John Truscott Awards
The John Truscott Awards celebrate the discovery, encouragement and mentoring of creative talent, with a focus on practitioners involved in the creation of memorable public spaces, public events and the performing arts. The Awards are managed in partnership with a number Melbourne’s leading cultural organisations.
RISING Artist Award
As a former Artistic Director of Melbourne International Festival of
the Arts (the precursor to RISING), the Foundation and RISING have partnered to honour John Truscott’s commitment to Melbourne and his legacy of celebrating the city and to present the inaugural John Truscott Artists Award.
The Foundation welcomes this special relationship with RISING in this city, on its stages and in the imaginative theatres of public spaces, marking a welcome return of John Truscott’s name to be associated with the city’s major arts festival.
The award celebrates John’s innovative design, inclusive festival programming and appetite for artistic risk, and will be awarded to
a RISING festival artist or small artistic group at the end of each festival.
2023 Winners Announced
RISING and the John Truscott Foundation are pleased to announce that Genevieve Lacey and Erkki Veltheim for Consort of the Moon, and Amber McCartney for Tiny Infinite Deaths are the joint winners of the John Truscott Artists Award for 2023.
These two works were chosen as the festival events which embodied the commitment of John Truscott to originality, excellence in production values and memorable audience engagement. Similarly, the creation of this award reflects John’s passion for discovering, encouraging, mentoring and celebrating the many careers he touched here and beyond our shores.
Consort of the Moon
Tiny Infinite Deaths
Previous Winners
This year marks the inaugural Award. There are no previous winners.
Upcoming Talent Award
Announcing soon...
Winner to be Announced in 2024
2024 will mark the inaugural Award.
Previous Winners
There are no previous winners.
