Pymble Values Art Prize 2025

Pymble Ladies’ College is proud to launch the inaugural Pymble Values Art Prize. The Prize honours our College value of Respect represented by the statement, I value diversity, my worth and the worth of others.

The Pymble Values Art Prize celebrates our commitment to the five College values that are integral to our standing as a leading independent girls’ school.  Our hope is that our community will be inspired by the beauty and power of these visual representations of our values to realise their own potential along with an understanding of the power of art to inspire meaningful conversations and promote change.

The Prize is an annual acquisitive prize with a different College value represented each year. We are proud to support Australian female artists by offering a $30,000 prize for the artwork that best depicts the essence our values. Pymble Ladies’ College is a proudly diverse and inclusive community, and we welcome submissions from artists from all cultural backgrounds.

Submissions are invited from all Australian female artists, aged over 18 years, for an original, two-dimensional painting that represents the College value of Respect.

• $30,000 is awarded to the winning submission and the College acquires the artwork for its collection.
• Submissions open: Thursday 10 April 2025
• Submissions close: Friday 3 October 2025

The top 30 submissions will be shortlisted by our judging panel and featured in an exhibition at the College opening on Monday 10 November to Friday 14 November, with the winning submission announced on opening night. This exhibition will be open to the public and all artworks featured will be available for sale.

The winning artwork will be permanently displayed in the foyer of our new Dance Centre in Grey House Precinct, to be opened in 2026.