08 June, 2007

24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award




Exhibition dates: Friday 10 August - Sunday 18 November 2007
Opening: 6pm Friday 10 August 2007

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Conacher Street, Bullocky Point, Darwin

http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/magnt/natsiaa/index.html

The 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, open to all adult Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander artists, aims to showcase the very best Australian Indigenous art from around the country.

The non-acquisitive Telstra Award of $40,000 is awarded to the work considered by judges to be the most outstanding work in the exhibition. Additional prizes of $4,000 each are awarded in four media categories.

The four categories in which prizes are awarded are:

• the Telstra General Painting Award
• the Telstra Bark Painting Award
• the Telstra Work on Paper Award
• the Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award (sponsored by Telstra)

The Telstra Award of $40,000 and the four media category prizes of $4,000 each are non-acquisitive.

The 2007 exhibition will feature 104 artworks in a wide range of themes, styles and media including painting on bark, canvas and paper, prints, sculpture, fibre art, ceramics, glass, photography, digital media and video.

NATSIAA archives

2006 - 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
2005 - 22nd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
2004
- 21st Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
2003 - 20th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award

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