Awards, Grants + Opportunities
Keeping an eye out for the good oil, we will endeavour to provide a comprehensive list of the latest awards, grants and opportunities for artists to apply for. Please get in touch with us via email if you have an award we should add.
September
NAVA – Sainsbury Sculpture Grant entries close 17 September
Hornsby Art Prize entries close 18 September
bluethumb Art Prize 2016 entries close 30 September
October
A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize 2016 entries close 3 October
Recycling Sculpture entries close 7 October
The North Sydney Art Prize entries close 31 October
KAAF Art Prize 2016 entries close 31 October
The North Sydney Art Prize entries close 31 October
November
The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting entries close 4 November
Painting Impressionism – 9×5 Waverley Woollahra entries close 21 November
Sculpture at Scenic World 2017 exhibition entries close 28 November
Contemporary Art Awards 2017 entries close 29 November
January
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2017 entries close 11 January
Cambridge Studio Gallery – 2017 Portrait Prize entries close 31 January
Australian Council For the Arts Grants –
Development Grants for Individuals and Groups entries close:
– Tuesday 4 October 2016, for projects starting after 1 January 2017
NAVA –
Two Visual Arts Fellowships entries close 8 October 2016
NSW Artists’ Grant – entries close 22 October 2016
Australian Artists’ Grant – entries close 12 November
Image: Wendy Sharp’s studio, courtesy the artist. Featured in Issue 35.
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