Celebrating the inaugural Creative Australia Award recipients
Beloved Australian singer songwriter Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO is amongst eight recipients of the inaugural 2023 Creative Australia Awards. Creative Australia is delighted to present these awards, which recognise the contribution of outstanding artists to their art forms and to the cultural life of the nation. The recipients are awarded for excellence in the fields of music, literature, community arts and cultural development, emerging and experimental art, visual arts, theatre, and dance.
Initiated in 1981 and distinct from the First Nations Arts Awards and the National Arts and Disability Awards, the Creative Australia Awards celebrate Australian artists and creative workers who have made an outstanding and sustained contribution to their art form and the cultural life of the nation.
The 2023 recipients are:
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO [Auslan]
▶️ Award for Emerging and Experimental Arts
▶️ Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature
▶️ Kirk Robson Award for Community Arts & Cultural Development
▶️ Ros Bower Award for Community Arts & Cultural Development
The 2023 recipients will be celebrated in a series of short-form videos and interviews on ABC TV, and iView sharing a profile of each recipient and their practice.
The announcement of the 2023 Creative Australia Award recipients coincides with ABC Arts Week 18 – 24 September as part of a broader partnership between Creative Australia and the ABC.
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Alexis Wright: Creative Australia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature | Arts Week
Alexis Wright: Creative Australia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature | Arts Week
Annette Downs: Creative Australia Award for Theatre | Arts Week
Dalisa Pigram: Creative Australia Award for Dance | Arts Week
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO: Creative Australia Don Banks Music Award | Arts Week
Hannah Morphy-Walsh: Kirk Robson Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development | Arts Week
Jacinta Mooney: Ros Bower Award for Community Arts and Cultural Development | Arts Week
Khaled Sabsabi: Creative Australia Award for Visual Arts | Arts Week
Latai Taumoepeau: Creative Australia Award for Emerging and Experimental Arts | Arts Week