Deadline: 2 October 2018
The Australia Council for the Arts is seeking nominations for the 2019 awards. These prestigious national awards recognise outstanding and sustained contributions by Australian artists in music, literature, community arts and cultural development (CACD), emerging and experimental arts, visual arts, theatre, and dance.
They are awarded by the Board of the Australia Council, informed by key industry advisors. The Australia Council will announce the Awards to eight distinguished Australian artists in March 2019.
Prize Information
- Recipients of an Australia Council Award will be awarded $25,000
- The recipient of the Kirk Robson Award will be awarded $10,000
Award Categories
- Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers who have made an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian literature.
- Australia Council Don Banks Music Award is named in honour of Don Banks, a composer, performer and the first Chair of the Music Board. The Award acknowledges the achievements of a distinguished artist who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia.
- Australia Council Visual Arts Award acknowledges the achievements of an artist who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian visual art.
- Australia Council Award for Emerging and Experimental Arts acknowledges the achievements of an artist who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to the practice of emerging and experimental art.
- Australia Council Award for Dance acknowledges the achievements of an artist who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian dance.
- Australia Council Award for Theatre acknowledges the achievements of an artist who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian theatre.
- Ros Bower Award, is named in honour of Ros Bower, a journalist, television producer, community arts pioneer and founding Director of Council’s first Community Arts Board. The Award acknowledges the achievements of an artist or arts worker who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to community arts and cultural development.
- Kirk Robson Award recognises a young artist or arts worker demonstrating outstanding leadership in community arts and cultural development (CACD). The award was established in honour of Kirk Robson who tragically died in a car crash in 2005. Kirk received the Council’s Young and Emerging Artists Initiative and was the Artistic Director of The Torch Project.
How to Apply
- Nominators must:
- complete the nomination form
- provide a CV for the nominee (max of 2 x A4 pages)
- Nominators may:
- provide a maximum of two letters of support for the nomination
For more information, please visit 2019 Australia Council Awards.