The highly anticipated A1 Darebin Art Salon is back for another year celebrating art, creativity and expression within our community. All artists who live, work, study or base their creative practice in the City of Darebin are invited to exhibit a piece of wall-based artwork at the spectacular Bundoora Homestead.
This will be the fifth iteration of this major biennial art prize and exhibition. It is free to enter, and all submissions will be exhibited up to and including the 150th entry. Artworks must be new or recent and no larger than A1 (59.4 x 84.1cm). Artworks can be any medium but must be able to be hung on a wall.
Applications closed on Wednesday 11 December 2024, 12pm.
Participating artists are eligible to win the following prizes:
The Exhibiting Award: The winner of this prize will receive a Solo Exhibition at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre in 2026.
Four People’s Choice Awards will be awarded in the following categories:
Photography
Painting
Drawing/printmaking
Textile/mixed media
Entries Close | Wednesday 11 December 2024, 12pm Successful applicants notified | Friday 24 January 2025 Delivery of Works | Wednesday 19 February- Saturday 22 February 2025 Exhibition Dates | Saturday 1 March - Saturday 24 May 2025 Opening Event and Prize Announcement | Saturday 15 March 2025, 4-6pm Collection of Works | Wednesday 28 May- Saturday 31 May 2025
Entrants must be artists who currently live, work, study or base your creative practice (ie your studio) in Darebin.
All works submitted must be original work by the artist whose name appears on the entry form and completed between 2023-2024.
All artworks must be no larger than A1 (59.4 x 84.1cm) inclusive of any frames or backing boards. They must be able to hung on a wall.
If the work is heavier than 5kg, please contact Bundoora Homestead Art Centre on 03 9496 1060 to discuss the eligibility of your work.
Entry forms are to be submitted online via the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre website by midday on Wednesday 11 December 2024. If you need assistance or a paper copy of the entry form, you may visit the Gallery during opening hours for staff to assist you.
View a PDF of the application form(PDF, 74KB)
Read the terms and conditions(PDF, 152KB)
Yes! We hosted an in-person information session at the Darebin Intercultural Centre on Wednesday 20 November. View the recording down below.
Yes. Artworks, including any frames, must be the size of A1 or less (594 × 841 mm or less).
Sorry, but no. Artworks are to be strictly A1 or smaller.
Yes, if the entire work (all parts) fit within the dimensions of 594 x 841mm or less.
Most mediums are allowed so long as the work can be hung on a wall: i.e. painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, collage, textiles.
Audio visual works such as moving image, sound, or digital screen-based works, are not accepted for the A1 Art Salon.
If your work is framed or on canvas it must have a secure hanging/display system such as D-rings, or it will not be included in the exhibition.
Yes, works can be pinned to the wall. Alternatively, we have 3M/ magnets that can be used to display unframed works on paper.
Artists may be of any age and must live, work or study in the City of Darebin. Artists entering the Salon do not need to be represented by a gallery. City of Darebin council employees cannot enter.
You must live, work or study in the City of Darebin to enter.
Sorry, but no. You must either live, work or study in the City of Darebin.
No. There is no cost to enter.
Artists may enter original work created between 2023 – 2024.
No, only one work per person may be submitted.
Yes, artists may submit work that has already been shown. We recommend proposing a work that hasn't been presented before at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.
Please contact bundoorahomestead@darebin.vic.gov.au or call 03 8470 8888 to organise a chat about how you can make a submission. If you require translation support, please call 03 8470 8470. You can call us through the National Relay Service.
Due to space restrictions, only the first 150 applications will be accepted, so long as they meet the Terms and Conditions.
No. Transport is the responsibility of the artist. All entries must be delivered to and collected from Bundoora Homestead. In person delivery is preferred but postal deliveries will also be accepted.
Finalists must collect their work between Wednesday 28 May – Saturday 31 May 2025. Finalists' artwork is required to be shown for the duration of the exhibition.
Please read our FAQs carefully. If you still have questions you can contact us on 03 9496 1060/ bundoorahomestead@darebin.vic.gov.au (Wed- Sat, 11am- 4pm).
The A1 Darebin Art Salon, People’s Choice Awards are sponsored by Deans Art Supplies.
Image: A1 Darebin Art Salon Opening Event 2023. Photography credit: Keelan O'Hehir
Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, 7 Prospect Hill Dr, Bundoora, 3083, View Map
7 Prospect Hill Dr , Bundoora 3083
Free to apply