Wollumbin Art Award
Medium / category: All mediums
Eligibility: Artists living in the Tweed, Ballina, Byron, Kyogle and Scenic Rim Shires, as well as Lismore and Gold Coast City
Associated institution: Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
The Wollumbin Art Award (WAA) is a biennial $30,000 award open to artists living in the Tweed, Ballina, Byron, Kyogle and Scenic Rim Shires, as well as Lismore and Gold Coast City. The Award, named for the mountain the Gallery overlooks, celebrates the calibre and diversity of artists of the region. There is no theme and artists may submit works in any medium.
Notable Previous Winners
2022:
- Amber Wallis, Ivy With Eyes, 2021
Winner: Wollumbin Art Award
The Different Award Categories
The first award is the $15,000 Wollumbin Art prize, which includes a two week residency at the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre. Secondly, the $10,000 WAA Bundjalung Award for First Nations artists includes an exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, and this award is sponsored by the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd. Finally, the judges award a $5,000 WAA Emerging Artist award.
Information up to date from June 14 2023
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