The Lester Prize Youth Awards encourages the creative talents of young, aspiring, and emerging artists. It is open to all High School students across Australia from school years 7 to 12. The Youth Award allows entrants to showcase their works and present their unique artistic perspectives, helps build their confidence to further their art practice, and allows them to share their stories with the wider community.

The Sketchbook Project is a collaborative and visual experience that provides an opportunity for young people to share their own personal stories and passions with the wider community across Western Australia.

weight/wait forms an interrogation of various axes of oppression through the multimodal artworks of four young artists. Their works present a collective desire to protest oppression whilst celebrating the queer experience, unpacking antiquated gender discourse, and centering decolonisation.