Meroogal Women's Art Prize
Museums of History NSW is excited to announce that entries are now open for the 2024 Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, with a prize pool of over $10,000.
Female artists from across NSW are invited to submit works, in any medium, that respond to the historic house of Meroogal, its former occupants, and its meaning within broader historical and contemporary contexts.
Selected artworks will be displayed and photographed throughout the property, throwing new light on the personal stories of the people who once lived there, and the rich collection of objects that are still contained within the house.
The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize is a regional, non-acquisitive competition and exhibition. It is open to a work in any medium made by a woman aged 18 years or over who is a resident of NSW.
Artworks selected for display in the exhibition will be on display to the public from Saturday 9 November 2024 to Saturday 24 May 2025.
Information for entering the 2024 Art Prize
Entries close Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 4pm and are to be submitted online.
This year, Museums of History NSW is waiving the artist entry fee.
Please make sure you review the Terms and Conditions [link to go here].
Artist inspections
Thursdays from 30 May until 12 September 2024.
Book here [link to be added].
Frequently asked questions
For further inquiries, please contact:
Dr Jacqui Newling
Curator
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Museums of History NSW
Email: mwap@mhnsw.au
Opens 9 November
Exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2024
The biennial Meroogal Women’s Art Prize is now in its 20th year
Past winners of the Meroogal Women's Art Prize
Now in its 20th year we look back at the first prize artwork entries from past winners of the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize - a regional, non-acquisitive competition and exhibition
Past exhibitions
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2022
The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize celebrates the creativity and achievements of female artists across NSW
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2018
The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize celebrates the creativity and achievements of female artists across NSW, and pays tribute to the four generations of women from the Thorburn and Macgregor families who lived at Meroogal in Nowra for almost 100 years
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2014
Women artists from across NSW created works in response to Nowra’s historic Meroogal house museum for the 2014 Meroogal Women’s Art Prize
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women's Arts Prize 2011
The Historic Houses Trust has proudly presented the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize since 1998
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women's Arts Prize 2009
The Meroogal Women's Arts Prize is open to all women living on the South Coast and Southern Highlands
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women's Art Prize 2007
Women artists of the South Coast and Southern Highlands were invited to submit art works which responded creatively to the theme, Origins & Identity at Meroogal
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The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, now in its 19th year, was launched on 16 September 2022
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Museum stories
Make yourself at home
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