South Australian Ruby Awards

{{Short description|Australian arts awards}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} The '''South Australian Ruby Awards''', also known as the '''Ruby Awards''', are annual awards which recognise outstanding achievement in [[South Australia]]’s arts and culture sector. They were named in honour of arts champion Dame [[Ruby Litchfield]] (1912–2001) {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DBE}}.

==History and description== The Ruby Awards were introduced in 2006 by the [[Government of South Australia]],<ref>{{cite web|website=Glam Adelaide|url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/the-ruby-awards-2011/|first=Barry|last=Lenny|date=12 September 2011|title=The Ruby Awards 2011|access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref> named in honour of the late arts patron Dame Ruby Litchfield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/ruby-awards-2018-finalists-are-shining-examples-of-sa-art-excellence/news-story/d7d799380a90a1c55b26ede9c726a8c0|title=Best of SA arts on show in Ruby Awards|website=www.adelaidenow.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-11-27| url-access= subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2015/12/12/2015-ruby-awards-celebrate-the-best-of-sa-art/|title=2015 Ruby Awards celebrate the best of SA art – InDaily|date=2015-12-12|work=InDaily|access-date=2018-11-27|language=en-US}}</ref> She was the first woman appointed to the Board of the [[Adelaide Festival Centre|Adelaide Festival Centre Trust]], a founder member of Festival City Broadcasters, and a board member of numerous other organisations, including the [[Adelaide Festival of Arts]], the [[South Australian Housing Trust]] and the [[Carclew, North Adelaide|Carclew Youth Performing Arts Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|website=SA History Hub|url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au:443/people/dame-ruby-litchfield-dbe?hh=1&|title=Dame Ruby Litchfield, DBE}}</ref>

The Awards were managed by [[Arts South Australia]] (formerly Arts SA) until 2018, when they were transferred to the Arts and Culture unit within the [[Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)|Department of the Premier and Cabinet]].<ref>{{cite web|website=South Australia. Dept of the Premier and Cabinet|url=https://dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/awards-and-events|title=Awards and events|access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref>

Since the year of inception, they have grown in number from eight to twelve.

==Winners== ===2006–2009=== {| class="wikitable" |+Winners ! !2006 !2007 !2008 !2009 |- |'''Best Work or Event''' | ''Honk If You Are Jesus'', [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|State Theatre Company South Australia]] |''Ikara – The Meeting Place,'' Tony Rosella, sculptor |''When the Rain Stops Falling'', Brink Productions |2008 [[OzAsia Festival]] |- |'''Community Impact (Under $100,000)''' | rowspan="2" |[[SALA Festival]] (2006 Award program included one single award for Community Impact regardless of budget) |South Australian History Week |[[OzAsia Festival|OzAsia]] Moon Lantern Festival |''Seniors on Screen'', [[Media Resource Centre]] |- |'''Community Impact (Over $100,000)''' |Bundaleer Forest Weekend |2007 [[Feast Festival]] |Port Augusta Re-Imagines |- |'''Innovation''' |''Devolution'', [[Australian Dance Theatre]] |''Electro Acoustic Project'', Zephyr Quartet |''Trouble on Planet Earth'', The Border Project |''3xperimentia: Live Cut'' |- |'''Leadership in Arts Enterprise''' |Special projects under development, Craig Andrae |Fringe Benefits |[[Adelaide Festival Centre]] – Scenery and Engineering Workshops |''The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy'' 2009 World Tour, Slingsby |- |'''Sustained Contribution by an Organisation''' |[[JamFactory]] Craft and Design |[[State Theatre Company of South Australia|State Theatre Company South Australia]] |[[Adelaide Repertory Theatre]] |[[Patch Theatre Company]] |- |'''Sustained Contribution by an Individual''' |N/A |Leigh Warren |Timothy Sexton |Jane Hylton |- |'''Premier's Award for Lifetime Achievement''' |[[Frank Ford (theatre personality)|Frank Ford AM]] |[[Anthony Steel (arts leader)|Anthony Steel]] AM |Kym Bonython AO DFC AFC |Fiona Hall |}

