2024 AMaGA Awards: Shortlist Announced

 

We thrilled to announce the highly anticipated shortlist for the AMaGA National Awards, celebrating the outstanding achievements of our peers. Since 2011, the AMaGAs have shone a light on innovative projects and specialist publication design in museums and galleries throughout Australia and the region.

The finalists below have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to engaging our myriad audiences and communities in their respective categories. These nominations are testament to the hard work and passion that drive our sector forward and AMaGA thanks everyone who took the time to prepare a nomination.

 

ART OF EXPRESSION AWARD

 

  • BROKEN | MOD.
  • CrownLand | Maitland Regional Art Gallery
  • Guo Pei: Fashion, Art, Fantasy 郭培：时装之幻梦 | Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
  • Trenches to Runway: Military Influences on Popular Fashion | Shrine of Remembrance
  • We the Makers - Sustainable Fashion Prize | National Wool Museum
COMMUNITY CONNECTION AWARD
 
Group 1
  • Flying by the Seat of Their Pants | Tasmanian Aviation Historical Society
  • Greek Love: Outside the Lines | Hellenic Museum
  • Her Name is Nanny Nellie | Australian Museum
  • Inspiration and Iterations | New England Regional Art Museum
  • Museums Victoria and Hume City Councils Partnership | Museums Victoria
 
Group 2
  • Ahlan Wa Sahlan (Welcome): Hospitality in Arabic Culture | History Trust of South Australia
  • Digging Deep Time | Project Zone X Wellington Caves Complex
  • EUCALARA COMMONS | MOD.
  • Hard Place/Good Place: Yarra Ranges | Yarra Ranges Regional Museum
  • Supertonic at Splendour | Tweed Regional Museum
 
Group 3
  • Absolutely Queer | Powerhouse Museum
  • Building Babinda Museum | Babinda Museum
  • Open Borders | John Curtin Gallery
  • The Birds of Australia STORYBOX | Australian Museum
  • Wansolmoana Exhibition Engagement | Australian Museum
DIGITAL INTERFACE AWARD

 

  • Anzac Square – Learning Hub | State Library of QLD
  • Art Gallery of Ballarat Website | Art Gallery of Ballarat
  • Gandel Gondwana Garden Guide | Museums Victoria
  • GARRIGARRANG GARAGURU - Saltwater Cloud | Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Online Holocaust Museum | Queensland Holocaust Museum and Education Centre
EXCELLENCE IN PRINT AWARD
 
Group 1
  • CrownLand | Maitland Regional Art Gallery
  • Donna Marcus, Radiate | HOTA Home of the Arts
  • Noel McKenna | Sleep My Horse ...... 5 August 1956 | Maitland Regional Art Gallery
  • Photography: Real and Imagined | National Gallery of Victoria
  • Upriver Downriver | Maitland Regional Art Gallery
 
Group 2
  • Cressida Campbell | National Gallery of Australia
  • Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
  • Marilynn Webb - Folded in the Hills | Dunedin Public Art Gallery
  • Melbourne Now 2023 | National Gallery of Victoria
  • NGV Triennial 2023 | National Gallery of Victoria
 
Group 3
  • MUSE Magazine | Chau Chak Wing Museum
  • Openbook Magazine | State Library of NSW
  • Queensland Museum Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan | Queensland Museum
EXHIBITING EXCELLENCE AWARD
 
Group 1
  • CrownLand | Maitland Regional Art Gallery
  • Mulaa Giilang: Wiradjuri Stories of the Night Sky | Orange Regional Museum
  • Social Fabric | Tweed Regional Museum
  • Supertonic | Tweed Regional Museum
  • Upriver Downriver | Maitland Regional Art Gallery
 
Group 2
  • Kill or Cure: A Taste of Medicine | State Library of NSW
  • Nightshifts at Buxton Contemporary | University of Melbourne
  • Octopus Garden | Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Pride [R]evolution | State Library of NSW
  • The Art of Scrimshaw | Discovery Bay Tourism Precinct
 
Group 3
  • BROKEN | MOD.
  • Dinosaurs Unearthed: Explore Prehistoric Queensland – Gallery Renewal | Queensland Museum
  • Everybody Had a Name | Melbourne Holocaust Museum
  • Taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country | Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
  • Wansolmoana - Pasifika Exhibition | Australian Museum
FIRST NATIONS PROJECT AWARD

 

  • Barbara McGrady: Australia Has a Black History | Chau Chak Wing Museum
  • Exhibition Development and Knowledge-sharing Program | State Library of NSW
  • Experience Murrook, Change Forever: The Worimi Story | Murrook Culture Centre
  • Taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country | Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
  • Wanggajarli Burugun - We Are Coming Home | Nyamba Buru Yawuru
KIDS IN PRINT AWARD

 

  • 123 What Will We See? | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
  • A is for Art | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
  • Dino Gang Colouring and Activity Book | Museums Victoria
  • Guo Pei: Fashion, Art, Fantasy 郭培：时装之幻梦 Tamariki Guide | Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
  • The Bunyip and the Stars | National Museum of Australia
MOVING IMAGE AWARD

 

The judges decided not to shortlist nominees in this category. The winner will be announced at the AMaGA National Conference on 17 September in Ballarat.
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
 
Group 1
  • Finding Her | Her Place Museum Australia
  • Night Owls - An Autism and Sensory Friendly Evening for Adults | Australian Museum
  • Supertonic Songwriters | Tweed Regional Museum
  • The (Queer) Kids are Alright | ACMI
  • Winter Blooming Festival | New England Regional Art Museum
 
Group 2
  • Hidden: Seven Children Saved | Melbourne Holocaust Museum
  • The A to Z of Referendums: MoAD Civics Awareness Project | Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
  • The Australian Electoral Commission National Electoral Education Centre | Experiential Environments X The Australian Electoral Commission
VIRTUAL CANVAS AWARD

 

  • Experience Murrook, Change Forever: The Worimi Story | Murrook Culture Centre
  • Gandel Gondwana Garden Drama in Gondwana AR Game | Museums Victoria
  • On the Inside: An Immersive Audio Tour of Darwin’s Fannie Bay Gaol | Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Unshackled. A Convict Memorial | National Trust Tasmania