Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, “Dhomala (pandanus sail)”, 2022, Pandanus, Kurrajong, and bush dyes, 278 x 245 cm. Photo Rosita Holmes/Milingimbi Art and Culture.
The Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) exhibition is Australia’s richest art awards. This exhibition captures the attention of the nation, with an inspiring breadth of work from around Australia.
Telstra NATSIAA is the longest running and most prestigious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Experience the richness and diversity of current contemporary Indigenous artistic practice, and the pre-eminence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, nationwide, within the visual arts.
Artists share in a total of $190,000 (previously $80,000) with the prize money for the major Telstra Art Award doubling to $100,000 and each of the category awards tripling from $5,000 to $15,000.
Funds for acquisitions by MAGNT into the Telstra Collection have also increased by $10,000 to a total of $50,000.
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SOURCE: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).