WA Art Awards Calendar

Art Awards, Annual Exhibitions & Auctions in Western Australia

This calendar is in progress and provided as a guide. Please confirm dates with the relevant contact.

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FEBRUARY 2011

Name of event: Bunbury South-West Times Survey
Total prize money: N/A
Date of exhibition: 13 Feb – 11 Mar
Closing date for entries: N/A
Contact: Bunbury Regional Art Galleries 9721 8616 or mail@brag.org.au

Name of event: City of Melville Sculpture Walk
Total prize money: N/A
Date of exhibition: 12 Mar – 11 Apr
Closing date for entries: N/A
Contact: 1300 635 845 or hannah.katarski@melville.wa.gov.au

MARCH 2011

Name of event: City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award
Total prize money: $12,500
Date of exhibition: 13 – 29 Oct
Closing date for entries: March
Contact: Visual Arts Officer 9400 4924

Name of event: Minnawarra Art Awards
Total prize money: $12,000
Date of exhibition: 15 – 30 May
Closing date for entries: Passed for 2011
Contact: City of Armadale 9399 0187 or events@armadale.wa.gov.au

Name of event: Canning Art Award
Total prize money: $6300
Date of exhibition: 30 Apr – 2 May
Closing date for entries: N/A
Contact: Penni Fish 9457 9600 or office@canningartswa.org.au

APRIL 2011

Name of event: Art in the Park — Porongurup
Total prize money: $3950
Date of exhibition: 3 – 12 Apr
Closing date for entries: N/A
Contact: Janine Taylor — taylordn@bordernet.com.au

Name of event: Arthritis Foundation of WA Art Exhibition and Sale
Total prize money: N/A
Date of exhibition: N/A
Closing date for entries: N/A
Contact: Jude Bell or Jen Kelly 9388 2199 or judeb@arthritiswa.org.au

MAY 2011

Name of event: City of Joondalup Community Art Exhibition
Total prize money: $7,800
Date of exhibition: June
Closing date for entries: May
Contact: Visual Arts Officer 9400 4924

Name of event: Kimberley Art Prize
Total prize money: $20,000
Date of exhibition: 10 July
Closing date for entries: Passed for 2010
Contact: Linda Locking, Shire of Derby 9191 0963 or cdo@sdwk.wa.gov.au

JUNE 2011

Name of event: Fremantle Print Award
Total prize money: $17,300
Date of exhibition: 24 September– 20 November 2011
Closing date for entries: 13 June 2011
Contact: 9432 9555

JULY 2011

Name of event: City of Perth Black Swan Portrait Prize
Total prize money: $35,000 first Prize, $7,500 Perrine People’s Choice
Date of exhibition: 16 - 26 September 2011
Closing date for entries: 8 July 2011
Contact: Tina Wilson 0432 275 690 or email blackswanprize@iinet.net.au

Name of event: Art Extraordinaire (Exhibition, Sale and Auction)
Total prize money: N/A
Date of exhibition: 26 - 28 August 2011, Bunbury Catholic College Hall
Closing date for entries: 15 July 2011
Contact: 9721 0000 or granger.jacqui@cathednet.wa.edu.a

Name of event: IGA Perth Royal Show Open Art Exhibition
Total prize money: $17,000
Date of exhibition: Saturday 1 October - Saturday 8 October
Closing date for entries: Friday 22 July 2011
Contact: Rebecca Di Vincenzo on 6263 3131 or at art@perthroyalshow.com.au

Name of event: Hedland Art Award 2011
Total prize money: $60,000
Open to artists residing in the Pilbara, Kimberley, Gascoyne and Mid-West regions of Western Australia
Date of exhibition: 27 August - 13 October 2011
Closing date for entries: 25 July 2011
Contact: 9173 1064 or info@courthousegallery.com.au or www.courthousegallery.com.au

