Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize Call for Entries

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The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is an annual acquisitive prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in Australia. 

There are three prize categories – the Professional Artist Prize of $35,000, the Emerging Artist Prize of $5,000 and the Indigenous Emerging Artist Prize of $5,000. 

There is also a People’s Choice Award of $2,000 plus an art pack valued at $500.

Artists are asked to enter an artwork that best reflects their art practice – there is no theme.

Artwork judging is overseen by Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize Patron and acclaimed artist, Jennifer Turpin.

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2024 Ravenswood Australian 
Women’s Art Prize

Entries open 14 November 2023

Entries close 14 February 2024

Finalists announced 26 March 2024

Opening Night 10 May 2024

Exhibition 11 – 26 May 2024

North Sydney Art Prize: Call for Entries

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The North Sydney Art Prize is a major biennial art event showcasing some of the best in contemporary art by emerging, mid-career and established artists from across Australia. Artists are invited to submit entries for the exhibition which will be held in The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in Waverton NSW from 11 May – 2 June 2024. This unique site enables broad participation and accommodates the inclusion of all mediums including 2D, 3D, installation-based works and site specific work.

Finalist artworks will be displayed in the underground tunnels and chambers and other locations across the site.

The curatorial theme encourages artists to consider the overarching principles of the exhibition site at The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability. The Coal Loader Centre opened in 2011 as a major regional community resource and was transformed from an old industrial site to a place where you can be inspired by best-practice sustainable technology, community gardens, native bush nurseries and regenerated parklands. The Coal Loader showcases innovation and serves as a community hub for Council’s extensive range of environmental and sustainability programs. Located within the bushland of Balls Head Reserve and adjacent to historic Berrys Bay, The Coal Loader is a site of both remarkable industrial heritage and environmental sustainability.

Key Dates

  • Call for entries launches: Monday 9 October 2023
  • Call for entries close: Thursday 30 November 2023, 5.00pm
  • Finalists announced: Friday 19 January 2024
  • Exhibition: Saturday 11 May to Sunday 2 June 2024
  • Artwork delivery and installation: By appointment 1-3 May 2024 and 6-10 May 2024
  • Artwork collection: By appointment 3-5 June 2024

Terms and Conditions

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M16 Artspace Drawing Prize: Call for Entries

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Applications for the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2023 are now open!

We are thrilled to announce the eagerly anticipated M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2023, generously sponsored by The Cogito Group. As a staple in our exhibition calendar since 2006, this prestigious competition attracts hundreds of entries from across Australia and internationally.

About 

The M16 Artspace Drawing Prize invites submissions in both traditional drawing media and techniques, as well as innovative non-traditional works that extend the understanding of what drawing may be within contemporary art practice. 

Key Dates:

Entries open: NOW

Entries close: 11:59 Sunday October 15th 2023

Finalists announced: Friday, November 3rd 2023

Artwork delivery deadline: Friday, November 17th 2023

Exhibition opening and prize announcements: Saturday, November 25th. 6pm-8pm.

Exhibition closes: Sunday, December 10th

Entries

Please read the full Conditions of Entry before entering, as they change every year.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

How to enter

Complete the online entry form via the link below!

You will receive a confirmation email if your entry was submitted successfully. No hard copy entries will be accepted.
Payment is to be made online at the time of completing the entry form.

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Call for Entries: Darebin Art Prize

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Applications closing Friday 15 September 2023, 1pm
Calling visual artists across Australia! The Dare-bin Art Prize is back in 2024 celebrating the outstanding work of contemporary Australian artists. The Darebin Art Prize is a national multi-medium acquisitive art prize awarding excellence in contemporary visual art.This leading exhibition brings contemporary artwork together across all media, from painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and craft, through to video art and more. 

The Darebin Art Prize will be exhibited at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 10 January to 23 March 2024. 

PRIZES
Participating artists are eligible to win the following prizes:
First Prize (Acquisitive) $10,000
People’s Choice Award (Non-acquisitive) $1000
JUDGES:
Dr Shelley McSpedden | Senior Curator at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Moorina Bonini | Artist, PhD candidate with Wominjeka Djeembana Research Lab at Monash University.
Sarah Werkmeister | Curator at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. 

 For more details and to apply, visit our website HERE

Big Ci Environmental Art Award

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International and Australian artists from various fields – visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, film making, curating – are invited to submit entries for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2023. The winning artists will have an opportunity to explore the Wollemi, the Blue Mountains and the Gardens of Stone National Parks on guided walks and will be given research assistance relevant to their projects. At the end of their residencies, they will present their work at a BigCi Open Day event.

International Mokuhanga Conference Call for Entries

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

木版画と和紙　ー継承と革新
Inheritance & Innovation: Mokuhanga & Washi
2024 Juried International Mokuhanga Exhibition
Echizen City, Japan

Exhibition Dates: April 4 to 8, 2024 

Inheritance & Innovation: Mokuhanga Artists Explore Japanese Paper
As one of its central events, the Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference is pleased to announce a call for entries for an exhibition of mokuhanga prints which will take place from April 4 to 8, 2024, at Imadate Art Hall, Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

The conference will focus on Japanese traditional papermaking and the innovative use of washi by contemporary mokuhanga artists. The exhibition will highlight new approaches to this historic art within the wider world of hand papermaking and contemporary art. 

