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The Art Awards are one of Queensland’s most prestigious regional art events and is eagerly anticipated each year.
This year the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum is thrilled to host the fifty-first Rio Tinto Yarwun & QAL Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.
Calling for submissions - 10am, Tuesday 6 October to 1pm, Saturday 10 October
GRAGM Closed for Installation - 12 to 30 October
Exhibition Opens – 10am, Saturday 31 October
Judge’s Floor Talk & Illustrated Lecture - from 10.30am, Saturday 31 October
Official Opening and Awards Presentation - 6pm, Saturday 31 October
QAL People’s Choice Awards Voting - 31 October 2026 - 23 January 2027
Exhibition Closes - 2pm, Saturday 23 January 2027
Collection of Works - 25 to 30 January 2027
QAL People's Choice Award Winners Announcement - Friday 29 January 2027.
To be announced.
Entry fee - $20 (including GST) per artwork, one entry per artist. Completed entry form, entry fee and labelled artwork are to be received by 1pm, Saturday 10 October 2026. Late entries will not be accepted.
To be announced.
history of the awards
Since its inauguration in 1976, the Art Awards have become one of Queensland’s most prestigious regional art events and is eagerly anticipated each year.
Martin Hanson (1923-1976) was a popular and highly-respected local businessman who was Member for Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Port Curtis 1963-1976, and patron to the Gladstone Artists Club. As a tribute to his patronage, in conjunction with the Hanson family, the Gladstone Artists Club held the first Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards and Exhibition in 1976.
The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum became the custodian of the Hanson Awards in 1993.