CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA PRIMARY SCHOOL ART COMPETITION 2026

CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA PRIMARY SCHOOL ART COMPETITION 2026

Calling for Entries

It's that time of the year again where young artists of the Gladstone Region have a chance to get creative! 

Gladstone Regional Council invites primary school aged children to put pen, paint, collage or any other medium to A4 paper during the Celebrate Australia Primary School Art Competition 2026.

This is the 20th year of the competition encouraging students to think about an aspect of Australia they believe is really important to them. 

Students may submit one entry each (through their school or as an individual), accompanied by a completed entry form, in either Section One: Prep to Year 2 or Section Two: Year 3 to Year 6. 

The entry forms (school and individual options) can be downloaded below.

Submissions 

Submissions close 1pm, Saturday, 29 November 2025 and can be delivered to: Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, cnr Goondoon & Bramston Streets, Gladstone or posted to: PO Box 29, Gladstone QLD 4680.

Winners Announced

Monday, 26 January 2026, during Gladstone Regional Council’s Australia Day celebrations.

In 2026, entries will tour venues across the region and a digital exhibitions of entries will be displayed at selected Council venues. 

Fourteen selected artworks will be sent to Saiki City, Japan in conjunction with Japanese Children’s Day events
during October 2026.

For more information please contact the Gallery & Museum on 4676 6766 or gragm@gladstone.qld.gov.au.