New Head for UJ Arts & Culture
THE University of Johannesburg (UJ) is pleased is to announce that Pieter Jacobs has been appointed as the new Head of UJ Arts & Culture (a division of FADA).
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Diversity & the decolonisation of SA’s creative industries
IT WAS Youth Month in June – and a time for critical reflection on the role the youth, a perennial target of and key player in the creative and cultural industries (CCI).
Fak’ugesi Digital Africa Residency
FAK’UGESI in collaboration with Pro Helvetia & ANT are calling for applicants for the Digital Africa Residency – especially artists and creative technologists who are exploring: digital art and interdisciplinary practices between technology, creativity and culture in Africa.
SA launches local leg of global creative business cup
A GLOBAL model for rewarding outstanding creative and design thinking has made its way to South Africa with the launch of the Creative Business Cup South Africa concept to the South African market.
SA Cultural Observatory launches national workshop series in East London
OFF the back of a wildly successful national conference in May, the South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) kicks off a nationwide roadshow of eight domain workshops in East London in July.
Siopis, Brand & Messina at Stevenson Gallery
THE three exhibitions on offer have the effect of deconstructing and destabilising assumed paradigms. Penny Siopis achieves through the juxtaposition of painting and sculpture; Jody Brand through her subversive photographs and Mitchell Gilbert Messina accomplishes this through reflecting on the overproduction of internet video.
2017 Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award Winner
RISING star actress and theatre director Lesedi Job was last night named the winner of the 4th annual Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award.
International artists head to SA’s cultural mecca
FOR 11 days Grahamstown will become the cultural mecca of South Africa when the National Arts Festival draws artists, dancers and musicians from around the world to perform on its stages from 29 June to 9 July.
ACT | UJ unlearns how to conference
#CreativeUprising, the 5th ACT | UJ Creative Conference will engage with South African Art Education in its current state and possible future.
National Youth Wind Orchestra set to blow PE away
THE National Youth Orchestra Winter Course will be held in Port Elizabeth in July, with performances at the National Arts Festival and the Savoy Theatre.
SACO Library gets generous Van Schaik, Bargain Books donations
THE South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) has been the recipient of two generous and vast donation from two leading South African book stores: Bargain Books and Van Schaik.
NFVF study reveals SA film industry has a positive impact on the economy
THE National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has released findings of their second Economic Impact Assessment study which reveals the industry’s economic contribution to the country’s GDP over a four-year period. The study, conducted by Urban Econ in the 2016/17 financial year, identifies and quantifies the economic impact of the film and television industry between January 2013 to March 2017.