The 2024 Young Archies Awards are now open!

Based on the famous Archibald Prize, the Young Archies Awards is a portrait competition open to all students in Tasmanian Government schools and colleges.

Awards are presented in year categories for the best portrait of a person created by a student during the 12 months before the closing date. Portraits can be in any 2D media, such as a drawing, painting or collage, but cannot include photography. The portrait must be of someone personally known to the student.

Entries for the 2024 Young Archies close on Friday, 2 August 2024.

Changes have been made to the number of entries that can be submitted per category:

• Primary Schools up to 4 per category
• High schools up to 6 per category [NEW]
• Colleges up to 8 portraits

For more information please visit:

Young Archies Awards - Department for Education, Children and Young People (decyp.tas.gov.au)

Schools can mail or deliver entries to:

DECYP – Learning Events

Level I / 199 Collins Street

Hobart TAS 7000

All artwork will be returned at the end of the exhibition, at no cost to schools. College artwork selected for the travelling exhibition will be digitally reproduced for the tour. Original artwork will be returned with all other college entries following close of the main exhibition.