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Photo: Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash. A glass jar filled with fairy lights half burried into the sand at the beach against a setting sun.
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Prizes and competitions to enter in 2024

A go-to list of prizes and competitions across the visual arts, performing arts and writing and publishing in the first…

India Mark, ‘Studio self-portrait’, 2023. Winner of the Ashurt Emerging Artist Prize. In the portrait, Mark looks candidly at the viewer. Wearing a collared black shirt, she appears to be painting her own portrait. She stands in front of a neon green canvas which contrasts her figure.
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The power of portraiture and human connection

The Lester Prize encourages submissions to explore the depths and reaches of identity expressed through portraiture.

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The 2023 Art Music Awards: a celebration of community

It was a night of diversity and recognition at this year’s Art Music Awards, held at Carriageworks in Sydney/Gadigal.

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Local love bolsters the National Indigenous Music Awards event

More than an awards ceremony, the NIMAs, presented in conjunction with Darwin Festival, brings Top End communities together to celebrate…

Painting of a young man's face in close crop. In the background is a winding path in the midst of a yellow field.
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'Don't overthink it' says 2022 Hornsby Art Prize winner

Thanks to the Hornsby Art Prize, Solomon Karmel-Shann is now taking a new direction in his work, but initially it…

2011 Winner of the Bowness Photography Prize, Jacky Redgate. The work is a photo of colourful plates in red, green and yellow on a wall. There is light and shade across the image.
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Join the ranks of those testing the boundaries of photography

The Bowness Photography Prize scopes out the most relevant photographic practices of our time and supports contemporary artists at the…

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Opportunities and awards

Regional Arts Victoria touring callout, plus winners of 2023 APRA Music Award, finalists of humour writing, and more!

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Second consecutive poetry win for 2023 Stella Prize

Editor, critic and poet Sarah Holland-Batt has taken out the 2023 Stella Prize for a tender but unflinching collection on…

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Drawing with dualities and deep conceptual thinking

The Dobell Drawing Prize #23 finalist works on view at the NAS Gallery push the potential of drawing practices to…

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Australian playwright wins Olivier Award for Prima Facie

Suzie Miller’s critically acclaimed ‘Prima Facie’ took home the awards for Best New Play and Best Actress at the 2023…

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