Nominees 2026
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Airspace Projects Inc. | loss:non:loss |
| Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery | Holding Light |
| Cowra Regional Art Gallery | Rewritten Ground |
| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | SÔNG – SỐNG – SONG |
| Hawkesbury Regional Gallery | HOME | a place we call |
| Manning Regional Art Gallery | Feathered: Birds in Myth and Memory |
| Mudgee Arts Precinct | Royston Harpur: A Painter’s Painter |
| Mudgee Arts Precinct | A Nest in the Hills |
| Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre | Muscle: Simon Reece |
| Newcastle Art Space | Freshwater to Fatbergs |
| Northern Rivers Community Gallery | Nanang Wabang – Big Sister Little Sister |
| Verge Gallery | Dismantle/Assemble |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Bankstown Arts Centre | Gut Waters |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | Acts of Inheritance – curated by We are Studios |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | PLAY! |
| Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative | I am Gurgun: A retrospective of work by Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft AM |
| Customs House | Barani / Barrabugu (Yesterday / Tomorrow) |
| Gosford Regional Gallery | Dear Christians |
| Gosford Regional Gallery | dhiyang gayung-ba (I am Here) |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | Moving |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | Brenda L Croft: after/image |
| Lewers: Penrith Regional Gallery | Jagath Dheerasekara: a river is a witness |
| Lismore Regional Gallery | Clare Milledge: complex notophyll vine forest: ground proof |
| Manly Art Gallery & Museum | The Art of Adaptation: Culture Changes Everywhere |
| Museum of Art and Culture, yapang | Salote Tawale: The Tide Continues |
| National Art School Gallery | The Neighbour at the Gate |
| New England Regional Art Museum | Echoes of the Earth: Tribal and Desert Art |
| New England Regional Art Museum | Drawn from Pain, Written from Truth |
| Orange Regional Gallery | Harrie Fasher: Before Dawn |
| Parramatta Artists Studios and Fairfield City Museum & Art Gallery | Relic |
| Singleton Arts + Cultural Centre | Lost Landscapes: Gordon Rintoul |
| Tamworth Regional Gallery | Bush Lines |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Campbelltown Arts Centre | Lynda Draper: Glimmer |
| Liverpool Powerhouse | Revealing Dress: Fashion as Portraiture |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Mud to Masterpiece |
| Mosman Art Gallery | Foreshore |
| Murray Arts Museum Albury (MAMA) | nginha: atrium commissions |
| Ngununggula | Southern Highlands Regional Gallery | New Religion |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Mike Hewson: The Key’s Under the Mat |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | Croc! Lost Giants to Living Legends |
| Chau Chak Wing Museum | The Place of Truth |
| Museum of Sydney, Museums of History NSW | Unearthed and Dig It |
| State Library of New South Wales | Paper Universe: the book as art |
| State Library of New South Wales | Mervyn Bishop: Close Up |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Clyde River & Batemans Bay Heritage Museum | Mogo to the Battlefield |
| Greens Gunyah Museum Lockhart | Women and Wool |
| Port Macquarie Museum | Reflections – Life at the Lake House |
| Snowy Scheme Museum Adaminaby | Snowy Cottage restoration and exhibit project |
| Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum | Restoration of Argent Street Tram Carraige |
| Centenary Cottage Museum, Tenterfield | Cottage Bedroom Renewal Project |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | We Are Here |
| Orange Regional Museum | Bloomfield: 1925-2025 |
| Tamworth Regional Museums | Nundle’s precious gems and mineral collection |
| The Gale History Museum at Macquarie University | Ancient Glass |
| Tweed Regional Museum | The Wiiyaan |
| UNSW Library | Materials Revolution |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Hurstville Museum and Gallery | Georges River Reflections |
| Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery | The Antarctic: Scott, Mawson, Shackleton |
| Museum of the Riverina | STUFF: 100 Wild, weird, and wonderful objects from the Museum of the Riverina Collection |
| Newcastle Museum | Model Newcastle Big Stories Little Things |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
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| Blacktown Arts | Blacktown Garage Party |