Name of event: Victoria Park Art Awards
Total prize money:
Date of exhibition: 15 - 27 August 2011
Closing date for entries: 29 July
Contact: Victoria Park Centre for the Arts 9470 5520 or vicparkarts@westnet.com.au

Name of event: New Horizons (Download Nomination Form)
Total prize money: $10,000 First Prize, 4 Highly Commended $500 each
Date of exhibition: 9 - 11 September 2011
Closing date for entries: 30 July 2011 by invitation
Contact: Silvana Pronyszyn Curator (0487 212 271) Byford Fine Arts 2011 email byfordfinearts@gmail.com

Name of event: UWA 3D Open Art Challenge (Virtual Sculpture in Second Life)
Total prize money: $4,000
Date of exhibition: October 2010 – November 2011 (entries received and judged monthly)
Closing date for entries: 20th of every month
Contact: Jay Jay Jegathesan, 6488 2740, 0417 180 564, jay.jay@uwa.edu.au
Website: http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2010/10/uwa-3d-open-art-challenge-begins.html

AUGUST 2011

Name of event: City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Art Prize
Total prize money: $12,000
Date of exhibition: 9 September – 2 October
Closing date for entries: 8 August
Contact: 9021 9675 or artprize@kalbould.wa.gov.au

Name of event: Mukinbudin Spring Festival
Total prize money: Non-Aquisitive $1000 First Prize, $500 highly Commended
Date of exhibition: 7 - 10 September 2011
Closing date for entries: 19 August 2011
Contact: Debbie Shadbolt 9046 5143, email shaddy@bordernet.com.au or carly@mukinbudin.wa.gov.au

Name of event: Dalwallinu Arts Festival
Total prize money: $5,000 plus
Date of exhibition: 15,16 & 17 September
Closing date for entries: Mid August
Contact: cppearse@bigpond.com or PO Box 131, Dalwallinu WA 6609

Name of event: Plantagenet Art Prize
Total prize money: Approx. $2700
Date of exhibition: 30 September - 8 October
Closing date for entries: 26 August
Contact: Trish Powell 9851 4324

Name of event: Gallery La Salle College
Total prize money: N/A
Date of exhibition: Friday 14 October (Opening Night) - Sun 16 October
Closing date for entries: Tuesday 31 August
Contact: Sabrina Lynsdale 9449 0635 or sly@lasalle.wa.edu.au

Name of event: Esperance Biennial Art Award
Total prize money: $11,500 Open to Eastern Goldfields Residents only
Date of exhibition: 18 August – 11 September
Closing date for entries: 11 August
Contact: Shannon 9071 3599 or canneryartscentre@westnet.com.au

Name of event: North Midlands art Exhibition and Sale
Total prize money: $3300
Date of exhibition: 2 – 9 September, Carnamah Town Hall
Closing date for entries: 27 August
Contact: Angela Dring lindum — 1926@bigpond.com

SEPTEMBER 2011

Name of event: Metrochurch Community Art Awards
Total prize money: $8,000
Date of exhibition: 2 - 9 October 2011
Closing date for entries: 5 September (Postal 2 September)
Contact: Robyn Chalk 9427 5000 or artawards@metrochurch.org.au

Name of event: City of Stirling Art Award and Exhibition 2011
Total prize money: $12,500 to be confirmed
Date of exhibition: Saturday 5 November – Sunday 13 November 2011
Closing date for entries: 4pm 30 September 2011
Contact: Sandra Leach 9345 8521 or email culture@stirling.wa.gov.au

Name of event: York Society (Inc) Art & Craft Awards
Total prize money: $9250
Date of exhibition: 8 – 16 October
Closing date for entries: Monday 12 September 2011
Contact: Liz Parker 9641 1339 or parkerprint@bigpond.com

Name of event: Wickepin Art Competition
Total prize money: TBC
Date of exhibition: TBC
Closing date for entries: TBC
Contact: 9888 6013 or tremayne@bordernet.com.au

