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  • About Us

    Posted: 615 days ago - Get Off Your Arts is an arts festival and competition aimed at celebrating and supporting creativity in all its forms. So, whatever your chosen form of artistic expression, we want... more


  • Opening Night

    Posted: 615 days ago - The exhibition Opening Night is always a wonderful celebration of creativity. Along with the award presentations, all shortlisted performances and music compositions will be presented throughout the evening. more


  • Exhibition

    Posted: 615 days ago - The exhibition will remain open throughout the other festival events... more


  • Closing Night

    Posted: 615 days ago - On Sunday December 5th, CafeChurch will hold its regular Sunday evening service in the exhibition space at 7:00pm. The service will be a celebration of creativity and the arts. All welcome. more


  • Opening Night 2007

    Posted: 1034 days ago - Archive: Opening Night was a great sucess. Hope to see you all again in 2009!


  • Selah comes onboard

    Posted: 705 days ago - Archive: "Selah" restaurant in Circular Quay is generously donating a dinner for two as part of the prizes for the Visual arts section.


  • New Category for 2008

    Posted: 705 days ago - Archive: New Picture Book for a previously unpublished work of excellence. Prize monies to be advised. Work can include text but must be primariy illustration. Unthemed.


  • Extra $250 up for grabs

    Posted: 705 days ago - Archive: New $250 prize as part of the music compostion section for a work of excellence featuring the recorder.


  • Open for entries 2008

    Posted: 705 days ago - Archive: Entries are now open, so start creating!


  • 2008 Prizes Announced

    Posted: 695 days ago - Archive: Prize Monies finalised. $100 for the winner of the under 12 years section. $500 for all other sections.


  • 2008 Entry Form Available

    Posted: 694 days ago - Archive: The 2008 Entry form now available!


  • Art For All

    Posted: 654 days ago - Archive: This Sat - Oct 18 Art For All 3-6pm at the Cafe Church Space. Artists inspiring artists in a creative space. BYO materials. Free Entry.


  • Let the festivities begin!

    Posted: 355 days ago - Entries for Get off your Arts 2010 are now open...Wednesday December 1st from 7pm will be the opening night, an amazing celebration of creativity! Along with the award presentations there... more


  • GOYA goes Green

    Posted: 26 days ago - The Get Off Your Arts Festival will have a smaller ecological footprint this year than ever before! Concerned by the fact that climate change is already impacting the lives and... more


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  • GOYA in 2009

    Posted: 527 days ago - This year Get Off Your Arts will be held August 13-16. Entries close August 4. The theme is reminiscing to link in with the Glebe sesquicentennary-the theme is there only for... more


  • Performance Night

    Posted: 436 days ago - To allow performance artists to stretch their creative muscles, this year people entering the performing arts section will be adjuticated on Wednesday 12 August. Winning performances will be announced at the... more


  • Theme for GOYA 09

    Posted: 436 days ago - GOYA 09 is linking in with the Glebe sesquicentenary celebrations for 2009, so if you wish to have your art revolve around this theme, you are more than welcome....alternatively you... more


  • How to enter GOYA 09

    Posted: 380 days ago - Whilst the online entry form is not yet available you can enter GOYA09 now by posting your entry, entry from, and fee to Attn GOYA, PO Box 121, GLEBE 2037... more


  • The online entry form

    Posted: 380 days ago - Apologies to all that the online entry form is not yet up and running.  We hope to have it ready for you soon.  Please remember that we still need to... more


  • Printing off the online entry form

    Posted: 380 days ago - Dear All, apologies that you are currently unable to access the entry form for GOYA09.  This facility will be made available ASAP, and an email will be sent to everyone on... more


  • People's Choice Awards

    Posted: 379 days ago - Go Get have kindly donated an annual membership with them for the People's Choice Award, which is voted by the people at the opening night of GOYA.  This particular prize is... more


  • How to enter GOYA update

    Posted: 367 days ago - Dear all, apologies for the ongoing difficulties with entering GOYA 2009.  Thanks for your ongoing patience as we move from paper to the internet!  In the interim, the Glebe offices... more


  • How to buy artwork from GOYA 2009...

    Posted: 351 days ago - Yes there's still time to buy art at the 2009 Get Off Your Arts exhibition! There are two more nights of the GOYA festival, so you can come along from... more


  • GOYA is on in 2010!

    Posted: 33 days ago - Get Off Your Arts will be taking place in 2010 - hooray! Entries will open next month and will close on November 16. The Get Off Your Arts Festival Opening... more


  • A theme for GOYA 2010

    Posted: 33 days ago - If you have a theme suggestion please contact us. In 2009 the theme was 'Reminiscing', in 2008 we were inspired by 'beginnings' and in 2007 theme was 'Earth'. The theme... more


  • GOYA Theme: The Future

    Posted: 26 days ago - Start putting your thinking hats on, let your imaginations go wild!  The theme for GOA 2010 is "The Future"........WE look forward to seeing your interpretations =D


  • GOYA on YouTube

    Posted: 25 days ago - Check out highlights from last year's GOYA on YouTube! Relive favourite moments from the performances, take a peek at the exhibition and hear more about what makes GOYA so unique.... more


  • It's time to Get Off Your Arts!

    Posted: 616 days ago - Get Off Your Arts is an arts festival and competition aimed at celebrating and supporting creativity in all its forms. So, whatever your chosen form of artistic expression, we want... more


  • Music Composition

    Posted: 615 days ago - For a work of excellence in music composition of up to 10 minutes duration. $500 spending moneyPerformance time in the Colbourne Ave concert series The 2009 winner of this section... more


  • Visual Arts

    Posted: 615 days ago - For a work of excellence in the visual arts - sculpture, painting, photography or installation.$500 spending moneyA dinner for two at "Selah" restaurant in Circular Quay (tbc)$100 gift voucher from... more


  • Picture Book

    Posted: 615 days ago - For a previously unpublished picture book/comic book of excellence. Works can, but do not have to, include text but must primarily be illustration. Picture books may have any theme you choose. $500 spending... more


  • Performing Arts

    Posted: 615 days ago - For a work of excellence in dance, drama, poetry, or other performing art (including music performance), of up to 10 minutes duration.$500 spending moneyPerformance time in the Colbourne Ave concert... more


  • Film & Animation

    Posted: 615 days ago - For a work of excellence in film or animation production of up to 10 minutes duration. Works may have any theme you choose.$500 spending money. Finalists may be included in the Colbourne... more


  • 12 Years & Under

    Posted: 615 days ago - For a work of excellence in the visual arts (sculpture, painting, photography or installation) or a film or video production of up to 5 minutes duration, by an artist of... more


  • Privacy Policy

    Posted: 615 days ago - We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully.We collect information about you for two reasons: firstly, to process your... more