The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) invites nominations for its ImpACT Awards for Young Professionals, which are presented as part of their annual Awards Ceremony held in recognition and celebration of excellence in South African arts, culture and creativity. Since 1998, the ACT Awards have recognised individuals and organisations that have made significant contributions to cultural life in South Africa. A prominent element of the ACT Awards is the presentation of prestigious Lifetime … [Read more...] about 2014 ImpACT Awards open for nominations
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Final call for entries: 2014 South African Arts Journalism Awards
The deadline for entries to the second annual South African Arts Journalism Awards is fast approaching! “We have received submissions from across the media spectrum – articles published in print and online, podcasts and radio broadcasts, TV and Youtube material, and a range of arts photography,” says Chris Thurman, convenor of the judging panel. “But we have increased the size of the judging panel for this year’s Awards in anticipation of many more entries yet to come.” The Awards, an … [Read more...] about Final call for entries: 2014 South African Arts Journalism Awards
Journeys through space or time
One can journey through time and space, or use your mind to make journeys of the imagination, and the use of a journey as a theme suggests various interesting metaphors. These ideas are explored in the latest exhibition of selected work from the Art Museum's Permanent Collection. A centrepiece of the exhibition is Andrieta Wentzel's award-winning installation, Aspects of the dark other (2006). Viewers are invited to walk through a maze of wooden totems each representing one of the twelve … [Read more...] about Journeys through space or time
Athenaeum hosts acclaimed New Brighton artist’s first solo exhibition in 15 years
Dolla Sapeta is having a mid-life colour crisis. It is not his fault, he maintains, that the monochrome of township life led him to pop art. Who could resist the allure of streaking bright yellow, tangerine, lapis lazuli blue and neon green across the greys and browns of zones made to keep people locked into earth tones? At 47, Sapeta has earned the right to contemplate colour and its impact across his bold, socio-political body of art. The opening of Sapeta's first solo exhibition in his … [Read more...] about Athenaeum hosts acclaimed New Brighton artist’s first solo exhibition in 15 years
Made in China
The Athenaeum in Belmont Terrace Street, Port Elizabeth will be hosting an exhibition titled "Made in China" from the 17th February 2014 to the 18th March 2014. China is often considered the longest continuous civilization, with some historians denoting 6000 B.C. as the dawn of Chinese civilization. It also has the world’s longest continuously used written language. As a country with a wealth of cultural, scientific, mathematical, technical, architectural and political diversity and history, … [Read more...] about Made in China
Who’s Who and What’s New?
Are you an artist 18 years or older and resident in Nelson Mandela Bay? Are you eager to showcase and promote your visual art? If you answered yes to both of these questions then you are eligible to enter the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum's annual exhibition Who's Who and What's New? This unselected community exhibition is run annually by the Art Museum to identify and publicise practicing visual artists and visual art groups in Nelson Mandela Bay. From students to both amateur and … [Read more...] about Who’s Who and What’s New?
In celebration of tourism month
In celebration of South Africa's Heritage and Tourism month of September, ART Gallery is hosting an exhibition celebrating South African Masters and contemporary artists. Artists, many represented on the Citadel top 100 Art Price Index; will be represented in the exhibition which opens on Friday 6 September at 5pm. Works exhibited are from leading SA Artists – namely: Gregoire Boonzaier, Frans Claerhout, Cecil Skotnes, Carl Buchner and many more including Hannes Harrs, Andrew Verster, Judith … [Read more...] about In celebration of tourism month
Arts Journalism Award Gold Awards announced
The Gold Award winners of the inaugural National Arts Festival/BASA Arts Journalism Awards were announced at a function at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown yesterday. The 2013 National Arts Festival Arts Journalist of the Year is Charl Blignaut. Blignaut was the standout arts journalist in 2012, not simply because his writing informed and responded to national debates but because of the sheer scope and vigour of his output. Whether writing about theatre, dance, visual arts, … [Read more...] about Arts Journalism Award Gold Awards announced
Seeking artists to celebrate Namaqualand in bloom
French photographer, Laurence Savaray, will be exhibiting her images of Namaqualand in full bloom at the Alliance Francais in Port Elizabeth from 3 to 17 August 2013. Laurence is inviting Dancers and Poets from Port Elizabeth to contact her with the view to performing and taking part in the opening of her exhibit. Laurence is specifically looking for local poets and free form dancers to share the moment with her. Interested dancers and poets are welcome to contact Laurence Savary on 082 … [Read more...] about Seeking artists to celebrate Namaqualand in bloom
Modern Miniatures Exhibition
Art Gallery Owner, Curator and Fine Artist, Anthony Harris conceptualised a first of a kind national cross-disciplinary contemporary art exhibition, entitled Modern Miniatures, to show in Nelson Mandela Bay from 28 May to 15 June, then moving to Trinity Hall, Grahamstown from 27 June to 7 July 2013 at the National Arts Festival. "There has been an overwhelming response from 128 leading fine artists, ceramicists, photographers and sculptors nationwide who are keen to participate in this … [Read more...] about Modern Miniatures Exhibition
‘But is it art?’ at the National Arts Festival
Boundaries of both audiences and performers are extended with the Performance Art offering from the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown. In a performance cycle entitled Anthea Moys vs. The City of Grahamstown, the (first ever) Standard Bank Young Artist for Performance Art, Anthea Moys, will compete against the people of Grahamstown in a tournament of skill, strength, and artistry. Over a series of seven contests over seven days, outnumbered and outclassed, Moys will single-handedly do battle … [Read more...] about ‘But is it art?’ at the National Arts Festival
Versus – a first for Usen Obot
Nigerian Born and Port Elizabeth based since 2003, world-renowned artist, Usen Obot's latest exhibit which opens tonight at Ron Belling and is a culmination of 2 years work. Usen Obot's exhibition titled 'Versus' is his first time exhibiting after two years of work that includes a family portrait for Billionaire Philanthropist, Partice Motsepe. The exhibit starts at 6:00pm tonight and runs until 30 April 2013. Obot was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and is of Ibibio descent. Aftre … [Read more...] about Versus – a first for Usen Obot
Artworks for Youth
The Nelson Mandela Bay township art training initiative, Artworks for Youth, is set to host its second annual public arts procession through the streets of Joe Slovo township to use art to profile issues identified by, and unique to, girls in the community. Ahead of the impending 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children initiative starting on November 25 to December 10, children in the Artworks for Youth Programme and of the Joe Slovo Primary School have taken issues … [Read more...] about Artworks for Youth
If you know Port Elizabeth then you will love these images
Port Elizabeth artist, Anthony Harris's ART Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of work by two highly accomplished fine artists that have made their mark on a national level. MJ Lourens was born (1973) in Pretoria and now lives in Cape Town. Lourens has exhibited extensively in South Africa and this will be his first exhibition in Port Elizabeth. Lourens's evocative paintings of the Bay and Port Elizabeth are at once familiar and strangely foreboding. Suffused with the quality of light at … [Read more...] about If you know Port Elizabeth then you will love these images
Local Artists Blow Chicago Away
Local artists Mkhonto Gwazela and Banele Njadayi have just returned from a highly successful trip to Chicago, where they were part of a trade mission organised and led by Tradepoint SA Nelson Mandela Bay aimed at creating a sustainable international market for township fine art. Tradepoint SA Nelson Mandela Bay showcased the artwork of 15 Eastern Cape fine artists, the culmination of a five month export project led by Tradepoint manager David Hamer with the support of Carmenita Redcliffe from … [Read more...] about Local Artists Blow Chicago Away
