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2025 DDCA Award Winners!

1. Distinguished Australian First Nations Creative Leadership Award

WINNER: Professor Melitta Hogarth

Highly commended

NIDA’s First Nations Unit: Mr Travis Cardona, Ms Rhoda Roberts AO, Mr Matthew Doyle, Ms Andrea Daniels, National Institute of Dramatic Art 

2. Distinguished Innovation in Creative Arts Award

WINNERS: Dr Shannon Owen & Assoc. Prof Donna Lyon

Highly commended

Dr Kim Munro

Dr Romy Ash, Dr Penni Russon, Dr Rose Michael and Dr Nicola Redhouse.

3. Distinguished Creative Teaching Award​

WINNERS: Associate Professor Bernadette (B) Hardy, Dr Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard, Eva Lloyd, Dr Sing D’Arcy, Dr Gillian Barlow, Annisa Jones and Dharug Dharawal Ngurra

4. Distinguished Creative Researcher Award​

WINNER: Professor Cat Hope

5. Distinguished Creative Arts Doctoral Student Award

WINNER: Raphaela Rosella

Read the details of the award winners and their winning works.

The 2025 DDCA Awards were judged by Professor Jane Davidson (University of Melbourne), Professor Donna Hancox (QUT), Professor Meghan Kelly (Deakin), Professor Naomi Sunderland (Griffith), Professor Verena Thomas (ECU), with external moderator Professor Jen Webb (Uni of Canberra) and led by Associate Professor Beata Batorowicz (UniSQ)

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