Annual Art Awards 2025

Cairns Art Society's 77th Annual Art Awards 2025 held at the prestigious Cairns Art Gallery.

Opening night
Friday February 7th, Cairns Art Gallery
Doors open 5.30pm, rsvp here.

Awards and Prizes:
$1500 Cairns Taxis Award for Best Oil
$1500 Ron and Marion Ireland Award for best Acrylics (private sponsor Wendy McGuigan)
$1000 Cazalys Award for best Mixed Media
$1000 Cairns Art Society Judy Noller Award
$500 voucher ADhesive Award for Best Drawing, Digital, or Print
$500 Michael Healy MP Award for best Sculpture
$400 Emma Channer Award for best Watercolour
$300 voucher High Scan peoples choice Award
$50 Bunnings voucher & Cairns Aquarium Family Day Pass for Highly Commended

Important dates:
Registrations close - December 10th (5pm)
Finalists announced - December 19th.
Deliver artworks - February 4th (1.00 – 5.00pm) Wednesday 5th February (9.30am – 12.00pm).
Exhibition opens - February 7th
Exhibition closes - March 9th
Collect artworks - March 10th (10am to 4 pm).

Exhibition terms + conditions here.

Finalists have been announced - thank you to all who entered.
2025 list of finalists here.

Thank you to our generous sponsors for this event: