Enter This Year For Opportunities Next Year

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The 48th Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award exhibition will be celebrated throughout our galleries in 2027. As one of the country’s most respected and longest-running print prizes, the Award celebrates bold, thoughtful and ambitious work made through any print process.

FOR MORE https://wfac.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/WFACPA27_Terms-and-Conditions_Final.pdf

Entries close 11 January 2027

Exhibition Vernon British Columbia

Dates March 19 to May 19, 2027

Northern Beaches Artist Book Award

Entries close 7 December

Exhibition: Saturday 10 April to Sunday 2 May 2027

MORE INFO https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/library/whats/adults-and-seniors/artists-book-award

Ravenswood Australian Women’s Artist Prize

  • Entries open Wednesday 4 November 2026
  • Entries close Wednesday 10 February 2027 at 12.00pm AEDT
  • Finalists announced on Wednesday 31 March 2027
  • Opening Night (proudly presented by Taylor) on Friday 14 May 2027
  • Exhibition of Finalists on Saturday 15 May – Sunday 30 May 2027

Poimena Art Prize For Abstraction Launceston

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A non-acquisitive prize of $15,000

Presented at Poimena Gallery Launceston Grammar, the prize invites artists from across Australia and New Zealand to submit two-dimensional works that engage with abstraction in its many forms; spanning painting, photography, printmaking, and expanded media. The finished work must not exceed 120cm in either length or width, inclusive of frame. Low-relief artworks, in which materials protrude from a flat background to a depth of no more than 15cm, are also eligible.

Each iteration of the prize is guided by a single thematic prompt word. For the inaugural prize, the word is SHIFT – an open conceptual point of departure encouraging artists to explore convergence, integration, and transformation through material, process, and spatial relationships. Rather than prescribing interpretation, the prompt is intended to generate diverse responses and stimulate dialogue around the possibilities of abstraction.

Entries close 6pm Friday 15 January 2027

more information https://www.poimenaartprize.com/#:~:text=12%20March%202027

Congratulations to Sydney Printmakers Selected as Finalists

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Lane Cove Art Prize selected members Anthea Boesenberg, Anna Russel and Andrew Totman 18 September -3 October at Gallery Lane Cove

Anthea Boesenberg Droppeth as the gentle Rain woodcut monotype
Anna Russell Marks of Progress, Monotype

Fishers Ghost Art Prize selected members Carolyn Craig, Nathalie Gautier-Hartog, Ro Murray, on show from 26 September to 16 December,

Prizes announced 30 October, at Campbelltown Art Centre

Hornsby Art Prize selected members Carolyn Craig, Graham Marchant, Ro Murray

Ro Murray View of Pelican Island IV 2026 lino print 57x96cm

Opens 16 October until 1 November 2026

at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby

the group show The Event of a Thread at Gallery

at Cossington Smith Gallery, Abbotsleigh Wahroonga

includes members Helen Morgan and Lois Waters

Lois Waters Warp 6 2025, Etching ink kozo on board 30×20.8×2.2cm.
Photo credit Brenton Smith

Please join them on 2-4pm Saturday, 10 October 2026

to be officially opened by Dr Sylvia Griffin, Artist/Curator

Opportunities: Pymble And Firestation

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The Pymble Values Art Prize

for female artists

an acquisitive $30,000 prize, with the theme COURAGE

CLOSES 2 October

MORE INFO https://events.humanitix.com/pymble-values-art-prize-2026

Artwork: Andrew Totman, Fi re and Ice, Monotype Multi Drop, WINNER 2025

Firestation Print Studio Australian Biennial Monoprint Prize, Armadale Victoria

ENTRIES OPEN 1 OCTOBER

AND CLOSES 27 FEBRUARY 2027

Members News

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Congratulations to members Mark Rowden, Wendy Stokes and Ro Murray.

Mark Rowden Self Portrait , selected for Gallery One Smallacombe Self Portrait Prize 2026.

Exhibition 28 Aug-23 Sept

Mark Rowden Quiet Country, selected for 9×5 Landscape Art Prize 2026

Wendy Stokes Retracing Memory, Giverny progresso coloured pencil and pastel on paper, 70x50cm. Selected for the Kedumba Drawing Award 2026, 22 Aug-27 Sept Kedumba Gallery Wentworth Falls.

