CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA PRIMARY SCHOOL ART COMPETITION 2027

CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA PRIMARY SCHOOL ART COMPETITION 2027

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 of the Gladstone region to put pen, paint, collage or any other medium to A4 paper during the Celebrate Australia Primary School Art Competition 2027. 

This is the 21st year of the competition encouraging students to think about an aspect of Australia they believe is 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, 28 November 2026.

Entry and completed entry form to be delivered to  

• In person: Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, Cnr. Goondoon & Bramston Streets or
• Posted to: PO Box 29, Gladstone QLD 4680

Winners Announced

Tuesday, 26 January 2027, during the Gladstone Regional Council’s Australia Day celebrations. 

In 2027, entries will tour venues across the region and a digital catalogue of entries will be displayed at selected Council venues. With all entries displayed at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum at the highly anticipated Saiki Children’s Day exhibition, held April to July.*   
 
The winners and highly commended entries will then be sent to Saiki City, Japan in conjunction with Japanese Children’s Day events held during October 2027. 

For more information please contact the Gallery and Museum on 4976 6766 or gragm@gladstone.qld.gov.au  

*All entries will be showed as a slideshow, with the winners and highly commended works hung.