Red Ochre Award (Lifetime Achievement) – Australia

Deadline: 10-Oct-23

Creative Australia is accepting applications for the prestigious Red Ochre Award for outstanding lifetime achievement for a senior male and female artist.

The Red Ochre Award recognises:

• lifetime contribution to First Nations Arts nationally and internationally;
• lifetime contribution to the First Nations community;
• artistic leadership and arts practice.

Prize Information

• The recipients of these Awards will receive $50,000 each.
• These awards will be presented at the First Nations Arts and Culture Awards.

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominations for senior artists are accepted from arts and community organisations and individuals.
• The Red Ochre Award includes recognition of both an outstanding senior male artist and an outstanding senior female artist.
• Senior artists may not nominate themselves and nominations may only be made for a living artist.
• Awards will not be given posthumously.

Criteria

• Nominations will be assessed against two criteria
  • First Nations Community, Arts and Culture
    • significance of the contribution to First Nations arts and cultural expression;
    • inspire First Nations community to keep culture strong;
    • First Nations community recognition;
    • impact of engagement, the span of influence and contribution to the First Nations community;
    • ensuring their practice is accessible to the First Nations community.
  • Arts Practice and Leadership
    • substantial contribution to the development of First Nations arts nationally and internationally;
    • artistic practice maintained over a significant period of time;
    • outstanding body of work;
    • industry and peer recognition and acknowledgment;
    • significance of the work within the area of practice;
    • contribution to diverse cultural expression.

For more information, visit Creative Australia.