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Art Competitions, Art Awards, Art Prizes
1 March 2010
Off The Wall
Off The Wall is a national competition where ten artists will be selected from applications by a panel of industry experts. Selected artists will be given the chance to exhibit their work at Melbourne’s largest annual art fair and enjoy being in the spotlight, gaining attention from curators, galleries, media and collectors while gaining exposure to over 15,000 art buying public.
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!
4 March 2010

aRtECYCLE

aRtECYCLE is gaining momentum and growing in profile, as artists from NSW, QLD, WA and VIC embraced the philosophy of creation through recycling.

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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.

5 March 2010.
Archibald Prize 2010.
Awarded annually to the best portrait, "preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia during the 12 months preceding the [closing] date ..."
5 March 2010.

The Wynne Prize
Awarded annually for "the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists completed during the 12 months preceding the [closing] date

5 March 2010
Sir John Sulman Prize
Awarded annually for "the best subject/genre painting and/or murals/mural project executed during the two years preceding the [closing] date ..."
5 March 2010
2010 Calleen Art Award
The Cowra Regional Art Gallery invites all artists who reside in Australia to submit entries for selection into the 2010 Calleen Art Award ($12,000 acquisitive), 2010 Central West Regional Artists Award ($2,000 non-acquisitive) and the Peoples Choice ($500 non-acquisitive).
5 March 2010
Kilmore Art Expo
5 March 2010
The Calleen Art Award
The Cowra Regional Art Gallery invites all artists who reside in Australia to submit entries for selection into the 2010 Calleen Art Award ($12,000 acquisitive), 2010 Central West Regional Artists Award ($2,000 non-acquisitive) and the Peoples Choice ($500 non-acquisitive). The Calleen Art Award is a nationally recognised annual acquisitive award for an original artwork in any painting medium including oils, acrylic, watercolour or collage/mixed media (only if paint remains
5 March 2010
Sculpture at Sawmillers
Sculptors are invited to participate in a non-acquisitive exhibition to run over one weekend in the spring of 2010 and held at the harbourside park, Sawmillers Reserve, in McMahons Point. A Sculpture Prize of $10,000 will be awarded and a work may be chosen to be installed in a public space in McMahons Point.
8 March 2010
Peterborough Art Prize
Open  1st Prize - $1500
People's Choice - $100
Highly Commended Prizes -  $100
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Make Money With Art, Design, Photography, & Photos!
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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.

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.
5 November 2010
69 Smith Street Art Prize
Prizes to the value of $3000

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