8x8 To Educate Art Award and Exhibition

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Applications close
1 March 2024
Announced
6 April 2024
Prize money
AUD $1,000
Location
QLD, Australia
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Katura established a small art award to raise funds for the educational support of a small group of girls in Mozambique. Their needs, she discovered, are not always as typical as we would assume. The real issues are often not so simple and require creative thinking to solve. For example – “I don’t have any way to pay for a uniform, and without a uniform I cannot go to school.” Or “I have to walk 20km to get to the school.” Or “My father doesn’t rate my education, because women in our culture just care for families, and do not work.”

The Art Awards, is now in its forth year and she has expanded the way she raises funds to include two more income streams, a novel and speaking engagements. The little group of girls she initially sponsored has now grown into a scholarship program and expanded into Tanzania, where she educates girls from secondary school to university.

$500 cash prize and $500 art workshop voucher

Summary
Application dates
1 January 2024 - 1 March 2024
Exhibition dates
2 April 2024 - 15 April 2024
Finalists notified
6 April 2024
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Annual
Judges
TBC
Prize genre
2D works
Location
Dust Temple, 54 Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin
QLD
Australia
Prizes
AUD $1,000
Fees
$15 entry fee for adults $5 for kids
Last updated
15 January 2024
Prior Winners
No prize winners information available