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Alice Prize - National Contemporary Art Award (more info)
The Alice Prize is a national contemporary art award, first held in 1970. The Alice Prize is administered by the Alice Springs Art Foundation, a community-based voluntary organisation. The Art Foundation also supports and hosts a variety of visual ar...
Art Galleries Schubert (more info)
Consultants and Dealers in Fine Art specialising in traditional, modern and contemporary Australian Fine Art. Visit the website to see some of the extensive range of art works, read artist biographies, find details of the Josephine Ulrick & Win Schub...
Australian Opals and Outback Australia (more info)
Website dedicated to the small opal mining township of Yowah which is approximately 1050 kilometres inland from Brisbane, Queensland. Provides details of the annual Yowah Opal Festival, the bush verse of award wining poet Janine Haig and her daughter...
City of Perth Black Swan Prize for Portraiture (more info)
The City of Perth Black Swan Prize for Portraiture is open to all Australian artists in the field of portraiture. Portraits are of well-known/respected Australians.
The Contempora2 Sculpture Award is an annual arts initiative held at the Melbourne Docklands Precinct. It will present large-scale outdoor contemporary sculpture and installations by recognised Australian and international artists.
Contemporary Sculptors Association (more info)
A non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting contemporary sculpture and to extend and develop the role it plays in the Australian community. Website includes an online newsletter, information on membership, funding and more.
Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting (more info)
Initiated in 2003, the $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting is Australia's richest annual landscape art prize, equivalent in prize money to the esteemed Archibald Art Prize for Portrait Painting. Details and entry form provided. ...
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (more info)
The Doug Moran national portrait prize is a biennial competition established by the Moran family. The winner receives $100,000, making it the richest portrait prize in the world. Entry conditions require that both painters and subjects be Australian...
Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale (more info)
Australia's richest prize for landscape painting and a major festival of visual arts held every two years. Visit the website for background information, details of prizes offered, past winners and entry form.
Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award (more info)
Information about dates and schedules, conditions of entry, an online entry form, and biography of the judge, as well as details of past winners and images of current and past works entered.
Grafton Regional Gallery (more info)
The collection specialises in contemporary Australian drawing, works of Gladys and Doris O'Grady, art from and of the Northern Rivers region, the John William Lindt Collection, collections of the Clarence Valley Council and a contemporary print colle...
Griffith Regional Art Gallery (more info)
The major collection is Australian contemporary jewellery from 1960. The gallery also houses the Griffith Collection featuring regional artists and artists who have exhibited in the gallery, and administers the National Contemporary Jewellery Awards,...
The Major Art Prizes page covers details of criteria, prize value, medium and other information for The Archibald Prize, the Wynne Prize, Sir John Sulman Prize and the Dobell Prize for drawing.
Opportunities for Photographic Artists (more info)
This page provides links to a wide range of competitions, residencies, awards and other opportunities for photographers.
Prometheus Visual Arts Award (more info)
The Prometheus Visual Arts Award is an acquisitive art award and exhibition, which is conducted biennially by the Prometheus Foundation. The award aims 'To promote the Visual Arts as an essential vehicle for human expression'.
Sunshine Coast Art Prize (more info)
The Sunshine Coast Art Prize is a national contemporary painting and 2D art award presented in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is an acquisitive prize that in time will build a significant art collection for Caloundra City. The websit...
TAFE NSW Arts and Design Prize (more info)
The TAFE NSW Arts and Design Prize is an annual event which provides TAFE NSW arts and media students the opportunity to enter an award competition and to have their work included in a regional touring exhibition of New South Wales.
The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (more info)
Developed from a bequest managed by Perpetual Trustees and named after the late Australian artist, Helen Lempriere, this is the richest art prize for sculptors in Australia. The winning artist's sculpture will become part of the Lempriere Collection ...
The Trust Foundation administers the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Portia Geach Fund Memorial Award, the Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers, the Martin Bequest Travelling Scholarships, Sir Robert Askin Operatic Travelling Scholarship, the...
William Edwin Pidgeon (more info)
Information on the life and works of 3 times Archibald Prize winner, cartoonist, illustrator and war correspondent, William Edwin Pidgeon (WEP). Read interviews, view the prize winners and more online.
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