submissions are open for International Art Prize for painting, printmaking and drawing
Works on paper need to be framed
entries close 11 February
ENTRY FEE £6.50
First Prize
£6,000 + £2,000 art materials
Jackson’s Choice Awards (x5)
£1,000 art materials each
Judge’s Choice Awards (x6)
£1,000 art materials each
People’s Choice Award
£1,000 art materials
Acquisitive Award $20,000
for the Burwood Council Collection. This year also marks an exciting new partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art.
THEME: I AM HERE
Celebrating Cultural Narratives and Perspectives.
The 2026 theme I AM HERE invites artists to consider ideas of presence, identity and place in their work. It acknowledges the role of cultural identity, lived experience and community in contemporary multicultural Australia and will guide the selection and presentation of works in the 2026 Burwood Art Prize exhibition.
Artists are encouraged to interpret this statement as an invitation to explore how art can facilitate dialogue and connect audiences with the different experiences that inform our sense of community.
Entries close 5pm Monday 16 March
exhibition dates 25 May-8 June
works on paper max size 100x100cm including frame
BIENNIAL NATIONAL PRINT & DRAWING
ACQUISITIVE AWARDS
$20,000
ENTRIES CLOSE 17 MAY 2026
for more information
https://www.swanhillregionalartgallery.com.au/Whats-on/Print-Drawing-Awards.aspx
Murray and Burgess, POTENCY 2026 charcoal, ink 1.5x20m
Sydney Printmakers member Ro Murray is part of the collaboration Murray and Burgess.
They have a pop-up show POTENCY this weekend at Drawspace, 31A Enmore Road, Newtown.
Open 11-5pm Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 January
33 charcoal portraits older Australian woman artists
Murray + Burgess claim back the power of age. They declare the value and presence of women artists late in their lives.
Artists are invited to enter the St Columba’s Art Prize with over $16,000 in prizes, its a chance to showcase your work.
CLOSING DATE MARCH 3, 2026
EXHIBITION DATES 1-6 MAY 2026
All mediums are accepted including printmaking, and except digital.
Size limit of framed work is 150cm in any direction.
For more details see
ttps://www.artshub.com.au/opportunity/st-columbas-art-prize-2026-2829346/
Allen Larkin would like to purchase a Poco or an Asbern Proof press – they have teeth on the bed plate and roller which moves the bed plate, similar to how Eickhoff works.
Please contact: Allen Larkin M 0409460378 allen@gr8.com.au
Roz Kean has been interviewed in a podcast about her time in Japan researching the practice of Mokuhanga printmaking.
Canadian based Andre Zadoronzy has been producing an international series of podcasts called The Unfinished Print ,focused on the practice of Mokuhanga ( Japanese Traditional Woodblock Printing with pigment and water)
https://theunfinishedprint.libsyn.com/roslyn-kean-printmaker-the-spectrum-of-colours-that-exist
Hildav Professional Etching Press
With double Gear Reduction Drive, Heavy Duty Shaft and Bearings.
Can be used for Etching, Wood Block, Lino Printing, Monoprinting and Embossing.
Model 28-54
Bed Size 711 x 1,370 mm
Steel bed thickness 707mm
Appox. Weight 400 kg
A beautiful press in great condition
$7000. Negotiable
Comes with blankets
The press is housed at Leichhardt. I can provide details of someone to transport it if needed.
Contact: Janet – 0468822562
Sydney Printmaker members Nathalie Gautier-Hartog and Ro Murray at the opening of WAMA Works on Paper Environment Prize 2025.
The major acquisitive prize was awarded to Kate Gorringe-Smith, and three awards of excellence were presented to Deanne Gilson, Delores Skowronski and Ro Murray by the Judges Dr Jacqueline Healy, Dr Vicki Couzens, Suzanne Davies and Anne Virgo.
NATHALIE GAUTIER-HARTOG Hawkesbury River 2025 letterpress and rizzo printing, 90x160cm
You can visit the exhibition in person at WAMA’s newly opened National Centre for Environmental Art 4000 Ararat-Halls Gap Rd, Halls Gap, Victoria.
Thursday – Sunday 10am – 5pm until 16 March 2026
View + Vote: https://artprize.wamafoundation.com.au/
entries close 2 February 2026
Exhibition dates 19 March -23 May 2026, Launch 21 March
PRIZES: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), and Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive)