Latest opportunities

The Biyal-a Armstrong Creek Library has amazing creative workshop facilities in a sound studio, laser-cutting and 3D printing, along with extensive textiles facilities and a group workspace all within an architecturally-designed building. The library is looking to develop an artist-in-residence program to activate this space and explore the library’s place in the community. As a public space, how can creatives provide different ways to engage with the space and consider different approaches to traditional perceptions of a library?

This Changemakers is an exciting opportunity to explore these ideas and contribute to the design of the planned residency.

We’ll explore the diverse offerings in the residency world and the benefits they present. The conversation will be led by outgoing Executive Director of Res Artis, Eliza Dawson who has led this important worldwide network of 700 arts residencies across 80 countries for the past 8 years and the management of Asialink’s Arts Residency Program. Alongside Eliza, we’ll hear from Amaara Raheem, Sri Lankan Australian dance-artist based between Naarm/Melbourne and Gariwerd/Grampians. Amaara’s practice of choreography and performance is deeply informed by multiple belongings. Amaara will share her creative research on experimental documentation and ‘residency practices’.

When: Saturday 3 May from 11am to 2pm.

Register here to attend this free event.

From Winchelsea’s Dawn and Dusk sculptures to public park mosaics, Aireys Inlet’s community hall mural to playground totem carvings, Surf Coast Shire is home to 279 individual items of public art.

Surf Coast Shire Council is seeking to guide the management and protection of these and future creative assets through the creation of a Public Art Policy.

This is Surf Coast’s first ever draft Public Arts Policy. It sets a framework for acquisition, commissioning, care and maintenance of public art, and the protection of artist rights. It will create a unified approach to ensure we can care for our collections.

For more information and to complete the survey, go to the website.

STILL: National Still Life Award is Yarrila Arts and Museum’s national biennial acquisitive art award. Established in 2017, STILL aims to recognise excellence, diversity and innovation in contemporary still life practice while broadening the interpretation of this enduring genre.

STILL: National Still Life Award is open to artists at all stages of their practice and working across all mediums, including but not limited to painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video and installation.

Awards

STILL: National Still Life Award: $30,000 (acquisitive)

Coffs Coast Artist Award: $5,000

People’s Choice Award: $1,000

Award winners will be selected by a panel of judges.

Key dates

Applications open 1 April, 9am

Entries close 6 July

For more information and guidelines for entry, visit the website.

The prize has as its aim the simple goal of supporting the emergence of new and dynamic Australian poets and poetry.

An initiative of our university’s Office of the Vice President, the ACU Prize for Poetry receives hundreds of entries each year from across Australia.

Theme

“If we have no peace, we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
-Mother Teresa

The theme for the 2025 ACU Prize for Poetry is Belonging.

Prizes

First prize: $10,000
Second prize: $5,000
Third prize: $3,000
Highly commended: $750

The prize is made possible through the sponsorship of the Office of the Vice President at ACU.

Dates

Entries open: Tuesday 1 April 2025
Entries close: Sunday 1 June 2025

For more information, visit the website.

This program supports creatives in either:

• Annual Arts Grants – Grants available up $20,000 for one-off arts projects that result in a public outcome either online or within Melbourne municipality. Grants available to individuals, groups and small to medium arts organisations.

  or

• Art Residencies – These grants provide studio spaces and facilities for artists and small to medium arts organisations to develop their creative practice, as well as $5,000. Applications that propose collaborations and partnerships are welcome. ​

Key dates​​

• Applications open Thursday 1 May 2025 at 9am
• Applications close Monday 9 June 2025 at 11.59pm
• Notifications to applicants: September 2025

For more information, visit the website.

Apply for a micro-grant for the creation of digital content to support your Giving Day to the Arts campaign.

Creative Australia is introducing a new national Giving Day to the Arts, taking place on Thursday 23 October 2025.

This program is designed to support and enable a collective action by artists and arts organisations to fundraise on one national day – increasing the visibility of arts philanthropy and encouraging greater generosity in support of the arts.

Through creating a nation-wide groundswell, the introduction of the Giving Day to the Arts aims to elevate the public value of the arts in the consciousness of everyday Australians and increase donor engagement in support of Australian creativity.

The initiative will provide micro-grants to artists and small to medium art organisations (of less than $5 million operating budget) to support the creation of digital content for fundraising campaigns across a 12-hour public campaign.

