Ros Bower Award - Community Partnerships
A life time achievement award honouring a community arts and cultural development artist or arts worker
An award of $50,000 for life time achievement
Nominations for this award close 2 March 2012
Recipient will be announced in September 2012
About the Award
The Ros Bower Award honours an artist or arts worker with a proven record of high achievement in the field of community arts and cultural development.
Community Partnerships and the Ros Bower Memorial Trust offers the Ros Bower Award, worth $50,000.
This award recognises distinguished effort in fostering and furthering the philosophies and principles espoused by Rosalie (Ros) Bower, founding director of the former Community Arts Board of the Australia Council.
This is an annual award made to an individual artist or arts worker and the Community Partnerships Committee does not require the nominee to specify how the award will be spent.
An artist may only be awarded the Ros Bower Award once in their lifetime.
Contact
For further information, or to discuss your nomination, please contact:
Community Partnerships
Phone 02 9215 9034, Email cp@australiacouncil.gov.au
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A life time achievement award honouring a community arts and cultural development artist or arts worker
An award of $50,000 for life time achievement
Nominations for this award close 2 March 2012
Recipient will be announced in September 2012
Eligibility
Nominations will be accepted from organisations and individuals.
Artists or arts workers may not nominate themselves.
Awards are not given posthumously.
Selection criteria
In selecting a nominee to honour with this award the Community Partnerships Committee, assisted by the Ros Bower Memorial Trust, will take the following into account:
- Sustained commitment and dedication to community arts and cultural development
- Artistic leadership
- A substantial body of work which has resulted in an improved quality of life in a particular community or communities; and
- Innovative contribution to extending the range and scope of community arts and cultural development.
The award is not project based and, therefore, is not given to assist any particular project, program or intended activity.
Selection process
The Community Partnerships Committee will assess applications according to the selection criteria above.
For more information on the assessment process, please see the page on Assessment of applications in the Information for applicants section.
A life time achievement award honouring a community arts and cultural development artist or arts worker
An award of $50,000 for life time achievement
Nominations for this award close 2 March 2012
Recipient will be announced in September 2012
How to apply
Online nominations are not available for the Ros Bower Award.
A hard copy nomination must be submitted.
For further information and to obtain a nomination form contact Community Partnerships:
Ph: 02 9215 9034, Email: cp@australiacouncil.gov.au
Supporting materials
Nominations should comprise of the following:
- A nomination form
- A letter from the nominator explaining the reasons for their nomination relating to the selection criteria (maximum of 5 pages)
- Letters of support (maximum of 5 pages)
- The nominee’s curriculum vitae (maximum of 5 pages)
Total written material including support letters must not exceed 15 pages
In addition to the above letters of support and information about the nominee, applicants must submit any two of the following:
- Up to 10 still images
- 8 minutes of audio / visual material
- 5 pages of publication / written material
- Up to three live website links (URL). These must be embedded in to a word or pdf document
Please provide a brief explanation of how the support material is relevant to the nominee’s past work and ensure that all supporting material is clearly labeled
We recommend you also read the FAQs for supporting materials submitted with your application.
Application checklist
We encourage you to use this handy checklist to help you prepare and submit your application. You should:
- read the Funding Guide for 2012, in particular the general eligibility requirements, the information on making an application and the information on how your application will be assessed;
- read all of the information provided for this award (across all the tabs above);
- get in contact with the relevant project officer to discuss your nomination;
- prepare your nomination, being mindful that you address all of the eligibility and selection criteria for this award; and
- ensure all support material is included with the nomination by the 2 March 2012 closing date
Grant
Ros Bower Award - Community Partnerships
Artform
Community partnerships
Expression of Interest
01 January 2003
Closing date
02 March 2012
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