Opportunities for PHOTOGRAPHIC artists
National
Australia
Council for the Arts
Organisation: Australian
Government's arts funding
and advisory body
Summary: Offers
a broad range of grants,
scholarships, fellowships,
awards, and supports
international initiatives
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines
(national): http://www.ozco.gov.au/grantFinder.aspx?artformID=1
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines
(international):
http://www.ozco.gov.au/council_priorities/international/
Australian
Film Commission
Organisation: Australian
Government agency operating
under the Commonwealth
Film Program
Summary: Offers
a broad range of different
programs
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: http://www.afc.gov.au/funding/default.aspx
Australian
Network for Art and Technology (ANAT)
Organisation: Australia's
peak network and advocacy
body for media artists
Summary: Offers
a broad range of different
funds to attend national
and international events.
Applicants must be members
of ANAT.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
www.anat.org.au then
click on School and residencies.
Janet Holmes à Court
Artists' Grant and NAVA
Visual and Craft Artists'
Grant Scheme
Organisation: National
Association for the Visual
Arts (NAVA).
Award: $500
for individuals and $1,000
for groups.
Summary: Provides
financial assistance
to professional artists
for the public presentation
of their work.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: http://www.visualarts.net.au/grantsprizes/vcags
Competitions
CCP/Colour
Factory Award for an
Emerging Photographic
Artist
Organisation: Centre
for Contemporary Photography
and Colour Factory.
Award: Type
C exhibition prints (up
to 1000mm x 760mm), consultation
by Colour Factory and
a solo exhibition at
CCP.
Summary: Awarded
to an artist in the first
five years of their practice.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
03 9417
1549 or info@ccp.org.au,
or visit http://www.ccp.org.au/colour_factory_award.php
CCP Kodak
Salon
Organisation: Centre
for Contemporary Photography
and Kodak Professional.
Award: Exhibition
in the annual Kodak Salon
at CCP and the opportunity
to win a prize in one
of 18 categories.
Summary: The
Kodak Salon is an annual
event celebrating the
latest developments in
photo-based practice.
See website for full
list of prize categories.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
03 9417 1549 or info@ccp.org.au,
or visit http://www.ccp.org.au/kodak_salon.php
Leica/CCP
Documentary Photography
Award
Organisation: Centre
for Contemporary Photography
and Leica.
Award: Finalists
are selected for exhibition
at the Centre for Contemporary
Photography and a subsequent
national tour. The 2007
Leica/CCP Documentary
Photography Award winner
receives a Leica M8 camera
valued at over $10 000.
Summary: First
held in 1997, the Leica/CCP
Documentary Photography
Award supports excellence
in documentary work which
contributes to a deeper
understanding of the
photographic subject. The
Award is open to established
and aspiring photographers
using both analogue and
digital cameras, however
no alteration of the
content of photographs
is permitted.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
03 9417 1549 or info@ccp.org.au,
or visit http://www.ccp.org.au/leica_award.php
Canon Australia
Professional Photography
Awards
Organisation: Canon
Australia and Australian
Institute of Professional
Photography.
Award: up
to $20,000.
Summary: Categories
are Advertising/Fashion,
Editorial, Commercial/Industrial,
Illustrative, Portrait,
Wedding, Science & Nature,
Landscape, Photo Illustrator
and Open. From the 10
winners, one photographer
is chosen as Photographer
of the Year. Photographs
are judged through a
rigorous, peer-review
process.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: 1800
686 696 or admin@aipp.com.au,
or visit http://www.canon.com.au/appa/index.html
Fishers
Ghost Art Award
Organisation: Fishers
Ghost Festival and Cambelltown
Arts Centre.
Award: The Open
Award is the major prize
of the exhibition and
is open to artworks of
any medium. The winner
of the Open Award
receives a $20,000 prize
and the winning work
is acquisitive to Campbelltown
Arts Centre.
Summary: Other
categories
include: Contemporary,
Traditional, Works on
Paper, Ceramics, Local,
Tertiary, High School
and Primary Students.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: 02 4645 4956 or
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/fishers/info.html
Greenpeace
Photography Competition
Organisation: Greenpeace.
Award: Five
finalists will have their
photos printed onto greeting
cards with a portrait
and profile highlighting
each image with the artist.
Summary: Entries
will be judged on composition,
technique, thematic relevance,
suitability for conveying
an environmental message
and suitability for reproduction
on Greenpeace greeting
cards.
Closing
date and further information: www.greenpeace.com.au
Application
guidelines: To
receive an entry form
call 1800 815 152 or
email sinddy.ealy@au.greenpeace.org
Head On
Organisation:
Head On Alternative
Portraits.
