Short Description

Caelene Glen’s work focuses on the subtleness of fleeting enlightenment and emotional understandings. Expressing everyday activities and interactions through art, she attempts to translate human existence within the eternity of the universe itself. Caelene’s chosen background education in mathematics and astronomy, often brings balance and compositional poetry to expressions of sensitivity in a modern world.

Eligibility

  1. The award is open to all artists living in Australia.
  2. The artist and applicant must be over 18 years of age.
  3. All mediums welcome: painting, drawing, mixed media, fabric, thread, ceramic, collage, photography, printmaking, framed, unframed, paper, canvas, board, wood, metal, recycled objects…. can I list any more? If you create it to the correct size and it can safely hang on the wall in a gallery environment, then it is accepted. Call or message me if you have specific queries.
  4. The applicant’s artwork entry must:
  • It must be an original work and must not infringe copyright.
  • Be a size that does not exceed A5: {inches: 5.83 x 8.27 in}, {centimetres: 14.8 x 21.01 cm}, {millimetres: 148 x 210mm}; and may be presented in either horizontal or vertical format. A work may consist of multiple parts but must not exceed the overall size limits.
  • Be a size that does not exceed, in the third dimension measurement: {inches: 5.83 in}, {centimetres: 14.8 cm}, {millimetres: 148 mm}.
  • Be presented as the artist intends, either (a) without a frame as per above dimensions; or (b) including a frame that does not exceed: {inches: 7.0 x 9.05 x 7.0 in}, {centimetres: 18 x 24 x 18 cm}, {millimetres: 180 x 240 x 180 mm}.
  • Have been completed no earlier than January 2025.
  • Be for sale and available to be published in the ‘Small Works Calendar’.

How to Apply

Online Application

Program Benefits & Awards

  • 1 artwork will be awarded $1000 prize money (non-acquisitive) with the artwork featured in the 2026 gallery calendar.
  • 11 artworks will each be awarded $100 prize money (non-acquisitive), with artwork featured in the 2026 gallery calendar.
  • All artworks exhibited for sale, promoting artwork gifting duringthe holiday season.

Entry Fee

  • $20 per artwork
  • $40 per two artworks
  • $55 per three artworks
  • $75 per four artworks
  • $80 per five artworksMaximum of five artworks per artist

Location

Brighton, Victoria, Australia

Timeline

  • Application Deadline: 2 November 2025

Website Link: https://www.caeleneneeglen.com.au/now

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