Nominees 2024
Orange Regional Museum, For Our Elders – Orange NAIDOC Week Yarning Circles. Yarning circle and ochre ceremony participant. Photo by Jason French
Murrook Culture Centre, Experience Murrook, Change Forever – Telling the Worimi Story, Art of Multimedia
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Nicholas Mangan: A World Undone. Photograph: Zan Wimberley
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art | Lunar New Year: ‘YEAR OF THE DRAGON’ and Ye Funa: TRANSFORM ME’ |
| 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art | House of Gold |
| Bankstown Arts Centre | MultiFutures |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | West of Central |
| Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery | Beauty Runs the Gauntlet |
| Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative | The Power of Creativity: My Horizon Line |
| Draw Space | MATERIALITY |
| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | Language Exchange |
| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | MÌNH |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | Lisa Sammut ‘Radial Sign’ |
| Lismore Regional Gallery | Pop up exhibition program 2023 – 2024 |
| Mudgee Arts Precinct | Guwayu: for all time |
| Multi-Arts Pavilion (MAP mima) | Untethered: Alyson Bell |
| Museum of Art and Culture yapang | Absolute Colour |
| Museum of Art and Culture yapang | Shifter |
| Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre | Women’s Work – From the Muswellbrook Collection |
| Nambucca Valley Phoenix | Arts Ability Connect Mid North Coast 2024 |
| Ngununggula, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery | New Dog Old Tricks |
| Tamworth Regional Gallery | Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial |
| The Lock-Up | The Dance of the Remediators: Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline |
| UNSW Library | Care is a relationship |
| UTS Gallery & Art Collection | Somewhat Eternal |
| UTS Gallery & Art Collection | Objects testify |
| Verge Gallery | ESSSENSSSE |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Australian Design Centre | MAKE Award: Biennial Prize for Innovation in Australian Craft and Design |
| Australian Design Centre | Treasures: Celebrating 60 years in craft and design |
| Blacktown Arts and We Are Studios | WE ARE |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | sensorial |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | Ngurra Bayala (Country Speaks) |
| Campbelltown Arts Centre | Telly Tuita: Tongpop’s Great Expectations |
| Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre | Summer Suite: Eddie Abd, Katy B Plummer & Leanne Tobin |
| Grafton Regional Gallery | Figuring Ground |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | CrownLand |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Simone Rosenbauer – Small Museum |
| Manly Art Gallery & Museum | Bleeding Hearts and Morning Glory: Artwork by Guy Fredericks & Chloe Watfern with Studio A |
| Mosman Art Gallery | Suede Blue (Damien Showyin) and Night Blossom (Catherine McGuiness) |
| Mosman Art Gallery | Yasmin Smith: Sediment |
| National Art School Galleries | Braving Time: Contemporary Art in Queer Australia |
| New England Regional Art Museum | Fluid Flax |
| New England Regional Art Museum | Inspiration and Iterations |
| Newcastle Art Gallery | ATONG ATEM |
| Penrith Regional Gallery | The ArtHitects, Parlour Parleur |
| Yarrila Arts and Museum | Halfway |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Australian Museum | Her Name is Nanny Nellie |
| Chau Chak Wing Museum | Tidal Kin |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Australia | Nicholas Mangan: A World Undone |
| State Library of NSW | Wadgayawa nhay dhadjan wari (They made them a long time ago) |
| State Library of NSW | SHOT: 400 photographs, 200 photographers, 3 centuries |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Batemans Bay Heritage Museum | A Tale of Two Valves |
| Carss Cottage Museum | School Ways, School Days |
| Hunter Fighter Collection Museum | Mobile Fuselage Spitfire X4009 Exhibition Project |
| Miss Porter’s House Museum, National Trust NSW | Documents Replicas |
| Moruya Museum | A Woman’s Lot |
| Port Macquarie Museum | Mono Couture |
| Tumbarumba Historical Society inc. | Tumbarumba Rail Carriage Restoration and Display |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Australian Country Music Hall of Fame | Trailblazers |
| Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation | Secrets of Dawn |
| Eden Killer Whale Museum | Relocation of Old Tom’s Skeleton |
| Liverpool Regional Museum | Exilio (Exiled) Chile to South-West Sydney |
| Old Government House, Parramatta | Back to Black |
| Orange Regional Museum | Ribbons, Rides & Ring Events: Agricultural Shows in the Central West |
| Murrook Culture Centre | Experience Murrook, Change Forever – Telling the Worimi Story |
| Tweed Regional Museum | Omnia – all and everything |
| Tweed Regional Museum | Supertonic |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Qtopia Sydney | Becoming |
| Qtopia Sydney | The Underground |
| SEEN@SWANSEA | Curious Minds Challenge and Exhibition |
| Yarrila Arts and Museum | Yaamanga Around Here – permanent exhibition |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
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| Australian Museums & Galleries Association – Mid North Coast Chapter | Journeys Mid North Coast |
