Celebrate Australia (Primary School Art Competition): Calling for Entries

Date: 19 September 2024 - 30 November 2024 Every day

Location: Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Cnr of Goondoon & Bramston Sts Gladstone Q 4680

Young artists of the Gladstone Region have the chance again, to get creative! Calling for entries 19 September - 30 November 2024

Khloe Falls, 'Don't Swim at the Beach', Celebrate Australia Primary School Art Competition 2024

Initiated in 2006, this ever-growing art collection, inspired by ‘who and what makes Australia great’, features work by local primary school-aged students. Digital copies of entries are stored in the Gallery & Museum’s digital vault.

Since the first presentation was held in 2007, the Gallery & Museum has received thousands of vibrant submissions.

Each year, winners are announced during Council’s Australia Day celebrations and the colourful and imaginative artworks tour the region for all to enjoy.

As part of an annual cultural exchange, 14 selected works are exhibited in Gladstone’s Sister City, Saiki City, Japan.

To enter, students simply draw, paint or collage on A4 paper.

Students may submit one entry each, accompanied by a completed entry form, in either Section One: Prep to Year 2 or Section Two: Year 3 to Year 6.

When

Submissions close 1pm, Saturday, 30 November 2024 and can be delivered to: Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, cnr Goondoon & Bramston Streets, Gladstone or posted to: PO Box 29, Gladstone QLD 4680.

Winners Announced: Sunday, 26 January 2025, during Gladstone Regional Council’s Australia Day celebrations.