MAC Yapang Art Prize 2025

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Call for entries for inaugural MAC yapang art prize

2025 marks the first year of the MAC yapang Art Prize! This national art prize has a total prize pool of $40,000.

It is open to artists from all disciplines across Australia, with artworks in any medium.

The winning artist of the acquisitive prize will be awarded $30,000, and their

The MAC yapang Art Prize is a new, open acquisitive art prize offered by the Museum of Art and Culture, yapang (MAC yapang) in Lake Macquarie, NSW. It offers a $30,000 cash prize for the winning artwork, which will also be acquired for the museum’s permanent collection.

It is open to artists from all disciplines across Australia, with artworks in any medium.

Key dates

2 June 2025 – Entries open online 
30 July 2025 – Entries close at 3pm
18 August 2025 – Finalists announced 
11 October 2025 – Delivery of Finalist artwork to MAC yapang (2A First Street, Booragul, NSW) 
17 October 2025 – Exhibition opening and award announcement at Museum of Art and Culture, yapang from 6pm
18 October – 7 December 2025 – MAC yapang Art Prize exhibition on view 

Read the MAC yapang Art Prize 2025 terms and conditions

Call for Entries: National Still Life Award 2025

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STILL: National Still Life Award 2025

STILL: National Still Life Award is Yarrila Arts and Museum’s national biennial acquisitive art award. Established in 2017, STILL aims to recognise excellence, diversity and innovation in contemporary still life practice while broadening the interpretation of this enduring genre.

STILL: National Still Life Award is open to artists at all stages of their practice and working across all mediums, including but not limited to painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video and installation. 

STILL 2025 has a prize pool of $36,000.

Awards

STILL: National Still Life Award: $30,000 (acquisitive) 

Coffs Coast Artist Award: $5,000

People’s Choice Award: $1,000

Award winners will be selected by a panel of judges.

Key dates

Applications open 1 April, 9am

Entries close 6 July 

Finalists announced 18 July

Artwork deliveries 11-15 August

Exhibition opens Saturday 6 September

Exhibition closes Sunday 9 November

Key information

Artist must be an Australian Resident
Artists may submit up to 3 entries.

Download the Conditions of Entry here

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Do you have a question? Email us at still@chcc.nsw.gov.au

Library Artists Book Awards

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2025 Artists’ Book Award

The 2025 Artists’ Book Award will open for submissions in September 2024.

More details will be noted here as we approach September.

Join the email list, send a message to ArtistBookAward@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au 

About the award

An artist’s book is a medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of a ‘book’ as inspiration.

Every two years the Northern Beaches Library Service holds an Artists’ Book Award attracting entries from around the world. Books are selected from the entries to form an exhibition. From the exhibited books, judges then select books to be acquired and added to the 100 plus artist books the Northern Beaches Library Service holds in their collection. This collection is unique to our community and public library service.

Acquired Artists’ Books on display

A rotated selection of our artists’ book collection is on display at Manly Library. Click here for more info.

More information

For further information contact: ArtistBookAward@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

The Kedumba Drawing Award

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How to Enter

Before entering the Award please ensure you carefully read the following list of criteria.

How many drawings can I submit?

You may submit two (2) drawings. Each drawing must not exceed 1.2 x 1.2 when framed.

What criteria must I meet for each entry?

Your work must be original and must have been completed in the past 12 months. It may have been exhibited but not entered into any other prizes or awards. The Kedumba Award is acquisitive and the winning drawing becomes a part of the Kedumba Collection.

How much does it cost to enter?

Entry is $50 for the first entry and $45 for the second. The total for two is $95.

When do submissions close?

Friday 16th August Midnight.

How are the drawings judged?

The judges are asked to select 50 finalists. These will be curated and exhibited in the Kedumba Gallery. The judges will visit the gallery to make his/her decision after viewing all fifty finalists.

When will I know if I’ve been selected?

You will be notified by email Friday 20th September.

What happens to my drawing if I am chosen as a Finalist?

If you are a finalist you will be expected to frame your work to museum standard with D hooks. Also you will arrange for your work to be delivered on Monday 4th 5th or 6th November between 10 and 4. Preferred courier is IAS who have depots in all states and are reliable. Deliveries via Australia Post are acceptable to Kedumba Gallery, Locked Bag 3006 Wentworth Falls NSW 2782.

Will there be an exhibition of the Winner and Finalists?

Yes in the Kedumba Gallery. 3 Matcham Ave Wentworth Falls NSW from November 17 to December 8 Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 3pm.

Who can enter the Kedumba Drawing Award?

Any permanent resident of Australia over the age of 18.

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Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2024: Call for Entries

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Sunshine Coast National Art Prize

The art prize is open to Australian residents working within any 2D medium and new media

The national acquisitive Sunshine Coast National Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D and new media arts practice in Australia. Now in its eighteenth year, the exhibition presents the remarkable finalist works by artists from across the country.

The artwork awarded with the Major Prize will be acquired into the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. A People’s Choice prize is also decided by way of public vote by exhibition visitors.

