Call for Artists
Artists are invited to apply to exhibit in Ephemera 2025: Trace-less as a competitive artist. This year, Ephemera introduces a new competitive category for young artists and school groups alongside the celebrated open competitive category. Entries can comprise completed works, works in progress, or concepts.
Before applying, please read the Terms and Conditions. Click the Apply Now button to begin your application. Please ensure you save your application as you go. You can log in and log out at any time until you have submitted your application. Applications require payment of a non-refundable administration fee of $40 per entry at the time of submission.
Successful Artists
- Open Artist competitive category will receive a $5,000 AUD artist fee to assist artists in exhibiting their artwork.
- Young Artist competitive category will receive a $500 AUD Artist Fee to assist artists in exhibiting their artwork.
- Successful Artists are required to enter into an Agreement with Townsville City Council. Please refer to the sample Artist Agreement.
Entries open: Thursday 1 August 2024
Entries close: 10am AEST, Tuesday 5 November 2024.
Successful applicants notified: 5pm AEST, Thursday 28 November 2024
Exhibition dates: Saturday 19 July – Sunday 3 August 2025
Prizes
- $10,000 Artistic Excellence Award
- $1,000 Young Artistic Excellence Award
- $1,000 Environmental Advocate Award
- $1,000 People’s Choice Award
Privacy Statement
Townsville City Council (Council) is collecting the information contained in the Ephemera Application and Artist Agreement in the course of performing its activities, functions and duties under the Local Government Act 2009 (Qld) including for evaluating, facilitating and planning Ephemera 2025. We respect the privacy of the personal information held by us. The way in which Council manages personal information is governed by the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld). Generally, we will not disclose your personal information outside of Council unless we are required to do so by law, or unless you have given us your consent to such disclosure. We note that your personal information may be disclosed for purposes of acknowledgement and attributing the Artist to the artwork and for advertising and promotional purposes of Ephemera 2025. For further information about how we manage your personal information, please see our Information Privacy Policy.