===2010–2013=== <!---redirect targets this section---> The '''Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award''' was introduced in honour of actor and director [[Geoff Crowhurst]] (23 March 1951 – 4 July 2009). {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="5" |'''Winners 2010 – 2013''' |- | |'''2010''' |'''2011''' |'''2012''' |'''2013''' |- |'''Best Event''' |Soundstream: Adelaide New Music Festival 2009 |The Adelaide International Cello Festival 2011 |''Barrio'', Adelaide Festival |''Turner from the tate: The Making of a Master'', Art Gallery of South Australia |- |'''Best Work''' |''Man Covets Bird,'' Slingsby |''Life in Movement'', [[Closer Productions]] |''School Dance'', Windmill Theatre |''Pinocchio'', [[Windmill Theatre Co|Windmill Theatre]] and State Theatre Company South Australia |- |'''Community Impact (Under $100,000)''' |''Out of the Glass Case: The APY Lands Road Show'' |Out Blak Adventures |''About Time: South Australia's History Festival'', History SA |Auburn Courthouse Cultural Centre, HATS Inc (Heritage, Arts and Traditions) |- |'''Community Impact (Over $100,000)''' |Windmill Theatre and Mimili Anangu Partnership |COME OUT Festival 2011 Opening Parade |''The Spirit Festival'', [[Tandanya]] |''Just Add Water: 2012 Regional Centre of Culture,'' Country Arts SA and Alexandrina Council |- |'''Innovation''' | ''The Mystery of Flying Kicks,'' [[Closer Productions]] |''CACSA Contemporary 2010: The New New'' |''I Am Not an Animal'', The Border Project |''If There Was a Colour Darker Than Black I'd Wear It'', by [[Caleb Lewis]], with Rising Damp, Illuminart and [[Country Arts SA]]<ref>{{cite web | title=If There Was A Colour Darker Than Black I'd Wear It | website= Caleb Lewis| url=https://www.caleb-lewis.com/if-there-was-a-colour-darker-than-black-id-wear-it | access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=If There Was a Colour Darker Than Black I'd Wear It | website=Country Arts SA | date=6 December 2012 | url=https://www.countryarts.org.au/events/black/ | access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Caleb Lewis | website=Mollison Keightley Management | url=https://mollisonkeightley.com/artists/caleb-lewis/ | access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>

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|'''Arts Enterprise''' |Format Festival 2010 |Gray Street Workshop |Tuxedo Cat Theatre, Cassandra Tombs and Bryan Lynagh |Illuminart Productions Pty Ltd |- |'''Sustained Contribution by an Organisation''' |[[Restless Dance Theatre]] |Adelaide Chamber Singers |[[Carclew, North Adelaide#Youth arts centre|Carclew Youth Arts]] |[[Adelaide Cabaret Festival]] |- |'''Sustained Contribution by an Individual''' |Mary Moore |Stephen Phillips |Garry Stewart |Geoff Cobham |- |'''Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award''' |Margie Fischer |Pat Rix |Cath Cantlon |Ollie Black |- |'''Premier's Award for Lifetime Achievement''' |Marjorie Fitz-Gerald OAM |Michael Morley |[[Robyn Archer]] |Milton Moon |}

