Kate Challis RAKA Award contemporary indigenous visual arts 01 Nov 2008 to 01 Mar 2009 The Kate Challis RAKA Award is an annual award for Indigenous creative artists established by Professor Emeritus Bernard Smith. Administered by the University of Melbourne's Australian Centre, the $25,000 award is offered in a five-year cycle. In 2008, the eighteenth year of the award, the category is the visual arts. Shortlisted artists for the 2008 award were Fiona Foley, Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi, Samantha Hobson, Lisa Michl Ko-manggén, Pauline Sunfly Nangala and Christian Bumbarra Thompson. The judging panel awarded the 2008 Kate Challis RAKA Award to Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi for his work Banumbirr (Morning Star pole) 2007. Previous winners include Ricky Maynard (2003), Brook Andrew (1998) and Lin Onus (1993). Related Downloads raka_text_panel_1.pdf raka_text_panel_2.pdf     01| Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi, ‘Banumbirr (Morning Star pole)’ 2007, ochre on wood with bush string, native beeswax and feathers, 230 x 30 x 30 cm. Private collection, Melbourne. © Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne   © Copyright 2009 The University of Melbourne. All rights reserved.