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Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA) — Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)
  • Who Can Apply: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and collectives across Australia may enter. Selection and judging panel members, Telstra/MAGNT employees and their immediate relatives are excluded; the Emerging Artist Award is for the first five years of professional practice.
  • The Focus: Submit contemporary Indigenous art in painting, bark painting, works on paper, 3D or multimedia, with no set theme. Finalists exhibit at MAGNT in Darwin from late June to early October 2027.
  • The Funding: The non-acquisitive awards offer AUD $100,000 and six AUD $15,000 prizes, with free entry. Winners can claim up to AUD $2,000 excluding GST for Darwin travel/accommodation; finalists pay freight, with some support possible.
  • Key Requirements: Submit via SmartyGrants: declaration, 1–3 artwork images at 300dpi, portrait, one-page CV, 200-word biography, 100-word statement and display instructions. Work must be finished, original, owned, previously unexhibited, made within 12 months and no larger than 300 cm per dimension.
DeadlineMonday, February 22, 2027
AwardTotal prize pool of $190,000 each year: Telstra Art Award $100,000; Telstra General Painting, Telstra Bark Painting, Telstra Work on Paper, Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D, Telstra Multimedia and Telstra Emerging Artist Awards each $15,000; Telstra People's Choice Award and Highly Commended are non-monetary.
Application feeA$0
Program datesExhibition: Late June 2027 – Early October 2027 (opens Saturday 26 June 2027)
Locationnational
ParticipationRemote
Career stagesAll Stages
DisciplinesPainting, Bark painting, Works on paper, Multimedia, Three-dimensional, Photography, Printmaking, Drawing, Installation, Performance, Sound, Video
Application notesSubmit SmartyGrants form/declaration; 1–3 artwork JPG/TIFF images and portraits (300dpi); one-page CVs; biographies (200 words); statements (100); optional reference text (450); display instructions. Provide collaborator materials and English translations of statements/reference text. Multimedia needs downloadable OneDrive/Google Drive URL, relevant subtitles and technical/software requirements. Only finished, original, owned, previously unexhibited works completed within 12 months, at most 300 cm per dimension; respect ICIP and disclose AI. One individual plus one collective entry allowed. Embargo ends 26 June 2027; finalists pay delivery costs, due 23 April.
Contactnatsiaa@magnt.net.au
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