Local Contemporary Art Prize 2024: reflections on here and now

Local Contemporary Art Prize 2024: reflections on here and now celebrates the diversity of visual arts practice across the Sunshine Coast. Caloundra Regional Gallery, in partnership with The Gallery’s Friends, invited artists living within the Sunshine Coast and Noosa regions, working across all mediums, to submit 2D and 3D works for the Prize.

Originally known as Local Artist – Local Content, the annual art prize was created by the Friends Regional Gallery Caloundra Inc. (‘Friends’) in 2014. Now in its tenth year, the prize has been given fresh energy via its new name Local Contemporary Art Prize, reflecting the here and now of artists living and working on the Sunshine Coast.

Forty finalists have been selected for the exhibition and winners will share in AUD17,000 prize money, thanks to this year’s sponsors: Friends of the Gallery, Mary Henzell Investments, Localvolts and Geoff Lyons Solicitors.

Presented by the Caloundra Regional Gallery and the Friends of the Regional Gallery, Caloundra.