National Arts and Disability Awards 2022-24
2022 National Arts and Disability Awards
Joins us on congratulating the awards recipients:
- Melbourne-based performance artist Roya A (who performs as ‘Roya the Destroya’) is the recipient of the award for an Established Artist. Roya is internationally acclaimed for her work spanning physical theatre, circus and dance. Find out more.
- Madeleine Little, a Brisbane-based actor, theatre and festival director receives the award for an Early Career artist, recognising her work as an artist, advocate and mentor for artists with disability. Find out more.
- This year’s Arts Access Australia National Leadership Award goes to Rafeif Ismail, an award winning emerging multilingual writer based in WA. Find out more.
About the awards
The Australia Council National Arts and Disability Awards 2022-24 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.
Award 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 has been recognised nationally or internationally. The recipient of this award will receive $50,000.
- The National Arts and Disability Award (Early Career) recognises an Australian artist in the first ten years of their practice who has made an outstanding contribution to their chosen field of practice. The recipient of this award will receive $20,000.
The Awards are decided by the Board of the Australia Council, informed by key industry advisors.
The nominee must be an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident, and a practising artist.
Past recipients of the Australia Council Awards or National Indigenous Arts Awards are eligible to be nominated for the National Arts and Disability Awards.
Nominations must be made by someone other than the nominee.
Nominators must complete an online nomination form using our Application Management System.
You may nominate more than one artist. However, each nomination has to be submitted as a separate form.
- with any questions about this Award
- to submit a nomination in a different format, or in a language other than English
- to make arrangements for a conference call, or to use an Auslan interpreter service
- if you have any other access or support needs.
You must submit a CV / extended bio for the nominee (approx. 2 x A4 pages, or a link to a CV / bio on the nominee’s 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 we accept
Our 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, QuickTime, and Windows Media)
- audio (MP3 and Windows Media)
- images (JPEG and PowerPoint)
- written material (Word and PDF).
We do not accept application-related support material submitted via post. Application-related material received by post will not be assessed and will be returned to the sender. If you think you will have difficulty submitting your support material online, or need advice on what type of material to submit, please contact Artists Services.
To nominate log in to our Application Management System. You must register an account if you do not already have one. It may take up to two business days for us to process your registration. Once you have logged in:
- Select ‘Submit a Nomination’ from the left panel menu.
- Under ‘Awards’ select ‘Start a new award nomination’.
- Ensure you select the correct award from the list of options.
- Complete the fields and select answers using the dropdown menus.
- Upload any necessary support material.
- Select ‘Save’ once complete.
- If you are not ready to submit your nomination you can return to it through ‘Your Draft Applications’ in the left panel menu.
- When you are ready to submit your nomination, select ‘Submit’.
Key dates
Nominations are now closed.
Nominations closed: Tuesday 2 August 2022 (3pm AEST)
Please note: To apply you must be registered in our application management system a minimum of two business days prior to the closing date.