Welcome to the Corangamarah Art Prize website.

The acquisitive Corangamarah Art Prize has become a mainstay in the calendar of Australian artists. Held each year in August, the Prize is awarded to a two dimensional artwork in any medium, which has been inspired by a happening or experience from the year preceding – a conceit.

con.ceit’, n. [ME. conceit, conseit; OFr. concept, conceit, from L. conceptus, a collecting, taking, from concipere, to take, lay hold of, perceive.]

1. (a) a concept; that which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image (b) personal opinion. [Rare.]

2. understanding; power or faculty of conceiving; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.]

3. fancy; imagination

4. v.i. to conceive an idea; to think. [Obs.]

The Corangamarah Art Prize is held under the auspices of Colac Area Health and thus operates under the provisions of Colac Area Health