Award: Photographic
equipment and books up
to $16,000.
Summary: National
photographic portrait
competition for entries
in both new and traditional
practises. Entries can
be digitally produced
or from film, and applicants
may enter up to three
images.
Closing date,
further information and
application guidelines:
http://www.headon.com.au
Linden Postcard
Show
Organisation: Linden
Centre for Contemporary
Arts.
Award: over
$12,000 in prizes, including
$5,000 for first prize.
Summary: Annual
open entry award exhibition
featuring small contemporary
art work in a variety
of media. Open
to all Australian residents.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: 03 9209 6794 or
http://www.lindenarts.org/
Moran Contemporary
Photographic Prize
Organisation: Moran
Health Care Group.
Award: up
to $40,000 Open Section
acquisitive.
Summary: Open
to all Australian residents,
this competition promotes
digital and film-based
photography. Exhibition
of finalists held at
State Library of NSW
and a subsequent touring
exhibition.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.moranprizes.com.au
National Photographic
Portrait Prize
Organisation: National
Portrait Gallery.
Award: $25,000
prize.
Summary: This
annual exhibition is
intended to promote the
very best in contemporary
photographic portraiture
by both professional
and aspiring Australian
photographers.
Closing dates
and further information:
http://www.portrait.gov.au/
National Photographic
Prize
Organisation: Albury
Regional Art Gallery
(ARAG).
Award: $10,000
aqcuisitive plus $1,500
for an emerging artist.
The opportunity for a
further $10,000 acquisitive
for the ARAG collection.
Summary: This
biennial exhibition is
open to support photography,
and to offer emerging
artists a pathway to
exhibit their work
and become part of a
continually expanding
collection.
Closing dates
and further information:
http://www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/arts/gallery/index.htm
Nikon Australian
Social Documentary Photography
Grant
Organisation: Reportage
Festival Sydney and Nikon.
Award: $10,000
Nikon Australian Social
Documentary Photography
Grant.
Summary: Open
to Australian and international
photographers, this biennial
grant of $10,000 provides
an opportunity for a
photographer to research,
create and produce a
new and compelling social
documentary work in Australia.
While the grant is open
to professional photographers
of all nationalities,
it must be used to document
a story within Australia
and must be relevant
to Australians.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: email
info@reportage.com.au
or http://www.reportage.com.au
Olive Cotton
Award for Photographic
Portraiture
Organisation: Tweed
River Art Gallery and
the Cotton family.
Award: $10,000
acquisitive prize.
Summary: The
Olive Cotton Award is
an annual national award
for excellence in photographic
portraiture dedicated
by her family in the
memory of Olive Cotton,
one of Australia’s
leading twentieth century
photographers. It is
open to both emerging
and established photographers.
Closing date
and further information: http://www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/ArtGallery/ArtGalleryPrizesHome.aspx
Application
guidelines: Download
the entry form from the
website.
Ripe: Art & Australia/ANZ
Private Bank Emerging
Artists Scheme
Organisation: Art & Australia magazine
and ANZ Bank
Award: Artwork
to feature on the back
cover of Art & Australia magazine
and also the purchase
of at least one of the
artist’s works.
Two artists are selected
every six months.
Summary: The
award is to promote the
work of emerging artists
and to support the financial
needs of the artist. Work
will be judged on artistic
merit and the ability
to lead a successful
career. Artists
must be within the first
five years of practice
and have had their work
publically exhibited
previously.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines: http://www.visualarts.net.au/grantsprizes/ripe
SAFE - Student
Illustration and Photography
Award
Organisation: SAFE/
Saving Antiquities for
Everyone.
Award: US$250.
Summary: The
global competition is
judged on the ability
to use creative skills
to create memorable and
powerful graphic images
that can be used for
their public awareness
campaigns.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines:
http://www.savingantiquities.org
The TAP Environment
Art Award
Organisation: TAP
Gallery, Sydney.
Award: $1000.
Summary: In
conjunction with World
Environment Day, TAP
gallery hosts
the annual environment
award to highlight the
problems that face our
planet. The gallery also
holds a number of other
thematic and humanitarian
awards each year.
Closing
dates and further information:
http://www.tapgallery.org.au/annpriz01.htm
Application
guidelines:
from tap@acay.com.au
Up Close and
Spineless: The Annual
Invertebrate Photographic
Exhibition
Organisation: The
Australian Museum.
Award: $600.
Summary: The
annual invertebrate photographic
competition held by the
Australian Museum is
to raise awareness of
the 5 million different
species of invertebrates
that exist. This
competition is open to
amateur photographers
as well as professionals.