In addition to the micro-grants, the program also offers a series of free online fundraising workshops and coaching sessions, accessible to artists and arts organisations of any size, to support the engagement and capability of artists and arts organisations to attract private investment. These workshops are specifically designed to develop knowledge and confidence and maximise fundraising success in delivery of a giving day.

The program is presented as an open-access model and invites non-beneficiaries of the micro-grants to participate in the collective groundswell of fundraising on one national day, including the use of the Creative Australia digital assets that allow individual campaigns to be branded as part of the national collective campaign.

Participants will also have access to a supplier list of localised content creators. The supplier list will assist artists and arts organisations to engage with relevant expertise beyond their existing networks. Engaging with relevant local content creators will support participants to amplify their fundraising efforts and enhance community engagement in the arts sector.

For more information, visit the Creative Australia website.

Expressions of interest open Monday 7 April and close Sunday 11 May 2025, with the community voting from Monday 26 May to Wednesday 4 June 2025.

Expressions of interest will be accepted for:

• a small number of $5,000 projects from eligible applicants
• a small number of $10,000 projects from partnership projects between two or more eligible applicants who contribute equally to the project

Surf Coast Shire Council values the knowledge, skills and motivation people have to take action on ideas that contribute to a thriving Surf Coast Shire community and environment.

We are looking to fund local initiatives that enact our Climate Emergency Corporate Response Plan 2021-2031 – Goal 5 ‘Our organisation empowers community- led responses to the climate emergency’.

The Climate Emergency Grants fund projects that:

• reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigate);
• help our community adapt to the impacts of climate change (adapt); and/or
• engage our community in climate action (mobilise).

Projects must be inclusive of people with disability, as per the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

A great opportunity for artists to engage community in the climate conversation in creative ways.

For more information, go to the website.

The annual Samstag scholarships enable Australian artists to develop their artistic capacities and skills through a dedicated period of practice-based learning.

Each scholarship covers reasonable costs for twelve months overseas, including institutional fees for one academic year of study (where applicable), a generous tax-exempt stipend of $75,000, return airfares, and travel and medical insurance.

For guidelines and eligibility criteria, go to the website.

The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Small & Vital stream gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities. There are two tiers of Small & Vital funding available.

Small grants up to $10,000 are available for a broad range of grassroots, community-led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities that strengthen local people, places and climate solutions, with a preference for smaller communities (populations under 15,000). The timeframe to deliver these projects is up to 12 months.

Targeted larger leverage grants up to $50,000 are available for projects that focus on strengthening the digital skills, confidence and safety of adults enabling them to get online, build social connections, and access services, information, education, and employment through training, as well as acquiring the digital and connectivity infrastructure where needed. The timeframe to deliver these projects is up to 18 months.

FRRR’s Small & Vital program supports thriving, resilient, and sustainable remote, rural and regional communities across Australia. In particular, priority will be given to projects that:
– Support communities to implement generational transition;
– Invest in outback, remote, and less resourced communities;
– Build capacity and resourcing for a just and equitable energy transition;
– Support First Nations-led initiatives that strengthen culture, country, economic participation, and reconciliation.

These are rolling rounds of support. Round 24 is currently open with applications due 24 June.

More information is available at the website.

If you would like to discuss your proposal or you have an idea for a project that could be funded by this program, get in touch with the Making Change Manager, Stacie Bobele to discuss sbobele@rav.net.au. We may be able to assist you develop this idea into a funded opportunity.

Yirramboi Festival is looking for a deadly team of Front House, Back of House & Box Office staff to help deliver YIRRAMBOI 2025.

If you’re interested in working with Yirramboi:
Please email your current CV and answer the following questions in the body of your email:
▶if you are First Nations, who is your mob/language group?
▶why do you want to work with YIRRAMBOI?
▶what dates are you available?

Submit by 14 April to: yirramboi@melbourne.vic.gov.au

The Ballarat Foto Biennale is inviting artists to register for the Open Program at the 11th Ballarat International Foto Biennale, running from 23 August to 19 October 2025. As Australia’s most immersive and engaging photographic biennale, the festival attracts national and international audiences to Ballarat.

Why Participate?
As an Open Program exhibitor, you will:

• Be featured in the 2025 Biennale program
• Gain exposure through our festival website and social media channels
• Have the chance to win $2,000 AUD First Prize or the $500 AUD People’s Choice Award

The Open Program is open to all photographers and photo media artists, offering an exciting opportunity to exhibit your work in the festival.

