Deadline extension: applications are still open for the 2025 ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize

Apply here.

Entries close 11pm, Wednesday 13 August 2025. New key dates are found on the updated application form. 
 

The ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize showcases and celebrates the breadth and depth of drawing practice within the ANU School of Art & Design. The Prize is an annual event open to all current students enrolled in one or more courses in Semester 2 at the ANU School of Art & Design.

Students are asked to consider the following;

Drawing is so much more than pencil on paper. 

To draw is to make a mark: you may scratch and stick, write and sew, extend and dissolve, be still and perform, provide and take, capture a moment and tell a story, maintain rules and push boundaries. 

Consider drawing to be an exercise in visualisation, as a process driven practice.  
What does drawing mean to you?

The Winner is awarded a cash prize of $1,500. 

All selected finalists will be exhibited in the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery from 18 September until 24 October, with a public announcement of the winner on Wednesday 17 September 2025.