Closing date,
further information and application guidelines: http://www.amonline.net.au/up_close/competition.htm#prizes
Residencies
Realise Your
Dream Award
Organisation: British
Council of Australia.
Award: $
7 500 and return airfares.
Summary: The
Visual Arts prize allows
artists (aged 19-26)
to work alongside other
artists and professionals
to develop new skills
and a body of work. This
opportunity will allow
one Australian to work
in a British professional
studio and gain insight
into the UK on behalf
of the Mordant family.
Closing
dates and further information: http://www.realiseyourdream.org.au/index.htm
Application
guidelines: Applicants
must complete the online
application form and
send in a three-minute
DVD.
http://www.realiseyourdream.org.au/enter.htm
International Opportunities and Residencies
Global
Anne & Gordon
Samstag International
Visual Arts Scholarship
Organisation: University
of South Australia.
Award: US$30,000
tax-exempt stipend, return
airfares and institutional
fees for one academic
year.
Summary: The
scholarship is to further
visual art study outside
of Australia in an approved
educational institution.
Applicants can either
be graduates within the
first five years of studio
study at an Australian
university or visual
arts students who have
completed the first two
years of their degree.
Scholarships must be
used for studio-based
programs through formal
enrolment under the auspices
of an approved educational
institution.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines: http://www.unisa.edu.au/samstag/apply
International
Association of Residential
Arts Centre
Organisation: Res
Artis.
Award: Offers
a broad range of residencies
worldwide.
Summary: The
largest existing network
of artist residency programs,
representing the
interests of more than
200 centres and organisations
in 40 countries.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.resartis.org
W. Eugene
Smith Grant in Humanistic
Photography
Organisation: W.
Eugene Smith Foundation.
Award: $30,000
grant and $5,000 in fellowship
money.
Summary: The
Fund was established
to encourage photographers
working against the fashion
and economics of modern
publishing.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.smithfund.org/apply/smith
Images
'08 International Photography
Competition
Organisation: Images
'08
Award: €18.000.
Summary: The
competition is open to
professional and emerging
artists and photographers.
It aims to uncover
new artists and to give
them the opportunity
to realise a unique project.
The selected project
will be exhibited at
Images' 08, which will
take place in Switzerland
in 2008.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
http://www.images.ch
REAL Photography Award
Organisation: ING
Real Estate.
Award: €50,000.
Summary: The
REAL Photography Award
is a biennial photography
award to promote
international contemporary
photography. 30 photographers
are nominated and
offered an exclusive
exhibition. Categories
include: Nature, Development
and Architecture.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
http://www.realphotographyaward.com/
Europe
Rijksakademie
Van Beeldende Kunsten
Residence
Organisation: Rijksakademie
Van Beeldende Kunsten,
Amsterdam.
Award: Offers
studio, housing, stipend
and work budget, production
platforms and research
centres.
Summary: Open
to all major contemporary
art disciplines. Resident
artists have usually
successfully completed
their studies and have
worked independently
as artists for a number
of years. Admission is
initially for a work
period of one year (January
to December).
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines: http://www.rijksakademie.nl/residency/uk_rs_residency.htm
Cat’Art
Residencies
Organisation: Centre
International de Recherche
et de Creation.
Award: Residencies
from one week to 12 months
for professional artists
at Sainte Colombe sur
l’Hers.
Summary: The
applications are open
all year round. Part
of the costs of residency
is covered. The other
part, which has to be
covered by the applicants
themselves, corresponds
to the participation
fees mentioned in the
fields "studios" and "lodging".
Closing date,
further information and
application guidelines:
http://www.catart.org/residences.php
Akademie Schloss
Solitude Residencies
(Stuttgart)
Organisation: Akademie
Schloss Solitude.
Award: There
are over 60 residencies
available in duration
from six to 12 months. Each
artist is
given a monthly allowance
of €1 000 euros
in addition to free lodging
and expenses paid.
Summary: The
fellowship is open to
artists under the age
of 35 and who are within
the first five years
of finishing their university
degree. 50-60
applicants are allocated
every 24 months. Applicants
are expected to know
English, French or German.
Artists, musicians, designers
and curators will be
assessed by jurors within
their field.
Closing date,
further information and application guidelines:
http://www.akademie-solitude.de
Landerer UK
Arts Scholarship
Organisation: British
Council.
Award: $30,000
contribution to tuition
fees and living costs.
Summary: For
those under 30 who have
been, or will be, accepted
into a visual art or
design Masters course
for 12 months in the
UK. This award is to
strengthen the ties between
the UK and Australia.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/au-scholarships-awards-postgraduate-john-landerer-scholarship.htm
Scotland Scholarship
Organisation: British
Council of Australia.