Ro Murray (collaborative drawing with Mandy Burgess) PASSION (detail) 2026, Charcoal and ink mural on Fabriano, 150x1900cm. In the group exhibition UNRuly at M16 Artspace Canberra.

Artist Talks on the last day, 3pm 23 August.

Opportunities: The Dobell & The Perry Drawing Prizes, Defiance Award, Umbrella’s International Biennial

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24th Dobell Drawing Prize Winner, Rosemary Lee with NAS Director & CEO Dr Kirsten Sharp

25th Dobell Drawing Prize closes 5pm Monday 14 September, finalists announced 20 November

ENTER HERE https://nas.edu.au/whats-on/news/25th-dobell-drawing-prize-entry-form

The Perry Drawing Prize 2027, $25,000 acquisitive art award opens soon

2026 Perry Prize Winner Shannon Field Unnatural History (Bat Blue) detail, charcoal and oil paint stick

The Defiance Award 2026 for painting and sculpture, closes 7 October

MORE https://www.thedefianceaward.com/opportunities-for-painters

A call for Submissions in traditional and digital print media to

Umbrella’s 13th International Biennial

COMPACT PRINTS

FOR EXHIBITION, EXCHANGE AND AUCTION

MORE https://www.umbrella.org.au/exhibitions/compact-prints-wzt7sw/cp-apply

Register by 9 October

deadline 30 August

MORE https://www.re-printmakers.com/international-original-print-exhibition/

Congratulations To Members Selected Finalists in the Gosford Art Prize and Northern Beaches Environment Award

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Out of a record 1518 submissions made to Gosford Art Prize, 148 artworks were selected, including those by Gary Shinfield, Roz Kean, Rew Hanks and Carolyn Craig. This years judges were Dean Cross and Sally Dan -Cuthbert.

The Awards presentation and exhibition Opening Night Event is on Friday 25 September 6pm.

Nathalie Gautier-Hartog Hawkesbury River 2025 Letter press on Rizograph print

And selected finalist Northern Beaches Environment Awards were Nathalie Gautier-Hartog and Roz Kean

Roz Kean also has her exhibition THE SPACE BETWEEN at Belco Arts Canberra celebrating her printmaking 1976-2026 London, Toyko, Canberra and Sydney. OPENING 6pm Friday 28 August until 11 October 2026

Opportunities For Members: Call for Prints & Prizes

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Print by Yolande Oakley.

The Print Council of Australia has an OPEN CALL for prints to join the Overwintering Project Print Portfolio for a major exhibition at La Trobe Regional Gallery 13 March-20 June 2027.

for more info https://www.theoverwinteringproject.com/

Willoughby Emerging Art Prize entries open CLOSES 30 AUGUST

for more T&CS, the definition of emerging VISIT

https://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Community/Arts-and-culture/Visual-arts/Willoughby-Emerging-Art-Prize

CLOSES SUNDAY 2 AUGUST 2026

ENTER NOW https://lanecoveartsociety.com.au/the-lane-cove-art-award/

M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2026 Entries Open

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Surya Bajracharaya Margaret and Fraser Fair, 2025 charcoal 61x80cm. Winner 2025 M16 Drawing Prize

$10,000 drawing prize closes 4 October 2026

framed or mounted works are not acceptable

check T&C https://www.m16artspace.com.au/2026-drawing-prize

Can I submit a ‘painting’ to the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize? How do you define drawing?

Absolutely. The M16 Artspace Drawing Prize is open to a wide range of art forms, including both traditional drawing media and techniques, as well as innovative non-traditional works that push the boundaries of what drawing can be within contemporary art practice.

While the prize is named the ‘Drawing Prize,’ we encourage artists to interpret ‘drawing’ broadly. You can submit works that may be classified as paintings or other art forms if they align with your interpretation of drawing within contemporary art. We are interested in exploring the expansive and evolving definition of drawing.

Jenny Herbert Smith Through the quarries with a hop, skip and a jump 2024, steel. Finalist 2025

The 2026 judges are Michelle Cawthorn, Dean Cross, Terence Maloon

exhibition Saturday 21 November -13 December 2026