Prizes and awards

Tweed Regional Gallery is home to several prizes and awards, including the Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture and the Wollumbin Art Award. The exhibitions are held in alternate years.

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Olive Cotton Award

A biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture in memory of photographer Olive Cotton.

Wollumbin Art Award

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

The Wollumbin Youth Art Award is a biennial award for young artists aged 5 to 18 years and is open to young people living in the Tweed, Byron, Ballina, Kyogle, Scenic Rim Shires as well as Lismore and Gold Coast City.

Entry Fee Refund Policy: Please note entry fees for Gallery art prizes are non-refundable. It is the responsibility of the artist to ensure they meet all eligibility criteria as stipulated in the Conditions of Entry for each prize.