| Braemar Gallery | Moz Azimitibar – Freedom is Beautiful |
| Cowra Regional Art Gallery | Show Us Your Olives! |
| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | Where Shadows Sleep |
| Griffith Regional Art Gallery | From Page to Gallery |
| Grossmann & Brough Houses, National Trust of Australia NSW | Artist in Residence, Jane Richens |
| Nambucca Headland Museum | Nambucca Stories |
| Shoalhaven Regional Gallery | Koori Kids Art After School |
| South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA) | Expanded Portraiture | SECCA × FLING × David Rosetzky |
| The Gale History Museum at Macquarie University | Cities of Vesuvius – School Excursion Program |
| UNSW Library | Ideas Exchange: Circular Economy |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
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| 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art | Lunar New Year Festival: Year of the Fire Horse (An Offering, A Burning, A Prayer) |
| Albury LibraryMuseum | Wiradjuri Family Language Trail |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | PLAY! Engagement Programs |
| Chifley Home and Education Centre and Arts OutWest | MILLTOWN |
| Gosford Regional Gallery | Who are You? |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | Paws on Public Art |
| Grafton Regional Gallery | L U N A R_B I O M E |
| Hurstville Museum & Gallery | Bilingual Baby Explorers |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Future Creatives |
| Manly Art Gallery & Museum | The Collective for Environmental Art & Design (CEAD) |
| Museum of Art and Culture, yapang | Wreath of Nikinpa |
| National Art School Gallery | The Neighbour at the Gate |
| New England Regional Art Museum | How to Weather Together |
| Ngununggula | Southern Highlands Regional Gallery | Glossy Black Cockatoo Project |
| Orange Regional Gallery | Connecting to Place (Pilot 2025/26) |
| Parramatta Artists Studios | Bare Skills: How to be an Artist at the End of the World |
| Tamworth Regional Gallery | Tamworth Regional Community Choir |
| Tamworth Regional Museums / Tamworth Regional Gallery | Little Steps, Big Stories |
| Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre | Exploring Baabinje’s Backyard |
| Tweed Regional Museum | Connected: Signals to Stars |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
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| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Pathways to Practice program with Little Orange Studio |
| Australian Museum | Ask the AM |
| Murray Arts Museum Albury (MAMA) | Yamandhu wudagarbinya? |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Australia & Bayside Council | Dennis Golding: On the Foreshore |
| Museums of History NSW | Dream Feast |
| Museums of History NSW and Parliament of NSW | Reconciliation Through First Nations Languages Virtual event |
| Newcastle Art Gallery | Water Stories |
| Newcastle Museum | Hunter Science Festival 2025 |
VOLUNTEER MUSEUM OF THE YEAR |
| Cringila Museum |
| Gerringong Heritage Museum |
| Port Macquarie Museum |
| RSL LifeCare ANZAC Village, Narrabeen, War Museum |
| The Glen Museum |
VOLUNTEER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD |
| Heather Green, Emmaville Mining Museum |
| Carol Olsen, Rocky Hill War Memorial and Museum |
| Tony Gilmour, Pilot’s Cottage Museum |
| Margaret Bain, New England Regional Art Museum |
ACCESSIBLE ARTS AWARD FOR ACCESS AND INCLUSION
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| Lismore Regional Gallery | Noisy Hour |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | RECYCLED MONSTER ART: Darren Horsefield |
| Newcastle Art Gallery | Access in the Reimagined Newcastle Art Gallery |
| The Gale History Museum at Macquarie University | Signs, Symbols, Ciphers: Decoding Communication |
| Verge Gallery | Dismantle / Assemble |
ACHAA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE BY AN ABORIGINAL CURATOR |
| Kyra Kum-Sing, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative | I am Gurgun: A retrospective of work by Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft AM |
| Kyra Kum-Sing, Customs House | Barani / Barrabugu (Yesterday / Tomorrow) |
| Frances Belle Parker, Grafton Regional Gallery | Beyond The River |
| Ronald Briggs, State Library of New South Wales | Mervyn Bishop: Close Up |
IMAGinE Awards night
The awards presentation night will take place on Thursday, 26th November 2026, at Powerhouse Parramatta.
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