Lea Kannar Lichtenberger has won the Greenway Art Prize with her work Mangrove Series V – Beyond the Light.
The GreenWay Art Prize celebrates the environment, creativity & community spirit of the Inner West and profiles the work of outstanding new and emerging artists as well as established
She is also a finalist in the Heysen Landscape Prize in SA with another drawing of mangroves, Mangrove Series IV – Into the Light.
The Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art (NPCA) is awarded every two years and is open to emerging and established artists working in any medium across Australia.
The competition includes four monetary prizes:
The Open Prize and the Local Prize are acquisitive. This means that the winning artworks become part of the Nillumbik Shire Art Collection.
The submitted artworks will be shortlisted by judges:
The winners will then be selected by a separate judging panel including:
Entries for the 2023 NPCA Prize responding to the theme ‘Future‘ are now open.
Please read the Conditions of Entry(PDF, 881KB).
The NPCA is presented in association with Montsalvat.
Entries close on 14 November 2022. Enter here
Entries are now open for the 22/23 Blacktown City Art Prize.
The Blacktown City Art Prize is a much loved, open-themed annual art prize and exhibition presented at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre. Now in its 27th year, our Prize has built a reputation for showcasing the creativity of the region and providing emerging and established visual artists the opportunity to exhibit their work.
Artists across Australia are invited to submit work spanning drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photo media and mixed-media.
In 2021 there were 560 entries, with 110 finalists being exhibited at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre. Finalists’ work will be presented in a major exhibition at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre and will open our 2023 exhibition program.
Enter here: https://blacktownarts.com.au/bcap/
PRIZES
Blacktown City Art Prize: $15,000 (acquisitive)
Aboriginal Artist Prize: $2,000
Local Artist Prize: $2,000
People’s Choice Prize: $1,000
The Aboriginal Artist Prize is open to finalists who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background.
Contact: email: artscentre@blacktown.nsw.gov.au
Seong Cho, Ben Rak and Roslyn Kean have been selected as finalists in the Gosford Art Prize.
Opening Friday 19 August 2022, from 6pm.
Exhibition dates 20 August – 23 October 2022.
A number of members of Sydney Printmakers have been selected as finalists in this years prize: Susan Baran, Danielle Creenaune, Salvatore Gerardi, Roslyn Kean, Ben Rak, Wendy Stokes and Andrew Totman. Congratulations to all!
The exhibition opens on the second of September.
The theme for the prize is ‘The Vessel: contained within and moving between’. In working with the theme, we invite artists to explore literal or lateral translations of the vessel, exploring the notions of, but not limited to the power to hold, containment, passage, memory as well as the vessel in relation to life, water and place.
The Lake Art Prize 2022 has a $25,000 acquisitive prize pool to acquire works for the MAC yapang collection. Finalist’s works will be on view at MAC yapang in the Lake Art Prize 2022 finalist exhibition from 24 September – 11 December 2022.
MAC yapang sits upon the Awabakal Country in which Awaba, the Lake, is contained. As water is an integral part of our direct landscape it is also an ongoing theme in the exhibition programming and collection strategy.
Applications are to be submitted in a two step process, outlined below. Please complete both steps prior to the application closing date to ensure the validity of your entry.
1. Complete the online application form
2. Pay your $35 entry fee. The online payment form will be available soon and artists who have completed their submission will be notified by email. You can also pay with cash or card at the MAC yapang front desk, 9am – 3pm Tuesday – Sunday. Remember to note down your Smartygrants submission number.
Calling for contemporary visual artwork – painting in any medium, drawing, printmaking, digital, photographic and video art, textile and fabric art, collage, multi-media and new media – no theme – emerging and established Australian artists.
Entry Fee: $30/entry, limit two – Commission: 25%
Key People:
Curator: Megan Monte, director, Ngununggula National Trust and State Gallery at Retford Park
Judges: Sophie O’Brien, curator, Bundanon Art Museum and Jane Watters, Director, SH Ervin Gallery
Special Advisor: Rex Irwin, international art dealer
ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Open 25 July
Close 19 August 5pm
Apply now!
Key Dates:
Entries open 25 July
Entries close 19 August 5pm
Finalists announced 5 September
Exhibition dates: 30 September – 3 October in Kangaroo Valley
After a two-year hiatus, the Hornsby Art Prize (HAP) returns in 2022 for its 11th edition. HAP is calling all artists living in Australia. There are 5 categories: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Digital art stills, 3D works. All art works must be original, have been produced within the last 2 years (2020 and 2022) and never been exhibited before. The Prize encourages emerging artists residents of Hornsby to enter a dedicated category supporting new careers.
The overall prize pool is $23,000. First prize is $10,000. The exhibition is selected and adjudicated by an appointed panel of 3 judges.
Key dates:
Competition entries closes Sunday 31 July
Finalists announced 12 September
Hornsby Art Prize Exhibition 19 – 30 October.
Congratulations to Lea Kannar Lichtenberger and to Carolyn McKenzie Craig, both finalists in the Ravenswood Art Prize.
2022 is an exciting year for the St Kevin’s Art Show as we launch our new name, Omnia Art Prize, and increase the major non-acquisitive prize to $15,000.
It’s a positive move for this much-loved art show, helping to cement its position as a premier art award that builds on its long and successful history.
Each year we invite established and emerging Australian artists to submit (through our online application) up to three contemporary works of art. The total prize pool available across three categories is $19,500.
There are three prizes on offer which are awarded by a guest judge:
Note: Works on paper are eligible to be considered for the Major Prize and the Brother McCarthy Award so artists should not be discouraged from entering smaller works.
Entries open: 21 March
Applications close: 22 April
Selection notification: 6 May
Artwork delivery: 20-21 May
Gala opening night: 27 May
Exhibition: 27 May – 30 May
Artwork collection: 30 May 4-7pm & 31 May 9-4pm
Enquiries: FriendsofArt@stkevins.vic.edu.au
Enter HERE