The MADC Champion of Creativity isn’t awarded every year. It’s reserved for those whose impact on Melbourne’s creative culture runs deep - and lasts.

To mark 70 years of MADC, we honoured someone whose influence is impossible to ignore: Ant Keogh.

It may have come as a surprise to him but to the rest of us, it felt inevitable. For decades, Ant has helped shape the creative voice of this city (and far beyond). A true original. A generous leader. A class act.

Thank you and congratulations, Ant.