For artists, arts groups and community organisations

The City of Albany is offering Creative Support Grants to support small-scale creative projects, professional development and community arts activities.

Exhibit and sell your work at Darlington Arts Festival on 7–8 November. The Open Art Exhibition welcomes emerging and established artists working across mediums, with a $7,000 prize pool.

An open-call exhibition celebrating neurodivergent artists and artists with disability from across Australia. Selected small-to-medium artworks will be exhibited and available to purchase at Jump Left in Melbourne from 5 December 2026 to 30 January 2027.

Aboriginal artists, makers and businesses are invited to trade at Wardarnji, a celebration of Aboriginal culture through dance, music, storytelling and markets. The event takes place at Esplanade Park in Fremantle on 28 November, with stalls trading from 4–8.30pm.

For writers, artists, curators and creative researchers

un Projects is accepting proposals for un Magazine 21.1: Autodidacticism, guest edited by Paul Boyé.

For regional WA artists and arts organisations

Regional Arts WA's Quick Response Grants support regional artists, arts workers and organisations to take advantage of time-sensitive creative opportunities.

For emerging and established visual artists

The City of Albany is inviting artists to submit exhibition proposals for its 2028 exhibition program at Albany Town Hall and Vancouver Arts Centre.

For emerging and established WA visual artists

The Northam Art Prize is inviting Western Australian artists to submit work for its 2026 exhibition and competition.

For WA Year 12 visual arts students

The Art Gallery of Western Australia is inviting submissions for The West Australian Pulse 2027, its annual exhibition celebrating the creativity and talent of Western Australia's emerging young artists.

For emerging and established Australian creatives across disciplines

UTS Library is inviting applications for its 2027 Creative in Residence program, offering one creative practitioner the opportunity to develop and deliver a new work that engages with the Library's spaces, culture and community.

For Australian and international artists and creative practitioners

Artists and creatives from Australia and around the world are invited to help shape a new landmark public art trail in Esperance (Kepa Kurl) on Western Australia’s south coast.

For WA-based artists and creative practitioners

PICA’s local Studio Program gives artists dedicated time and space to develop new work, undertake research and experiment with their practice in Boorloo/Perth.

For WA-based visual artists and arts practitioners

PICA’s Perth–Taipei Residency gives a WA creative the opportunity to undertake an international residency at Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei.

For WA-based visual artists and arts practitioners

The BREEZE: Perth–Makassar Residency is a four-week international exchange connecting artists from Western Australia and Makassar, Indonesia.

For individual artists and artist groups

Looking for an opportunity to exhibit your work? Tresillian Arts Centre is inviting individual artists and artist groups to apply for its 2027 Exhibition Program.

For artists of all backgrounds and abilities

Want to exhibit your work in 2027? Victoria Park Centre for the Arts is accepting expressions of interest for its upcoming exhibition program.

For artists looking to exhibit in 2027

Applications are now open for artists wishing to exhibit at Ellis House Art Centre in 2027.

For early to mid-career Australian artists

The Sidney Myer Fellowship for Emerging Artists supports outstanding early to mid-career artists with 10 unrestricted, tax-free fellowships worth $200,000 each, paid over two years.

For Australian painters under 45

The Evelyn Chapman Art Award is a prestigious $60,000 award supporting Australian painters working in oil or tempera.

For emerging, mid-career and established WA artists

The Arts Development Fellowships provide $50,000 for an intensive year of creative development.

For artists working with moving image, animation and projection

DADAA is inviting submissions for In Plain Sight, a two-night outdoor projection program transforming the north-east wall of DADAA into a temporary landscape of moving image and light.

For Australian visual artists

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Residency gives an Australian visual artist the opportunity to spend four months developing their practice in New York.

For Australian artists and arts workers

Spend three months developing your practice in Finland through the Helsinki International Artist Programme.

For Australian visual arts professionals

The Acme London Residency provides an Australian visual arts professional with dedicated time and space to develop their practice in East London.

For Australian visual artists

The Debra Porch Award supports an Australian visual artist to undertake a six-week residency at SAC Gallery in Bangkok.

For emerging and early-career artists

The Emerging Artist Award gives artists at the beginning of their creative careers an opportunity to exhibit and sell their work while gaining professional exposure.

For emerging and professional artists

Entries are now open for the 2026 City of Canning Art Awards, inviting artists of all experience levels to exhibit their work, gain recognition and compete for cash prizes.