Award: Tuition
fees, return economy
airfare and a living
allowance.
Summary: This
scholarship is for Masters
programs based in a Scottish
higher education institution
for not more than twelve
months. applications
must be sent with academic
results and CV. Priority
is given to digital media
applicants. Short listed
applicants must attend
an interview in Sydney
in which they will be
reimbursed for travelling
expenses.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/au-sholarships-awards-postgraduate-scotland-scholarship.htm?mtklink=au-sholarships-awards-postgraduate-scotland-scholarship
USA
Photography
and Related Media Residency
Organisation: Light
Work.
Award: $4,000,
an apartment, private
darkroom and 24 hour
access to facilities.
Summary: One-month
residency in Syracuse
in order to pursue a
photographic project. The
facilities include colour
and black and white darkrooms
as well as computer laboratories
for working on final
projects. There
are between 12 and 15
residencies available.
Further
information:
http://www.lightwork.org/residency/resinfo.html
Application
information: Artists
should send their current
resume, artist’s
statement, slides of
their most recent work
and any supporting material.
Send applications to:
Light Work, Artist-in-Residence
Program, 316 Waverly
Avenue, Syracuse, NY
123244 USA
info@lightwork.org
Essence of
Bellingham Photo Competition
Organisation: The
City of Bellingham and
the Whatcom Museum of
History and Art.
Award: The winners will
be added to a collection
documenting Bellingham
life and may appear in
Whatcom Museum and City
of Bellingham publications
included in various media
such as print, television,
and the web.
Summary: All
residents of Whatcom
County can participate.
Entries should be either
digital or scanned photographs
that capture the "essence" of
Bellingham.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
http://www.cob.org/features/2007-03-30-photo-competition.htm
Fulbright
Scholarship
Organisation: Australian-American
Fulbright Commission.
Award: Travel
entitlement AU$4 200,
monthly stipend US$2
000 for a maximum of
12 months, established
allowance US$1 000, excess
baggage allowance US$100,
transportation and accommodation
to a number of awards.
Summary: This
is an award to support
postgraduate and post-doctoral
research. The Fulbright
funding is only valid
for the first 12 months
of an academic course
and applicants must show
that they have financial
support for remaining
years. Visual artists
may also apply for the
Joseph Pratt Postgraduate
Award.
Closing
dates and further information and application guidelines: http://www.fulbright.com.au/awards/australian_applicants/awards_available/Fulbright_Postgraduate_Awards.htm
The Freedman
Foundation Travelling
Scholarship for Emerging
Artists
Organisation: The
Freedman Foundation.
Award: 4
x AU$5 000Tuition
fees and travel expenses.
Summary: This
annual scholarship allows
emerging artists to travel
overseas to either engage
in a research project,
an artist mentorship
or to undertake formal
study.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines: http://www.visualarts.net.au/grantsprizes/freedman
Dorothea Lange – Paul
Taylor Prize
Organisation: Center
for Documentary Studies,
Duke University.
Award: $20
000.
Summary: This
prize funds a collaborative
work by a writer and
a photographer in the
formative or fieldwork
stages of a documentary
project.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
http://cds.aas.duke.edu/l-t/index.html
MacDowell
Colony Residency Program
Organisation: MacDowell
Colony.
Award: They
offer residencies
and travel grants in
all artistic disciplines.
Summary: The
length of residence is
up to two months at Peterborough,
New Hampshire
Closing
date, further information and application guidelines: http://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply.html
Australian Capital Territory
Arts ACT
Organisation: ACT
Government arts
agency.
Summary: ACT
Government offers a broad
range of funding: ACT
Arts Fund for Key Arts
Organisation Funding,
Community Arts Funding,
Project Funding, ACT
Creative Arts Fellowships.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.arts.act.gov.au/pages/page7.asp
Prizes/ Exhibitions
ANU Photographic
Calendar Competition
Organisation:
Australia National
University (ANU).
Award: The
winning photos will appear
in the 2008 ANU Community
Calendar.
Summary: Capture
the unique spirit of
ANU life in images of
events, habits and rituals.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.anu.edu.au/dos/calendar_comp/calendar09.htm
New South Wales
Arts NSW
Organisation: NSW
Government arts
agency.
Summary: NSW
Government offers a broad
range of grants, scholarships,
fellowships, awards.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/
Prizes/ Exhibitions
Mosman Youth
Art Prize
Organisation: Mosman
Art Gallery.
Award: Over
$6 000 worth of prizes.