For more details, go to the website.

Funding professional development opportunities for artists, arts workers or small project opportunities. Supporting immediate need where activity is unable to be planned for or supported in other funding rounds. Up to $3K.

Open each month throughout 2025.

Click here for details

Our friends at TNA (Theatre Network Australia) have created a series of email templates to help you advocate for stronger investment in the arts, whether you’re an independent artist, an arts worker, or part of an organisation.

These templates are customisable and designed for different types of MPs and Senators, ensuring your message is relevant and impactful. At their website, you’ll find a list of email variations with guidance on which one to use based on who you’re writing to and what you want to focus on.

The TNA website is here.

If you have engaged with Making Change, let your local member know how this has impacted on the sustainability of your practice and/or arts community. Regional Arts Victoria depends on funding from all levels of government – including Federal funds – and RAV recently submitted a response to the State Inquiry into Cultural and Creative Industries in Victoria in which RAV noted a significant shortfall in regional funding.

Some other notes from RAV’s submission that may help you engage with your local MP:

The benefits of multi-year funding in regional communities would extend beyond ad hoc projects and into
shaping creative systems and community development trajectories that:

• Develop comprehensive artistic programs for and with people of all ages, abilities, life-stages and
  cultures.
• Foster partnerships between local government infrastructure such as performing arts centres or
  museums, and regional creatives
• Build artistic expertise within regional contexts, enabling the retention of creative practitioners,
  thereby fostering the development of distinctive regional stories and practice styles and
  attractions and retaining the talented people required to staff hospitals, schools and business in
  regional Victoria.
• Establish robust administrative frameworks and good governance that support sophisticated
  artistic exploration alongside community engagement initiatives, beyond ad hoc cultural
  interventions.
• Cultivate intergenerational artistic literacy and cultural engagement patterns, facilitating the
  emergence of informed and discerning audiences and philanthropic giving.
• Activate regional cultural infrastructure that serves as a focus for pride of place and social
  connectedness.
• Boost auxiliary creative industries and support services that enhance regional economic
  resilience through tourism, employment and educational opportunities.

For a full copy of RAV’s response, please email sbobele@rav.net.au.

The Geelong Writers Inc first short play writing competition is now open and submissions will close on 27 April.

Writers are invited to enter their scripts for short plays with a maximum duration of 15 minutes and with 5 characters or less. Set requirements should be kept to a minimum. Writers are encouraged to be creative in their choice of theme/topic and aim for maximum audience impact.✨

Writers may submit up to two scripts. Their work will be judged by a panel of 3 experienced theatre professionals who will select up to 6 scripts to be performed by local theatre companies at Geelong Short Play Festival in early November. The winning scripts will be announced at the end of May.

Scripts should be forwarded to competitions@geelongwriters.org.au and marked ATTENTION: Short Play Script Writing Competition.

Did you know local artists and makers can showcase their work in the display cabinets at Biyal-a Armstrong Creek Library—free of charge?

With six beautiful glass cabinets spread across the library’s three floors, these spaces are ideal for community art and handmade items, creating a public platform for local creativity.

Creatives can book one or more cabinets for a month, with new displays refreshing monthly. This regular rotation means a diverse showcase of local talent and creativity is always on view for our library visitors.

If you’re a painter, sculptor, craftsperson, or any artist looking for an accessible way to share your work, this is your opportunity to connect with the community.

To lodge your expression of interest, visit GRLC’s website.

First Nations Feature Development

Who: Writers or teams with demonstrated experience and an idea they wish to explore in the longer feature format
What: Up to $30,000, or up to $45,000 if a producer is attached

First Nations TV Drama Development

Who: Writers or teams with demonstrated experience and a strong TV drama idea; supports the creation of appropriate written and/or visual materials to ensure projects are as strong as possible when competing for production finance
What: Up to $30,000 for one-off projects and up to $65,000 for series

First Nations Documentary Development

Who: Individual practitioners or teams with some experience; emerging practitioners are encouraged to apply
What: Up to $30,000 for one-off, feature-length documentaries; up to $30,000 for series; up to $20,000 for television one-hour documentaries;and up to $20,000 for online series

For more information, visit the Screen Australia website.

The Copyright Agency Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers will support a writer aged 18-35 years to develop and write a new work of fiction.

