Submissions for student artwork for the 2027 Calendar for Cultural Diversity will open in Term 2 2026.

Schools may submit up to 4 entries.

Photographs should be submitted although the original artwork will need to be available for shortlisted schools.

File name of artwork should include name of school and title of artwork.

The following information should be gathered before submitting each artwork:

• name of artist/s
• year/s
• title of artwork
• name of school
• traditional country on which school is located
• name and email of teacher contact
• description relating to the work on the relevant annual theme (approximately 25 – 50 words)
• completed authority to publish form. For whole class or whole school artworks, a member of the school executive can complete the form on behalf of the school.

Artwork should:

• reflect the theme
• link to curriculum area
• be the work of a single student or a group of students.

Possible techniques, forms and styles may include (and are not limited to):

• drawing, cartooning or sketching – using pencils, inks, felt pens, charcoal, pastels or crayons
• photography and digital media – using apps, computer software, digital or other cameras for photography
• mixed media – collage, photo montage
• 3D – sculpture, textiles, fibre, installations using found or other objects and materials
• painting – watercolour, oil, acrylic or gouache paints, sgraffito
• printmaking – etching, monoprinting, linocuts, collagraph, or bas relief.

Students should consider their use of artmaking practices and qualities such as:

• line, shape and form
• proportion, space and perspective
• colour – light and dark and shading
• texture
• repetition and patterns
• points of interest and emphasis
• signs and symbols and so on.