Ruby Awards nominations celebrate outstanding work in South Australia's arts and culture sector
Named after the late arts patron, Dame Ruby Litchfield,the awards recognize artistic excellence, creative achievement, innovation, community involvement and inspirational leadership.
Nominations for the 2023 Ruby Awards are now open and will close 5pm Monday 4 September 2023. For further information about eligibility and how to nominate, visit the Arts SA website.
Award categories include:
Outstanding Community Event or Project
This award is for an outstanding artistic or cultural event or project that has had a significant positive impact on a community in South Australia. A community may be defined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender or disability, or it could be an online community.
Outstanding Regional Event or Project
This award is for an outstanding artistic or cultural event or project that has had a significant positive impact on a regional community in South Australia. A community may be defined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender or disability, or it could be an online community.
Outstanding Work, Event or Project for Young People
This award is for an outstanding arts or cultural work, event or project for young people presented or held in South Australia. Nominees must be able to demonstrate a positive impact on and/or outcomes for young people. The nominated work can be a performance, show, production, film, visual arts exhibition, publication, project or initiative aimed specifically at people aged 30 years and under.
Outstanding Work or Event within a Festival
This award is for an outstanding work or event presented or held as part of a festival program in South Australia. Works and events can include performances, shows, productions, films, artworks, publications and visual arts exhibitions presented as part of a festival.
Outstanding Work or Event outside a Festival
This award is for an outstanding work or event presented or held in South Australia, not as part of a festival program. Works and events can include performances, shows, productions, films, artworks, publications and visual arts exhibitions presented not as part of a festival.
Outstanding Collaboration
This award recognises activities that encourage strategic and innovative collaboration between independent artists and groups, funded arts and cultural organisations or with organisations outside the arts and cultural sector. Nominations will be accepted for creative developments, projects, events, exhibitions, publications or performances that have been developed through a collaborative process that includes the sharing of resources and knowledge. Both the partners involved, and the outcomes of the collaboration will be considered for the award.
Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation or Group
This award recognises a small-to-medium organisation or group that has made an outstanding contribution to arts and culture in South Australia. Nominees must be small-to-medium arts or cultural organisations or groups, receiving no funding or less than $1 million in funding from Arts South Australia.
Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award
Named in honour of South Australian theatre director Geoff Crowhurst, this award recognises the contribution of an individual or organisation to community arts and cultural development. Nominees must be able to demonstrate credibility through involvement in arts and cultural projects that build stronger, more cohesive communities. This may be evidenced by creative collaborations between the arts and cultural sector and communities, working to achieve artistic and social outcomes. A community is determined by a uniting factor, such as geographic location, cultural background, religious belief, gender or disability, or it could be an online community.
Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award
This award recognises outstanding artistic or cultural achievement or contribution by an individual young South Australian. Nominees must be aged 30 years or under as of 30 June 2023.
Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award
This award recognises outstanding artistic or cultural achievement or contribution by a South Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-focused organisation or group, or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identified individual.
Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement
This award recognises an extraordinary South Australian who, through a lifetime of outstanding service, has made an indelible contribution to arts and culture. Nominees must be able to demonstrate credibility through a lifetime’s body of work, creative originality, professionalism or leadership.
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