Opportunities and awards

Grants for experimental practice, plus winners of the Shane and Catherine Brennan Prize, finalists of the churchie emerging art prize, and more!
Paul Guest Drawing Prize 2024 finalist, Sarah Crowest, ‘Hot Potato (several small fires), 2024’. Potatoes with eyes around a fire.

2025 Blacktown City Art Prize

The 2025 Blacktown City Art Prize is open to emerging and established artists across Australia. With a prize pool of $23,500, finalists have a chance to win one of five awards and the opportunity to have their work acquired for the Blacktown City Art Collection.
Applications close 28 October; learn more and apply.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_