Townsville City Council Annual Arts Awards

Townsville Annual Arts Awards

2010

Rewarding excellence and creativity

The annual Townsville City Council Arts Awards will be held on Friday 5 March at the Riverway Arts Centre. A glamorous and entertaining evening recognising Townsville individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to our cultural life during the previous year. Award categories include Visual Arts, Writing, Theatre, Dance, Multimedia, Music, Event of the Year, Production of the Year, and Limelight Award.

Categories

Visual Arts Exhibition	Recognising an outstanding art exhibition
Visual Arts Individual	Recognising and outstanding artist
Dance	Recognising outstanding contribution to dance including performer, group, organisation, production or administration
Music	Recognising outstanding contribution to music including performer, group, organisation, production or administration
Theatre	Recognising outstanding contribution to theatre including performer, group, organisation, production or administration
Writing	Recognising outstanding contribution to the written word including writer, publisher, organisation or administration
Film and Multi-Media	Recognising outstandig contribution to film or multi-media including artist, director, film maker, group, organisation, production or administration
Event/Festival	Recognising outstanding event or festival that incorporates the arts
Production of the Year	Recognising an outstanding production including film, musical theatre, drama or dance
Limelight Award	Recognising outstanding contribution by an individual to the arts and cultural landscape of the Townsville region
Technical	Recognising outstanding contribution to the technical side of the arts. Areas include but not limited to sound engineering and recording, lighting design and operation, set design, film editing
R.A.D.F.	Recognising an outstanding project/event funded by the Regional Arts Development fund in Townsville
Outstanding Performance by an Individual	Recognising an outstanding performance by an individual in dance, music, film or theatre

Nominations

Who can be nominated?

Professional or non-professional individuals, organisations, events or productions that have made a contribution to the cultural development of the City of Townsville during January to December 2009.

Who can lodge a nomination?

Anyone can nominate, especially those attending cultural activities, and people within the creative industries.

Nominators can lodge more than one nomination, providing each nomination is accompanied with a separate nomination form.

Judging

Nominations will be reviewed by the appointed judging panel. The Judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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Criteria

Each nomination is assessed on the the following criteria:

Excellence: Nominee has achieved high levels of success and/or demonstrated excellence in their chosen art form.
Significant Contribution: Nominee has made a significant contribution to the development of their chosen art form and/or affiliated art organisation(s) through innovative approaches and/or consistent effort.
Cultural Contribution: Nominee has been integral to the development of new audiences and/or increasing the awarenes or appreciation with the community of their chosen art form.
Community Contribution: Inspiring or facilitating the sharing skills and/or knowledge, thereby increasing the growth and/or quality of Townsville's cultural life.

Guidelines

Validation: Nominations must have official nomination form attached. If nominating for more than one category, use separate forms for each category.
Recogniton Period: With the exception of Limelight Achievement, the nomination must be creative work that has occurred between 1st January 2009 and 31st December 2009.
Nominations: Must be lodged by close of business, Monday 15 February 2010
Awards: Up to three awards may be given for each category. Within each category, nominations may encompass areas such as: Youth (under 18), seniors (over 55), individuals, groups, schools, or another specific area such as administration workers, front of house workers, backstage workers, costume designers, lighting designers, sound designers, set designers, etc.
Category: The judging panel reserves the right to award none, or all awards in each category.