===2014–2017=== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="5" |'''Winners 2014 – 2017''' |- | |'''2014''' |'''2015''' |'''2016'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/awards-and-events/ruby-awards/ruby-awards-2016|title=Ruby Awards 2016|date=2019-06-26|website=Department of the Premier and Cabinet|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> |'''2017'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/awards-and-events/ruby-awards/ruby-awards-2017|title=Ruby Awards 2017|date=2019-06-26|website=Department of the Premier and Cabinet|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> |- |'''Best Event''' |''Dark Heart'': 2014 [[Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art]], [[Art Gallery of South Australia]]<ref name=aar2014/> [[Adelaide Film Festival]]/[[Adelaide Festival of Ideas]]<ref name=aar2014/> |SALA Festival 2014 |''[[Tarnanthi]]'': Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia |2017 Adelaide Festival |- |'''Best Work''' |''Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Memorial'', by artists [[Lee-Ann Buckskin]], Tony Rosella, and [[Michelle Nikou]], sculptor [[Robert Hannaford]], and [[bronze caster]] Tim Thomson<ref name=aar2014/> |''The Philip Glass Trilogy'', [[State Opera of South Australia]] |''[[Girl Asleep (film)|Girl Asleep]]'', A [[Windmill Theatre Co]] and Soft Tread Enterprises film |''Saul'' – Adelaide Festival |- |'''Community Impact (Under $100,000)''' |''Sons & Mothers'', No String Attached Theatre of Disability, written and directed by Alirio Zavarce |''[[Barngarla people|Barngarla]] Stories of Resilience'', [[Nexus Arts]] |Desert Fringe, Adelaide Fringe |Creating Coonalpyn – Coorong District Council |- |'''Community Impact (Over $100,000)''' |''Pom Pom: Children's Contemporary Art Space'', Carclew and Playford Communities for Children Plus |Adelaide Writers' Week, [[Adelaide Festival]] |''Gorgon'': State Educational Regional Tour 2016, State Theatre Company South Australia |SALA Festival 2016 |- |'''Innovation''' |''ADHOCRACY'', [[Vitalstatistix (arts organisation)|Vitalstatistix]] |''Music for Strings and iThings'', Zephyr Quartet |''Girl Asleep'', A Windmill Theatre Co and Soft Tread Enterprises film |''Intimate Space'' – [[Restless Dance Theatre]] |- |'''Arts Enterprise''' |Bowerbird – Adelaide's Design Market<ref name=aar2014/> |Fifth Quarter, Carclew's business incubator |[[Adelaide Symphony Orchestra]] |N/A |- |'''Sustained Contribution by an Organisation''' |[[Helpmann Academy]] for the Visual and Performing Arts |[[Australian Dance Theatre]] |[[Adelaide Symphony Orchestra]] |Tutti Arts |- |'''Sustained Contribution by an Individual''' |Shane McNeil |Grant Hancock |Sally Chance |Margie Fischer |- |'''Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award''' |Bob Daly and Kalyna Micenko |[[Edwin Kemp Attrill]] |Lee-Ann Buckskin |Alysha Herrmann |- |'''Premier's Award for Lifetime Achievement''' |[[Robert Hannaford]]<ref name=aar2014>{{cite web | title=Robert Hannaford awarded Ruby Lifetime Achievement Award | website=Australian Arts Review | date=7 December 2014 | url=https://artsreview.com.au/robert-hannaford-awarded-ruby-lifetime-achievement-award/ | access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref> |[[Yvonne Koolmatrie]] |Rob Brookman and Ulrike Klein ( Jointly awarded ) |Ian Scobie |- |'''People's Choice Award''' |N/A |N/A |''A Kid Like Me'' – True North Youth Theatre Ensemble |2017 UneARTh Festival Whyalla – [[City of Whyalla]] and Adelaide Fringe |}

