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The Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award is the country’s longest running and most illustrious Indigenous art awards. There are eight categories in this award:
- Telstra Bark Painting Award
- Telstra General Painting Award
- Telstra Works on paper Award
- Wandjuk Marika Memorial Three-Dimensional Award (sponsored by Telstra)
- Telstra Works on Paper Award
- Telstra Multimedia Award
- Telstra Emerging Artist Award
(Source: https://exchange.telstra.com.au/telstra-natsiaa-2019-celebrating-first-nations-art-and-artists/)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2018
winner Gunybi Ganambarr -
Year: 2017
winner Frank Youngwith Anwar Young and Unrupa Rhonda Dick for Kulata Tjuta - Wati kulunypa tjukurpa (Many spears - Young fella story)
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Year: 2015
winner Jukuja Dolly Snell
Works About this Award
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards Dominated by Yolngu Artists 2018 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2018; -
Art Shows Life History 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 2 May no. 675 2018; (p. 22)'Betty Muffler survived the nuclear testing at Maralinga and became a talented healer, helping many sick friends and family'
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Crowd Packs Opening 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 August no. 658 2017; (p. 37)'Hundreds flocked to the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards awards ceremony under the stars and exhibition opening at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin.' (Introduction)
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High Praise for NATSIAA Artworks 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 10 August no. 632 2016; (p. 3, 36 and 37) 'Harold Thomas's heart-breaking poignant painting Tribal Abduction of authorities prying a baby from the breast of a tribal Aboriginal mother, surrounded by her family, while a nun stands by waiting to 'clean' the baby, has won Australia's most prestigious Indigenous art prize, ...' -
Confronting Painting Wins National Prize 2016 single work column
— Appears in: NT News , 6 August 2016; ' A confronting depiction of an indigenous child being ripped from their mother’s breast has won the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.'