Australia

Organizer Information Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) is an internationally recognised centre for contemporary tapestry, textile art, and collaborative artistic production, based in South Melbourne, Victoria. Established in 1976, ATW has produced more than 500 tapestries through collaborations with Australian and international artists. Its studio combines professional tapestry weaving, a specialist Dye Lab, exhibitions, education, and […]

Organizer Information The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) is a Melbourne-based contemporary textile arts organisation with a long history of supporting artists through residencies, exhibitions, education, and collaborative practice. For more than 20 years, ATW has hosted artists who work alongside its tapestry weavers and dye technicians, providing opportunities for knowledge exchange, experimentation, and professional development. […]

Organizer Information Defiance Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Sydney, Australia, representing and exhibiting emerging and established artists across contemporary visual art practices. The Defiance Award has been established to discover, support, and profile exceptional Australian painters, while providing finalists with opportunities for exhibition, professional exposure, financial support, and artistic development. Title & Description […]

Organizer Information South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is a contemporary art gallery in Bega, New South Wales, Australia, operated by Bega Valley Shire Council. SECCA presents exhibitions and programs supporting contemporary visual arts and artists. It organizes the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, a biennial prize dedicated to realistic portrait painting in Australia. […]

Organizer Information Newcastle Art Gallery is a major public art institution operated by the City of Newcastle, New South Wales. The Gallery opened in its purpose-built current building in 1977 and is regarded as Australia’s first purpose-built regional art gallery. Its collection spans more than 200 years of Australian art and includes more than 7,000 […]

Organizer Information M16 Artspace is an artist-run contemporary art organisation in Canberra, Australia, founded in 1985. It supports emerging and established artists, writers and curators and presents exhibitions by artists from Canberra, interstate and overseas. M16 Artspace currently operates multiple gallery spaces and artist studios and is partially supported by the ACT Government. The M16 […]

Organizer Information City of Newcastle (CN) is the local government authority responsible for the City of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. Through Newcastle Art Gallery, the City manages and presents a nationally significant art collection of more than 7,000 works. The Gallery is currently entering a period of growth and renewal, creating opportunities to […]

Organizer Information UTS Library is the library of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), housed within UTS Central — a 17-storey building at the heart of UTS’s city campus in Sydney. UTS Central has received several design and construction awards, including recognition in the Australian Library Design Awards and a 5-Star Green Star rating from […]

Organizer Information Bus Projects is an independent, not-for-profit artist-run initiative (ARI) founded in Melbourne in August 2001 by Tim O’Donoghue, Kade McDonald, David Sutton, John Karatzas, and Chris Johnson, originally operating from 117 Little Lonsdale Street as a design collective with a shared interest in art. The gallery’s early exhibition spaces — the Skinny Gallery, […]