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Exquisite Life Models
Next best thing to working with a live model — and the ultimate reference for artists who have no access to studio sessions for drawing the human figure.  Premium selection of never-before published poses designed to offer visually pleasing and challenging drawing, painting, and sculpting subjects!
12 March 2010
aRtECYCLE 2010
Entries are now being called for 2010 aRtECYCLE
$10,000 Non –acquisitive prize pool. aRtECYCLE is annual exhibition of sculptural installations presented by Moonee Valley City Council at the Walter Burley Griffin designed Incinerator Arts Complex. The exhibition is inspired by the themes of environmentalism, recycling and the philosophies that inspired Walter Burley Griffin and his collaborator Marion Mahony Griffin.
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How To Photograph Nudes Like A Professional

This is the first book of its kind that really shows how to photograph nudes like a professional.

Learn Watercolor Painting

Awesome Resource For Beginning Watercolor Artists. Full Of Full Color Illustrations.

14 March 2010
Head On Portrait Prize
Total value of prizes is approximately $50,000.
Prizes will be awarded for the best 3 images. The selection of images will be done anonymously based on the power of the photograph rather than the celebrity of the subject or photographer. Further prizes will be awarded to images selected for ‘The Critic’s Award’ and for ‘People’s Choice’.

Finalists’ work will be selected by National Gallery of Victoria Senior Photography Curator Isobel Crombie, Award winning Photographer Anthony Browell, picture editor and VU agent Isabelle Rouvillois and Head On curator Moshe Rosenzveig. The ‘Critic’s Prize’ will be selected by photography critic Robert McFarlane.

15 March 2010
Swell Sculpture Festival
Swell Sculpture Festival, Queensland’s premier outdoor sculpture exhibition, invites submissions from artists to exhibit in the 2010 exhibition. Artists will vie for up to $60,000 in Awards and Acquisitions with the Gold Coast City Council acquiring a sculpture up to $20,000 for Division 14 and Satterley Property Group acquiring two works both of up to $20,000 and $10,000.
19 March 2010
2010 St Michael’s Exhibition and Archangel Prize
St Michael’s Grammar School invites Australia’s artists to submit entries for the 2010 St Michael’s Exhibition and Archangel Prize.

The St Michael’s Exhibition and Archangel Prize aims to link education and arts communities and to provide a new source of support for artists.

The Archangel Prize is an acquisitive award of $5,000, which is conducted by St Michael’s Grammar School and supported by Patron Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE.

The exhibition of selected artworks will be held at St Michael’s Grammar School in June 2010. The Archangel Prize will be announced at the exhibition opening.
Life Drawing - Models
Premium selection of never-before published model poses designed to offer visually pleasing and challenging drawing, painting, and sculpting subjects!
22-23 March 2010
The Gallipoli Art Prize
A prize money of $20,000 is awarded to the artist of the winning entry subject to the conditions , in competition for the Gallipoli Art Prize which includes the Club’s acquisition of the work for the Gallipoli Memorial Club Museum Fund.
The Art of Looking Sideways
The Art of Looking Sideways
The Art of Looking Sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay of word and image, who relish the odd and the unexpected, and who don't like to take the visual world -- or themselves -- too seriously.
31 March 2010
The Sunshine Coast Art Prize
About to enter its fifth consecutive year, the Prize has achieved national acclaim for its annual representation of contemporary Australian art. It is one of the richest acquisition prizes in Australia with the winner receiving a $20,000 cash and residency prize. And entries are now being sought from across the country. The prize is exhibited at the Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Queensland which is also celebrating its 10th Anniversary.
2 April 2010
The Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award
With an expansion to $55,000 in prize monies, the new award confirms its place as the premier Australian/International acquisitive art award.
2 April 2010
Cancer Council Arts Awards
14-16 April 2010
NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
This annual prize is for a work painted ‘en plein air’ by an Australian artist of a New South Wales subject. The finalists are exhibited at Parliament House, Sydney and the winner is awarded $20 000. The winning painting enters the collection of the New South Wales Parliament.
23 April 2010
Lethbridge 10 000
This is an exciting new art competition open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit paintings, drawings and 2D artworks up to 60cm in any direction. The judging criteria will be based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality and skill. $10 000 will be awarded to the winner.
23 April 2010
A FREE professional development seminar for artists
( Melbourne )
(pdf)
The seminar will last approximately 2 hours, with guest speakers with a wealth of advice on how to survive in the art world. These seminars have been developed in a specific response to a demand from artists to receive valuable information which can be very hard to get, especially for artists from regional areas.
RSVP Essential.
25 April 2010
Works on Paper 2010 - $10.000 Prize
WORKS ON PAPER 2010 - $10,000 PRIZE Calling for Entries. $10,000 in prizes. 50 finalists selected to exhibit. Judge Anne Virgo, Australian Print Workshop. Enter up to 4 works.
30 April 2010
2010 Fletcher Jones art prize
The Fletcher Jones art prize is an acquisitive painting prize, conducted by the Geelong Gallery on a biennial basis. The 'prize' continues the tradition of the Geelong contemporary art prize (initiated by the Geelong Art Gallery Foundation in 1996). The $30,000 prize money is generously sponsored by Fletcher Jones.
30 April 2010
Bondi - Sculpture by the Sea
Application for Bondi 2010 is now open!
30 April 2010

