Now in its 18th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize supports and celebrates photographic portraiture in Australia. Each year the prize attracts thousands of entrants from emerging and established artistic talent across the country. In 2025, the judges – writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law, Senior Curator at the National Portrait Gallery Serena Bentley, and Leigh Robb, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia selected 48 finalists from a field of more than 1400 entries.

The ‘Resonance’ exhibition curated by Josephine Mascaro, is the start of a new curation program for our Mid West Arts Members. It is the latest Stairwell Gallery Exhibition featuring Artworks from The City of Greater Geraldton Art Collection at Geraldton Regional Art Gallery. “Art is not an object, it is an experience” - Joseph Albers (1968)