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
Arnold Street Gallery (Bendigo, VIC)
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.
Announcing Nakari Thorpe as the chair for the Artists and Curators Panel Talk for The Neighbour at the Gate this Saturday 12 July.
Nakari Thorpe is a Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Gooreng Gooreng woman from Victoria and Queensland. She is a presenter and Indigenous Communities reporter with ABC News based in Sydney providing coverage across television, radio and digital. She previously worked as a multi-platform reporter with SBS and NITV covering federal politics in the Canberra Press Gallery at Parliament House and national Indigenous affairs.
Join us for the talk in our historic Cell Block Theatre, 12pm – 1pm on Saturday 12 July, as part of our opening weekend celebrations. Secure your spot and view the full program at the link in bio.
Jul 9
Led by art educators and inspired by James Nguyen’s new installation work `Homeopathies_where trees grow` (2025), join us for a free drop-in artmaking workshop to make your own incense holder out of clay which will become part of the evolving artwork in the NAS Gallery, commissioned for The Neighbour at the Gate.
Next Saturday, 12 July, between 11am – 3pm.
Visit our website to view the full program (link in bio).
The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.
Jul 8
Next Saturday, join us for a fun-filled day of family friendly, free creative activities. There will be sound baths, drop-in artmaking, children`s activities, an artists and curators panel talk, followed by dj sets and food trucks. Stick around for after-hours access to the gallery and the Shared Skies Music Concert with BARKAA, Rainbow Chan and DJ Rocky Stallone (ticketed, 18+).
Visit our website to view the full program (link in bio).
The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.
Jul 5
Just over a week to go until the `Shared Skies` music concert featuring BARKAA, "The New Matriarch of Australian Rap" (GQ), and Rainbow Chan, Artist of the Year at the 2022 FBi SMAC Awards. But who’s counting? 👀
🎫 Concession tickets just $25 — link in bio.
@barkaa__
@chunyinrainbowchan
The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.
Jul 2
One and only✊🏽
Two years after NAS NEO on Gadigal Land, BARKAA returns to Darlinghurst on Saturday 12 July for the `Shared Skies` concert.
We’re proud to offer free Mob Tix 💖 Get your tickets today!
👑@barkaa__
The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.
Jul 1
“It wasn’t about winning, but the feeling of freedom and connection”
Artist Dennis Golding invited exhibition curatorium member Michael Do and NAS Curator, Exhibitions, Lucy Latella for an intimate look at his work `Bingo` (2025), commissioned for our upcoming exhibition `The Neighbour at the Gate` and produced at the National Art School with the assistance of master printer and artist Janet Parker-Smith (pictured); Carolyn Mckenzie-Craig, NAS Head of Printmaking; and Rebecca O’Shea, NAS Printmaking Studio Technician.
‘Bingo’ (2025) is a ten-metre-long wall installation by Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay artist Dennis Golding that draws from his recollections of family bingo nights hosted by his nan and aunty on Eveleigh Street in Redfern, Sydney. Gathering in an abandoned terrace house, they stitched together joy from what little they had; cutting game cards from cardboard, running power through borrowed cords, and making space for community.
Read the photo essay to learn more about the work and exhibition at nas.edu.au or hear the artist in conversation with grandmother Aunty Ali Golding during the opening weekend celebrations, RSVP at the link in bio.
The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.
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Photography by Peter Morgan
Jun 30
