Named after late arts patron, Dame Ruby Litchfield, The Ruby Awards honour the outstanding work of South Australia’s arts and culture sector – recognising artistic excellence, creative achievement, innovation, community involvement and inspirational leadership.

Winners were announced at an invitation-only awards ceremony at The Queen’s Theatre on Friday 25 November 2022.

Congratulations to all of this year's recipients!

Outstanding Community Event or Project

The U City Art Project - An Encounter of Strangers – Uniting Communities and Guildhouse

Outstanding Regional Event or Project

No Limits: Regional Young Writers – Writers SA

Outstanding Work, Event or Project for Young People

Seven Little Wonders – The PaperBoats

Outstanding Work or Event Outside a Festival

Bee-Stung Lips: Barbara Hanrahan, works on paper 1960 1991 – Flinders University Museum of Art

Outstanding Work or Event Within a Festival

Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan – Adelaide Festival

Outstanding Collaboration

Clock for No Time – Preserving Jars Creative Collective (with simplylateral productions, Mark Oakley, Bianka Kennedy, House of Sand, RUMPUS Theatre, Appifany Pty Ltd, SA Museums - Community Programs, State Theatre of SA, Access2Arts, Deaf Can:Do, Royal Society for the Blind, Accessible Arts, Dementia Australia, Replay Creative, Autism Spectrum Australia, Hampstead Specialist Brain Rehab Services, Eliza Lovell, Australian Network of Art and Technology, Watershed)

Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation or Group

Guildhouse

Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award

Lisa Lanzi

Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award

Jamie Hornsby

Stevie Gadlabarti Goldsmith Memorial Award

Dre Ngatokorua

Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement

Hossein Valamanesh

Robert Jesser

View highlights from the award ceremony.

View more highlights in The Ruby Awards 2022 photo gallery.

For more information about the shortlisted nominees for 2022, previous winners and the awards in general, see The Ruby Awards.