Awards, Prizes,  and Opportunities -listed by closing date. 

Aug Sep Email here, to register your interest The Q Exhibition Space will be available for up to 4 artists to share the gallery during the Queanbeyan Arts Trail weekend of October 19 & 20.  

12 Sept 2024 Meroogal Women’s Art Prize Women artists from across NSW are invited to submit works, in any medium, that respond to the historic house of Meroogal.

20 Sep 2024 – First Nations Expert Working Group  Applications are now open for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to join an expert working group to help guide the development of new laws on ICIP to address the harm caused by fake art. 

27 Sep 2024 Basil Sellers Art Prize This prize is an acquisitive biennial award which prize champions 2D artworks in traditional mediums of painting, drawing, and printmaking (unique state).

4 Oct 2024 Outside the Square – People’s Choice Exhibition & Competition #3. Hosted by Create Collaborate Collective at The Queanbeyan Hive

8 Oct 2024 Redlands Art Award The biennial contemporary painting competition is open to all Australian artists. 

6 Nov2024 – Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) – Synapse Residency This program aims to bring artists and researchers together in partnerships that generate new knowledge, ideas and processes beneficial beyond both fields.