Summary: Annual
exhibition for young
artists aged between
12–20 years working
in following media: painting,
sculpture, drawing, printmaking,
photography and digital
media.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: e-mail gallery@mosman.nsw.gov.au or
visit http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/recreation/artgallery.html
New Scientist
Eureka Prize for Science
Photography
Organisation: Australian
Museum, Sydney.
Award: $5 000.
Summary: It
offers a prize for a
single photograph that
communicates an aspect
of science. The definition
of science includes the
natural, physical, applied
or agricultural sciences,
environmental and biodiversity
issues; flora and fauna,
medicine, astronomy,
information technology,
technological innovation,
engineering and health
science as well as work
that addresses social
or economic consequences
of science.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines: http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/eureka/prizes/
USU Photography
Prize
Organisation: University
of Sydney Union (USU)
Service.
Award: $1 000.
Summary:
Eligible members of
the USU may enter this
award, which is part
of the USU’s Arts
Festival.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.usydunion.com/services/details.aspx?serviceid=32
Anne Landa
Award
Organisation: Art
Gallery of New South
Wales.
Award: $25
000.
Summery: The
Award is part of a biennial
curated exhibition of
innovative film, video,
and photomedia. It runs
in the even years and
it is also an acquisitive
award for the permanent
collection of the Art
Gallery of New South
Wales.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines:
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Environment
in Focus Photography
Competition
Organisation: Willoughby
City Council.
Award: $1 000
and $500.
Summary: The
competition aims to highlight
the unique natural environment
of Willoughby and demonstrate
the importance of local
bushland.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Photography-Competition.html
Sydney Life
Photography Exhibition & Prize
Organisation: City
of Sydney.
Award: The
total prize value is
$10,000.
Summary: Sydney
Life aims to exhibit
work by emerging, mid
career and established
photographers, providing
public recognition and
ongoing career benefits
to artists at all stages
of their careers.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Community/GrantsAndAwards/SydneyLifePhotographyExhibition.asp
Lens across
the land: The National
Trust of Australia (NSW)
Photography Competition
2007
Organisation: The
National Trust of Australia
(NSW)
Award: Winning
entries will be exhibited
at the National Trust
Centre Café, Sydney
and published in the
National Trust magazine Reflections.
Summary: It
aims to capture natural
and cultural landscapes
across NSW.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines:
http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/events/festival/photocomp/default.asp
OZTeK Underwater
Imagery Competition
Organisation: Sport
Diving Magazine and the
PADI Diving Society.
Award: Six
night trip for one person.
Summary: Allows
underwater photographers
and videographers the
opportunity to show their
creative talents.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://diveoztek.com.au/photocomp.html
Macquarie
Photographic competition
Organisation: Macquarie
University (MQ).
Award: Various
goods from different
sponsors.
Summary: The
theme is: MQ – Great
University, Great City.
There are four categories:
Me
and MQ, Unique MQ, Great
University, Great City.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.international.mq.edu.au/globe/default.aspx?ID=239&EditionID=145&contentID=1507
Muswellbrook
Open Photography Prize
Organisation: Muswellbrook
Shire Council
Award: $1,200
(Acquisitve), $400 (Acquisitve),
$100 (Non Acquisitve).
Summary: Selected
works will be exhibited
at the Muswellbrook Regional
Arts Centre.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
http://www.muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au/visitors/ArtsCentre/exhibitions.htm
Northern Territory
Arts NT
Organisation: NT
Government arts
agency.
Summary: NT
Government offers different
grants to promote all
art forms.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/arts/artsnt/grants/index.html
Prizes / Exhibitions
Alice Springs
Desert Park and Gap Youth
Centre National Youth
Week Photo Competition
Organisation: Alice
Springs Desert Park.
Award: A
compact digital camera.
Summary: Photos
must be taken on the
theme ‘Life in
the Desert’ by
youth 12 to 25 years
of age.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.alicespringsdesertpark.com.au/photo/index.html
Orchid Spectacular
- Photographic Competition
Award: Prize
money amount not specified.
Summary: The
competition
has six classes to be
judged, including a postcard
size category, ideal
for the amateur enthusiast.
Closing
dates, further information
and application guidelines: Phone
08 8983 1331 or visit http://www.arounddarwin.com.au/darwin_events.html
Queensland
Arts QLD
Organisation: Queensland
Government arts
agency.
Summary: Queensland
Government offers a broad
range of grants, funds,
and fellowships.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/funding/sector_grant.html
Prizes/Exhibitions
BHP Waltzing
Matilda Photographic
Competition & Exhibition
Organisation: Outback
Regional Gallery,
Winton.
