The 40th annual Rotary Art Spectacular, Queensland’s largest and most prestigious annual art exhibition, has raised almost $2 million for Brisbane Rotary community projects and local charity partners. The exhibition is an amazing collection of local, interstate and international artists offering beautiful artwork for the most discerning tastes.

The theme for this year is Art Giving Hope and the 2019 beneficiary charity is the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section). The funds raised at the 2019 Rotary Art Spectacular will fund a RFDS Field Day. Operating since 2001, the RFDS Field Day program has promoted the benefits of health and wellbeing to people living in rural and remote areas of far north Queensland. RFDS Field Days are conducted at a number of cattle properties each year. The Field Day programs cover topics such as first aid, diet and nutrition, mental health and exercise. 

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In its eleventh year, this annual acquisitive award and exhibition is organised by the Art Collection and Galleries Unit at Deakin University. One outstanding work will be awarded $10,000 and become part of the Deakin University Art Collection.  The winner will be announced at the opening of a five week exhibition of finalists’ works.

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The 2019 Paul Milburn Art Prize reflects the evolving nature and aims of BIA to honour Paul Milburn, a much loved and respected tutor who began teaching in 1989 at BIA until his death in 2011. With this in mind we have made some significant changes to the annual exhibition by opening it to all artists residing in Australia, and increasing the prize to $10,000 awarded for a 2d artwork addressing the spirit of Paul Milburn’s legacy and John Peart’s musings on landscape as quoted above. Accepted media for Landscape as a ‘space of creative discovery’ includes painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media and photography.

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A selling exhibition of sculpture in a large established country garden in Orange NSW.

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The Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2019 is a national contemporary acquisitive award presented by Sunshine Coast Council. The award is open to any artist who is an Australian resident, working in a 2D medium.

The Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2019 offers a prize pool of more than $30,000 in cash and prizes.

– Major Prize: $25,000 cash – sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Council.
– Highly Commended Prize: $5,000 cash – sponsored by the De Deyne Family.
– People’s Choice Prize: $2,500 cash – sponsored by Caloundra Chamber of Commerce.
– Sunshine Coast Art Prize Artists Residency: presented by Montville Country Cabins and Caloundra Regional Gallery.

Forty finalists will be selected for exhibition at the Caloundra Regional Gallery and the winning work will be added to the Sunshine Coast Art Collection.

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Aspects Art Show is held over the long weekend in May each year, in conjunction with the Goondiwindi Show. Boasting an impressive range of art from local and interstate artists, Aspects enjoys a reputation within the art world as an exceptional regional art show, having propelled many emerging artists to greater heights. Enjoying the support of the generous Goondiwindi community in sponsorship partnerships, Aspects offers almost $30,000 in prize money, which in turn attracts a growing number of high calibre, talented artists. As well as a notable number of acquisitions, Aspects sells a considerable number of artworks. Aspects Art Show opening night is regarded as one of the most anticipated events on the Goondiwindi social calendar.

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In 1987, artist Jack Kilgour bequeathed funds for the creation of a major figurative and portrait art competition to be run in perpetuity at Newcastle Art Gallery. Today, the KILGOUR PRIZE is one of Australia’s major art prizes, and awards $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art as determined by a panel of three judges, and $5,000 for the People’s Choice Award, as determined by votes from the public.

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To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Australia’s largest small scale art prize we are raising the prize money to $20 000!
The Lethbridge Art Award is open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit 2D artworks up to 61cm (24 inches) in height or width. The Judging is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality and skill.

Our sponsors, The Art Shed Brisbane are continuing their support this year with the Commended Prizes. This will comprise of five $300 vouchers for art materials. Brisbane Digital Images will be also support a range of commended prizes with five $200 vouchers.

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The Ballarat International Foto Biennale Martin Kantor Portrait Prize is both an exhibition and award for a photographic artwork of a significant Australian. This must be a portrait of a living individual distinguished in art, letters, science, sports or politics. This is open to all photographers and photo media artists and gives you the chance to have your work displayed and viewed at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale from 23 August to 20 October 2019 in Ballarat.

