Nominations are now open for The Ruby Awards 2024, with artists, producers and organisers encouraged to nominate now to honour the outstanding work in the South Australian arts and culture sector.
Named after late arts patron Dame Ruby Litchfield, the annual awards recognise artistic excellence, creative achievement, innovation, community involvement and inspirational leadership.
The joint winner of the 2023 Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement, Nigel Levings, said the awards go a long way to improving the profile of arts in our state.
“I was greatly honoured by the Ruby Award I received in recognition of a lifetime achievement in the arts,” Mr Levings said.
“I feel it was important, not just for me, but for all of those artists and technicians whose work sometimes goes unrecognised by the general public.”
Diana Harris, also joint winner of last year's Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement, echoed that sentiment.
“It is an incredible personal honour for me to have the range of my life’s work recognised by the prestigious Ruby Award,” Ms Harris said.
“If artists and creatives wish to have their work appreciated by a source of integrity and prestige in the recognition of artistic excellence, applying for (and receiving) a Ruby Award is an outstanding way to go.”
Nominations are now open across 11 award categories:
- Outstanding Community Event or Project
- Outstanding Regional Event or Project
- Outstanding Work, Event or Project for Young People
- Outstanding Work or Event Within a Festival
- Outstanding Work or Event Outside a Festival
- Outstanding Collaboration
- Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation or Group
- Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award
- Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award
- Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award
- Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Nominations close on Monday 19 August 2024 at 2pm, with winners to be announced in late November.
For more information and to nominate an eligible artist, organisation, performance, exhibition, publication, program or event, visit The Ruby Awards.
