The Award

The Dawn Slade-Faull Award is a career catapult for early career artists with disability, and artists with disability seeking professional support to move their practice into new and challenging directions.

The Award builds the careers of artists with disability, providing pathways to professional development, fulfilment and success. The Award provides financial support and recognition and aims to be flexible and respond to the changing needs of artists and the community.

In 2024 we consolidated and developed the Award in order to support more artists in coming years. The process culminated in a group exhibition in Dentons’ foyer gallery of the recent work of four previous winners of the Award. See the DAWN 2024 page for more about the exhibition.

The Award is now a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, and an ATO-approved Deductible Gift Recipient (donations over $2 are fully tax deductible).

Applications for the 2025 Award – worth $5,000 – will open in May. To receive notification of the open/close dates and other Award announcements, Subscribe for Award updates here.