===2018–2023=== The 2018 South Australian Ruby Award significantly reshaped the award categories, including individual categories names in honour of the late [[Kaurna]] elder Stephen Goldsmith (the Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artistic and cultural achievement) and local arts icon [[Frank Ford (theatre personality)|Frank Ford]] (the Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award), both of whom who died in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/introducing-the-stevie-gadlabarti-goldsmith-memorial-award-new-to-the-ruby-awards-2018/news-story/877b8722ae97702482901b1dd0c7b9d5|title=Introducing the Stevie "Gadlabarti" Goldsmith Memorial Award, new to the Ruby Awards 2018|last=Peddie|first=Clare|date=3 November 2018|website=The Advertiser}}</ref><ref name=rubywinners2018>{{cite web | last=Knight | first=David | title=2018 Ruby Awards winners | website=[[The Adelaide Review]] | date=4 December 2018 | url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/2018/12/04/2018-ruby-award-winners/ | access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! |'''2018 Finalists''' '''(Winners in bold)<ref name="final">{{cite journal |last=Marsh |first=Walter |date=3 November 2018 |title=Meet the finalists for the 2018 Ruby Awards winners |url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/meet-the-finalists-for-the-2018-ruby-awards/ |journal=[[Adelaide Review]] |access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="win">{{cite journal |last=Knight |first=David |date=4 December 2018 |title=2018 Ruby Awards winners |url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/2018-ruby-award-winners/ |journal=[[Adelaide Review]] |access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="dpc">{{cite web |date=26 June 2019 |title=Ruby Awards 2018 |url=https://dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/awards-and-events/ruby-awards-2018 |access-date=22 August 2019 |website=Government of South Australia. Dept Premier & Cabinet}}</ref>''' |'''2019 Finalists''' '''(Winners in bold<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title=Ruby Awards |url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/awards-and-events/ruby-awards |access-date=2019-12-04 |website=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |language=en-AU}}</ref>)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-15 |title=Ruby Awards |url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/awards-and-events/ruby-awards |access-date=2019-11-26 |website=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |language=en-AU}}</ref>''' |'''2021 Finalists<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-30 |title=The Ruby Awards |website= Department of the Premier and Cabinet |url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/grants/ruby-awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130003925/https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/grants/ruby-awards |archive-date=2021-11-30 |access-date=2021-12-04}}</ref>''' '''(Winners in bold<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=2021 Ruby Awards celebrate SA arts sector's resilience |url=https://indaily.com.au/inreview/2021/12/03/2021-ruby-awards-celebrate-sa-arts-sectors-resilience/ |access-date=2021-12-04 |website=InDaily |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-21 |title=The Ruby Awards |url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/grants/ruby-awards |access-date=2021-12-04 |website=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |language=en-AU}}</ref>)''' |'''2023 Winners'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=2023 Ruby Awards |url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/ruby-awards/2023-ruby-awards |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819093711/https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/ruby-awards/2023-ruby-awards| archive-date=19 Aug 2024}}</ref> |- | |The Awards were held at the [[Queen's Theatre, Adelaide]] and the judging panel included eight key industry figures, including [[Heather Croall]], [[Gavin Wanganeen]] and media personality [[Jane Doyle]].