Nominees 2020
Ibrahim Mahama, No friend but the mountains 2012-2020, 2020. Installation view for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020), Cockatoo Island. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous support from Anonymous, and assistance from White Cube. Courtesy the artist; Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia and White Cube, London / Hong Kong. Photograph: Zan Wimberley.
Still from Together In Art Performance by Delta Goodrem in the Art Gallery of NSW Grand Courts, 2020. Photo: Matt McGuigan/Hospital Hill coutesy of AGNSW
| Innovation & Resilience – Galleries Volunteer or up to 2 paid staff |
| Bega Valley Regional Gallery | BVRG at HOME |
| Pari | 10 Degrees Hotter |
| Pari | Gallery Warming |
| Pari | Mixed Business |
| The Lock-Up | Dancing with the Dead at The Lock-Up |
| Innovation & Resilience – Galleries 3-10 paid staff |
| Australian Design Centre | Object 150: Commission a local maker |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | Ar+Collect |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | Void Education Symposium |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | Virtual InSight |
| Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery | The Overwintering Project |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | Of hope and longing – Sidney McMahon |
| Griffith Regional Art Gallery | Each for Equal |
| Hurstville Museum & Gallery | Artbomb: connect + create |
| Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre | Blacktown Arts Open Studio |
| Mosman Art Gallery | Hunters & Collectors – Supporting the Mosman Art Collection |
| Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie (yapang) | MAC Building redevelopment, rebrand and yapang program |
| Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie (yapang) | Yapang program: Consultation, Governance and Programming Framework |
| New England Regional Art Museum | Ezidi Women’s Empowerment Program |
| New England Regional Art Museum | Winter Blooming Festival |
| Newcastle Art Gallery | HOMEWARD BOUND: the art and life of Tom Gleghorn |
| Newcastle Art Gallery | On Stillness |
| Orange Regional Gallery | Regenerate |
| Parramatta Artists’ Studios | Movers and Makers Online 2020 |
| S.H. Ervin Gallery | River on The Brink: inside the Murray-Darling Basin |
| Tamworth Regional Gallery | Rowen Matthews : Land is Emotional – Online Exhibition and Virtual Plein Air |
| Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre | Gallery At Home – – COVID-19 online engagement program |
| UNSW Galleries | Friendship as a Way of Life |
| Innovation & Resilience – Galleries 11+ paid staff |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Faboriginal: Australia’s deadliest art game show |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Together In Art |
| Biennale of Sydney | 22nd Biennale of Sydney (NIRIN) |
| Campbelltown Arts Centre | Marama Dina |
| Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre | CPAC Digital Program |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Australia | Better together with Pip and Merindah! |
| Innovation & Resilience – Museums Volunteer or up to 2 paid staff |
| Armidale Folk Museum | Stories Connect |
| Australian Country Music Foundation | A Partnership between Tamworth Regional Council and the Australian Country Music Foundation |
| Glen Innes & District Historical Society Inc. | Jeannie Ross Fraser Memorial Medical Wing |
| Griffith Pioneer Park Museum | From the Collection |
| Iluka History Group Inc. | Fishing and Fond Memories |
| Leeton Museum and Gallery | Water by Design – the Leeton Water Story |
| Mount Victoria Museum | Birdland |
| Nambucca Headland Museum | Pioneers in Print |
| New Italy Museum | Museum Upgrade 2020 |
| NSW Lancers Memorial Museum Incorporated | Using social media to engage with the public during COVID shutdown |
| Port of Yamba Historical Society | Yaegl Cultural Garden |
| Port of Yamba Historical Society | Enhancement of Yamba Museum Precinct ‘Port of Yamba Historical Society’ |
| Prince Henry Hospital Trained Nurses Association | Bravery, Bandages and Bedpans |
| The City of Greater Lithgow Mining Museum | Focus on brighter futures |
| Tumbarumba Historical Society | A 21km Linear Museum |
| Innovation & Resilience – Museums 3-10 paid staff |
| Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney | Australians in the Korean War 1950 – 53 |
| Bathurst Rail Museum | New Museum |
| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | Treasures from Home |
| Norfolk Island Museum | Commissariat Store |
| Innovation & Resilience – Museums 11+ paid staff |
| Australian Museum | Capturing Climate Change |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | Elysium Arctic |
| Chau Chak Wing Museum | Object Matters podcast |
| State Library of NSW | Living Language: Country, Culture, Community exhibition |
| State Library of NSW – DX Lab | The Diary Files |
| Sydney Jewish Museum | Online Learning Project |
| Sydney Living Museums | Convict Love Tokens Live Virtual Event |
| Sydney Living Museums | ON THE MOVE |
| Sydney Living Museums | Songs of Home |
| Imagination Award |
| Australian Design Centre | Contemporary Jewellery Activation |
| Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum | Virtually Dinosaurs |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | BRAG Art Heist |
| Blue Mountains City Art Gallery | Collection in your pocket |
| Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery | Culture Hub |
| DouglasVale Historic Homestead and Vineyard | Play Performance in Conjunctionwith Port Macquarie Bi Centennial |
| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | Living the Past Digital Project |
| Griffith Pioneer Park Museum | Vintage Voices – Tune in to Griffith’s History |
| Maclean District Historical Society Inc. | Catching the Eye of the Passing Parade |
| Mary Boulton Pioneer Cottage and Museum | Community Produce Swap Meets |
| Museum of Fire | Aviation Exhibition |
| New Italy Museum | The New Italy Heritage Trail |
| NSW Lancers Memorial Museum Incorporated | Audio Guide Project |
| The Oaks Historical Society Inc | Hope Out Of The Ashes |
| Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre | Margaret Olley Children’s Book |
| UNSW Galleries | The Colour Chart |