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08/12/2025

🎨 AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE Artists — This One’s for You. 🇦🇺✨

The Napier Waller Art Prize is now open for entries from current or former Australian Defence Force personnel.

This prize honours service, creativity, and the strength it takes to rebuild and express through art.

🖌️ All art styles welcome
💰 $15,000 major prize
🗳️ $5,000 People’s Choice
📅 Closes 1 Feb 2026

Know an army, navy, or airforce artist or someone who served and creates?
👉 Tag them. Share this. Spread the word!

Their art deserves to be seen.

More info + entry here:

Napier Waller Art Prize The Napier Waller Art Prize is open to all current and former service personnel in the Australian Defence Force. The prize encourages artistic excellence, promotes the transformative power of creativity, and raises awareness of the experiences and talent of service personnel....

07/12/2025

🌟 FREE Workshop for young people – strengthen your leadership skills! 🌟

The Youth Affairs Council of WA (YACWA) is offering a brand-new online workshop: Chairing & Facilitating 101 – created in response to young people asking for more opportunities to build confidence and leadership.

This one-hour online session is perfect for young people aged 12 to 25, especially those involved in Youth Advisory Groups or anyone who wants to learn how to run a great meeting.

What you’ll learn:
⭐ What the role of a meeting chair involves
⭐ Practical tools for facilitating group discussions
⭐ Tips for managing conflict confidently and respectfully

🗓 Tuesday 16 December
⏰ 5:30pm – 6:30pm AWST
💻 Online via Zoom
💰 FREE – but registration is required

This is an awesome chance to build real-world skills and connect with other young people across WA.

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/chairing-and-facilitating-101

This workshop is delivered by YACWA and supported by the Department of Communities.

A one-hour, online workshop for Youth Advisory Groups members who want to level up their meeting chairing and facilitation skills.

06/12/2025

🖌️😂 THE BALD ARCHY PRIZE IS BACK! 🎩🦜
Calling all artists with a cheeky streak — it’s time to sharpen your wit and your pencils!

The Bald Archy Prize is Australia’s favourite satirical portrait competition, offering:
💰 $10,000 acquisitive prize
🎨 $2,000 People’s Choice Award (sponsored by Briggs Law)
🦜 Judged by none other than the world’s only avian art critic, Professor Maude Cockatoo!

Celebrating its 30th touring year, this iconic competition showcases portraits that mix humour, satire, and Aussie larrikin spirit — featuring distinguished Aussies from the arts, science, politics, sport or media.

📅 Entries close: 1 February 2026
📍 Launch: February 2026, Watson Art Centre (Canberra), touring NSW & VIC

Think you’ve got what it takes to make Maude squawk with delight?
👉 Find out more and enter 🖌️😂 THE BALD ARCHY PRIZE IS BACK! 🎩🦜
Calling all artists with a cheeky streak — it’s time to sharpen your wit and your pencils!

The Bald Archy Prize is Australia’s favourite satirical portrait competition, offering:
💰 $10,000 acquisitive prize
🎨 $2,000 People’s Choice Award (sponsored by Briggs Law)
🦜 Judged by none other than the world’s only avian art critic, Professor Maude Cockatoo!

Celebrating its 30th touring year, this iconic competition showcases portraits that mix humour, satire, and Aussie larrikin spirit — featuring distinguished Aussies from the arts, science, politics, sport or media.

📅 Entries close: 1 February 2026
📍 Launch: February 2026, Watson Art Centre (Canberra), touring NSW & VIC

Think you’ve got what it takes to make Maude squawk with delight?
👉 Find out more and enter : https://baldarchy.com.au/entry-details

Entries for the 2026 Bald Archy Prize are now OPEN! For your chance to win the $10,000 first prize or the $2000 People's Choice Award, follow the steps below. Learn more about the prize and how it's judged before you start painting HERE.

06/12/2025

Lots of arts and culture to be found tonight at the Goldfields Arts Centre 🩰 🎤 🎁 🧚‍♀️✍️

05/12/2025

Calling all LANDSCAPE ARTISTS - Entries now open for The Harden Art Prize, a prestigious national acquisitive award recognising excellence in Australian landscape painting.

Open to artists across the country, the Harden Art Prize offers $15,000 in prize money and the opportunity for national exposure.

Accepted mediums include watercolour, acrylic and oils.

Finalists’ works will be exhibited in Harden–Murrumburrah, NSW, from 18–26 April 2026, where winners will be announced.

Entries close 1 March 2026

More info:

“A vision like a faded polaroid. The hours starting to blend. The dirt road muddy hours after the heavy rain. Too much for the old Datsun to handle.The destination hasn’t arrived in time. It’s time to pull into this motor inn and rest. An array of 80’s decor and freeze dried coffee awaits......

04/12/2025

🎪 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 🎪

We are excited to share that Acrobatch will be joining us at the Twilight Christmas Markets 2025 this Saturday!

Get ready for roaming circus, acrobatics and high energy tricks as you wander through the markets. This is an event you won’t want to miss.

Saturday 6 December | 4pm - 8pm

04/12/2025

🎉✨ Artgold December 2025 Newsletter is OUT NOW! ✨🎉

It’s been a huge year, and we’re so proud of the artists, volunteers, partners, and supporters who’ve helped bring Artgold’s mission to life.

If you want to keep up to date with all the Artgold news, JOIN FOR FREE https://app.joinit.com/o/artgold and have Newsletters and other information delivered straight to your inbox!

👉 Read the December newsletter here:

https://www.artgold.net.au/campaigns/view-campaign/Aq7a33dkeBZ4OvD1b6FmFU9a5tSbYCFO_zi4wzTwbvhoZy8G8OxHC09MNnmsfo8fc14msGX_d_zTegPjvbs8zumwh4-2bkzx

Artgold (Arts & Culture Goldfields Association) is a small, vibrant not-for-profit arts organisation dedicated to promoting and supporting arts & culture in the Western Australian Goldfields.

03/12/2025

Grab your camera and get snapping 📸

This is a great opportunity for emerging photographers to have your work printed and displayed for free so don't be shy, have a go!

03/12/2025

⏰ LAST CHANCE!
This Friday 5th December is your final opportunity to view Em Anders Artist WAnderer Exhibition!

If you haven’t seen it yet or you want one more look, now is the time. Come in, soak up the work, and experience her unique vision before it closes.

📍 Artgold Gallery - 14 Burt street Boulder

Don’t miss out. It’s your last chance! 💛

02/12/2025

🌟 KALGOORLIE YOUTH!
West Australian Ballet’s PROJECT 10 is landing at Goldfields Arts Centre!
Ages 10–17, no experience needed — just creativity!

🔹 Choose Dance or Technical Production
🔹 Work with real industry professionals
🔹 Build a performance from scratch!

Register here: https://waballet.com.au/project-10-kalgoorlie

Tag a young creative who should jump on this! 💃🎭✨

West Australian Ballet is returning for another opportunity to engage with the aspiring arts community of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. If you enjoy dancing, love being creative or want to learn more about technical elements, then join us for this awesome three-day workshop. In collaboration with the West Aus...

01/12/2025

✨ Calling all creatives, youth workers, teachers & community champions! ✨
Healthway and the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport are seeking Expressions of Interest for projects that give young people meaningful creative experiences — strengthening connection, resilience, and positive mental health.

If you’re passionate about supporting young people through the arts — this is your moment.
🧠🎨💛
EOIs close 4:00pm, Thursday 11 December 2025.

Let’s help creativity change young lives. 🌱

The Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport and Healthway recognise the importance of providing opportunities for children and young people to engage in authentic creative and artistic experiences, promoting positi...