2025 Firstdraft Fundraiser
Graphic Design by: Alex Stevenson
28 July - 3 August
Artist Party
6 - 10pm Saturday 2 August
Free
Art Market Day
11 am - 5 pm Sunday 3 August
Bid Closes at AEST 9pm Saturday 2 August
We are delighted to announce that the Firstdraft Fundraiser is back and will be from Monday 28 July! Grow your collection and nurture the next generation future of Australian artists 🪴
In its 16th year, the Firstdraft Fundraiser remains steadfast to its aim of supporting artists. When you buy an artwork at the Firstdraft Fundraiser, half of the sale helps us pay fees to every artist who participates in our program, while the other half is paid to contributing artists. Put simply, 100% of your money goes back to artists.
Hand-in-hand with our ever-growing community of artists, this fundraiser is an opportunity to celebrate the work of Firstdraft’s artist alumni and support the future of contemporary art - today.
Online bidding will be available from Monday 28 July, with an in-person exhibition from Friday 1 - Sunday 3 August. We will be holding an Artist Party on Saturday 2 August from 6 - 10 pm and a Art Market Day on Sunday 3 August from 11 am -5 pm.
contributing artists
Luke Abdallah, Tony Albert, Lili Allon, Emmanuel Asante, David Attwood, Aida Azin, Jamie Bastoli, Monika Behens, Lilah Benetti, Corey Black, Rae Boggs, Mel Booth, Leon Bowers, Claire Bridge, Lauren Brincat, Jingwei Bu, Carmel Francesca Byrne, Anna Carey, Tommy Carman, Gary Carsley, Tristan Chant, Joshua Charadia, Lucy Chetcuti, Celine Cheung, Andrew Christie, Robin Clare, Matthew Clarke, Zara Collins, Nancy Constandelia, Penny Coss, Cybele Cox, carolyn craig, Elizabeth Creixell, Laura Curcio, Gabriel Curtin, Monika Cvitanović, Lucas Davidson, Dean De Landre, Arunan Dharmalingam, damian dillon, Ara Dolation, Lauren Dunn, Marcus Dyer-Harrison, Sarah Eddowes, Michele Edinger, Sarah Edmondson, Leila el Rayes, Daisy Farnham, Sepideh Farzam, Isabella Feek, Adrian Fernandez, Keesha Catherine Field, Oliver Fontany, Kirsten Fredericks, Ash Garwood, Alex Gawronski, Shahroud Ghahani, Sarah Goffman, Sylvia Griffin, Irene Grishin-Selzer, gustralia, Tay Haggarty, Naoise Halloran-Mackay, Gala Jane, Orson Heidrich, Jack Hodges, Visaya Hoffie, Emily Imeson, Alexandra Jonscher, Virginia Keft, Aurelia King, Danica I. J. Knežević, Lisa Kurtz, James Lai, Sam Leach, Hyun Hee Lee, Belem Lett, Ruark Lewis, Dean Qiulin Li, Jooyun Lim, James Little, Holly Macdonald, Rachel Mackay, Tia Madden, Gigi Malherbe, Gabby Malpas, Michail Mathioudakis, Shannon McCulloch, Annabelle McEwen, Clare Milledge, Cobie Ann Moore, Georgia Morgan, Lisa Myeong-Joo, Anna Nazzari, Audrey Newton, Nelson Nghe, Laetitia Olivier-Gargano, Sassy Park, Emma Pham, Kenny Phan, April Phillips, Rodney Pople, Rhonda Pryor, Danish Quapoor, Dakota Quin, Alejandra Ramirez, Aaron Christopher Rees, Ben Reid, Caroline Rothwell, Billy Ryan, Mark Ryan, Sha Sarwari, Dougie Schofield, Naomi Segal, Jon Setter, Helen Shelley, Marsa Shirali, mook simpson, Noah Spivak, Taylor Steel, Sudjuice, M. Sunflower, Jeremy Swales, Jayanto Tan, Cyrus Tang, Nqa Blayed, IAN THOMAS, Thomas Thorby-Lister, Garry Trinh, Jessie Turner, Adele Warner, Lois Waters, Emma Lyn Winkler, Bradlee Wiseman, Sarah Woodward, Belinda Yee, Tom Yousif, Justine Youssef, Anne Zahalka, ZI QIN and Tianli Zu.