Application timeline

  • APPLICATION DEADLINE Extended: September 30, 2023 (closes at 11:59 PM Mountain Time)
  • RESULTS: November 1, 2023
  • RECEIPT OF SELECTED WORKS TO JAPAN: by January 20, 2024

Judges
Nicholas Cladis, an interdisciplinary artist and papermaker in Iowa City, IA
Keiko Hara, Artist, Founder and Co-Director of Mokuhanga Project Space, Walla Walla, WA
Allison Tolman, The Tolman Collection Tokyo/New York
Annu Vertanen, Artist/ Professor, Academy of Fine Arts / Finland

Application Requirements

Application guidelines

This exhibition is open to artists worldwide. We invite applicants to submit up to three prints created within the last three years. All works must be water-based woodblock (mokuhanga) printed on Japanese paper (washi). Mixed media works are eligible but must have water-based woodcut as a major component of the work. Prints can be on machine made or handmade washi. Applicants should include the name of the washi in their application.

NUMBER OF ENTRIES:
1 – 3 works per artist, from which 1 work may be selected.
 
CONDITION:Mokuhanga prints on Japanese washi, created in the last three years
MAXIMUM PAPER SIZES:Maximum size is Masaban: 55 x 44 centimeters (21 x 17 inches)
SCREENING:By jpeg. Max size 2 MB.
 
ENTRY FEE:US $35 via PayPal or credit card. The fee is nonrefundable.*
 
SHIPPING & RETURN OF PRINTS:ACCEPTED ARTWORKS:  Ship by Tube or Flat (no mat or frame)

ARTWORK RETURN OPTIONS: :

1) Pick up work at the Conference

2) For return shipping the fee is JP¥2000 ($15.00), payable to IMA through Paypal upon receiving acceptance letter.

3) Option to donate your print to the International Mokuhanga Association, supporting IMA’s mission and programs through their fundraising efforts.
 

A list of artists selected for the Juried Exhibition 2024 in Japan will be posted on the IMA website: http://2024.mokuhanga.org.
* This is an opportunity to participate in a highly regarded international exhibition that will be attended by many serious professionals. The fee will be used to cover the costs of jurying online, professional installation, and documentation that will be available on the conference website

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Fisher’s Ghost Art Award Call for Entries

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Entries Now open!

Entries Close 4pm, Friday 1 September 2023

The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is an annual art award and exhibition inviting artists to submit works in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. Now in its 61st year, across the categories there is over $60,000 in prize money to be won. In 2023, the celebrated Open Award, which is acquisitive to Campbelltown City Council collection, is valued at $50,000.

Up to two artworks can be entered in the different categories with exhibition finalists selected by a panel and judged by three industry professionals who will collectively choose the winners for each category and award. All Primary and Secondary students may enter one artwork and will be automatic finalists for exhibition. 

Over the years, the Open Award has been awarded to some of Australia’s most respected contemporary artists including Elisabeth Cummings, Khaled Sabsabi, Justene Williams, David Bromley, Marion Borgelt, Raquel Ormella, Tina Havelock Stevens, Kuba Dorabialski, Robert Fielding and most recently, Michael Cook.

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Call for Entries: Colin Holden Print Commission

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Entries Close 28th August, 2023  

The Colin Holden Print Commission is a new opportunity for tertiary students currently enrolled in visual or fine arts at TAFE or university in Australia to create an original print edition for the Print Council of Australia.

Commissioned students will receive $1000, printmaking paper, and their work will be promoted and launched at the Print Council of Australia Gallery and in IMPRINT magazine.

The PCA has been commissioning contemporary artists to make new works in print media since 1966 through the PCA Print Commission. This program has showcased some of the most talented, innovative and influential artists working in print, with institutional collections regularly acquiring prints from the annual commission.

The Colin Holden Print Commission has been specially established to encourage emerging artists engaged in tertiary study to develop and promote their printmaking.

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Megalo Artist in Residence Call for Applications

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Artist in Residence // 2024 applications now open!

Applications are now open for Megalo’s 2024 Artist in Residence program.  The annual residency program gives artists at all stages of their career access to our facilities and equipment, to make new work or experiment with ideas in the Megalo studios.
Megalo is now calling for applications for 2024 residencies to artists currently resident in Australia, including one residency for artists of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. One international residency will also be offered to an artist outside Australia.  

Applications close 31 August.   To learn more about the residency program and how to apply visit the Megalo website.
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Call for Entries: Gosford Art Prize

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Entries close Monday 24 July 2023, 4pm

The annual Gosford Art Prize has been a feature of the Gosford Regional Gallery program since the early 1970s and is a cultural highlight of our region. 

Open to practicing artists from across Australia, the prize presents the selected winner with a first prize of $15,000 with a second prize of $5,000. Other prizes include the Aboriginal Artist Prize, Gosford Ceramics Prize, Highly Commended and Viewer’s Choice Award, with a prize pool of over $26,500 to be won. 

All works can be for sale and show a breadth of excellence in practices over a range of artistic mediums.

For further information, go here:

https://www.judgify.me/gosfordartprize2023

Please enter here:

https://www.judgify.me/users/entrant_signin/11018