National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award

The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is Australia's longest running Indigenous art award. Established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, and also referred to as the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, the Telstra Award, or Telstra Prize, it is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists working in all media.

As of 2022 the top prize was worth A$100,000, and the total prize pool A$190,000, making it as of August 2022 the richest art prize in the country.

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