible for entry.
Please read the Terms and Conditions prior to entry.

Learn more HERE

| EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Applications close Friday 22 March, 11:59pm. Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is currently seeking Expressions of Interest for the 2024 Artist-in-Residence program, at Police Point Shire Park. The AiR program is open to visual artists, writers, curators, musicians and researchers to undertake a 2- to 6-week residency to engage with the site and the natural and human history of the area. Through the program, MPRG and the Mornington Peninsula Shire aim to support, exhibit and promote ambitious work.The program aims to be a catalyst for immersion, experimentation, connection, collaboration and discourse between participants and with the public. It is an opportunity to widen and strengthen Mornington Peninsula arts communities, support career development of local and emerging artists, and connect Peninsula communities to artists from further afield.Who should apply:We welcome expressions from emerging, mid-career and established artists, based locally, interstate and internationally, in all visual art forms, as well as performance, dance, music, public art, film/video, literature, scientific and/or social research, interdisciplinary arts, architecture and new media. First Nations, LGBTIQA+, culturally and linguistically diverse and artists with disability are encouraged to apply. FIND OUT MORE |