2010 EPSON International Pano Awards
Dedicated to the art of panoramic photography. Advances in digital photography and software such as PTGui and Adobe Photoshop has resulted in an explosion in the popularity of image stitching, especially in the panoramic format. Panoramic film photography also remains alive and well. The Pano Awards aims to showcase the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and be the largest and most important competition for panoramic photography.

 
Panoramic Photography: From Composition and Exposure to Final Exhibition

Panoramic Photography:
From Composition and Exposure to Final Exhibition

Written by one of the world's pre-eminent panoramic photographers, the author, Arnaud Frich, provides diagrams to explain the technical details involved in various shots.

5 May 2010
Blarney's Biblio-Art Awards
Annual event that blends our two passions - Books and Art.  The event is open to all mediums, 2D and 3D, and to all artists, beginners and professionals.  Some great prizes are up for grabs, - $1500 First Prize, $250 People's Choice, & $250 Storytellers Prize. The artwork needs to be inspired by literature.  A list of books will be provided.
7 May 2010
The Shirley Hannan National Portrait Awards
Boasting a first prize of $30,000, the exhibition attracts many of Australia’s most significant portrait painters and competition is intense.
14 May 2010
The Paul Guest Prize
Bendigo Art Gallery is pleased to announce a new drawing prize for 2010. The Paul Guest Prize is a non-acquisitive cash prize of $10,000 which will be held every two years, highlighting contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The Prize was initiated by former Family Court Judge and Olympic rower, the Honourable Paul Guest QC and encourages artists from across Australia to engage with the important medium of drawing and to create challenging and unique art works.
31 May 2010
$50,000 Metro Art Award - 2010
Age – entrants must be no older than 35 years of age as at 25/07/10.The Metro Gallery award, now in it's eighth year, is Australia's richest art award for emerging Australian artists. It has helped launched the careers of several past winners including Ben Quilty, Jackson Slattery and Sam Leach.
Make Money With Art, Design, Photography, & Photos!
Make money from home drawing pictures & submitting photos through email

Photograph Nudes Like A Professional

This is the first book of its kind that really shows how to photograph nudes like a professional.

Watercolor Painting

Awesome Resource For Beginning Watercolor Artists. Full Of Full Color Illustrations.

4th June 2010
Corangamarah Art Prize
con.ceit’ 2010.The Corangamarah Art Prize (CAP) is open to all Australian artists over the age of 18. Winner to be permantly added to public collection.

First Prize        $5,000 Acquisitive Prize

23 July 2010
The Clunes Ceramic Award
The Clunes Ceramic Award is an acquisition prize of $5000 with the winning entry for 2010 becoming part of Art Gallery of Ballarat 's permanent collection. The shortlist of 50 finalists will be exhibited in the historic village of Clunes at a variety of venues during September-October 2010
July 30th 2010
The Norvill Art Prize
Artists are invited to enter the $10,000 Norvill Art Prize for Australian Landscape painting by sending a high quality digital image or photograph by July 30th 2010.
August 6 2010
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
The judges of the 2010 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize are John Kaldor AM (Principal of Kaldor Public Art Projects), Monica McMahon (Curator - University of Western Sydney) and Glenn Barkley (Curator - Museum of Contemporary Art).
August 6 2010
$50,000 Kilgour Prize for Figurative Painting
The Art Gallery invites artists to submit entries for the 2010 Kilgour Prize for a painting in the form of a figure composition. The most outstanding work as judged by the selection panel will be awarded a cash prize of $50,000 in honour of the late Jack Noel Kilgour. This biannual acquisitive prize is financed by the late Jack Noel Kilgour bequest which is administered by Trust Company Limited.
5 November 2010
69 Smith Street Art Prize
Prizes to the value of $3000

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