Our Work

Art Gallery NSW
Australian Drawing Biennial
Held every two years, this is an AGNSW-curated and themed drawing exhibition of invited artists from around Australia.

National Art School
The Dobell Drawing Prize
The new Dobell Drawing Prize will run in alternative years to the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Museums & Galleries NSW
Dobell Exhibition Grant
Supporting Museums & Galleries NSW to offer $40,000 in funding to one NSW regional gallery per annum.

National Art School
Dobell Drawing School
Each year the Foundation funds the Dobell Drawing School for Year 11 Students at the National Art School.
22 Years | 199 Schools | 1353 Students

National Art School
Regional Teacher Training
Funding two intensive weekend drawing workshops for 20 Visual Arts teachers in regional NSW.

Art Gallery NSW
Art Express Award
The Sir William Dobell Art Foundation gives an award every year to the best performing art faculty in a secondary school that has students exhibiting in Art Express.

Art Gallery Society
Learning Curve Lecture series
The Dobell Foundation sponsors the Art Gallery Society’s Learning Curve lecture series.

Bundanon
Artist in Residence Scholarship
Each year the Dobell Foundation provides scholarship funding support to a selected Artist as part of the Bundanon Artist In Residence program.
The Sir William Dobell Art Foundation has been supporting individual artists and public institutions for four decades through a wide variety of projects which it initiates directly. The Foundation is independently financed but accepts gifts and bequests. Please contact us directly should you wish to discuss a donation. The Trust does not invite applications or requests for financial support.