Queenscliff Arts Prize opens for 2022/23 entries

THE Queenscliff Arts Prize is back in 2022/23 and entries are now open for what is being described as Australia’s biggest outdoor art exhibition, set to again located on the
Queenscliff Pier.

The new exhibition period begun earlier this month and entries have been coming in thick and fast, with the event already attracting plenty of local interest as well as entries from rural and metropolitan areas around the country.

“There’s lots of excitement about the second annual Queenscliff Arts Prize and plenty of entries have already come in,” curator Chris MacLeod said.

“Last year was very successful with the event praised for it’s innovation and the results that it generated in it’s inaugural year.

“We are really looking for a diverse range of artwork this year and really grow that reach amongst the wider community.

“We can’t wait to keep seeing everyone’s amazing entries as we continue to make this event bigger and better on the beautiful Queenscliff Pier.”

Artists are encouraged to enter a host of different categories for the exhibition with photographs, paintings, drawings and everything in between accepted into the draw.

All entries in 2022/23 will be by digital submission, with artworks then put on show in November when the exhibition officially opens.

In addition to the major Queenscliff Arts Prize, the event will also include and showcase amazing artwork by the intellectually disabled courtesy of a partnership with the Endeavour Foundation and QArt Gallery.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with Endeavour and the QArt Gallery in showcasing some amazing artwork on the pier by some of the state’s best intellectually disabled artists,” MacLeod said.

To fund the exhibition, general Queenscliff Arts Prize entrants will have part of their entry fee directed towards assisting to fund the intellectually disabled art showcase.

The prize will also include a schools competition exhibition with students from Sacred Heart College, Christian College, Lorne P-12 College and Apollo Bay P-12 College.

Numerous students will be nominated from each school to have their art exhibited on the pier in November.

Ultimately, MacLeod hopes to see about 150 artworks on the pier in November.

To apply for the prize or to find out more information, head to queenscliffartprize.com.au.