<ref name="dpc" /> |The 2019 Ruby Awards will be held at Queens Theatre on Friday 29 November. All winners receive a bespoke, ruby-coloured glasswork designed and made at the JamFactory, and a new prize for Premier's Award for Lifetime Achievement was established: a gold nameplate on a seat in the Festival Theatre. The People's Choice Award established in 2017 was not offered. | | |- |'''Outstanding Community Event or Project''' | - | - | - |'''''Wild Dog'',''' Jacob Boehme |- |'''Best Festival''' | *[[Adelaide Festival]] 2018 * '''[[Adelaide Fringe]]''' 2018 *[[South Australian Living Artists Festival|SALA Festival]] 2017 * [[WOMADelaide]] 2018 | * [[Adelaide Festival]] 2019 * AltFest 2019 * [[South Australian Living Artists Festival|SALA Festival]] 2018 * [[OzAsia Festival]] 2018 |'''[[Adelaide Film Festival]]''' | - |- |'''Best Work or Event Within a Festival''' | * '''''Hamlet''''' – Adelaide Festival and [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]] (Adelaide Festival 2018) * ''In the Club'' – State Theatre Company South Australia (Adelaide Festival 2018) * ''Waqt al-tagheer: Time of Change'' – [[ACE Open]] (Adelaide Festival 2018) * ''Place des Anges'' – WOMADelaide and Gratte Ciel (Adelaide Festival 2018) | * ''[[Counting and Cracking]]'' – Adelaide Festival * '''''[[Hotel Mumbai]]'' (Adelaide Film Festival 2018) – Producer [[Julie Ryan (Australian producer)|Julie Ryan]] and Director/Co-writer [[Anthony Maras]] (South Australian key creatives)''' * ''John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new'' – [[Art Gallery of South Australia]] * ''The Beginning of Nature'' – [[Australian Dance Theatre]] * ''Yabarra - Gathering of Light –'' [[Adelaide Fringe]] | *Guttered, [[Restless Dance Theatre]] * The Pulse, [[Gravity and Other Myths|Gravity & Other Myths]] * '''Clarice Beckett: The Present Moment, [[Art Gallery of South Australia]]''' * The Boy Who Talked to Dogs, Slingsby Theatre Company and [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|State Theatre Company South Australia]] in association with Adelaide Festival and Draiocht |'''''[[Talk to Me (2022 film)|Talk to Me]]''','' [[Danny and Michael Philippou]], Adelaide Film Festival 2022 |- |'''Best Work or Event Outside a Festival''' | * '''''Beep''''' – [[Windmill Theatre Co]] * ''Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay'' – Art Gallery of South Australia * ''Impersonal Space'' – Company AT and Tutti Arts * ''On the Terrace'' – Chamber Music Adelaide | * ''Absence Embodied'' by [[Chiharu Shiota]] – Art Gallery of South Australia * ''Amphibian'' – [[Windmill Theatre Co]] * ''The Gods of Strangers'' – State Theatre Company * '''''The Young King'' National Tour – Slingsby Theatre Company''' | *'''[[Decameron 2.0]], [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|State Theatre Company South Australia]] and [[ActNow Theatre]]''' * Euphoria, Country Arts SA and State Theatre Company South Australia * Seeing Through Darkness, [[Restless Dance Theatre]] |'''''Beep and Mort – Series One''''', Windmill Pictures |- |'''Best Work, Event or Project for Young People''' | * ''AREA 53'' – D'Faces of Youth Arts Inc. * ''Beep'' – Windmill Theatre Co * ''Neo'' – Art Gallery of South Australia * '''Ngarrindjeri Yanun''' (Aboriginal Artist Development Initiative) – [[Carclew (youth arts centre)|Carclew Youth Arts]] | * '''''Baba Yaga'' – Windmill Theatre Company''' * ''DreamBig Festival 2019'' – Adelaide Festival Centre Trust * ''Drop Out'' – Directed and Devised by Alirio Zavarce and True North Youth Theatre Ensemble * ''Neo'' – Art Gallery of South Australia | *Creation Creation, Windmill Theatre Co * Neo, [[Art Gallery of South Australia]] * '''Zooom, Patch Theatre''' |'''''the Boy & the Ball''','' Stephen Noonan |- |'''Best Regional or Community Event or Project''' | * '''''AREA 53''''' – D'Faces of Youth Arts Inc. * ''Collectors/Collections: Waikerie Films'' – Waikerie District Historical