Celebrating creativity by showcasing local artists and their artworks.

Annual Art Prize & Exhibition

The Creators Mark Art Prize & Exhibition is an annual charity art show and community event held at Gerringong Town Hall on the South Coast. Each year, the event celebrates creativity by showcasing local artists and their interpretations of a specific theme. The event spans a weekend and includes various activities such as art exhibitions, artisan markets, delicious snacks and live music.

Event Highlights

Opening Night: Features the official opening of the art show, presentation of Open, Youth and Children’s Prizes, commencement of art sales, accompanied by drinks, a grazing table and live music.

Art Show and Activities: Includes select artisan markets, activities for children and refreshments like Devonshire teas.

Artist Deep Dive: Offers in-depth sessions with invited artists.

Live Music: Throughout the weekend we are entertained with live music.

Art Prize Categories and Awards:

Open Category (18+ years):

First Prize: $3,000
Second Prize: $1,500
Third Prize: $750

Youth Category (13-17 years):

To be advised

Developing Artist Category (12 years & under):

To be advised

People's Choice Award:

$500

This Year's Theme

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Authentic Storytelling

September, 2026

Gerringong Town Hall
106 Fern Street
Gerringong, NSW 25

When Jesus spoke, He told parables—simple stories layered with meaning. You don’t have to share His faith to appreciate the brilliance of this approach: He knew that stories reach places facts cannot. They slip past our defenses and awaken something within us.

Art can do the same. When we create with honesty, our work carries more than technique—it carries a piece of us. It can reach deep places in others, stir imagination, and even shift the way they see the world.

That’s why the theme for Creators Mark 2026 is Authentic Storytelling. This is your invitation to go beyond surface beauty. Tell your story—a story that matters to you, that aches to be told. Then shape it into something that draws people in, makes them wonder, and leaves them changed.

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Event Details TBA

Spacious Couch, Loyal Dog’

Artist: Atticus Ralston

children’s category, Creators Mark 2025

"Even though there is a huge, wide open space outside in the backyard, my Jack Russel prefers to stay inside. He sits on a spacious couch, looking tiny compared to the wide open space of it. He waits patiently there for me to come home & play with him."Artist: Atticus Ralston

'Trees Planted by Streams of Water’

'Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord , and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. ' Psalms 1:1-3 NIV

Artist: Kay Douglass

I painted this for my parents to honour them, their life, and incredible contribution to not only mine and my family’s life but many, many others. The fruit of their life as consistent lovers of truth has been so beautiful and is ongoing. My father has since passed on to Glory but his life, his legacy continues to produce good fruit.

Meet our team