Gallery’s major art award returns

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Entries are now open for the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre’s biennial $30,000 Wollumbin Art Award (WAA).

The 2022 Wollumbin Art Award exhibtion. Photo: David Toyer.

The award is open to artists living across the Northern Rivers in the areas of Tweed, Byron, Ballina, Kyogle, Scenic Rim Shires, Lismore and Gold Coast City. For the first time, artists from the Richmond Valley are also eligible.

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Artists can submit up to 2 entries of any subject matter and medium. Award categories include a first prize of $15,000 and a 2-week residency in the Gallery’s Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio; a $10,000 WAA Bundjalung Award for First Nations artists and a solo exhibition in the Gallery, and a $5,000 Emerging Artist Award.

Wollumbin Art Award (WAA) 2024

Artists aged between 5–18 years can enter the Wollumbin Youth Art Award (WYAA).

The WAA Bundjalung Award for First Nations artists is sponsored by Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd, and the Emerging Artist Award is supported by Leanne and Greg Tong-Lyon. The Wollumbin Youth Art Award is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre Inc.

2022 WAA winner Amber Wallis receives flowers from then Gallery Director Susi Muddiman OAM, after the official announcement from guest judge Alison Kubler. Photo: Jaka Adamic.

Entries for both awards open 5 pm Monday 25 March and close 5 pm, Monday 3 June 2024. The WAA is $35 per entry. Entries for the youth award are free.

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