AFTM Queensland Outsider Art Awards

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Applications close
31 July 2020
Announced
9 September 2020
Prize money
AUD $4,000
Location
QLD, Australia
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AFTM Queensland Outsider Art Awards

The 2020 AFTM Queensland Outsider Art Awards is returning in 2020! Showcasing hundreds of entries from Queensland artists and community art groups, keep an eye on our website, social media and upcoming newsletters for updates on this exciting exhibition. AFTM, a creative initiative of Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ), supports, exhibits and promotes the work of artists living with adversity, mental health issues, physical or intellectual disabilities, or experiencing homelessness and social isolation. In 2020, the theme of the AFTM Queensland Outsider Art Awards is “belonging”. A simple word for a huge concept - whether it be the need to belong or finally having found a place where they do.

This compelling exhibition provides the platform for these artists to bring valuable life experience and showcase what ‘belonging’ means to them. There's up to $4000 in prizes available including 5 x Emerging Artists Award, People’s Choice and Children’s Choice Awards. Entry is open to artists of all ages and disciplines who are achieving creativity despite living with adversity and disadvantage, either from experiences with social isolation, mental health issues, physical or intellectual disabilities, or homelessness.

You can read our terms and conditions document on our website to confirm eligibility requirements. Due to COVID-19, we'll be hosting this thought-provoking exhibition online in September 2020. An exhibition for the Finalists will be hosted onsite at AFTM Gallery & Studios from 28 September 2020. All art will also be available for sale online.

Summary
Application dates
1 June 2020 - 31 July 2020
Exhibition dates
28 September 2020 - 16 October 2020
Finalists notified
9 September 2020
Eligibility
Regional or State Entries
Prize frequency
Annual
Judges
AFTM is pleased to announce this year’s judges: Dr Carol McGregor, artist and Program Leader, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art at QCA, Griffith University John Waldron, arts consultant and Director of Blue Sky View.
Prize genre
Arts Festival
Location
Art from the Margins Gallery & Studios 136 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
QLD
Australia
Prizes
AUD $4,000
Fees
Fees: Entry is $5.00 per artwork (artists unable to pay the entree fee to contact AFTM if experiencing hardship). Commission: 20% plus GST on sales.
Last updated
8 June 2020
Prior Winners
No prize winners information available