Creative Australia is pleased to invite nominations to the Red Ochre Awards for 2025. This year, nominations are open across two categories: the Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Artistic Excellence and the Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cultural Advocacy and Leadership.
Nominations for senior artists are accepted from arts and community organisations and individuals.
- Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Artistic Excellence
Two awarded at $60,000 for outstanding lifetime achievement in artistic practice for a senior artist.
- Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cultural Advocacy and Leadership
Two awarded at $60,000 for outstanding lifetime achievement in cultural advocacy and leadership for a senior Australian First Nations arts leader or arts and cultural worker.
About the Red Ochre Award
The prestigious Red Ochre Award was established by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board in 1993 to pay tribute to senior Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons for their outstanding lifetime achievement in the arts and their contribution to the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts, both nationally and internationally.
The Red Ochre Award recognises:
- lifetime contribution to First Nations Arts and Culture nationally and internationally
- lifetime contribution to the First Nations community
- lifetime achievement in arts practice and cultural advocacy and leadership.
The Red Ochre Awards include recognition of outstanding lifetime achievement in the arts for senior artists. The recipients of these Awards will receive $60,000 each. These awards will be presented at the First Nations Arts and Culture Awards.
Nominations for senior artists are accepted from arts and community organisations and individuals. Senior artists may not nominate themselves and nominations may only be made for a living artist. Awards will not be given posthumously.
If you need advice about your nomination, contact firstnationsarts@creative.gov.au.
For more information, visit creative.gov.au
