Here are current employment opportunities, exhibition call outs, scholarships, grants and bursaries and art prizes.
Student Opportunities
Art Gallery of NSW: Explore membership program
A free digital membership for people 16–25 year olds, which includes online content and benefits at the Art Gallery
This is a perfect introduction for art-loving young people to get a taste of membership by joining our Art Gallery community.
Benefits of Explore membership
- free access to digital content
- access for you and a guest to the Members Lounge
- 10% discount at the Gallery Shop and on food and drink at the Art Gallery
- discounted exhibition entry at the Art Gallery
- discounted access to members events including lectures, concerts, tours, parties and more
- personalised e-newsletters with upcoming exhibitions, events, special offers and giveaways
- special offers with our Gallery Plus arts partners
- reciprocal benefits with other galleries
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/members/become-a-member/explore/
Volunteer at NAS Gallery
Applications open all year round
Volunteer at Articulate Project Space
Applications open all year round
Volunteer at 541 Art Space – become a student ambassador
Applications open all year round
Volunteer at 107 Projects
Applications open all year round
Volunteer at Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Applications open all year round
Volunteer at Oasis Youth Support Network, Surry Hills – Art Classes
Applications open all year round
Ironbark Gallery
Exhibit at Strathfield Ironbark Gallery, Strathfield Library & Innovation Hub in 2025 – application open for both emerging and established artists. Available for both emerging and established artists based in the following local government areas which include Burwood, Canada Bay, Canterbury Bankstown,Cumberland, Inner West Council and Strathfield.
Breathing Colours Gallery (Balmain, NSW)
Applications open all year round
Gaffa Gallery (Sydney, NSW)
Applications open all year round
Project Gallery 90 (Paddington, NSW)
Applications open all year round
Scratch Art Space (Marrickville, NSW)
Applications open all year round
Thienny Lee Gallery (Edgecliff, NSW)
Applications open all year round
Brunswick Street Gallery (Fitzroy, VIC)
Applications open all year round
MAS Gallery & Studio (Malvern, VIC)
Applications open all year round
2025 Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence.
Entries Open 25th October 2024
The Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence is a recognition and celebration of artistic excellence and innovation in ceramics. Since being established in 2015, the Siliceous Award has grown in profile and now receives local, national, and international media coverage. It attracts a high standard of entries from both full-time career artists and enthusiasts from around Australia.
The Main Prize is $7,000 and acquisitive, with the winning piece added to Ceramic Arts Queensland’s Permanent Collection.
Two Highly Commended Awards, supported by The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA), will be presented. The prize for Highly Commended is a year’s membership to TACA and a subscription to The Journal of Australian Ceramics.
The Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Wood Fired Ceramics Award, presented by the Australian Wood Firers United (AWFU), is to recognise excellence in wood-fired ceramics and honour one of Australia’s most significant ceramic artists. This award is a $2,500 non-acquisitive prize.
Applications for the Award are now open and entries close Friday 10 January 2025. Further details, including the terms and conditions and the link to the application portal, are available on the CAQ website: ceramicartsqld.org.au/siliceous2025
For further information please contact:
Stephanie Henricks, Projects & Administration Coordinator, Ceramic Arts Queensland, email:
[email protected].
Connect with us
Facebook: /ceramicartsqld.org.au
Instagram: @ceramicartsqld
2025 Perry Prize for Drawing
Entries close 15 January 2025
For more information please visit the website
The Pickers’ Hut at Glaziers Bay, TAS
Applications open year round
Fremantle Arts Centre Artist in Residence Program, WA
Applications open all year round
Imagine Residency at Art in Motion, Coomba NSW
Applications open year round
Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
Applications open year round
Applications close 26 May 2024
NES Artist Residency, Iceland
Applications open year round
ComPeung residency in Northern Thailand
Applications open year round
Jardin Orange, Shenzhen, China Residency
Applications open year round
Applications open year round
Australia Student Explorer Grant
Support your international experience by applying for our Student Explorer Grant worth $5000.
