Wollumbin Art Award 2024

6 September 2024 - 24 November 2024

Elizabeth Dodds - Glazy sundays

Elizabeth Dodds
Glazy Sundays 2024
oil on canvas
60 x 91 cm
Image courtesy the artist © The artist

The Wollumbin Art Award (WAA) is the Gallery’s biennial $30,000 award open to artists living in the Tweed, Ballina, Byron, Kyogle and Scenic Rim Shires, as well as Richmond Valley, Lismore and Gold Coast City.

The Award, named for the mountain the Gallery overlooks, celebrates the calibre and diversity of artists of the region.

The 2024 WAA showcases an impressive selection of artworks from shortlisted finalists across the region including painting, ceramics, works on paper, sculpture and digital works.

The 2024 guest judge is Director of Hazelhurst Arts Centre and proud descendant of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney, Sebastian Goldspink.

A Tweed Regional Gallery initiative.

The $10,000 Bundjalung Award for First Nations artists is sponsored by the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd and includes an exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre.

The Emerging Artist Award is $5,000 and is supported by Leanne & Greg Tong-Lyon.

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Art Maker workshops with Lisa Sorbie Martin and Anne Smerdon

Wollumbin Art Award 2024 exhibition catalogue(PDF, 7MB)