Named in honour of the late Frank Moorhouse, the Fellowship will provide a genuine career development opportunity for a young fiction writer who has not yet published a full-length work of fiction.

Applicants must have previously published some short stories/work in literary magazines, journals or online. Writers who have published a full-length work, in fiction or any genre, are not eligible to apply for this Fellowship.

The Fellowship is essentially a living allowance to create a new work of fiction. It may also be used for mentoring costs.

Applications close 23 June 2025.

For more information, go to the Copyright Agency’s website.

To inspire creativity and innovation, the AFTRS wants to work with students from diverse backgrounds. To achieve this, AFTRS offer a range of scholarships that recognise excellence and assist with the costs associated with higher education. Education is a worthwhile investment in your future, and there are a variety of options to help you reach your study goal.

For more information, go to AFTRS website.

Creative Arts Fellowships support the development of creative works inspired by the National Library’s unique, rare or comprehensive collections.

Works can be at any stage of development but must require access to the collections to progress or be completed. The final work, which does not have to be finished within the residency period, should showcase the collections in unique or interesting ways, and acknowledge their contribution.

The collections can be used to:

• reimagine or repurpose existing materials
• research original sources that underpin or inspire new work
• arrange, adapt or transform collection content for another purpose
• develop an innovative artistic concept

For more information, go to NLA’s website.

Funding professional development opportunities for artists, arts workers or small project opportunities. Supporting immediate need where activity is unable to be planned for or supported in other funding rounds. Up to $3K.

Open each month throughout 2025.

Click here for details

Interested in raising money for young people in your community to connect with the arts?

This year we are calling on communities from across regional Victoria to join forces with Regional Arts Victoria (RAV) to bring more creative experiences to young people in regional Victoria.

Each year we take performances, workshops and immersive creative experiences on the road to inspire over 4,000 people in big and small towns across Victoria. But, for some communities the cost of providing quality creative experiences for young people can be a challenge.

What will you be fundraising for?

Your fundraising efforts will mean that young people in your region can have an immersive creative experience – from playful physical theatre workshops, to a sketch comedy show with an environmentally friendly message, to creating live projection artworks with First Nations artists – these are just an example of the on call works available as part of RAVs Creative Learning program.

To get involved all you need is a network of people who, like you, believe in the power of creativity to inspire and empower young people.  You will raise money between 1 May 2025 – 30 June 2025 for your community to coordinate a Creative Learning program working with a local school or hall. The fundraising target for each community joining the 2025 YEAH! campaign is $2,000.

EOIs for community fundraising champions is 15 April 2025.

Visit the RAV website for more details.

Submissions to participate and feature in the 24-hour Yarra Street Window Gallery for 2025 have opened.

Please refer to the Expression of Interest Guidelines document before commencing your application.

You may make multiple submissions.  Your personal details will carry across to further submissions if processed during the one session.

Previous applicants are welcome to submit new expressions of interest.

For more information, go to the CoGG website.

Individuals may apply to finance selected professional and skill development activities including, but not limited to reimbursement of travel costs or registration fees for:
short courses, including arts related business courses.

• work placements
• masterclasses
• workshops
• conferences
• arts residencies
• internships for example at a festival or an arts organisation
• structured mentoring

You may apply for up to $2,000 (subject to budget limitations).

We have a total grant pool of $16,215 available. Applications close 24 March.

Find out eligibility and other details at the website.

The National Wool Museum invites emerging designers from all over the world to submit one ensemble that represents their commitment to sustainable fashion.

This is a biennial prize and exhibition celebrating dynamic and diverse approaches to sustainable fashion.

Aligned with Geelong’s designation as a UNESCO City of Design designation, the National Wool Museum is dedicated to championing the past, present and future of fashion to build upon Geelong’s ongoing role in the wool, fibre and textile industries.

Entries Close: 11 April 2025

Top Twenty Entrants Notified: 18 April 2025

Final Date for Delivery of Items: 19 May 2025

Exhibition Opening & Awards: 13 June 2025

Exhibition Close: 30 November 2025

For more details, go to the website.

The Olive Cotton Award is a $20,000 biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture in memory of photographer Olive Cotton. In 2025 the Gallery will celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the award.

