National Arts and Disability Awards

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.

Celebrates the work and achievements of d/Deaf and disabled Australian artists and acknowledges the contribution these artists have made to the creative arts and cultural life of the nation.

These awards are for practicing artists who identify as d/Deaf and/or a person with disability.

Artists cannot nominate themselves. Someone else must nominate them.

The artist nominated must be an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident.