National_Aboriginal_&_Torres_Strait_Islander_Art_Award
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Annual Australian Indigenous art award established in 1984, awarded in Darwin, NT
The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is Australia's longest running Indigenous art award. Established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, the annual award is commonly referred to as the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, the Telstra Award or Telstra Prize. It is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists working in all media.
As of 2022[update] the top prize is worth A$100,000, and the total prize pool A$190,000, making it as of August 2022 the richest art prize in the country.[1]