Deadline: 8-Jul-25
Applications are now open for the National Arts and Disability Awards to celebrate the work and achievements of d/Deaf artists and artists with disability.
The Awards acknowledge the contribution these artists have made to the creative arts and cultural life of the nation.
Categories
- The National Arts and Disability Award (Established) celebrates the achievements of an established Australian artist whose outstanding and sustained contribution to their chosen field of arts practice over many years has been recognised nationally or internationally.
- The National Arts and Disability Award (Early Career) recognises an Australian artist early in their practice who has made an outstanding contribution to their chosen field of practice.
Award Information
- Award for Established Artist: $50,000
- Award for Early Career Artist: $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
- These awards are for practicing artists who identify as d/Deaf and or living with disability.
- People cannot nominate themselves for the award.
- People who are nominated need to be an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident.
- People can be nominated even if they have received a Creative Australia Award or National Indigenous Arts Award.
- You must have permission from the person you are nominating to share their personal details with them.
Application Requirements
- You must submit a CV or extended bio for the nominee (approx. 2 x A4 pages, or a link to a CV or bio on the nominees website).
- You may submit up to two letters or statements of support (approx. 2 x A4 pages, or up to 5 minutes of audio/video).
- Types of support material they accept
- Their preferred method of receiving support material is via URLs (weblinks).
- You can provide up to two URLs that link to content that is relevant to your nomination.
- Please note:
- Do not supply any URLs that require users to log in or sign up to a platform.
- Do not provide links to applications that require users to log in or pay for access.
- If you are linking to media files that are private or password protected, please provide the password in the password field on the nomination form.
- Other accepted file formats
- If you cannot supply support material via URLs, you may upload support material to your nomination in other formats, for example:
- Video (MP4 and Windows Media)
- Audio (MP3 and Windows Media)
- Images (JPEG and PowerPoint)
- Written material (Word and PDF).
- They do not accept application-related support material submitted via post unless you have contacted them in advance to discuss your access needs.
For more information, visit Creative Australia.