| Hambledon Cottage | Hambledon Cottage Bicentennial Celebration |
| Hawkesbury Regional Museum | 11 Stories From the River Dyarubbin |
| Kandos Museum | Playback Kandos Museum |
| Lismore Regional Gallery | The Future of Toys |
| Nambucca Headland Museum | Nambucca Heads Railway Station Centenary |
| Narrandera Parkside Cottage Museum | Old is New, New is Old: Creative Object Activation Program |
| Newcastle Art Space | NAS Mentorship |
| Ngununggula Southern Highlands Regional Gallery | Art Access – Pilot Program |
| Northern Rivers Community Gallery | Ballina Contemporary Art Market |
| Orange Regional Museum | For Our Elders – Orange NAIDOC Week Yarning Circles |
| Pari | Lumbung in Western Sydney |
| Tamworth Regional Gallery | Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial |
| Tweed Regional Museum | Supertonic Songwriters Camp |
| UNSW Library | Care is a relationship |
| UTS Gallery & Art Collection | Objects testify |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
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| 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art | NuWorlds |
| Australian Design Centre | Sydney Ceramics Market: A major event in the 2023 Sydney Craft Week Festival |
| Australian Design Centre | Cultural Collaboration: Australian Design Centre x National Indigenous Art Fair |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | sensorial |
| Bondi Pavilion Gallery | Earth Sea Sky + Love the Coast |
| Gosford Regional Gallery | Studio Gossie |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | Act Up with Bladwell Productions |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | Look Baby |
| Grafton Regional Gallery | Artist Respite Program |
| Hurstville Museum & Gallery | Open Print Exchange activations |
| Hurstville Museum & Gallery | Baby Explorers |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | CrownLand |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Simone Rosenbauer: Small Museums |
| Mosman Art Gallery | Audio-described and Tactile Tours |
| Mosman Art Gallery | Mosman Art Trail |
| Orange Regional Gallery | Zanny Begg: Dancing with Bees |
| Wagga Wagga Art Gallery | Green 2023: Year of Environmental Exhibitions and Programs |
| Yarrila Arts and Museum | YAM Young Creative |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
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| Australian Museum | Wansolmoana – Pasifika Gallery |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | Self-guided by the Sea |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | 1606: Contact at Cape Keerweer Education Resource |
| Blacktown Arts | The Makers Space with Tarni Eastwood |
| Campbelltown Arts Centre | NAS x C-A-C Art Intensive Program |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Blacktown Arts | Lifting the Tapu |
ACCESSIBLE ARTS AWARD FOR ACCESS AND INCLUSION
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| Australian Museums & Galleries Association – Mid North Coast Chapter | Journeys Mid North Coast |
| Blacktown Arts and We Are Studios | WE ARE |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | sensorial |
| Gosford Regional Gallery | Studio Gossie |
| Manly Art Gallery & Museum | Bleeding Hearts & Morning Glory |
| Mosman Art Gallery | Audio-described and Tactile Tours |
| Mosman Art Gallery | Suede Blue (Damien Showyin) and Night Blossom (Catherine McGuiness) |
| Multi-Arts Pavilion (MAP mima) | Untethered: Alyson Bell |
| Museum of Art and Culture yapang | Absolute Colour |
| Nambucca Headland Museum | Nambucca Heads Railway Station Centenary |
| Nambucca Valley Phoenix | Arts Ability Connect Mid North Coast 2024 |
| Newcastle Art Gallery | ATONG ATEM |
| Northern Rivers Community Gallery | Ballina Contemporary Art Market |
| Old Government House, Parramatta | Back to Black |
| Orange Regional Gallery | Zanny Begg: Dancing with Bees |
| Tamworth Regional Gallery | Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial |
| UNSW Library | Care is a relationship |
| Verge Gallery | ESSSENSSSE |
Volunteer Achievement Award
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| Audrey McCallum, Waverley Library Galleries | Saturday Afternoon at the Pictures |
| Heather Brown, Grafton Regional Gallery | Service to the cultural life of the Clarence Valley |
| Rachel Burns, Nambucca Headland Museum | Nambucca Heads Railway Station Centenary community event |
The ACHAA Award for Excellence by an Aboriginal Curator |
| Dr Mariko Smith, Australian Museum | Her Name is Nanny Nellie |
| Kyra Kum-Sing, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative | Celebrating 50 years of the Aboriginal Housing Company |
| Meagan Gerrard, Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation | Secrets of Dawn |
| Keith Munro, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia | Esme Timbery and Family Artist Room |
| Aleshia Lonsdale, Mudgee Arts Precinct | Guwayu: for all time |
The IMAGinE Awards are an initiative of Museums & Galleries of NSW, developed with support from the Australian Museums and Galleries Association NSW and Regional and Public Galleries of NSW.
The 2024 IMAGinE Awards is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors, including International Conservation Services as the Major Sponsor of the Awards. This year we welcome the City of Sydney as a Venue Partner for the IMAGinE Awards night.