Award: $5,000
acquisitive prize for
the Cannington Silver
Lead Zinc Collection.
Summary: National
competition for colour
and monochrome photographic
prints to be acquired
for the collection. There
are two first prize awards.
Closing dates
and further information: http://www.matildacentre.com.au/gallery/ComingCompetitions.asp
Application
guidelines: Rob
McQueen 07 4657 0463
or email rcmcqueen@bigpond.com
Josephine
Ulrick & Win Schubert
Photography Award
Organisation:
Gold Coast City Art Gallery.
Award: $10,000.
Summary: An
acquisitive art award
and exhibition focusing
on photo-based media.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
Gold
Coast City Art Gallery
on 07 5581 6567 or email
gallery@gcac.com
or visit www.gcac.com.au
McGregor Prize
for Photography
Organisation: McGregor
Schools, Darling
Heights, Queensland.
Award: Total
of $4,500 of acquisitive
prizes.
Summary: A photographic
award and exhibition
with an open theme.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.usq.edu.au/mcgregor/contact.htm
Heritage Building
Society Acquisitive Photographic
Award
Organisation: The
Heritage Building Society,
Toowoomba.
Award: $6,500.
Summary: The
Heritage Building Society
Photographic Award is
a selection of over 50
prints, which are exhibited
at the Toowoomba Regional
Art Gallery. Of
these, four are acquired
by Heritage and displayed
in their corporate art
collection. Fujifilm
is a key sponsor donating
$1,000 worth of prizes
to each winner.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: http://secure.heritageonline.com.au/About-Heritage/Community-Involvement/Sponsorship/Heritage-Acquisitive-Photographic-Awards.aspx
Stan and Maureen
Duke Art Prize
Organisation: Gold
Coast City Art Gallery.
Award: $10,000
non-acquisitive.
Summary: Artists
producing works from
any art medium are allowed
to enter this competition.
Closing
dates, further information
and application guidelines: Call
the gallery on 07 5581
6567 or email gallery@gcac.com.au or
visit
http://www.gcac.com.au/art_gallery/
Stanthorpe
Art Prize
Organisation: Stanthorpe
Regional Art
Gallery.
Award: $20,000
in prizes, including
$15,000 acquisitive first
prize.
Summary: This
biennial art prize
includes a mix of both
contemporary and traditional
art forms. Entry is
open to Australian artists.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: Phone
07 4681 1874 or email
director@srag.org.au
or visit www.srag.org.au/events.php
Sunshine Coast
Art Prize
Organisation: Caloundra
City Council.
Award: $15,000
plus a four week residency
in Maleny, Sunshine Coast.
Acquisitive to the
Caloundra City collection.
Summary: Open
to all Australian artists
producing 2-dimensional
work. The 4 week residency
contributes to cultural
development and includes
accommodation, travel
and stipend, to be taken
up within 12 months of
the award.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.scap.org.au
Hervey Bay
Photographic Competition
Organisation: Hervey
Bay City Council.
Award: $1,000.
Summary: A thematic
competition with the
theme changing every
year.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.herveybay.qld.gov.au/stayPlay/photographCompetition.shtml
South Australia
Arts SA
Organisation: SA
Government arts
agency.
Summary: SA
Government offers a downloadable
Arts SA funding handbook
containing all available
grants, funds, and fellowships.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.arts.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4
South Australian
Youth Arts Board (under
26 only)
Organisation: SA
Government Youth Arts
Policy body
Summary: SA
Government offers project
development and program
grants and awards.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.sayab.org.au/sayab
Prizes / Exhibitions
Double Take
Photographic competition
Organisation: Port
Adelaide.
Award: Unspecified
prize from Atkins Technicolour.
Summary:
The aim is to show all
the photos that tell
a unique story about
Port Adelaide.
Closing
dates, further information
and application guidelines: http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=143&c=21053
Tasmania
Arts Tas
Organisation: Tasmanian
Government arts
agency.
Summary: The
Tasmanian Government
offers a broad range
of grants and loans.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.arts.tas.gov.au
Prizes/ Exhibitions
Moorilla scholarship
Organisation: Moorilla
Estate.
Award: $12,500
to be used only for the
making of artwork, such
as materials, equipment
etc.
Summary: This
annual award is open
to Tasmanian artists
of any visual art medium.
The award is a non-cash
prize, to fund the making
of artwork, culminating
in a solo exhibition
at the end of the year.
