Call for artwork from refugee artists
We’re seeking an artwork by an individual or group of artists with lived experience as a refugee or seeking asylum.
Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award
The Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award is a national biennial award that identifies new talent in the art of children’s picture book illustration. Awarded to an Indigenous artist or emerging illustrator, the winner receives $10,000, a professional mentorship and the opportunity to illustrate a children’s picture book by a renowned Indigenous author.
Climate Conversations: $5k Artist Commission call out!
A $5,000 artist commission and exhibition exploring the theme of RISING: The growing urgency and consciousness to meet climate challenges.
2025 Exhibition Callout
Apply to showcase your art at M16 Artspace in 2025. Open to diverse and innovative proposals from all creatives.
Gallery Director - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Mornington Peninsula Shire (the Shire) are searching for an energetic and visionary Gallery Director to provide strategic and dynamic leadership, and to elevate the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG) into the future.
Open Call for Artists - St George Hospital, Kogarah
We are currently seeking expressions of interest for several art opportunities on the clinical floors of the KSB. Artists at all stages of their career are invited to register their interest. Artists living, working or who have a relationship to the St George Hospital catchment are strongly encouraged to apply.
2024 CREATIVE JOURNALLING CHALLENGE
Step into the Creative Journalling Challenge—a celebration of artistic expression and mindfulness. This year, we're inviting all artists to redefine what a journal means. From ceramicists, glassworkers, woodworkers, metalworkers, designers, paper and textile artists to photographers, sculptors, print and mixed media makers, delve into our community's wealth of knowledge and share your creations online!
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award 2024
ENTRIES OPEN | 2024 SHNPA. The South East Centre for Contemporary Art invites artists from across Australia to submit entries for the 2024 SHNPA. Prize: $50,000.
City of Sydney Creative Studios
Brand X are excited to be onsite at Sydney’s new home for multidisciplinary practice – City of Sydney Creative Studios. Discover very affordable short term opportunities for recording and rehearsal studios for musicians, dancers and actors as well as production and editing suites for filmmakers, media and visual arts studios.
Come exhibit with us in 2025!
We are looking for exhibitors for our 2025 exhibition programme. If you are an artist, or group of artists looking for a space to exhibit, then consider applying with us. Applications are open now and will close on 30 August 2025.
NAVA Talks AI in Arts Practice
Artist Kailum Graves joined NAVA to discuss his approach to incorporating AI in creative expression, 1-2 pm AEST, Wednesday 29 May 2024.
NAVA Talks AI and Copyright
Katherine Giles from Arts Law joins NAVA to shed light on the current application of copyright law to AI, 1-2 pm AEST, Wednesday 22 May 2024.
NAVA Talks AI and ICIP
Co-facilitated by NAVA and Shevaun Wright, artist and solicitor at Terri Janke and Company, this webinar delves into the intersection of AI and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), 1-2 pm AEST online, Monday 13 May 2024.
NAVA Talks AI: Online sessions
Join NAVA in May for a collaborative series of good practice conversations on the use and impacts of AI on work and practice in visual arts, craft and design.
Exploring NAVA's Payment Standards
Join us for third instalment of NAVA's three-part online series with Arts North West, 'Exploring NAVA's Payment Standards', 5:30-6:30 pm AEDT online, Thursday 28 March 2024.
Understanding Good Practice around Artists’ Copyright and IP
Artist and arts worker Sandra McMahon joins us for the second of three online sessions held in collaboration with Arts North West, to chat copyright and Intellectual Property, 5:30-6:30 PM AEDT online, Thursday 21 March 2024.
Ethical Practices for Working with First Nations Artists
Hosted in partnership with Arts North West, explore NAVA's Code of Practice principles for working with First Nations artists and communities with Dr Lorina L. Barker and Dr Eliza Kent, 5:30-6:30pm AEDT online, Thursday 14 March 2024.
NSW Professional Development Program: Update and Upcoming
With funding from Create NSW, NAVA is currently delivering a series of workshops, talks and new access tools focused on boosting awareness and application of the Code.
Understanding Artists Fees and Wages - a NAVA presentation in Port Macquarie
Fees and Wages workshop hosted by NAVA and Arts Mid North Coast at Glasshouse - Art Lab, Port Macquarie, 3pm-4:30pm AEDT, Saturday 20 January 2024.
Understanding Artists Fees and Wages - a NAVA presentation in Coffs Harbour
Fees and Wages workshop hosted by NAVA and Arts Mid North Coast in Coffs Harbour, 10am-11:30am AEDT, Saturday 20 January 2024.
NAVA News 9 2023
This month's news: Modern Award Review; Strengthening data on the arts; Risk aversion impacting artists' insurance; Ellen Ferrier receives 2023 Windmill Trust Scholarship; NAVA Artist File: Nicole Foreshare; and more.
Inclusive Workplace Toolkit
An anti-oppressive guide grounded in lived experience that provides an introduction about different kinds of discrimination. A resource by HUE. Colour the Conversation.
Wills & Copyright
This Australian Copyright Council fact sheet gives an overview of copyright law and wills and estates law (the laws relating to inheritance or succession). It outlines how copyright is dealt with after a creator's death. This fact sheet may also be useful if you want to get permission to use copyright material when a copyright owner has died.
Copyright Q&As for Teachers: Copying, adapting and sharing text and images
This Q&A sheet from Australian Copyright Council outlines what teachers can do with text and images in support of their classroom work and preparation.
Artificial Intelligence & Copyright
This Australian Copyright Council fact sheet considers copyright in relation to artificial intelligence (AI) and computer-generated works.
Aboriginal Flag & Copyright
This Australian Copyright Council fact sheet discusses copyright in the context of the specific artwork/design that is embodied in the Australian Aboriginal Flag.
Cultivate & Create - Intro to the NAVA Code of Practice
Introductory workshop to NAVA's new Code of Practice at Gosford Regional Gallery, 5:30-7:30pm AEST 11 May 2023.
Visit NAVA at CUT N POLISH: Artist Car Boot Sale
Come find NAVA's stall at CUT N POLISH, a high energy, one-day event centred on artists from Greater Sydney, 11-5pm, May 1 2022.
