Name

Funds available

Deadline

Contact

2012 John Fries Memorial Prize
for emerging visual artists

$10,000 (non-aquisitive)

4 June 2012

Call (02) 9310 2018
jfmp@viscopy.org.au
 

Brett Whitely Travelling Art Scholarship

$25,000 and a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts

15 June 2012

Papergirl Toowoomba 

20 June 2012 (postmarked)

28th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award

With one major prize of $10,000 for an overall winner and up to $5,000 for acquisitions, this biennial exhibition is open to all ceramic art forms by artists from all countries. All acquired works become an important addition to Gold Coast City Gallery's permanent collection.

15 June 2012

Enquiries: gallery@theartscentregc.com.au

Black Swan Prize for Heritage (Portrait of a City)

Any aspect of the Heritage of Central Perth, open to all Australian artists

First Prize  $20,000
People's Choice Prize  $2,000

6 July 2012

Arid Sculptural Exhibition & Prize

Artists are invited to enter the Arid Sculptural Exhibition & Prize to be held 8 September - 14 October 2012 at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden as part of Port Augusta''s ''Arid Festival''.

1st Prize $2,500 2nd Prize $1,000 People's Choice Prize $500 and School Prize $500.

For further information, please contact Ellenor Day, Arts Officer, on (08) 8641 9175 or email: ellenor.day@portaugusta.sa.gov.au

Expressions 2012: The Wool Quilt Prize

To promote excellence in contemporary art quilt making, the National Wool Museum is offering an acquisitive award of $3000 with the winning entry to be acquired for the Museum’s contemporary wool quilt collection.

Offered biennially, Expressions has grown in popularity since its inception in 2000, demonstrating the breadth of innovation and creative possibilities afforded by the use of wool in art quilt making.

Deadline for entry forms: 28 September 2012

Phone (03) 5272 4701 or email expressions@geelongcity.vic.gov.au.

Wilson Visual Arts Award
A non-acquisitive art prize and exhibition in its inaugural year

$10,000 first prize
$1,500 People’s Choice

22 June 2012

Queensland Regional Art Awards

This year's prizes include a new category for digital art:

• The Wayne Kratzmann Art Prize $7000 total value, Incl. $5000 cash prize, acquisitive, plus a two week residency in Brisbane
• Xstrata Young Artist Development Award* $5000 cash award; non-acquisitive
• Art Shed Brisbane People’s Choice Prize $750 art supplies
• TAFTA Textile Prize value $1200 prize package Incl. scholarship and airfare to attend the annual TAFTA forum
• Digital Art Award $2500 value - includes two weeks fully funded residency at ‘The Edge’ Brisbane

All entries will feature in the Flying Arts online gallery and are eligible for the People’s Choice Prize. Following the award of prizes a selection of works will be chosen by the curator to tour throughout Queensland in 2013.

9 July 2012

projects@flyingart.org.au

Hugh Sawrey Art Award

$10,000 first prize, various

17 August 2012

Call Beryl Dwyer 07 4662 7008
hillgrove.farming@bigpond.com

Australian Art Prize Planner

Various

Various

The Churchie Emerging National Art Prize

$15,000 prize

May

artprize@artprize.com.au