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2026 Student Art Competition
Posted on September 16, 2026
This year's theme is 'Jolly Joys & Festive Toys'. Participate for a chance to win exciting prizes, get your artwork featured on our website, and have it printed on our end-of-year greeting cards!
Illustrate the toys, games and gifts that bring joy during the holiday season. Think favourite toys, colourful games, fun surprises, thoughtful gifts and all the things that make your holidays feel special! Your design can be bright and colourful, funny and playful, sweet and cute, or completely unique and unexpected. There are no limits — the more imaginative, the better!
Show us your creativity and let your artwork bring joy to others this festive season.
All Open Access College students are eligible to enter.
Eligibility and Entry Categories
All Open Access College students are eligible to enter. There are three entry categories:
- Primary Years (R - 6)
- Middle Years (7 - 9)
- Senior Years (10 - 12)
Competition closes: Term 4, Week 3 - Friday 30th October 2026 at 11:59pm.
Art Mediums
Your artwork can be in any medium, for example painting, drawing, photography, collage, digital, mixed media or sculpture.
Prizes & Publishing
In each category, two winners will be chosen based on creativity and skill level. Each winner will receive an art gift voucher and a pack of greeting cards with their own artwork printed on them. Winning artworks will be published on the college website and our Facebook page.
How to enter
Please email your entry to Events.OAC886@schools.sa.edu.au or to your class teacher
Please provide the highest resolution image you can (under 10Mb for emailing) by scanning or taking a high quality photo if it is a physical artwork.
Along with your artwork file, please include in the email:
- Your full name
- Your OAC Student ID number
- The title of the artwork and the mediums used to create the piece
- A media consent form giving us permission to publish your artwork