Prize details

Entry

Conditions of entry

Call for Entries: Jacaranda Drawing Award

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Enter the 2024 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA)

Artists from across Australia are invited to submit entries for the 2024 JADA.

Grafton Regional Gallery is pleased to announce that entries are open for the 2024 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA), artists from across Australia aged over 18 are invited to submit entries until midnight  30 June 2024.

The JADA is Australia’s richest regional drawing award. This award seeks to encourage and promote innovation and excellence in drawing, and plays a vital role in fostering Australian drawing practice. The JADA provides an opportunity for artists to further their arts career. 

Over the years the JADA has documented the development of contemporary drawing practice in Australia, and has captured how drawing has changed and evolved.  

At the official opening of the exhibition to be held on 27 September 2024, two prizes will be awarded. The acquisitive prize of $35,000 proudly sponsored by the Friends of Grafton Gallery (FoGG), and a non acquisitive prize of $5,000 for an Early Career Artist.

The exhibition of works by selected finalist’s will be on show at Grafton Regional Gallery from 28 September – 24 November 2024.

JADA Drawing Definition – A drawing is primarily driven by mark-making using various mediums. Submissions that include both traditional and/or contemporary approaches to achieve this are eligible for entry.

Please read the Terms and Conditions prior to entry.

Enter the 2024 JADA HERE.

The Alice Prize: Call for Entries

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The Alice Prize

The Alice Prize is an acquisitive national contemporary art prize, welcoming entries from around Australia, in any medium or theme.

Significant among regional art prizes, The Alice Prize contributes to one of the largest regional collections of Australian art, with works by leading artists from across its over 50 year history.

Coordinated by the Alice Springs Art Foundation, The Alice Prize is judged by an expert selection panel and judge of national standing, with national exposure for exhibiting artists and the opportunity to show in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, the cultural heart of Australia.

Alice Springs Art Foundation

Celebrating 50 years

The Alice Prize and the Alice Springs Art Foundation were set up in 1970 to bring contemporary art from across Australia to Alice Springs for the benefit of its isolated, arts-hungry residents. The first exhibition was held on 3 October 1970.

Important Dates

The Alice Prize 2024

Entries Open: Now Open

Entries Close: January 31, 2024

Exhibition Dates: Friday March 22 – May 12. 2024

 Official Opening and Announcement of Winner

Friday March 22 at 6.00 pm. Araluen Arts Centre

Fraser Coast National Art Prize Call for Entries.

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Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize is an initiative of the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery and Fraser Coast Regional Council that seeks to explore our reciprocal, inextricable relationship with the environment through contemporary art.

Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize invites entries from artists working in any visual art medium from across Australia, offering a $25,000 major acquisitive prize. Entrants are invited to submit works that demonstrate a conceptual engagement with the intersection of people, place and the environment. Entrants are encouraged to consider an expanded approach to this theme—Girra is not another landscape prize.

Girra was borne out of the enduring social and cultural importance of the natural environment in the Fraser Coast region, encompassing land, sea and sky. Home of the Butchulla people, the region’s unique natural features include the world’s largest sand island K’Gari and its surrounding waters, recognised as the world’s first Whale Heritage Site.

Entries for the inaugural prize open from 1 May 2023 and close 5pm AEST 21 June 2023. The Major Prize winner will be awarded a $25,000 acquisitive prize. Their work will become a significant early acquisition for the newly focused art collection of the Fraser Coast.

Key Dates

Call for entries: 1 May-21 June 2023
Finalists advised of inclusion: 12 July 2023
Exhibition: 23 September-12 November 2023
Opening and Prize Announcement: Friday 22 September 2023

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Bay of Fires Art Prize Call for Entries

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The  2021 Bay of Fires Art Prize is now open and calling on artists to enter.

This year’s theme is “Island Awakening” and is open to artists in Painting, Sculpture, Textiles, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography and Mixed media. Entries now open for this $20,000 acquisitive art prize.

Entries close on 10th May. For more information and to enter, please visit bayoffireswinterartsfestival.com.au

2021 Geelong acquisitive print awards: Call for Entries

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Entries for the 2021 Geelong acquisitive print awards are now open. Enter online.

The Geelong acquisitive print awardscontinue a long tradition of prize exhibitions staged by Geelong Gallery and reflect a longstanding commitment to the acquisition and display of prints.

2021 Geelong acquisitive print awards

Saturday 28 August to Sunday 24 October 2021
 

This nationally acclaimed acquisitive prize exhibition features entries from around Australia by established and emerging printmakers representing the diversity of current practice through both traditional printmaking techniques as well as contemporary processes.

Important dates

Entries open Monday 22 March (10.00am)

Entries close Friday 4 June (5.00pm)

Shortlisting June

Notification of selection mid-July

Selected entries to be delivered to the Gallery from Monday 16 to Friday 20 August (between 10.00am and 4.00pm)

 

Exhibition dates Saturday 28 August to Sunday 24 October

Official opening Friday 3 September (invitation only)

Collection of non-acquired works from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 October (between 10.00am and 4.00pm)