One piece will be retained
for the Moorilla permanent
collection.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.moorilla.com.au/sponsorship/arts.php
The One Planet
Extreme Environment Photographic
Competition
Organisation: Antartic
Mid-Summer Festival
Award: Prizes
totaling over $3,000
in the following three
categories: One Planet
Extreme Environment Photograph
of the Year, Wayne Papps
Memorial Prize for Best
Antarctic Image, FujiFilm
People’s Choice
Award
Summary: The
competition is for images
that best capture the
essence of an extreme
environment and its ability
to represent exposure,
fragility and the power
of nature.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.antarctic-tasmania.info/extreme.php
Victoria
Arts Victoria
Organisation: Victorian
Government arts
agency
Summary: Arts
Victoria offers a downloadable
booklet containing all
available grants, funds,
and fellowships.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/arts/funding/funding.htm
Arts Grants
Program
Organisation: City
of Melbourne.
Summary: City
of Melbourne provides
funding to support all
arts activities.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=77&pg=3130
Regional Arts
Fund
Organisation: Commonwealth
Government and Regional
Arts Victoria.
Summary: Regional
Arts Victoria offers
project grants and 'quick
response' grants.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.rav.net.au/erave1/funding/default.asp?pageid=22&RAVUserId=
Prizes/ Exhibitions
MIAF Awards
Organisation: Melbourne
International Animation
Festival.
Award: Not
specified.
Summary: Animation
Festival and awards.
Works must have been
completed within the
previous two years.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.miaf.net/2007/entries.html
Ballarat National
Photographic Exhibition
Organisation: Ballarat
Camera Club and Ballarat
Fine Art Gallery.
Award: Over
$1000 in prizes.
Summary: Exhibition
and competition at the
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
Categories: Open
Monochrome, Open Colour,
Nature Prints, Photojournalism/Social
Documentary, Creative/Experimental,
Landscape/Seascape and
People/Portrait.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: Ballarat
Camera Club Inc., P O
Box 1362, Bakery Hill
VIC 3354 or http://ballaratcameraclub.com/
Bendigo Millowick
Photography Prize
Organisation: Provided
by Julie Millowick, lecturer
in charge of photography
and photojournalism at
La Trobe University,
Bendigo.
Award: $1,000.
Summary: Open
to residents of the City
of Greater Bendigo. Photographs
are exhibited
at the Bendigo Art Gallery.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: bendigoartgallery@bendigo.vic.gov.au or
visit http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=72&h=0
MIFF shorts
Organisation: Melbourne
International Film Festival.
Summary: Films
of 30 minutes or less
are eligible for entry
in the Best MIFF Shorts
Competition with the
exception of the documentary
category, which accepts
films of 60 minutes or
less. Entry is open to
films of all kinds with
the exception of training
and advertising films.
Award: Prize
money totalling $35,000.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au/filmentrypage
William and
Winifred Bowness Photography
Prize
Organisation: Monash
Gallery of Art (MGA).
Award: $10,000
non-acquisitive prize.
Summary: Bill
Bowness is the current
chairman of the MGA and
established this award
in honour of his late
parents. The award seeks
to celebrate Australian
artists in an exhibition
at the gallery. Applicants
can enter analogue or
digital still images.
Closing
date, further information
and application guidelines: http://www.mga.org.au/exhibfolder/Bowness%20Prize/2007/wwbpp_2007.htm
The Australian
Childhood Foundation’s
Childhood Hero Photo
Competition
Organisation: Australian
Childhood Foundation.
Award: Prizes
totalling $1,800.
Summary: Entry
is open to Australia
residents between the
ages of 4 and 18 inclusive.
The prize seeks to celebrate
a child’s personal
hero.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://childhoodhero.fujicolor.com.au/terms.asp
Daylesford
Foto Biennale
Summary: The
Daylesford Foto Biennale
normally runs in June.
It includes exhibitions,
seminars, workshops and
photo events at a host
of venues throughout
the Hepburn Shire in
the Victorian Central
Highlands.
The committee
calls for proposals from
independent curators,
photographers and photographic
artists. Proposals are
invited for photographic
workshops, seminar presentations
and associated photographic
events.
Closing
date, further information
and application guidelines:
http://www.daylesfordfotobiennale.org or http://dfb05.tripod.com/
Residencies
Asialink Visual
Arts/Craft Residency
Program
Organisation: University
of Melbourne.
Award: Up
to $12,000 grant.
Summary: The
residency program is
for three to four months.
It covers airfares, accommodation,
living expenses, materials
and production costs.
Closing
date, further information
and application guidelines
http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/our_work/arts/residency_application_information
Western Australia
Arts WA
Organisation: WA
Government arts
agency.
