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.
- First Nations Community, Arts and Culture
For more information, visit Creative Australia.