Name of event: City of Bayswater Annual Art Awards
Total prize money: $7,000
Date of exhibition: 26 September – 8 October
Closing date for entries: 7 September
Contact: Events Officer, City of Bayswater 9272 0622 or mail@bayswater.wa.gov.au

Name of event: Emerging Artist Awards
Total prize money: $6000
Date of exhibition: Friday 28 Oct – Saturday 12 Nov
Closing date for entries: 30 Sept
Contact: Christie Blyton 9474 0705 or christieb@southperth.wa.gov.au

Name of event: Animal Art Awards
Total prize money: TBC
Date of exhibition: TBC
Closing date for entries: Invitation Only
Contact: Cameron 9387 2144 or Cameron@petwellness.com.au

Name of event: Nannup Art and Photography Exhibition
Total prize money: $15,000
Date of exhibition: 27 – 30 October
Closing date for entries: 30 September
Contact: Chris Roycroft 0428 320 837 or artprize@nannupartscouncil.com.au

OCTOBER 2011

Name of event: City of Swan Art Awards
Total prize money: $20,000
Date of exhibition: Opening night Friday 11 November - Sunday 27 November
Closing date for entries: 4pm, 28 October
Contact: Sophie Davidson on 9267 9329 or sophie.davidson@swan.wa.gov.au

Name of event: Boddington Arts Council Art & Craft Exhibition
Total prize money: TBC
Date of exhibition: TBC
Closing date for entries: TBC
Contact: Lee Snibson 9883 9217 or snibo@bbnet.com.au

NOVEMBER 2011

Name of event: Artist’s Books 2012, Gallery East & City of Swan
Date of exhibition: January 13 – February 5, 2012
Closing date for entries: November 15, 2011
Contact: David Forrest 9336 6231, admin@galleryeast.com.au
Conditions of entry: www.galleryeast.com.au/general/book/Conditions3.pdf

DECEMBER 2011

Name of event: 2012 City of Albany Art Prize
Total prize money: $29,500
Date of exhibition: March 31 – April 22, 2012
Closing date for entries: December 2, 2011
Contact: Annette Davis email artprize@albany.wa.gov.au

JANUARY 2012

Name of event: Mid West Art Prize 2012
Total prize money: $45,000 Non Acquisitive
Date of exhibition: 3 March – 27 May 2012
Closing date for entries: 18 January 2012
Contact: Geraldton Regional Art Gallery 08 9964 7170

FEBRUARY 2012

Name of event: Manjar Art Awards
Total prize money: $18,000
Date of exhibition: 15 March – 9 April 2012
Closing date for entries: 20 February 2012
Contact: Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 9550 3933 or gallery@manprac.com.au

MARCH 2012

Name of event: Artistic Flair – incorporated with Capelfest
Total prize money: $3,000
Date of exhibition: 1 April 2012
Closing date for entries: 5pm Friday 9 March 2012
Contact: Kylie Witten 0427 272 148 — www.capelfest.com.au

Name of event: 44th Annual Easter Art Purchase Exhibition Beverley
Total prize money: $8,000
Date of exhibition: 5 – 9 April 2012, Opening: 8pm 5 April
Closing date for entries: 15 March 2012
Contact: Beverley Art Gallery Committee President Jenny Broun 9646 1500 for info. Secretary Kathryn McLean wk.mclean@bigpond.com for entry forms.

Name of event: Vancouver Arts Centennial Art Prize
Total prize money: $13,500
Date of exhibition: 5 – 17 April 2012
Closing date for entries: 17 February 2012
Contact: Vancouver Arts Centre, centennialartprize@albany.wa.gov.au 9841 9260

Name of event: Castaways Sculpture Awards for recycled sculpture
Total prize money: TBC
Date of exhibition: 12 – 20 May 2012
Closing date for entries: 2 March
Contact: Lee Battersby, City of Rockingham 9528 0386, email lee.battersby@rockingham.wa.gov.au or the Curator Lyn DiCiero, 9336 1861, email art@artistschronicle.com

