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

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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.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

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

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: 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

Hornsby Art Prize Call for Entries Opening Soon

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Artists are invited to submit works in the following categories: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Digital Art Stills and Sculpture. This year, the competition has an overall prize pool valued of $23,000, with the major prize worth $10,000.

The non-acquisitive prize celebrates Australian Contemporary Art and is open to all Australian residents aged 18 years and over. It also celebrates Hornsby Shire residents with the Hornsby Shire Local Artist Award with a prize of $5,000.

The Hornsby Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition will be held at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, from 20 October until 5 November 2023.

Key Dates

Entries Open5 June 2023 
Entries Close5pm, 5 September 2023 
Award Ceremony20 October 2023 
Exhibition20 October to 5 November 2023 

Blue Mountains Print Prize Call for Entries

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Important dates:
Entries Open: March 1st 2023
Entries Close: June 30th 2023
Delivery: July 1st 2023 10am – 2pm – No exceptions.
Pick Up: Not before Sunday 9th July from 5pm – 7pm.
Opening Night: Friday 7th July, 6:30pm – 8pm
Exhibition Open: Saturday & Sunday – 8 & 9th July 10:00 till 4:00.
Sizes below are the MAXIMUM whether the works are framed or unframed. (Unframed must be foam core backed)
2D: 45cm x 33cm
3D: 45cm x 35cm x 35cm
Works will be displayed at the discretion of the BMCAC Committee.
Works will be accepted by mail. Works must be flat packed and include a stamped self addressed envelope or label for return mail. Works must arrive before the closing date.
Mailing address:
BMCAC Print Prize
c/- K.Kennedy
11 Olivet St
Glenbrook
NSW 2773
NB: Third prize sponsor ‘Black Bird Paper’ will be present 9am – 2pm, Saturday 1 July 2023, for artists to meet during artwork drop off. Marguerite of Black Bird Paper will be showcasing and selling paper to printmakers on this day.
REGISTER HERE



2023 Banyule Award for Works on Paper Call for Entries

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The Banyule Award for Works on Paper is awarded biennially to an outstanding contemporary work on paper. This is a prestigious national art prize, with the winning artwork entered into the Banyule Art Collection.

2023 theme

The theme for the 2023 is Nhalinggu Bagung, meaning come gather in the Woiwurrung language.

On 5 December 2022, we adopted the Uluru Statement from the Heart and have committed to taking practical action for a better future and reconciled Australia.

The 2023 theme recognises that Reconciliation requires all of us to come together and do our part to build a future for all Australians.

We invite entries from all Australian artists to show us what Reconciliation looks like from your individual perspective and lived experience through artistic response.

  • First Nations artists, share your culture and story with us and show us the way forward.
  • Non-Indigenous artists, show us how you would take part in Reconciliation, or what Reconciliation means to you.

Entries will be closely monitored for cultural appropriation. Non-Indigenous artists, if you are unsure if your artwork or idea is appropriate, please do contact us to discuss.

Prizes and dates

  • Main Acquisitive Prize: $10,000
  • Commendation Prize: $1000
  • People’s Choice Award (voted by public, announced at the end of the exhibition period): $1000

Entries open on 1 May and close at 11.59pm 14 July 2023. No late entries will be accepted.

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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

ENTER HERE

https://herveybayregionalgallery.snapforms.com.au/form/girra-fraser-coast-national-art-prize