Competitions and
opportunities for artists
January
The Maitland Art Prize 2009(annual)
$5,000+; 02 4933 6725
Port Stephens Art Prize
Nelson Bay. Annual. $3,000. 02 4984 6067
February
Muswellbrook Photographic Award
Biennial - next 2012. $10,000. 02 6549 3880
Archibald Prize
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. Annual. $50,000
The Wynne Prize
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. Annual. $25,000
Sir John Sulman
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. Annual. $20,000March
Prometheus Visual Arts Awards
QLD, Brisbane. Biennially. $15,000. 07 5587 0309
Calleen Art Award
Cowra. Annual. $15,000. 02 6540 2190
Swell Sculpture Festival 2009
Currumbin, QLD. Annual. $50,000
Beresfield Art Show
Annual. $2,500. 02 4966 2846 – Angie Cornish (Secretary of Lions Club)
Redeemer Foundation Art Award
Qld. Annual. $10,000 07 3211 8145
April
Muswellbrook Open Art Prize (incorporating the Open Ceramic Award)
Biennial - next 2011. $30,000. 02 6549 3880
CPM National Print Awards 2009
Murwillumbah. Biennial. $4,300. 02 6672 8276
Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize
$5,000
Albury Art Prize 2009
Residency to a place you desire. 02 6051 3480
Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition
Annual. $10,400
Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture
Tweed River Art Gallery. $24,000. 6670 2790
May
Murrurundi Keddies Pastoral Photographic Prize
Biennially. $10,000
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Annual. $13,000. 02 9391 7135
The Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts Inc. Annual Art Prize Exhibition
$4,500. 02 6343 1313
Merriwa Art & Photography Exhibition
Biennial. $3,200. 02 6548 2068
Arts on Show Awards AFS Friendly Care Pharmacy
QLD, Mackay. Annual.
$9,500
June
Waste as Art Community Art Competition & Exhibition
Newcastle. Annual. $5,150+. 02 4908 6848
Kempsey Shire Art Prize 2011
Biennial. $7,400. 02 6566 3200
Hazelhurst Art Award for Art on Paper
Gymea. Annual. $25,000. 02 8536 5700
Singleton Art Prize
Annual. $10,000. 02 6574 5185
48th Weston Art Show 2011
Annual. $6,000. 02 49373201 Cathy Gilshenen
Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting
Annual.
$35,000. 13 23 56
July
MIL-PRA AECG Aboriginal Exhibition and Art Award 2011
Casula Powerhouse. $1500. 02 98241121
Arts and Ceramic Exhibition
Gunnedah. Annual.
$3890. Paintings - 02 67447870,
Ceramics - 02 67423976
Mosman Art Prize
Annual. $26,000. 02 9978 4178
Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
Campbelltown. Annual. $20,000. 02 4645 4333
St James Art Show
Muswellbrook. Annual. Works are for sale. 02 6543 3094
44th Annual Raymond Terrace Art Show 2011
Annual. $6,500. 0407 289 729
August
Indigenous Ceramic Art Awards 2011
VIC. Biennial. $33,000. 03 5832 9861
2011 Singleton Show; photography & fine arts
02 6572 2039
Art in the Vines, 12th Annual Exhibit 2011
$2,000+. 02 6579 1036 or 0265 791 000
The Friends of Wollongong City Gallery Photographic Portrait Prize
Biennial. $3,300. 02 4228 7500 (J Clingan)
EMSLA Eutick Memorial Still Life Award
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. Annual. $22,500. 02 6648 4860
Dobell Prize for Drawing
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. Annual. $25,000
Art in the Vines
Broke. Annual. $3,300. 02 6579 1036
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award
Grafton. Biennial - 2012. $15,000. 02 6642 3177
Warwick Art Prize
QLD. Annual. $7,750. 07 4661 0434
Scone Art Prize
$5,000. 0427 101 697
The Manning Art Prize
Taree. Annual. $15,000. 02 6592 5455
Gosford Art Prize
Gosford. Annual. $10,000. 02 4325 0056
September
Aqua Sculpture
Port Macquarie. Biennial - next 2011. $7,000. 02 6581 8658
Liverpool City Art Prize 2011
$10,000. 02 9824 1121
Art & Ceramics Exhibition
Gunnedah. Annual. $3,960. 02 6744 7870
Festival of Fishers Ghost Art Award
Campbelltown. Annual. $20,000. 02 4645 4338
Paddington Art Prize
Annual.
$20,000. 02 9362 0282
October
Muswellbrook Local Art & Ceramic Award including The Esther Bellis Youth Prize
Annual. $4,000. 02 6549 3880
Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award
Shepparton Art Gallery VIC. Biennial - next 2012. $33,000. 03 5832 9861
Nundle CWA Art Exhibition
$2,500+. 02 6769 3375
Scone Grammar School Art Show
Biennial - next 2012. Works are for sale. 02 6545 3093
The Stanthorpe Art Festival
Biennial. See website for prize and entry details.
Alice Prize National Contemporary Art Award
Alice Springs. Biennial - next 2012.
$16,000.
November
Cessnock Regional Art Gallery Youth Art Award ‘Down to Earth’
Biennial - next 2012.
$6,000. 02 4991 6619.
December
The quiet month.
NB: The subject matter, media and other criteria for art works varies from prize to prize. Please contact the prize organisers and request, and then read carefully, the entry forms.
This listing is not comprehensive, many art magazines include prize listings (eg Photophile, Australian Art Collector, etc.) and annual publications are available such as “Annual Art Competitions & Exhibition Guide for Visual Artists” by Martina Matussek, contact Martinas Studio, P.O. Box 1289, Palm Beach, QLD 4221 ph. 07 5598 1987 or “Money for Visual Artists” produced by The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) contact P.O. Box 60, Woolloomooloo, NSW 2011 ph. 02 9368 1900. Both publications are available here at the Arts Centre in The Reading Room.
Another useful tool is the Art Prizes Update, a monthly e-newsletter available through Australian Art Collector magazine or websites such as Regional Arts NSW.
February 2012
The Stanthorpe Art Festiva1 2012
February 24th - Opening Night
Exhibition runs until April 9th 2012
email. deebooth@bigpond.com
Biennial. See website for prize and entry details.
GOOD LUCK!
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre competition winners
2011 Muswellbrook Local Art Awards
2011 Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
Section A – two dimensional painting of any subject in any medium.
First prize: Catherine and Jennifer Strutt's, "Home"
Highly Commended: Michel Chillingworth's "War Weary Warrior";
Dagmar Cyrulla's "The Roses";
Ralph Tikerpae's "City Country";
Peter Gardiner's "Deluge (Debris)"
Section B - work on paper of any subject in any medium (except photography)
First Prize: Peter Griffen's "Inside the Farmer's Head"
Highly Commended: Garry Foye's "Capertee Elegy #17 - Secrets Beneath the Poplars"; Maria Speyer's "Inclusion 2"; Roberta Wiseman's "Esther"; Ro Murray's "Ocean Park Still Life"
Section C - ceramic work of any subject
First Prize: Jan Downes's "Sacred Stories"
Highly Commended: Vicki Hamilton's "Fall From Grace"; Sue Lawson's "The Remnant Boat"; Avital Sheffer's "Tumulus IV"
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