National Works on Paper Award 2022: Entries Now Open

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Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

NWOP supports and promotes Australian artists working on or with paper. With a long and rich history, NWOP attracts leading contemporary artists from across Australia working in the fields of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture. Up to $60,000 awards and acquisitions.

Important dates:

Entries open: 13 January

Entries close: 11.59pm, Friday 8 April 2022

Finalists announced: Tuesday 3 May 2022

2022 National Works on Paper judges:

  • Clothilde Bullen, Head of Indigenous Programs and Initiatives and Curator of Indigenous Art, AGWA
  • Max Delany, Artistic Director and CEO, ACCA
  • Jenna Lee, NWOP finalist 2020, Board of Directors, Craft Victoria
  • Danny Lacy, Senior Curator/Artistic Director, MPRG

Enter Here: Enter by 8 April

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2021

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The exhibition, having been delayed due to COVID, will finally be open from 22 Jan 2022 – 27 Mar 2022. There will be no Opening function.

Sydney Printmakers members represented in the show are Danielle Creenaune, Roslyn Kean, Laura Stark and Anne Starling.

Libris Awards, Entries now Open

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Dianne FOGWELL Inferno 2020, linocut, woodcut, and burnt drawings, 79.5 x 27.5 x 3 cm. Images: Jim Cullen Photographer (Winner, 2020)

Entries now open, click here to enter.

Entries are open 30 November 2021 – 5 January 2022.

Key Dates:

  • Entries open Tuesday, 30 November 2021 to 3pm Wednesday, 5 January 2022
  • Shortlist announcements on Monday, 31 January 2022
  • Awards announcement and exhibition launch on Saturday, 9 April 2022
  • Exhibition open Saturday, 9 April 2022 to Sunday, 19 June 2022

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Swan Hill Acquisitive Print and Drawing Awards 2022

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With the New Year approaching, it’s time to turn our minds to upcoming opportunities for 2022. There’s plenty of time to make work for the Swan Hill Print and Drawing Awards.

More information will be posted here as it becomes available.

Call out for entries

$16,000 prize

The mission of the 2022 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards is to promote excellence in Australian prints and drawings; present an exhibition of contemporary Australian prints and drawings, and continue to build a high quality collection for Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery.

Important dates

Entries open onlineMonday, 3 January 2022
Entries closeMidnight, 19 June 2022
Announcement of finalists15 July 2022
Launch2 September 2022
Announcement of winners2 September 2022
Entry fee$45

Judges

  • Vanessa Gerrans – Director, Warrnambool Art Gallery
  • Dr. Thomas A Middlemost – Art Curator, Charles Sturt University Art Collection

Image: Carolyn Craig – Words between Bodies (swearing as a social capital), detail laser etched wood x 2, 3D printed objects – winner of print award 2020

Print Council Call for Entries in the Print Commission.

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Enter the Print Commission 2022!
Entries Due 5pm 15 February, 2022  For over 50 years the Print Council of Australia has invited contemporary artists to create new editions of original prints for our annual Print Commission.

Works created for the Commission are acquired by collections and subscribers across Australia and internationally. This year the artist payment has increased to $1000 for each selected artist, and they also receive an artist proof of each of the Print Commission 2022 prints!

Enter the Print Commission for a chance to join the illustrious lineage of commission artists. 
Judges Announced
The Print Commission 2022 will be judged by Robert Heather (Executive Director – Art Gallery Society of NSW) and Akky van Ogtrop (President – Print Council of Australia). 

Image: Anita Laurence, Mullinmur Billabong, linocut, edition of 30. Print Commission 2021

Enter the Print Commission 2022
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Join Sydney Printmakers!

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It’s been some time since we have been able to make a call for new members, but we are now ready to accept your submissions. Please give it a go if you would like to be considered for membership of our thriving organisation.

All the information you need is HERE

Applications close on Friday 4th February 2022, so there’s plenty of time to get things together.

WorldWide Prints, continuing exhibitions.

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Luciano Rossetto, President of Associazione Nazionale Incisori Contemporanei, has encouraged us to enter work for this exhibition opportunity.

Members of Sydney Printmakers have been invited to participate in the project WorldWide Prints, launched a couple of years ago and that will last for several years. There were two exhibitions for this project planned in 2020, but they were cancelled because of Covid-19. Now they are planned for spring 2022. At the moment there are about 450 artists participating with more than 800 prints from 60 Countries, but only 4 artists from Australia. You can see the Countries, the artists and the prints participating so far, on the website at https://www.incisoricontemporanei.it/sezioni/Collections_1220.htm

The project description with instructions on how to participate can be downloaded from https://www.incisoricontemporanei.it/en/articles/Project-Description_1181.htm

Your entry must be marked Printed Matter No Commercial Value.

There is no set deadline.

For any questions please feel free to contact us at  wwprintmaking@gmail.com