More details and application form at:
https://www.snowseasoncentral.com/australia-student-explorer-grant
Visit the International Residencies page for all information.
Visit the Postgraduate Scholarships & Opportunities page for all information.
Ever wondered what it’s like studying at the National Art School?
Find out at our Open Day on Saturday 6 September, 10am to 4pm.
Considering art as a career or simply curious about what happens behind the school’s historic sandstone walls? Save the date on Eventbrite (link in bio) to see what life is like for students at NAS by participating in studio demonstrations, chatting to our academic staff and visiting the NAS Gallery and student exhibition spaces across our campus.
Jul 30
Chroma (@chroma_inc) has generously supported our youth outreach programs with a supply of high-quality paints.
Each year, the National Art School welcomes talented young artists to develop their skills in our studios with expert artist educators.
We are thrilled to use Chroma’s A2, Atelier, and Jo Sonia range of paints in our HSC Studio Intensive Program and Art Club this year.
Jul 29
The National Art School was saddened to hear of the recent death of artist and NAS alumnus Bruce Goold (1948-2025).
Born in Newcastle in 1948, from 1961- 65 Bruce attended Sydney Grammar School, where he studied art with ceramicist and potter Gordon McCausland. This was followed by a year at the National Art School, Newcastle. Here he experimented with various mediums and made his first linocut. He then studied at the National Art School, c. 1967-68.
Bruce was a member of the artist collective Yellow House between 1970-72. The former Clune Gallery in Kings Cross was transformed by Martin Sharp and a group of fellow artists, who painted the exterior bright yellow and covered its internal walls with murals, portraits and decoration. Artists such as Brett Whiteley, Peter Wright, Bruce Goold, Greg Weight and Peter Kingston turned the building into an artwork, while visiting bands and celebrities made it a regular fixture of the Sydney scene.
Known principally as a printmaker, Goold created coloured linocuts and woodblocks including many images of Australian flora and fauna, as well as South Pacific inspired esoteric and symbolic subjects. He held solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and internationally in London and Ireland. He received major commissions for poster, logo and interior design and worked as a designer for Mambo from 1992.
A retrospective exhibition, Bruce Goold, Artist, Designer, Printmaker, curated by Therese Kenyon, was held at Manly Art Gallery & Museum in 2008.
The National Art School extends its sympathies to Bruce’s family and many friends.
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Greg Weight, `Bruce Goold`, 1998, NAS Collection
Jul 28
BFA3 Ceramics students opened their new exhibition `Answer` at the NAS Library Stairwell gallery yesterday.
The exhibition features work from @liceylover, @ari_lahiri, @bbeth.mp4, @bonkzito, @nature.girle, @caity_gal, @damian.sawyers, @danaetsap_, @darcy_phelan, @jasmine.greenwood, @janet_jiahui_wu, Mary Bradhurst, @meljheyart, @paigehottwagner and @soph.shep.
The Library Stairwell Gallery is a dedicated space in the Library for NAS student exhibitions. BFA 2, BFA 3 and MFA students are eligible to apply to have a show in the Gallery. Follow @nas_library for forthcoming exhibition opening details.
Jul 25
Got a young artist at home?
Art Club Term 3 is now open for enrolment — and we’ve got an exciting painting program lined up. This term, kids will explore styles like Expressive Acrylics and Contemporary Watercolour, all while building their confidence and creativity.
Monday afternoons, led by artist and educator Grant Bellamy.
Visit the link in bio to learn more and enrol.
Jul 17
Thank you to everyone who attended the opening night and weekend celebrations for The Neighbour at the Gate.
The Neighbour at the Gate is now open until Saturday 18 October 2025
11am – 5pm Monday to Saturday
NAS Gallery
Free admission, all welcome
Plan your visit at the link in bio.
Jul 15
