CAPO Fellowship (max $15,000)

The CAPO Fellowship is CAPO’s most prestigious award. This award is open to applications from established artists working in any discipline or art form and are residents of Canberra and the region only. No specific sum of money is set aside for the CAPO Fellowship. As with all types of CAPO assistance, it is subject to the availability of funds.

The selected CAPO Fellow is expected to act as an ambassador for CAPO, and to ensure that the CAPO name is given positive exposure during the term of the Fellowship. Applicants for the CAPO Fellowship should be of high standing in their chosen field. This should be demonstrated by evidence of commitment to their practice over a significant period of time.

The purpose of the CAPO Fellowship is to enable an artist to concentrate on their project for a set period of time (up to one year). Normally this assistance will be aimed at enabling an artist to complete a body of work, develop a new technique, or simply improve the standard of their work by concentrating on it more fully for that period.

The Fellowship is partially sponsored by Allhomes.

Mandy Martin Art and Environment Award ($7,500)

Mandy Martin was a pre-eminent Australian artist who called Canberra - and later, Central West NSW - home. She was a lecturer at the Canberra School of Art from 1978 to 2003.

Hers was an international and national reputation, seeking as she did to explore landscape and the environment through the lens of its degradation and destruction through industrial imposition, about which she had felt so very strongly.

Her body of work encompassed printmaking, painting and large-scale collaborative installation works, and is held in the collections of every major public gallery in Australia; the Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; and in many private collections.

The family of Mandy Martin is excited to announce the disbursement of a new national annual award of $7,500, to be awarded to an arts practitioner for their creative response to climate change and the environment.

Rosalie Gascoigne Memorial Award (max $5,000)

Rosalie Gascoigne Memorial Award is in the spirit of the great Australian artist, Canberra resident and CAPO supporter Rosalie Gascoigne (1917-1999).

This award supports the creation of new work by any visual artists. This award is open to applications from practising artists resident in Canberra and the region only.

The Rosalie Gascoigne Memorial Award is generously supported by The Tall Foundation.

Megalo Print Studio Edition Award ($5,000)

Megalo Print Studio invites artists from any career stage, residing in the Canberra region, to apply for the Megalo Edition Award. This award offers the chance to collaborate with one of Megalo’s professional printmakers to produce a limited edition of prints.

Launched in 2022, Megalo Editions fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration by pairing artists with skilled printmakers to create unique print projects. The selected artist will work closely with Megalo’s printers to develop and execute their vision through techniques such as screen print, relief, etching, lithography and photogravure.

This award provides $5000 of in-kind services and materials to support the production of the print edition. This is a unique opportunity to explore printmaking with expert guidance and become a part of Megalo’s community.

Robert Foster Memorial Award ($3,000)

CAPO has established the Robert Foster Memorial Award to commemorate the outstanding contribution Robert Foster has made to the local, national and international arts community for the past 30 years.

For many years F! NK has been a regular and generous donor to CAPO’s events.

This award – originally funded by both CAPO and donations received – will go to a mid-career practitioner from the Canberra region working in metal and or design.

The Robert Foster Memorial Award is generously supported by Penny and Wal Jurkiewicz and Independent Steel Company.