APRIL 2012

Name of event: Dardanup Art Prize
Total prize money: $1,000 First Prize Open, plus $3,000 for Dardanup Residents only.
Date of exhibition: 5 – 6 May, opening 4 May 7pm
Closing date for entries: 3 April
Contact: Jill Coldwell, pjcoldwell@bigpond.com, 0427 093 840 or Neville Peterkin, npeterkin@westnet.com.au, 9728 0867

Name of event: Town of Mosman Park Art Award Between River and Sea Award
Total prize money: $10,000 prize pool
Date of exhibition: 20 – 24 May 2012
Closing date for entries: 20 April 2012
Contact: Anita Campbell, Community Development Officer, 9384 1633

Name of event: City of Gosnells Community Art Exhibition
Total prize money: $10,000
Date of exhibition: 6 – 12 May 2012
Closing date for entries: TBC April
Contact: Linsey Trench, 9397 3104, ltrench@gosnells.wa.gov.au
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Name of event: 2012 City of Melville Art Awards
Total prize money: $14,000
Date of exhibition: 18 – 26 May
Closing date for entries: 27 April 2012
Contact: Hannah Katarski, hannah.katarski@melville.wa.gov.au

MAY 2012

Name of event: Soroptimist International of Fremantle Help the Homeless Art Auction
Total prize money: N/A
Date of exhibition: Open to the public Friday 8 June. Auction 4.30pm Sat 9 June 2012, Notre Dame University, cnr Croke and Mouat St. Fremantle
Closing date for entries: 2 May 2012 by invitation only
Contact: Lyn DiCiero 9336 1861, email art@artistschronicle.com

Name of event: Northam Art Prize 2012
Total prize money: Over $6,000
Date of exhibition: 3 – 10 June
Closing date for entries: 3 May 4pm
Contact: Bruce Gilbert, 9622 2245, avas1@wn.com.au

JUNE 2012

Name of event: Mandorla Art Award & Mandorla Youth Award
Total prize money: $42,000 overall, $25,000 main acquisitive prize
Date of exhibition: 10 – 19 August
Closing date for entries: 1 June
Contact: Entry forms visit www.madorlaart.com

Name of event: Cossack Art Award
Total prize money: $110,000
Date of exhibition: 22 July – 5 August
Closing date for entries: Mid June
Contact: 9186 8555, sor@roebourne.wa.gov.au

Name of event: City of Belmont Art & Photographic Award
Total prize money: $12,000 +
Date of exhibition: 30 July – 11 August 2012
Closing date for entries: 4.30pm 27 June 2012
Contact: Lyn DiCiero, 9336 1861, email art@artistschronicle.com or City of Belmont: Sally.DeLaCruz@belmont.wa.gov.au

AUGUST 2012

Name of event: Bassendean Visual Art Awards
Total prize money: $10,600
Date of exhibition: 27 Sept – 3 Oct 2012
Closing date for entries: 5pm, Fri Aug 17, 2012
Contact: Gabriella Filippi — Cultural Development Officer, Town of Bassendean, 9377 8000, gfilippi@bassendean.wa.gov.au

Name of event: Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Biennial Invitational Art Award
Total prize money: $10,000
Date of exhibition: August TBC
Closing date for entries: TBC
Contact: 9346 3655 or Joanna.wakefield@health.wa.gov.au

Name of event: Harvey Art Prize
Total prize money: TBC
Date of exhibition: TBC
Closing date for entries: TBC
Contact: Ann Kumar, 9723 3591, kumars43@optusnet.com.au

SEPTEMBER 2012

Name of event: Dunsborough Lions Art Show
Total prize money: $3,000 (approx.)
Date of exhibition: 29 September – 1 October (Queen’s Birthday weekend 2012)
Closing date for entries: 15 September
Contact: Bob Clements, 9756 8680, robclements@wn.com.au or Alvin Sargant, 9756 8615, almargsa@westnet.com.au

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