The finalist exhibition will be selected from entrants across Australia and is a significant opportunity for established and emerging photographers. The winning work is acquired for the Gallery’s collection. For more information including the Panel of Judges and Award categories see the Conditions of Entry. Entries close Tuesday 13 May 2025.

For more information, visit the website.

The Surf Coast Arts Trail is a vibrant annual event celebrating the creativity that makes our region unique. For over 14 years, artists from the hinterland to the coast have opened their studios, sheds, galleries, and homes, welcoming more than 16,000 visitors each year.

As a flourishing creative destination, the Arts Trail supports emerging and established artists, promotes the local creative economy, and showcases the best and brightest talent from the Surf Coast Shire.

registrations to participate in the trail are now open.

Go to the Surf Coast Shire website for more details.

Funding application period: 18 February 2025 9:00 AEDT to 18 March 2025 23:59 AEDT.

The above funding period is for projects commencing from 1 July 2025.

Festivals Australia funds engaging arts projects that invite community participation and audience engagement in regional and remote Australia. Projects can include but are not limited to a parade, performance, workshop, installation or exhibition.

The aim is to give people the chance to participate in or attend an arts experience at a festival, or a significant one-off community celebration.

Festivals Australia will only fund a single project (not a range of unrelated activities) delivered at a festival or significant one-off community celebration in an eligible regional or remote location.

All applications are assessed with the assistance of independent assessors.

For more information, visit the Festivals Australia website.

Uplift provides grants of up to $50,000 to support professional development, training and mentoring to build digital capability for First Nations artists and creative workers. 

This opportunity is open to First Nations led organisations and businesses to deliver activities within local communities. Funding can support a range of digital development opportunities identified as priority areas for building capacity. 

Applicants will need to provide a detailed proposal outlining planned activities, timeline and intended outcomes. Activities must take place between July 1 2025 – June 30 2026. 

Applications close 1 April.

For more information visit the Creative Australia website.

Delivered by Music Victoria on behalf of the Victorian Government, Live Music Festivals Fund applications will open on 25 February and established operators of festivals with more than 1000 attendees are eligible to apply for grants of up to $50,000.

The first round of the Live Music Festivals Fund in 2024 saw 22 festivals receive grants, with almost two-thirds from regional Victoria.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Tuesday 25 February at 10am: Applications for the Live Music Festivals Fund open.
• Tuesday 25 March at 2pm: Applications for the Live Music Festival Fund close.
• Tuesday 4 March, time 3pm: An online information session will be held. Register here to attend.

For more information, read the FAQs at the website, or contact festivals@musicvictoria.com.au.

In partnership with the Myer Foundation, the Travel Fund supports emerging, midcareer, and established Australian writers and literary sector workers in pursuing professional development opportunities. This includes writers, editors, agents, publishers, librarians, booksellers, employees and associates of literary organisations and journals, and other literary professionals currently living in Australia.

Applicants can apply for grants between $2,000 and $10,000. These grants support professional development through travel.

The Travel Fund was launched in 2017 and was named in honour of poet, novelist and short story writer Neilma Gantner (1922—2015).

Round 13 is now open!

Applications close 23 March 2025.

For more information, click here

The Qantas Regional Grants program is back, offering $2 million in support to Australian-based communities and projects that are looking to benefit our country’s regional areas.

We recognise regional communities as the root of the spirit of Australia, and with the Qantas Regional Grants program now in its fourth year, we’re looking to help these communities sustain brighter futures by providing financial, flight and marketing support to charities, organisations, projects and individuals.

For eligibility criteria and further details, visit the Qantas website.

Applications close 10 May 2025.

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.

Grants are available from $10,000 to $50,000. Supported activities must not last longer than two years from the proposed start date.

Applications close 4 March 2025.

For more information, visit the Creative Australia website.

Creative Australia has committed to a three year (2024 – 2026) trilateral partnership with SAC Gallery, Bangkok and UNSW Galleries, Sydney with the support of the Debra Porch Award. Each gallery will host one artist each year; an Australian artist and a Thai artist, to undertake a visual arts residency. 

Each Award has total value of up to $13,000 AUD for Australia/$10,000 AUD for Thailand, with in-kind support provided by residency host organisations as outlined in the ‘Support’ section below.  

Artist Debra Porch’s practice focused on memory, mortality and the relationship between presence and absence. Working and teaching during art residencies she undertook in our neighbouring regions became vital in her art, work and life.   

