Mandurah 9×5 ART PRIZE 2025
This Year's Theme - Cats & DogsMandurah 9x5 ART PRIZE 2025. Celebrating Impressionism and the iconic 9x5 tradition. This year’s theme? Cats & Dogs!
Get creative—your artwork must feature a cat, dog, or both. Each exhibiting artist will receive a 9×5 plywood board to work their magic. Only the first 150 entries will be accepted.
Finalists will be displayed at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Alcoa Art Gallery between the 25 July – 22 August 2025.
Only one artwork per artist will be accepted – Spots go fast—don’t miss out!
- Entry fee(s) $20 Open Category & $15 Youth Category. Visit or call ManPAC box office on 9550 3900 for payment or book online using the ‘Book Now‘ button below.
- Collect your 9×5 board at the Box Office, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. If you cannot collect your 9×5 board in person, you may request for it to be posted ($10 shipping cost). Boards will not be sent via Australia Post after June 20. See terms and conditions below for more info.
Prize categories
- Open Category: 20 years and over
- Youth Category: over 12 to 19 years of age
Prizes
- Open Category
– First Prize $2000
– Second Prize $750
– Highly Commended $200 - Youth Category
– First Prize $200
– Highly Commended $200
– Highly Commended $200
Timeline
- 4 June: Entries open
- 9 July: Entries close
- 15 & 16 July: 10am to 4pm. Artwork deadline and delivery
- 25 July: Judging and exhibition opens
- 22 August: Exhibition closes
- 25 August: All artworks to be collected
Conditions of entry
See the conditions of entry below for eligibility, fees, key dates, artwork guidelines, prize details, sales of artwork, and insurance information for the 2025 Mandurah 9×5 Art Prize.
How to enter
- Read the Conditions of Entry
- Complete Application Form (see below)
- Contact ManPAC Box Office to pay entry fee and collect 9×5 board.
Register Below
Sponsors: City of Mandurah, Terrace Art Framers, Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery, Peel Chamber of Commerce , Friends of Mandurah Performing Arts Centre & Mandurah Plein Air Artists, Mandurah Men’s Shed.
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