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Ellen José Awards 2022
About Ellen José
Ellen José (1951-2017) was a pioneer in Australia's urban Indigenous art movement and a radical activist and social justice campaigner. Ellen José was a long-time resident of Bayside and in her honour, her family has established two important awards, the Ellen José Student Reconciliation Awards and the Ellen José Art Award for young women.
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Ellen José Student Reconciliation Awards
Banner image credit: Ellen José, Libera II 1989 (detail), oil on paper, 104 x 75 cm. National Museum of Australia Collection. Courtesy The Ellen José Memorial Foundation.