American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia

03/05/2026

Applications for the AFNGA AusArt Fellowship close on March 31!

With a one-off grant of up to US$30,000, the Fellowship offers emerging visual arts practitioners the opportunity to progress their studies in the United States.

We are thrilled to partner with the American Australian Association to offer this annual opportunity to emerging visual artists, curators, art historians, administrators and conservators.

Spread the word, find out more, or apply now: https://americanaustralian.org/scholarships/arts-fund/specialty-field-scholarships/

Established in 2012, the AusArt Fellowship offers emerging practitioners in the visual arts the opportunity to progress their studies at a university, educational institution, or museum in the United States.

The Fellowship provides support of up to US$30,000 and is conferred annually to visual artists, curators, art historians, administrators, and conservators at the graduate or post-graduate level.

Pictured is our 2025 AusArt Fellow, Megan Tan, a Melbourne-based visual artist currently undertaking an MFA in Art at the University of Illinois Chicago, where her research explores printmaking, conceptual art, and economic systems.

The AusArt Fellowship is made possible through a partnership with the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia.

05/22/2025

In partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, we are delighted to announce a new initiative, the AFNGA: Visiting Creatives Program, and to reveal the inaugural participants – contemporary American artists Jeff Koons and Jeffrey Gibson.

The AFNGA: Visiting Creatives Program builds on four decades of close cultural ties between the National Gallery and the United States of America and is designed to deepen the transformational impact of cross-cultural exchange and creative collaboration between the two countries.

Find out more: https://www.afnga.org/programs/visiting-creatives-program/

📸 Jeffrey Gibson © Jeffrey Gibson, courtesy the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. and Roberts Projects, photographer: Brian Barlow, Jeff Koons, image supplied by the artist.