Urunga Small Sculpture Prize

03/06/2026

🎨 CALLING ALL SCULPTORS ✨
The 2026 Urunga Small Sculpture Prize is NOW OPEN! 🏆

Big ideas. Small scale.
Artists from across Australia are invited to enter original freestanding or wall-mounted sculptures measuring no larger than 50cm

With a $10,000 prize pool and a growing reputation as one of Australia’s standout regional sculpture prizes, this is your chance to showcase bold creativity in an intimate format 💫

From marble, bronze and clay to weaving, shell, feather and glass — all mediums and innovative approaches are welcome.

📍 Exhibition: Art Space Urunga, NSW
📅 Entries close: 6pm, August 9, 2026
💰 First Prize: $6000
Second Prize $2000
2 x Highly Commended $500 each
People's Choice $1000

Finalist exhibition runs from 19 Sept – 17 Oct 2026.

Enter now via: https://urungasmallsculptureprize.com.au

31/05/2026

This incredible glass art work won two prizes at the Urunga Small Sculptures in 2025. With both a Highly Commended and the $1000 people's Choice award, glass artist James Minson's 'Wreath' represents the cycle of life and is inspired by years of scuba diving that started at the Solitary Islands.
Entries are now open for this year's Urunga Small Sculpture Prize. Details and entry forme here: https://urungasmallsculptureprize.com.au/

30/05/2026

The next Bellingen Shire Arts Trail Weekend will be on 7-8 Nov 2026 with over 30 venues across the trail - artist home studios, art galleries, shared space, cafes, restaurants, hotels and shops. The venues will be in towns and localities across the Shire - Dorrigo, Bellingen, Raleigh and Urunga.

30/05/2026

18/05/2026

Rainy day blues? Let’s pretend it’s sunny like this picture.
Why not pop into the Art Space and look at lovely things.

17/05/2026

This is 'The Sea She Is To Me' by Tanya Sparkle from Redfern, NSW. Tanya's sculpture won First Prize last year 🥇🏆 in the Urunga Small Sculpture Prize! According to the artist, this work is about the underworld; what lies beneath the ocean and the skin, what we collect, and what we try to hold, to be contained as a memory. It's made using old lost wax technique carving to make the sterling silver nautilus shell and rose bronze hand, all under a hand blown glass dome.
If you would like the chance to win this year's Small Sculpture Prize, enter now!

https://urungasmallsculptureprize.com.au/

13/05/2026

12/05/2026

Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes

12/05/2026