Enter now. Submissions close on 15 June 2025. Free to enter. One entry per person. All art forms welcome. Eligible works are those created in the past 12 months.
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Enter now. Submissions close on 15 June 2025. Free to enter. One entry per person. All art forms welcome. Eligible works are those created in the past 12 months. 〰️
enter the Luminance Young & Emerging Artists Exhibition 2025
Luminance Art Gallery is an accessible venue. If you require this information in an accessible format please contact Luminance Gallery on 0491 764 745 or email: art@luminancegallery.com.au
Please read the terms and conditions before you start your submission. The T&Cs are listed below this entry form.
Submit one artwork only. Make it your best piece. One entry per person.
Entries close at 5pm on Monday 30 June 2025.
You will receive a confirmation email if your entry was submitted successfully.
Any questions, please contact Luminance Art Gallery on 0491 764 745 or email: art@luminancegallery.com.au
Terms and Conditions
Eligibility
The Luminance Young & Emerging Artists Exhibition is a NSW Mid North Coast initiative. It offers young and emerging artists an opportunity to show their work and connect with audiences through a curated art exhibition at Luminance Art Gallery in Port Macquarie.
For the purpose of this exhibition, we define young artists as aged between 15 and 25 years old. We define emerging artists as being aged 25+.
One entry per person.
No entry fee.
Entrants must have a connection to the NSW Mid North Coast. The region encompasses the local government areas of Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca, Kempsey, Port Macquarie Hastings, Wauchope and Midcoast.
Artworks must be the original work of the artist, completed in the year between 1 June 2024 and 30 June 2025.
Artworks must be for sale.
All submission must be completed online and in full.
Artwork medium
Two dimensional or three dimensional artworks: paintings, mixed media, photography, drawing, sculpture.
Artworks created with AI and/or digital tools must include a declaration stating that fact.
Entry fee
No entry fee
Submission of entries
Entries open at midday on Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 10am and close at 5pm on Monday 30 June 2025.
Submissions must be made online via the Luminance Gallery website: www.luminancegallery.com.au
You will receive a confirmation email if your entry was submitted successfully.
Late entries will not be accepted.
Exhibition selection process
Luminance Art Gallery Director, Dr Dominic O’Grady, is the curator of this exhibition.
Up to 16 of the best artworks submitted will be shortlisted for the Young & Emerging Artist Exhibition. This exhibition is at Luminance Art Gallery from Tuesday 22 July 2025 until Saturday 23 August 2025.
Two professional artists, Wendy Stokes and Stephen Killick, have agreed to assess the exhibition and choose the best in show in each category: young artists aged 15-25, and emerging artists aged 25+.
The decisions of the judging panel are final. No correspondence will be entered into.
Best in show will be announced on Saturday 9 August 2025.
Size of artwork
Size limits are based on the overall size of the artwork when it is framed. Stretched canvasses are considered framed. Artworks in multiple parts are acceptable but must be considered as a single work. A work of multiple parts must not exceed overall size limits when displayed.
All artworks must not be heavier than 10kg including frame and must not exceed a hanging space of 1 metre high x 1 metre wide, including wall space between artworks in multiple parts.
Preparation of artwork
All artworks selected for display must be clearly labelled with the following information attached to the back of the work: artist’s given name, artist’s family name, date of work, title of work, and medium.
All artworks excluding non-wall-mounted sculptures must be ready to hang. Paintings must be mounted or framed. Stretched canvasses are considered framed.
Flat D rings must be securely attached on the back of the work, 5cm – 10cm from the top of the frame, depending on the size of the artwork. D rings should be a minimum size of 10mm.
Artworks with screw-eyes, hooks or nails will not be admissible. There is no direct wall mounting available.
Wet paintings will not be accepted.
Luminance Art Gallery reserves the right not to exhibit the work if the earlier images submitted are not an accurate representation of the actual work received.
Luminance Art Gallery reserves the right not to exhibit the work if it is not ready to hang.
If your artwork requires a power source, please contact Luminance Art Gallery before completing your submission to discuss available options.
Sale of artworks
Submitted artworks must be for sale.
Luminance Art Gallery will retain a 40% commission on sales as a contribution to costs associated with the exhibition.
Commission will be deducted from the selling price of any work sold. The sale price indicated on the entry form must remain fixed throughout the exhibition and should include the commission.
Artworks sold during the exhibition will not be released until the end of the exhibition and full payment has been received by Luminance Art Gallery. Payment to the artist for sales will be made in August 2025.
Delivery of entries
All finalists are required to deliver their works to Luminance Art Gallery on Thursday 17 July 2025 or Friday 18 July 20205 between 9.00am and 4.30pm. Any alternate time must be arranged prior to delivery.
Do not post artworks to Luminance Art Gallery. All artworks must be delivered in person or by a representative or courier during the times above.
Delivery expenses are the responsibility of the entrant/artist.
Collection of artworks after exhibition
Artworks chosen for display must be collected from Luminance Art Gallery after the close of the exhibition on the following dates:
Saturday 23 August 2025 from 3pm to 5pm, or Sunday 24 August 2025 from 11am to 1pm.
Luminance Art Gallery is under no obligation to keep or store artworks after 1 September 2025. Artists of any uncollected works will be charged a fee.
Care and responsibility
Insurance for works remains the responsibility of artists during transit and throughout the exhibition.
Luminance Art Gallery has Public Liability Insurance.
Copyright
All entrants warrant they are the copyright holder of the artwork submitted and they agree to indemnify Luminance Art Gallery and its representatives for any breach or infringement of copyright.
Luminance Art Gallery has the right to use artwork images, artist biographies, and any associated materials for print, broadcast and digital promotion for a period of two years from artwork submission. These will be used for the purpose of publicising the Luminance MNC Young Artists Exhibition & Art Prize . All necessary acknowledgments of authorship will be duly made.
Privacy
Personal information collected will only be used for the purposes of the Luminance Young & Emerging Artists Exhibition.