Closes on 02 Apr 2010
Important national indigenous award attracting almost 500 entries. Covering all styles and media from bark paintings, textiles to photography for a total of $56,000 prize money. As from 2006 this is a non-acquisitive prize.
The Award was established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award by the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. The aim of the Award is to recognise the important contribution made by Indigenous artists and to promote appreciation and understanding of the quality and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from regional and urban based Indigenous artists throughout Australia, working in traditional and contemporary media. The Award is an important showcase for both established and emerging artists and has come to be regarded as the premier national event in the Australian Indigenous art calendar.

Prizes

The six categories in which prizes are awarded are:

• the Telstra Award – $40,000 purse
• Telstra New Media Award (new technologies including computer generated art, digital photography) – $3,000
• the Telstra General Painting Award – $4,000
• the Telstra Bark Painting Award – $4,000
• the Telstra Work on Paper Award – $4,000
• the Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award (sponsored by Telstra) – $4,000

Venue: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 19 Conacher Street Bullocky Point, Darwin, NT 0820.

Contact: Christine Colton on: (08) 8999 8203 or email: natsiaa@nt.gov.au