Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize: Call for Entries

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Entries now open for the 2025 Environmental Art & Design Prize 

Artists and designers from across Australia, including young people aged 7 to 18 years, are invited to submit work on the theme of the environment. 

This is your chance to be part of the conversation around climate issues and inspire a sustainable future.

A $46,000 prize pool across 4 categories:

  • $20,000 Art
  • $20,000 Design
  • 3,000 Young
  • $3,000 People’s Choice

This year’s esteemed judges are contemporary artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and design curator Keinton Butler.

Entries close 19 May.

Key dates

  • Submission deadline: Fri 19 May, 5pm
  • Finalist notification: Thu 29 May, 5pm
  • Exhibition: Fri 1 Aug – Sun 14 Sep

Enter the 2025 Environmental Art & Design Prize

Submissions close Monday 19 May 2025, 5pm.

The Poetics of Abstraction II – Anthea Boesenberg and Therese Kenyon

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Anthea Boesenberg and Therese Kenyon are reprising their show from the PCA Gallery in Melbourne with some new works to the same theme at Upspace Gallery, Marrickville. Please join us at the opening on Friday afternoon, during gallery hours, or by appointment.

‘The Art of Roslyn Kean’ book launch at Stella Downer Fine Arts

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Roslyn Kean

Ground Lines

4 March – 29 March 2025

Previously a ground line was simply following the elevations of the surface, common language to architects and those in the building trade.

At ground line there is so much at play in the environment. Water meets earth, sky meets earth, we engage with the ground line on a daily basis. We are constantly changing the ground line with invasive machines and grand ideas.

At ground level there are exotic grasses that become invasive weeds in another location, surfaces are manicured in an attempt to rearrange nature, from thoughtfully placed steppingstones to  raked stone gardens and fence lines. Trees and plants positioned against a backdrop of concrete to try and bring the natural ground line into a new perspective.

When walking a natural bush trail, we embrace the beauty of the irregular unfolding journey and it ever changing seasonal differences along a ground line.

Taking the time to view what is at the edge or hidden just beneath the surface, the reflections, the foundations of what now pushes the skyline into greater heights. Without the ground line we lose our reference and how to care for our environment.

Stella Downer Fine Art

1/24 Wellington St, Waterloo 2017 Phone: 0402 018 283

Opening Hours: Tues-Fri 10-5pm, Sat 11am – 5pm

Sun,Mon Closed

Call for Entries Crescendo 2025 Artist’s Book Awards

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We’d like to remind you about the upcoming deadline for submitting 1 or 2 books for the Crescendo25 Artist Book Awards, $5,000 for the winning entry and $1,000 for a work made by an artist living in the Illawarra area.

Clifton School of Arts (CSA) presents Crescendo 2025 Artist Book Award, the curatorial
initiative of four recognised book artists and CSA members, Liz Jeneid, Judy Bourke,
Kathryn Orton and Lucia Parrella. This new art award will bring together works by leading
and emerging artist book makers from across Australia and the Asia Pacific region. It will
build on the success of Prelude Artists’ Books Now, an exhibition which showcased 52
unique artists books at Clifton in November 2023. Enthusiastically received by over 370
people, Prelude Artists’ Books Now enjoyed national media coverage, introducing new
audiences to the contemporary art form of artist’s books, and generating interest in a
two-day workshop facilitated by the curators in June 2024. Crescendo 2025 Artist Book
Award is the culmination of a three-year journey, celebrating the limitless possibility of books.

Terms and Conditions

Entry Form

Crescendo 2025 Timeline
April 1 Applications open email entries to crescendobooks2025@gmail.com
August 1 Applications close
August 14 Selected artists notified
October 1 Selected work(s) delivered before this date to: Crescendo 2025,
C/- Judy Bourke, 10 Mount Gilead Road, Thirroul, 2515, NSW, Australia
November 14 Exhibition opens
November 30 Exhibition closes
December 2 Unsold work posted back to artists.

Burwood Art Prize 2025 Call for Entries

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Entries close Friday 14 March 2025 at 5:00pm AEST.

I AM HERE

Celebrating Cultural Narratives and Perspectives

The Burwood Art Prize invites artists from across Sydney to engage with the theme I AM HERE, exploring the importance of diverse cultural stories and community identity.

The Burwood Art Prize offers a platform for artists to delve into the significance of personal and shared cultural experiences, celebrating the many voices that shape contemporary multicultural Australia.

The theme I AM HERE encourages artists to reflect on and express their unique perspectives, using their work to build awareness, inspire celebration, and evoke joy. We invite artists to interpret this statement as a call to explore how art can spark meaningful dialogues, connecting audiences with the vibrant experiences that enrich our collective understanding.

We welcome you to be part of this vibrant celebration of culture, where diverse expressions come together to deepen our sense of appreciation for the stories that make us who we are.

  • Entries open: Friday 29 November 2024
  • Entries close: 5.00PM AEST Friday 14 March 2025
  • Finalist notified for Artwork collection for the 2025 Burwood Art Prize Exhibition: April 2025
  • Finalist physical artworks collected: Burwood Library and Hub (2 Conder Street, Burwood): Tuesday 13 May 2025 3.00PM – 7.00PM OR Thursday 15 May 2025 3.00PM- 7.00PM OR Saturday 17 May 2025 11.00AM – 4.00PM
  • 2025 Burwood Art Prize finalists and winners exhibition: Monday 26 May 2025 – Sunday 22 June 2025
  • 2025 Burwood Art Prize Opening night: Thursday 29 May 2025 6.00PM – 8.00PM 
  • Finalists and Winning Artwork collection period post exhibition: Burwood Library and Hub (2 Conder Street, Burwood): Thursday 26 June 3.00PM – 7.00PM OR Saturday 28 June 2025 11.00AM – 4.00PM

2025 Burwood Art Prize Entry Form