In honour  of Debra Porch’s life’s work, this award will continue to be reciprocal in nature, to ensure long term engagement and strengthen strong intercultural connections across the Asia Pacific region. 

An Australian visual artist will be awarded a grant for a supported residency at SAC Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand. A Thai visual artist will also be awarded a reciprocal grant for a supported residency at UNSW Galleries in Sydney, Australia.  

The residency host organisations will introduce the artist to the local sector and assist with research and network building with relevant communities. The artist will also have the option to share an artist talk or participate in a public program at the end of the residency period. 

For more information, visit Creative Australia’s website.

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities. Organisations that undertake arts programs, projects, or that provide services to artists, are welcome to apply.

Organisations can propose a single project, a suite of projects or an annual program of activity.

Grants are available from $20,000 to $100,000. Supported activities must last no longer than two years from the proposed start date.

Applications close 4 March 2025.

For more information, visit the Creative Australia website.

Mary MacKillop Today Highways and Byways continues the work of the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS) reaching out in hope and love to people socially and geographically isolated, strengthening community relationships and networks, developing leadership and empowering people to meet the challenges that confront them.

Since 1944 the MSS have travelled vast distances to reach people in all kinds of places and situations, and support those on the margins: geographically, culturally, spiritually, socially and economically.

Each year they provide small grants to community-led organisations for projects that address disadvantage and exclusion within towns and communities, especially in rural and regional Australia.

You must first ensure your project fits the grant criteria and aligns with our theme for the year. Grants are open to all communities Australia wide, with preference being given to rural/remote/regional communities.

Applications close 1 April 2025.

Go to their website for more information and to apply.

Geelong Arts Centre is excited to give artists another opportunity to develop and present their new works in development in ‘The Open House’ in 2025.

Launchpad is an initiative under Geelong Arts Centre’s Creative Engine program, geared towards creating more pathways for artists to professional practice by bridging the gap between developing new work and having the platform to stage it.

This new initiative gives artists the opportunity to rehearse, test and present new work to audiences in a professional theatre setting.

Launchpad will provide up to three artists or creative teams with access to The Open House for up to two performances or presentations, with an additional five rehearsal days in the centre’s studio spaces.

Selected artists will also receive technical, marketing, front-of-house and ticketing support, along with general artistic development support from Geelong Art Centre’s programming team.

Artists will take 100% box office sales (less booking fees, credit card charges and GST) and will have consultation with the Programming team to help determine ticket prices.

Applications close 10 March.

For more information, visit GAC’s website.

Creatives and artists residing in the City of Greater Geelong area are invited to submit their application for the professional grant funding program open now.

Individuals may apply to finance selected professional and skill development activities including, but not limited to reimbursement of travel costs or registration fees for:
short courses, including arts related business courses

• work placements
• masterclasses
• workshops
• conferences
• arts residencies
• internships for example at a festival or an arts organisation
• structured mentoring

Up to $2000 is available to individual artists. Applications close 24 March.

For eligibility and details, visit the website.

We are excited to announce a new chapter of creative vitality and activation at Montsalvat.

Montsalvat, in Eltham, Victoria is an arts village and artist community spanning ninety years of continuous creative practice. Established in 1934, Montsalvat has fostered a deeply connected creative community and provided thousands of artists, musicians, writers, philosophers, poets and makers with the time, space and support to further their artistic practice.

Once a private semi-rural retreat for artists, Montsalvat has evolved into a public hub of creative opportunity; a place where art is made and taught as well as exhibited and performed. We offer art classes, studio places and short-term residencies to a wide variety of experienced and aspiring artists, alongside numerous events and private function facilities across three dozen unique, Heritage- listed buildings and 5ha of stunning grounds.

Designed to expand community opportunities to engage with the arts, Montsalvat has developed a new suite of bookable spaces and residency programs for creative and community use. The Creative Spaces Project presents a three-tiered structure of accessibility: Creative Bookable Spaces, Project Spaces, Makers Studios and Residencies.

For more information, visit their website.

The annual Environmental Art & Design Prize showcases innovative and thought-provoking works that explore the theme of the environment, with an aim to inspire action toward a sustainable future.

The Prize is open to all artists and designers from across Australia, including young people aged 7 to 18 years.

Submissions for the 2025 Prize will open from 19 March – 19 May 2025, with the exhibitions of finalists’ works being held 1 Aug -14 Sept 2025.

For more information, visit the website.