Entries open for All Connections to Unley Art Prize (Australia)

Categories

• All Connections to Unley Art Prize offers one open category:
  • Open (artists at all career stages, including hobbyists, emerging artists, mid and long-term career artists)

Prize Information

• A major prize of $5,000 is on offer to the overall winner, with an Elected Members Choice Award of $500 to be awarded to the finalist selected by the City of Unley’s Elected Members.

Eligibility Criteria

• Entries are now open for artworks in two and three dimensional mediums, including painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, glass, collage, new media and more.

Judging Criteria

• All works submitted will be subject to a pre-selection process by the judging panel based upon the digital images submitted.
• The pre-selected finalist list will be published on the City of Unley website from 14 May 2025. Finalists will be notified if they have been shortlisted via email on 14 May 2025.  All notification and correspondence will be via email.  Finalist artworks will be exhibited at the Hughes Gallery from 6 June – 28 June 2025.
• The judging panel will select the prize-winning work of art at the exhibition from those works selected as finalists and exhibited in the finalist exhibition at Hughes Gallery. The winners will be announced at the exhibition launch event on Friday 6 June 2025.
• Selection is made from submission material and is based on which entries best respond to the curatorial theme of All Connections to Unley.
• The panel decision is final and cannot be appealed. Feedback will not be provided to non-shortlisted entrants.
• The winning artworks of the major and Elected Member’s Prize will be awarded the prizes as above, and artworks will be reproduced in portrait layout on public bins on major roads in Unley from July 2025, and on the City of Unley website.

Application Requirements

• Works must have a real or imagined connection to the City of Unley which will be the primary criteria against which works will be judged. Works must represent, be an interpretation of, or be inspired by, currently or historically, Unley and/or the people of Unley.
• The artist must reside in be South Australia at the time of entry, but does not need to reside in Unley.
• Artworks must demonstrate a thematic connection to Unley.
• A short (60-word max) statement entered with the artwork will describe how the work fits with the theme.
• Artworks may be 2 or 3 dimensional. The winning work will be reproduced in 2 dimensional, portrait format. Works in any medium are accepted.
• 2 Dimensional works must not exceed 100 x 100 cm (no side may be greater than 100cm).
• 3 Dimensional works must not be larger than 1 square metre.
• All works must be ready for display with plinths, display equipment, AV equipment and hooks.  These will not be supplied by the organisers.
• In preparation for submitting your entry online, please consider:
  • Your artwork’s title and size (in cm)
  • The medium/s used
  • Your retail price (the total amount you wish to sell your work for, including 22% commission)
  • Supplying a digital image. Your image must be 300dpi and no larger than 10MB. Remember the judging panel will be selecting finalists based on the image you upload, so please ensure the image shows your artwork as clearly as possible.

For more information, visit City of Unley.