Exhibition Applications

There are four Gallery spaces at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and one Gallery space at Childers Arts Space.

Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery:

• Gallery One is the largest space and usually dedicated to touring or large-scale curated exhibitions.
• Gallery Two is upstairs and comprises of two rooms with heritage features.
• The Vault is a contemporary installation space. Applications for this space should be site specific and display experimentation in the chosen media.
• Imaginarts is a community engagement space for exhibitions that encourage interaction, particularly with younger audiences.

Childers Arts Space:

• Exhibitions must be sensitive (in subject matter and content) to the Palace Backpacker Memorial that located in the Gallery space.

Applicants are advised to review the attached floorplans when considering their exhibition.

Download Bundaberg Regional Galleries Floor Plans(PDF, 2MB)

Bundaberg Regional Galleries accepts exhibition applications once a year from 1 April – 30 June.  Applications are for the following calendar year.

Exhibition applications are selected based on:

• Artistic excellence and innovation
• Capacity for audience engagement, enrichment and education
• Relevance to regional identity and narrative

Outcome notification will be sent to applicants by 31 August.

• If the proposal is successful, a letter of offer will be sent, detailing exhibition dates and gallery space

Once that proposal is accepted by the applicant, a Loan Agreement will be sent outlining terms and conditions, fees, and a calendar of key dates

For Group Exhibitions:  Please nominate one person to be the key contact for the group.

Bundaberg Regional Galleries offer artists the options to be paid a loan fee for their artworks or to sell their artworks in the exhibition.

If a loan fee is paid, the applicable fee will be outlined in the Loan Agreement.  We aspire to implement the artist fee recommendations outlined by the National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA). When allocating loan fees, several elements are considered including the career level of the artist/s, the scale of the exhibition, and whether the works are new or have been exhibited previously. 

If works are to be sold, there is a 25% commission on all sales, and the artist is responsible for building this into their prices.  Bundaberg Regional Galleries will support sales by producing a sales brochure for the exhibition.  

Community art groups, school groups, organisations, and collectors who exhibit with Bundaberg Regional Galleries will not be eligible for a Loan Fee but are eligible to sell their artworks.

Applicants must have the legal right to loan to the Galleries the artworks or objects for display.

The final artwork list and contents of the exhibition must be reflective of the approved exhibition application.  Permission to make changes to the original proposal must be made in writing to the Gallery Director at least six months prior to the exhibition install  and must have receive written approval.

While the artist will be consulted about the layout and specific installation requirements of artworks, the final layout and content of the exhibition is at the discretion of the Gallery Director.

Bundaberg Regional Galleries encourages First Nations Led art projects and exhibitions that celebrate the diversity of First Nations artistic practices. If you are a non-First Nations artist and your proposed exhibition contains any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander subject matter you will need to explain your process for obtaining permission to use Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property.