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Congratulations to all recipients of the 2023 Emerging Artist Support Scheme Awards.
The Emerging Artists Support Scheme (EASS) is an institution at the ANU School of Art & Design, founded by in 1988 by the then Director, David Willams. From modest beginnings, EASS has continued to grow over the past three decades and boasts the strong support of our wonderful community of arts patrons: individuals, businesses, galleries and organisations.
Patrons of the Scheme support our undergraduate and postgraduate students by offering a variety of awards, and commissioning and acquiring new artworks. Such generous sponsorship from patrons represents assistance for graduating artists when it is most valuable - at the beginning of their independent careers. The Emerging Artists Support Scheme offers countless opportunities for our graduates; bolsters the prominence of art and design in our local regions; and helps our graduates find their place in the national creative industries sector. The breadth and scope of the Emerging Artists Support Scheme is unique to the ANU School of Art & Design.
Recipients of the 2023 EASS awards are as follows
(awards in alphabetical order)
| ACT Legislative Assembly Award | Neve Foxcroft |
| Sophia Childs | |
| Alliance Française Exhibition Award | Adelaide Butler |
| Ajith Perera (AJIT) | |
| David Healey | |
| Natasha Miller | |
| ANCA Gallery Exhibition Award | Alicja Śpiewok-Deegan (Alizh) |
| Conor Dunne | |
| Ha-Jung Kwon | |
| Jack Black | |
| ANU MakerSpace Graduate in Residence Award | Melissa Nickols |
| Neve Foxcroft | |
| Art Monthly Australasia Subscription Award | Larissa Liow |
| Alexander Sarsfield | |
| Belco Arts Exhibition Award | Lea Durie ( Lee) |
| Canberra Contemporary Art Space Mentoring and Exhibition Award | Sophie Dumaresq |
| Canberra Grammar School Artist Residency | Molly Desmond |
| Canberra Museum and Gallery Award | Beth O'Sullivan |
| Canberra Potters Artist Residency & Internship Award | Gemma Brown |
| Canberra Spinners and Weavers Exhibition Award | Kirrily Jordan |
| Lillian Dorman | |
| COX Architecture Prize | Melissa Nickols |
| Craft + Design Canberra Emerging Contemporaries Award | Adelaide Butler |
| Alexander Sarsfield | |
| Beth O'Sullivan | |
| Kirrily Jordan | |
| Lea Durie | |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Exhibition Award | Alexander Sarsfield |
| Grainger Gallery Exhibition Award | Molly Desmond |
| M16 Artspace Residency & Exhibition Award | Asil Habara |
| Sophie Dumaresq | |
| Megalo Print Studio Graduate Residency Award | Lily Brar |
| Conor Dunne | |
| Asil Habara | |
| Natasha Miller | |
| Ajith Perera | |
| Beatrice Tucker | |
| PhotoAccess Residency Award | Antoinette McManus |
| STRATHNAIRN ARTS ANITA MCINTYRE CERAMICS RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION AWARD 2023 | Molly Desmond |
| Strathnairn Arts Association Exhibition Award | Gemma Brown |
| Melissa Nickols | |
| Sophia Childs | |
| studio.studio Award | Beatrice Tucker |
| Sophie Dumaresq | |
| Thor's Hammer Sustainability Award | Melissa Nickols |
| Tributary Projects Exhibition Award | Asil Habara |
| Jannene White | |
| Larissa Liow | |
| Lorenna Caron | |
| Melissa Nickols | |
| Neve Foxcroft | |
| Tuggeranong Arts Centre Exhibition Award | Alexander Sarsfield |
Acquisition Awards
| Drill Hall Acquisition Award | Asil Habara |
| Melissa Nickols | |
| Neve Foxcroft | |
| Bradley Allen Love Acquisition Award | Conor Dunne |
| EASS Acquisition Award | Christopher McAnulty |
| Neve Foxcroft | |
| Sophia Childs |
Awarded throughout the year
| School of Art & Design Drawing Prize | Anne-Marie Mansour |
| Peter and Lena Karmel Honours Scholarship in the School of Art | Lillian Dorman |
| John and Elizabeth Baker Honours Scholarship | Beth O'Sullivan |
| Kate and Bill Guy Art History and Theory Honours Prize | Niamh Armstrong |
| ANU Visual Arts Endowment Scholarship (BVART) | Angela Poulakia |
| ANU Visual Arts Endowment Scholarship (BDESN) | Athina Tsakalos |
| The Janet Wilkie Memorial Prize for Art History and Curatorship | Tamara Tahapehi |
| The Janet Wilkie Memorial Prize for Art History and Theory Honours | Niamh Armstrong |
| The Janet Wilkie Memorial Prize for Introduction to Art History and Curatorship | Kate Snashall |
| EASS Patrons Higher Degree Research Award | Melita Dahl |
| ANU School of Art Graduate Materials Awards in Visual Arts | Harriet Schwarzrock |
| Sophia Cole | |
| Lea Durie | |
| David Healey | |
| Megan Kennedy |
Travel Grants & Scholarships
| Nigel Thomsen Travel Grant | Anne-Marie Mansour |
| Max Hawk Travelling Scholarship in the School of Art | Grace Downey |
| Gray Smith and Joan Scott Prize | Sophia Childs |
| Peter and Lena Karmel Anniversary Prize in Art. This is awarded to the Student who has acheived the highest Honours grade. | Sophie Dumaresq |
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