The acquisitive first prize of $15,000 AUD, generously supported by the Dara Foundation, will be awarded to the work judged to be an exceptional photographic portrait of a significant Australian.

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The inaugural Du Rietz Art Awards will honour the architect of the beautiful historic School of Arts building where the Gallery is housed, and is open to all experience levels.

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The R & M McGivern Prize is back bigger and bolder in 2019! The theme for 2019 is ‘Anthropocene’.

Held every three years, with a different theme each year, the $25,000 acquisitive prize for painting calls for artists across Australia to consider the impact of human habitation on the environment.

A concept proposed by scientists to describe the current era, the Anthropocene directly translates to ‘anthro’ (human) and ‘cene’ (recent). It proposes that changes occurring within the environment may be a direct and permanent result of human behaviour.

The R & M McGivern Prize will be exhibited across two venues from 23 November 2019 to 2 February 2020 at ArtSpace at Realm and Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery.

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The Sunny Art Prize is the first program outside of museological institutions that envisions the decentralisation of the art world as a way to broaden the horizons of both artists and the communities they engage with. The Prize is organised annually by the Sunny Art Centre in London, and offers a selection of thirty artists the opportunity to take part in international activities, including exhibitions and a residency.

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The biennial Naked & Nude Art Prize (previously the Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude) commenced in 1990 with entries open to Australian artists. The Art Prize is a partnership between Friends of the Manning Regional Art Gallery and the Manning Regional Art Gallery. After 29 years, the Naked & Nude Art Prize has become a prestigious national event on the Australian Arts Calendar and is open to artists in a variety of mediums. The lucrative event in 2017 carried a $21,000 prize pool, which has been increased to $31,000 for 2019. The winning entry is acquired by the Friends and donated to the Manning Regional Art Gallery’s permanent collection.

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The prize is open to all sculptors working in any medium and entries are now invited for the 2019 award.

The winning sculpture will form part of the permanent display at Ceramic Break Sculpture Park. The park opened in 2003 and has over 30 sculptures on display throughout the 3 bushwalks and 3 dedicated art galleries. Ceramic Break Sculpture Park offers guests an art experience with a difference in rural NSW. The goal of this contest is to diversify the park’s collection.

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2019 marks 50 years since Australian megafauna remains were first discovered in the World Heritage Naracoorte Fossil Caves. To celebrate this anniversary The Naracoorte Regional Art Gallery is staging the 2019 Naracoorte National Art  Prize.  This promotion has been commended by Sir David Attenborough.

The theme will be “Australian megafauna, fossils and caves – an artistic exploration”. 

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The Brisbane Portrait Prize creates opportunities for portrait artists and encourages cultural tourism and public engagement with the arts by combining celebrity and portraiture. Any artist with a connection to Brisbane is eligible to enter. The sitter must also have a connection with Brisbane. (See terms and conditions and FAQs for more details) Two dimensional works only.

Categories Include:
– Lord Mayor’s Prize $50,000
– Digital $10,000
– Courier-Mail Peoples Choice Award $7,500
– Sylvia Jones Prize for Women Artist $5,000

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Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience, and further their engagement with the international art world. The Judging Panel enhances its position in the industry, bringing together specialists from leading cultural institutions.

The award attracts thousands of entries in a range of innovative media from locations as diverse as Australia, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA. Recent finalists include acclaimed director Toby Dye; Tokyo-based French architect and artist Emmanuelle Moureaux; Rachel Ara, whose work has been exhibited at the V&A, Barbican Centre and Whitechapel Gallery; Liz West, recipient of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Award; and Ellie Davies, who has since shown new and recent works in the exhibition Into the Woods at Crane Kalman, London.

Previous finalists include John Keane, former official British war artist, currently represented by Flowers Gallery in London; Julia Vogl, member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and twice selected for Public Art Network Year in Review projects; Ingrid Hu, former designer at the Lubetkin-winning Heatherwick Studio; Marcus Jansen, a leading modern expressionist; and Bernat Millet, shortlisted for National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.

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Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience, and further their engagement with the international art world. The Judging Panel enhances its position in the industry, bringing together specialists from leading cultural institutions.

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