Summary: WA
Government offers a downloadable
Arts Grant Handbook containing
all available grants,
funds, and fellowships.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.artswa.wa.gov.au/ArtsWAGrants.asp
Prizes / Exhibitions
BankWest Contemporary
Art Prize
Organisation: BankWest
Group.
Award: $15,000
acquisitive prize.
Summary: Open
to all artists living
and working in WA. The
artworks must be two-dimensional
in any media. It should
reflect a contemporary
approach and be experimental
and innovative.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.bankwest.com.au/.../Media_Releases/Media_Releases_2007/BankWest_Contemporary_Art_Prize/index.aspx
CLIP Award:
Contemporary Landscapes
in Photography
Organisation: Perth
Centre for Contemporary
Photography.
Award: $3000
First Prize, $500 Award
for Excellence, $7,500
contract with Saville
Australia.
Summary: The
CLIP Award is a national
prize recognising contemporary
landscapes in photo-based
media offering $3500
in prize money.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines:
08 9227 6620 or http://pcp.org.au/index.php?content_id=18
Minnawarra
Art Award
Organisation: City
of Armadale.
Awards: Total
$18,000 of acquisitive
and non-acquisitive prizes.
Summary: Open
to local artists.
Closing
date, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.armadale.wa.gov.au/Services_and_Facilities/Events/
City of Melville
Art Award
Organisation: City
of Melville.
Award: Cash
prize $1,500.
Summary: Open
to established and emerging
artists who live in WA,
this competition has
separate categories for
different media. Artists
will also be offered
the opportunity to exhibit
their work.
Closing
date, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.melvillecity.com.au/arts-events/art/art-awards-2008
City
of Perth Photomedia Award
Organisation: City
of Perth and Perth Institute
of Contemporary Arts
(PICA)
Award: $10,000
acquisitive award for
Excellence, $2,000 award
for Commendation, exhibited
at PICA.
Summary: This
biennial award is open
nationally to conventional
and hi-tech contemporary
usage of photographic
media.
Closing
date, further information and application guidelines:
http://www.pica.org.au
City of Stirling
Art Award
Organisation: City
of Stirling.
Award: $4,500
acquisitive first prize.
Summary: This
exhibition is only open
to WA residents, and
has separate categories
for local and young artists.
Open to all media, and
includes suggested theme
for artwork.
Closing date,
further information and application guidelines:
http://www.stirling.wa.gov.au
The York Society
Photographic Awards
Organisation: The
York Society Inc.
Award: Open
Colour $400, Creative
Photography $400, Monochromatic
$400 and York Subject
in any of the above categories
$500.
Summary: This
award aims to highlight
the production of contemporary
photography in the Avon
area. It is only open
to residents of
WA. Submitted
artworks will be exhibited
and awards given by a
panel of judges.
Closing date,
further information and
application guidelines: 08
9641 1339 or
http://www.yorksoc.org.au/photographicawards.htm
Town of Vincent
Art Award
Organisation: Town
of Vincent.
Award: $6,000
acquisitive.
Summary:
Open nationally and to
all media, including
photography, with certain
size restrictions.
Closing dates,
further information and
application guidelines: http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/3/478/1/vincent_art_awa.pm
Outside the
Frame
Organisation: City
of Armadale.
Summary: Showcasing
the work of Year 11 and
12 students from across
the South East Metropolitan
region. An initiative
of the City of Armadale
to support the artistic
endeavours of youth.
Closing
date, further information and application guidelines: http://www.armadale.wa.gov.au/Services_and_Facilities/Events/
Pemberton
Photography Exhibition
Organisation: Pemberton
Arts Group.
Summary: Open
to all amateur and professional
photographers who are
resident of the south-west
of WA. Exhibition is
themed and all artists
can exhibit up to three
pieces.
Closing date,
further information and application guidelines:
http://www.pembertontourist.com.au/pages.asp?code=7
Photographic
Archive of Central TAFE
(PACT)
Organisation: The
State Library of Western
Australia and Central
TAFE.
Award: Total
prize money of $6000.
Summary: The
aim of this competition
is to make a valuable
contribution to the documentary
history of WA.
There are six categories:
Photo essay,
Landscape/Architecture,
Environmental Portraiture,
Cultural and Sporting
Events/Social Activities,
Best Student Photograph,
Overall Best Photograph.
Closing
dates, further information and application guidelines: http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/pact.html
Western Australian
Climate Change Photographic
Competition
Organisation: Greenhouse
Unit, Department
of Environment and Conservation.
Award: up
to $2000.
Summary: The
aim is to tell WA’s
story of climate change.
Closing dates,
further information and application guidelines: http://portal.environment.wa.gov.au/portal/page?_pageid=54,6076428&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Last updated May 2008
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