Visual Arts

NATIONAL WATER WEEK 2025 POSTER COMPETITION

It’s back for 2025! The National Water Week poster competition is now open to all primary school students. 

Theme: Water Heroes: Save Every Drop.

Entries are open for kinder through to Grade 6 primary students who can design, draw or paint a poster that demonstrates this year’s theme. 

Winners will be chosen by:

• how well does the poster communicate the National Water Week poster competition theme, ‘Water Heroes: Save Every Drop' and/or relevant water-related issues
• how attractive does it look from a distance
• have art materials been used effectively
• does the poster use innovative imagery, design or concepts

Entries close: 5pm, Friday 12 September 2025.

Winners announced during National Water Week, 20-26 October 2025.

Categories:

• Prep
• Yeas 1-2
• Years 3-4
• Years 5-6

First prize winners from each category will be entered into the state level competition.

Prize for each category

1st - $100 gift card 

2nd - $50 gift card 

3rd - $25 gift card 

How to enter

For more information including judging criteria and terms and conditions visit the website at https://southeastwater.com.au/postercomp/

Entries can be submitted direct via the National Water Week poster competition website.

MY AWESOME AUSTRALIAN

The Australian honours system has been recognising outstanding Australians for 50 years. To celebrate the anniversary, school students from across the country are invited to create a portrait of someone in their community who they think deserves to be recognised.

Create a portrait to share the faces and stories of people from your community. Portraits can be created in any of the following mediums: painting, drawing, sculpture, or textile.

This online exhibition is open to Australian school students aged from 4–18 years.

Entries close on 14 September 2025.

More information: https://www.portrait.gov.au/content/honours-anniversary/ 

25th Annual Young People of Bayside Art Exhibition

The Young People of Bayside Art Exhibition is back for its 25th year, celebrating the ideas, perspectives and creativity of local young people.

Submit your interpretation of the 2025 theme ‘Past / Present / Future’, whether it’s a painting, sculpture, textile, photograph or mixed media piece.

Entries close: Sunday 10 August 2025

Eligibility

• Aged between 10 – 25 as of 8 October 2025
• Live, work, study, or recreate in the Bayside local government area
• One artwork per person

More information: https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/services/youth/25th-annual-young-people-bayside-art-exhibition