2022 Australia Council Awards

Meet the recipients

  • Robert Dessaix (TAS) Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature
  • Dr Judy Bailey OAM (NSW) Australia Council Don Banks Music Award
  • Judith Pungarta Inkamala (NT) Australia Council Visual Arts Award
  • Dr Jenny Fraser (QLD) Australia Council Award for Emerging & Experimental Arts
  • Helen Herbertson (VIC) Australia Council Award for Dance
  • Susie Dee (VIC) Australia Council Award for Theatre
  • Pat Rix (SA) Australia Council Ros Bower Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development
  • Leah Jing McIntosh (VIC) Australia Council Kirk Robson Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development.

 

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Congratulations to Susie Dee, recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Award for Theatre! Susie Dee has worked extensively in the theatre as a performer, devisor and director in Australia and overseas for the past thirty years. She has been the Artistic Director of three theatre companies: Melbourne Workers Theatre (MWT), Union House Theatre (UHT) and Institute of Complex Entertainment (ICE), whose projects went on to win various awards and received many accolades for their ground-breaking site-specific work. Learn more about Susie: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/news/biographies/susie-dee/ Learn more about the Awards: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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2022 Australia Council Award for Theatre – Susie Dee

The 2022 Australia Council Awards will be showcased on this page on 8-12 August 2022. We invite all Australians to celebrate and share the stories of these extraordinary artists with us and your families and friends. Each of these artists in their own way reflect the vibrancy of Australia’s diverse cultural life. Learn more: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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2022 Australia Council Awards

Congratulations Dr Jenny Fraser, recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Award for Emerging and Experimental Arts! Jenny Fraser is a digital native working within a fluid screen-based practice, celebrated internationally. Her old people hail from Migunberri Yugambeh Country in the Scenic Rim, the Northern Bundjalung, on the border district between South East Queensland and the NSW Northern Rivers region. Learn more about Jenny: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/news/biographies/dr-jenny-fraser/ Learn more about the awards: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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2022 Australia Council Award for Emerging and Experimental Arts – Dr Jenny Fraser

Congratulations Leah Jing McIntosh, recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Kirk Robson Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development! Leah Jing McIntosh is a critic, researcher, and the founding editor of Liminal, an anti-racist literary platform that seeks to support and elevate racialised artists and writers, with a focus on the Asian Australian experience.  Over the last five years, Liminal has published over 200 longform interviews, and commissioned award-winning art and writing. As part of the Liminal project, Leah has published books, produced literary events, created mentorships and fellowships, and established national literary prizes, to create new spaces and opportunities for her community. Learn more about Leah: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/news/biographies/leah-jing-mcintosh/ Learn more about the awards: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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2022 Kirk Robson Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development – Leah Jing McIntosh

Congratulations Dr Judy Bailey OAM, recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Don Banks Music Award! Judy Bailey is a New Zealand-born pianist, jazz musician and composer who has lived in Australia since 1960. From the age of ten she commenced formal piano studies and six years later, obtained the ATCL (perf.) qualification. Judy was highly involved in the musical life of Sydney through regular performances at the legendary El Rocco Jazz Cellar (with John Sangster, Don Burrows and Graeme Lyall to name but a few). Learn more about Judy: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/news/biographies/dr-judy-bailey-oam/ Learn more about the awards: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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2022 Australia Council Don Banks Music Award – Dr Judy Bailey OAM

Congratulations Pat Rix, recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Ros Bower Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development! A respected artistic director with significant experience creating collaborative community and mainstage productions in South Australia, the US and South East Asia, Pat has worked for over thirty years with people from diverse backgrounds and organizations to build inclusive, respectful relationships across social, geographical and cultural divides. Learn more about Pat: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/news/biographies/pat-rix/ Learn more about the awards: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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Australia Council Ros Bower Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development – Pat Rix

Congratulations to Helen Herbertson, recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Award for Dance! Melbourne-based performer, choreographer and creative collaborator, Herbertson’s imaginative, highly theatrical work regularly presents at both local and international festivals. She began creating works as a freelance choreographer in the 80’s including for Tasdance, Dance North and Australian Dance Theatre. She has played a key role in several seminal organisations that shaped the development of contemporary dance in Australia including as Artistic Director of Danceworks (89-97) and Artistic Director of Dancehouse (01-03). Learn more about Helen: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/news/biographies/helen-herbertson/ Learn more about the awards: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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2022 Australia Council Award for Dance – Helen Herbertson

Congratulations Judith Pungarta Inkamala, recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Award for Visual Arts! Judith Inkamala is the Chair and senior member of Hermannsburg Potters Aboriginal Corporation, having joined the founding group of artists in 1993. Judith is an is an inspiring and respected leader in her community of Ntaria (Hermannsburg), for her unwavering dedication and commitment to intergenerational sharing of cultural and ceramic knowledge. Judith is also a proud, former member of the renowned Hermannsburg Choir. Learn more about Judith: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/news/biographies/judith-pungkarta-inkamala/ Learn more about the awards: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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2022 Australia Council Visual Arts Award – Judith Pungkarta Inkamala

Congratulations to Robert Dessaix, recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature! One of Australia’s most-loved writers, Robert is a former Russian scholar and presenter of a national book program on ABC radio. Best-known for his autobiography A Mother’s Disgrace and the novels Night Letters and Corfu, he has also published several essay collections and two travel memoirs, Twilight of Love, which is set in Russia, and Arabesques, his memoir of following in the footsteps of André Gide. Learn more about Robert: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/news/biographies/robert-dessaix/ Learn more about the awards: https://australiacouncil.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-council-awards/

August 8, 2022 9:00 am

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2022 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature – Robert Dessaix

About the awards

The 2022 Australia Council Awards were showcased on this page on 8-12 August 2022. We invite all Australians to celebrate and share the stories of these extraordinary artists with us and your families and friends. Each of these artists in their own way reflect the vibrancy of Australia’s diverse cultural life.

‘Arts and creativity reflect who we are as a nation, helping us to see different perspectives and understand and connect across different experiences and cultures. They are crucial in understanding and shaping our sense of national identity.’
Adrian Collette AM, CEO, Australia Council.

Event details

Date

8-12 August 2022

Format

online

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Meet the recipients

Robert Dessaix

Dr Judy Bailey OAM

Judith Pungkarta Inkamala

Dr Jenny Fraser

Helen Herbertson

Susie Dee

Pat Rix

Leah Jing McIntosh

Robert Dessaix

Dr Judy Bailey OAM

Judith Pungkarta Inkamala

Dr Jenny Fraser

Helen Herbertson

Susie Dee

Pat Rix

Leah Jing McIntosh

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