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British Council Connect ZA arts team looking for project manager

British Council Connect ZA arts team looking for project manager

 | 14.12.16

THE British Council are looking for an experienced project manager to join the Connect ZA arts team. You will be responsible for delivering a wide range of exciting arts projects with our partners from the UK and South Africa and manage collaborative projects which are multidisciplinary in nature.

International Community Arts Centres Conference

International Community Arts Centres Conference

 | 13.12.16

THE Sibikwa Arts Centre in Benoni will be hosting the Shukuma Mzansi International Community Arts Centres Conference 2017 at its renovated and revamped premises.

Creative hubs: Lighthouses for the new urban economy

Creative hubs: Lighthouses for the new urban economy

 | 13.12.16

THE British Council's latest research considers the definition, value and impact of creative hubs on the wider economy, particularly in times of financial and political uncertainty.

Why a South African Cultural Observatory?

Why a South African Cultural Observatory?

 | 12.12.16

QUANTIFYING the value of a nation’s cultural creative economy plays a huge role in decision-making for future cultural investments and initiatives.

France –South Africa Co-Production Workshop

France –South Africa Co-Production Workshop

 | 06.12.16

THE National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and National Centre Cinema of France in conjunction with the French Embassy in South Africa will host a 2-day workshop in Paris on the week of 27 March 2017.

Cultural Observatory workshops pull back veil on needs of arts, culture, heritage sectors

Cultural Observatory workshops pull back veil on needs of arts, culture, heritage sectors

 | 02.12.16

THE SOUTH African Cultural Observatory (SACO) recently completed a country-wide tour of the arts, culture and heritage sectors, in a workshop series that aimed to listen, learn and distil from the inputs of practitioners across all nine provinces.

Note from the Culturalist

Note from the Culturalist

 | 30.11.16

I’M LEFT, this month, reflecting on the many voices we have heard as we complete a whirlwind tour de force of South Africa where we experienced first-hand the depth of our country’s creative and cultural industries. We have heard the good, the bad and the ugly – in a necessary, complex voicing of hope, despair, potential and promise.

Arts Journalism Award winners announced

Arts Journalism Award winners announced

 | 29.11.16

THE 2016 Arts Journalism of the Year Award winners were announced on November 28 at a ceremony at Nando’s Central Kitchen in Johannesburg.

Research showcases the value of design to local businesses

Research showcases the value of design to local businesses

 | 29.11.16

RETAINING staff; achieving greater market share; increasing turnover; and having more satisfied clients, have been proven to be the outcome of incorporating, and embedding, design into organisations, or design-led organisations. Deep into these organisations’ ethos, is the integration of design, it is argued.

Mzansi Moodboard shows black women of all shapes and sizes

Mzansi Moodboard shows black women of all shapes and sizes

 | 29.11.16

PALESA Kgasane’s uber cool Mzansi Moodboard, showcases creativity from a variety of individuals and spaces “with a special emphasis on young women of colour”.

De Vos Fellowships for Arts Managers

De Vos Fellowships for Arts Managers

 | 26.11.16

THE De Vos Institute’s fellowship program is offered free of charge to arts managers from across the United States and around the world who are selected through a competitive application process.

Chinese literature in Africa: meaningful or simply ceremonial?

Chinese literature in Africa: meaningful or simply ceremonial?

 | 24.11.16

BENIN: Sino-African relations are a major point of interest, especially over the past 20 or more years. The commentary, according to Catherine Gilbert Teaching Fellow in Comparative Literature, King's College London, tends to focus on trade, economic investment and aid and is often negative in tone. But culture is perceived as the most positive aspect of the relationship.