Society and OSCA – Open Space Contemporary Arts * ''Mi:Wi 3027'' – Country Arts SA * ''SCC Fringe 2018'' – Art Engineers (Julianne Pierce), Ashley Sierp and Southern Cross Care | * Bush Classroom Initiative – [[South Australian Museum]] * Creative Gathering – [[Ausdance|Ausdance SA]] * '''''In the Pines'' – James Harding and Gener8 Theatre Company''' * ''Vietnam - One In, All In'' – [[Country Arts SA]] | *'Guiding Light' Vietnamese Boat People Monument, RosellaBadios Collaborative Design *'''The Heart Beat Club, [[Access2Arts]]''' * Euphoria, Country Arts SA and [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|State Theatre Company South Australia]] |'''''[[Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)]]''''', [[Derik Lynch]] and Matthew Thorne with Switch Productions |- |'''Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation or Group''' | *[[ActNow Theatre]] * Stormfront Productions * True North Youth Theatre Ensemble *'''[[Vitalstatistix (arts organisation)|Vitalstatistix]]''' | * [[Brink Productions]] * [[Nexus Arts]] * '''[[Restless Dance Theatre]]''' * [[Zephyr Quartet]] | * [[Slingsby theatre|Slingsby]] * [[Nexus Arts]] * '''[[Gravity and Other Myths|Gravity & Other Myths]]''' * [[Closer Productions]] |'''[[The Mill Adelaide]]''' |- |'''Made in Adelaide Award''' (for outstanding artistic or cultural achievement outside of SA by a local show; not to be confused with the Adelaide Fringe [[Made in Australia Award]]) | * ''Baba Yaga'' – [[Windmill Theatre Co]] * '''''Backbone + A Simple Space''''' – Gravity & Other Myths * ''Intimate Space'' at Bleach* Festival (Commonwealth Games 2018) – Restless Dance Theatre * ''Things I Know to be True'' – [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|State Theatre Company South Australia]] | *''Memorial'' Brisbane Festival and the Barbican – [[Brink Productions]] *'''''Out of Chaos'' – Gravity and Other Myths''' *''Rumpelstiltskin'' – Windmill Theatre Co and State Theatre Company *Slingsby Goes Global 2018 - 19 touring – Slingsby Theatre Company *''The Spinners'' [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]] and Edinburgh Showcase – Lina Limosani | - | - |- |Best Collaboration | - | - | *Floods of Fire, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with Brink Productions, Tutti Arts, Nexus Arts, Julian Ferraretto, Adam Page, Hilary Kleinig, Zhao Liang, Jakub Jankowski, Grayson Rotumah, Luke Harrald and Lab Adelaide * '''The Boy Who Talked to Dogs, Slingsby Theatre Company and State Theatre Company South Australia in association with Adelaide Festival and Draiocht''' * [[Decameron 2.0]], [[State Theatre Company South Australia]] and [[ActNow Theatre]] |'''''Adelaide Film Festival EXPAND Lab 2022''''', Adelaide Film Festival, Samstag Museum of Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Illuminate Adelaide, The Balnaves Foundation. |- |'''Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award''' |[[Moogy Sumner|Major Moogy Sumner]] (founder of Tal-Kin-Jeri Dance Group) |[[Nici Cumpston]] |'''Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin''' |'''[[Natasha Wanganeen]]''' |- |'''Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award''' |Nicholas Carter (Principal Conductor, [[Adelaide Symphony Orchestra]]) |'''Winner:''' '''[[Tilda Cobham-Hervey]]''' Highly Commended: Anton Andreacchio |'''Grace Coy''' |'''Alexander Flood''' |- |'''Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award''' |Nick O’Connor, Director, [[Northern Sound System]] |'''Winner: Kunmanara (Mumu Mike) Williams''' Highly Commended: [[Ann Newmarch]] |'''Nick Hughes''' |'''Tony Hannan''' |- |'''People's Choice Award''' |True North Youth Theatre Ensemble | - | - | - |- |'''Premier's Award for Lifetime Achievement''' |[[Milyika Carroll|Alison Milyika Carroll]], Indigenous artist and community leader at [[Ernabella|Ernabella/Pukatja]] |'''[[Paul Blackwell (actor)|Paul Blackwell]] and [[David Gulpilil]]''' |'''Pat Rix''' and '''[[Garry Stewart]]''' (joint winners) |'''Diana Harris and Nigel Levings''' |}

