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.

Spend two weeks exploring Perth Festival alongside a cohort of emerging creatives. Festival Lab combines performances, workshops, conversations and meetings with artists and arts professionals, giving participants time to reflect on their practice and build connections.

Perform your original music at Casa Musica, East Perth Power Station, as part of Perth Festival on 13 February 2027. Powerhouse gives emerging WA musicians and bands a live performance opportunity, connections with industry professionals and complimentary entry to the Main Stage that evening.

A photography competition for amateur photographers, offering more than $20,000 in prizes and opportunities for publication and exhibition. Enter a four-image portfolio or one of the single-image categories, including a Junior category for photographers under 18.

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.

Groundswell is a new exhibition platform for artistic practices developing, changing or gaining visibility in Western Australia. Five to seven artists will be selected for an exhibition opening at Vessel in Fremantle in July 2027. The call welcomes new ideas, experimentation and practices that could benefit from greater scale or visibility.

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 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 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 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 WA creatives aged 18–25

The Arts Fellowships for Young People provide $26,000 to help young Western Australian artists and creatives develop their practice and build pathways towards a creative career.

For emerging, mid-career and established WA artists

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

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.