Sunburst 2025

The Camden Kerbside Exhibitions are a program of curated street exhibitions which showcase local talent in an accessible public setting by displaying images of artists’ works on bins and balustrades through Camden’s CBD and on bus shelters across the LGA.  For the next exhibition of 2025, artists who live or work in the Camden, Campbelltown, and Wollondilly LGA’s are invited to submit works which respond to the theme “Sunburst” — an exploration of light, heat, energy, and colour in all their vibrant forms.

Sunburst: A Celebration of Light and Colour.

Celebrating the energy, heat, and vibrancy of summer through bold, luminous works that play with light, shadow, and colour. Sunburst is about the glow of golden afternoons, the shimmer of sunlit surfaces, the saturation of colour in full bloom, and the playful dance of shadow and light. It's about movement and stillness, warmth, and joy — a sensory celebration of the world lit brightly. We encourage artists to interpret the theme through personal, cultural, or environmental lenses. We’re looking for work that ignites the senses and reflects the emotional, visual, or physical impact of summer’s brilliance. Let your creativity burn bright. Show us your interpretation of the sun at its peak — how it transforms landscapes, moods, memories, and stories.

Gallery support to photograph works available 26 July, 2 August and 16 August between 11am-4pm (artists must submit application before this). EOI closes 22 August.

Conditions of Entry: 

  • Artists must live, study or work within the Camden, Campbelltown, or Wollondilly LGAs

  • Artists may submit between 1-3 works

  • Artworks may be of any safe, dry medium, including but not limited to oil, acrylic, gouache, and watercolour paint, on surfaces such as canvas and paper, along with textile and sculptural works. 

  • Works must not have been exhibited in a previous Kerbside Exhibition. 

  • Artists must allow their works to be reproduced by print and electronic media for the exhibition itself, for the promotion of the exhibition, for archival uses and for the exhibition catalogue or use in any related Council publication. 

  • Images must be of high quality for exhibition, with at least 130 DPI and ideally 300 DPI. Please note this resolution cannot be achieved by a phone camera and requires a digital camera. 

  • If you are unable to photograph your works to a high DPI or are unsure if the image of your work is of a high quality, please submit an image with your entry and visit the Alan Baker Art Gallery at 37 John Street, Camden, during open hours, 11am-4pm Thursday-Saturday, to have your work photographed on the 26 July, 2 and 16 August only. If these times do not work, please reach out to us at: alanbakerartgallery@camden.nsw.gov.au

  • PLEASE EMAIL alanbakerartgallery@camden.nsw.gov.au UPON SUBMISSION WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT LINE: Kerbside Exhibition-Artist Name.

  • Images with a too low DPI will not be printed or included in the exhibition.

  • All entries must be the original work of the entrant produced after January 2024. 

  • Artists warrant that they are the copyright owner of all submitted artworks and that their artworks do not infringe the moral rights of third parties. 

  • Artworks must not depict nudity or violence. Artworks considered by the curatorial team to be offensive will be ineligible.  

  • The written consent of the family, community or subject must be provided for portraits of individuals who have passed away who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. 

  • Dimensions for the kerbside display panels are portrait, square and landscape. We have significantly more spaces for portrait artworks than landscape. As such fewer landscape and square works will be accepted. 

  • Every effort will be made to display works as entered. However, artists acknowledge that if cropping is required to allow the work to be included. Council may alter the work without notice to the artist.  

Recommendations: 

  • We advise all artists to update their website and social media (if established) in preparation for the exhibition. 

  • If already established, we recommend artists submit a link to their own eCommerce platform, social media page for their art and/or artist website. Please only share these pages if you wish for them to be shared publicly on Councils website.  

If you would like to receive information about similar opportunities for artists and creatives, please register yourself on the Creative at Camden Directory (linked).  If you have any questions about the Camden Kerbside Exhibition, please email alanbakerartgallery@camden.nsw.gov.au  

I grant permission of this under 18 years youth artwork entry (if applicable).