===2024===

{| class="wikitable" |- ! |'''2024 Winners'''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ruby Awards 2024 - Winners |url=https://create.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/1166021/Ruby-Awards-2024.pdf |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> |- |'''Outstanding Community Event or Project''' |''Papercuts Comics Festival 2023'', Papercuts Comics Festival |- |'''Outstanding Regional Event or Project''' |''Saltbush Country'', Country Arts SA and Art Gallery of South Australia |- |'''Outstanding Work, Event or Project for Young People''' |''Superluminal'', [[Patch Theatre Company|Patch Theatre]] |- |'''Outstanding Work or Event Within a Festival''' |''Private View'', [[Restless Dance Theatre]], Adelaide Festival 2024 |- |'''Outstanding Work or Event Outside a Festival''' |''The Dictionary of Lost Words'', [[State Theatre Company of South Australia]] |- |'''Outstanding Collaboration''' |''Blak Futures'', [[Australian Dance Theatre]], BlakDance, Adelaide Festival |- |'''Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation or Group''' |''[[Adelaide Youth Orchestra]]'' |- |'''Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award''' |Claire Wildish |- |'''Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award''' |Lilla Berry |- |'''Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award''' |Gina Rings |- |'''Premier's Award for Lifetime Achievement''' |James Currie |}

===2025=== In 2025, the awards event was hosted by [[Elaine Crombie]], and included performances by Dusty Lee Stephensen, the [[Adelaide Chamber Singers]], WAYIN:THI Collective, and Nat Luna.<ref name=indaily2025/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! |'''2025 Winners'''<ref>{{cite web | title=Ruby Awards | website=CreateSA | date=25 November 2025 | url=https://create.sa.gov.au/initiatives/ruby-awards | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826122923/https://create.sa.gov.au/initiatives/ruby-awards | archive-date=26 August 2025 | url-status=live | access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref><ref name=indaily2025>{{cite web | title=Ruby Awards honour a behind-the-scenes stalwart of Adelaide's festival sector | website=[[InDaily]] | date=24 November 2025 | url=https://www.indailysa.com.au/inreview/festivals/2025/11/24/ruby-awards-honour-a-behind-the-scenes-stalwart-of-adelaides-festival-sector | access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> |'''Shortlisted''' |- |'''Outstanding Community Event or Project''' |''The Knowledge Project'' – Kuma Kaaru (led by [[Jack Buckskin]]) and Nucleus | ''Artists on the Inside'' – KuArts<br> ''The Walking Track'' by Karul Projects – [[Vitalstatistix (arts organisation)|Vitalstatistix]] |- |'''Outstanding Regional Event or Project''' |''Kulinma – Wellbeing Project'' – Anangu Schools Partnership |''SALT on the Water: Message in a Bottle'' – SALT Festival |- |'''Outstanding Work, Event or Project for Young People''' |''Neo'' – [[Art Gallery of South Australia]] |''Can Touch This'' – [[Adelaide Contemporary Experimental]] (ACE)<br>''War of the Worlds'' – Riverland Youth Theatre, D'Faces and Arena<br>''BTS with Jess'' – BTS with Jess (Jessica McCall) |- |'''Outstanding Work or Event Within a Festival''' |''[[Songs Inside]]'' World Premiere – [[Adelaide Film Festival]] 2024 |''Radical Textiles'' – Art Gallery of South Australia, [[Adelaide Festival]] 2024<br>''The Art of Work is a Work of Art'', by Kim Munro and collaborators – Vitalstatistix, [[South Australia's History Festival|History Festival]] 2025 |- |'''Outstanding Work or Event Outside a Festival''' |''Adhocracy'' – 15th Anniversary – Vitalstatistix | ''HIGH'' – No Strings Attached<br> ''Gathering Light'' – [[JamFactory]] |- |'''Outstanding Collaboration''' |''nyilamum song cycles'' – Dr [[Lou Bennett (Australian musician)|Lou Bennett]] AM, [[Paul Stanhope]], and the [[Australian String Quartet]], in association with Binung Boorigan |''The Lensical'' – [[Restless Dance Theatre]], Michelle Heaven, and Ben Cobham, [[Women's and Children's Hospital|Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation]], Southern Adelaide Local Health Network<br>''Chihuly in the Botanic Garden'' – [[Adelaide Botanic Garden]], [[State Herbarium of South Australia]], and JamFactory ‍ |- |'''Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation or Group''' |Gray Street Workshop |[[Cirkidz]] |- |'''Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award''' |Matthew Ives |- |'''Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award''' |Katherine Sortini (writer, actor, and producer) |- |'''Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award''' |Umeewarra Aboriginal Media Association |- |'''Premier's Award for Lifetime Achievement''' |Lesley Newton (Adelaide Festival Head of Programming) |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{cite web|website=South Australia. Dept of the Premier and Cabinet|url=https://dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/awards-and-events|title=Awards and events}}

[[Category:Australian visual arts awards]] [[Category:Australian theatre awards]]