'Earthed' is an exhibition by Brenda Davis and Brenda Strumpher. This exhibition at ArtEC in Bird street, will be comprised of landscape oil paintings by Brenda Strumpher and sculptors, clay relief pictures and porcelain jewellery by Brenda Davis. The exploration of organic shapes, textures, colours and elements combined with the pure enjoyment of our natural world, resonates with both artists and unites their collective works into this unique ‘earthed’ exhibition. Opening night is … [Read more...] about Feeling Earthed?
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Turned Wood Art Exhibition
The Port Elizabeth Wood Turners Guild (PEWG) will be presenting a Turned Wood Art Exhibition at the ArtEC Gallery, 36 Bird Street, Central from 16 to 26 August 2011. Contact Ashwin on 082 874 0069 for further info. … [Read more...] about Turned Wood Art Exhibition
Fred Page, Ringmaster of the Imagination
A new book on Port Elizabeth artist Frederick (Fred) Hutchinson Page (1902 - 1984), produced and printed entirely in Port Elizabeth, has been published. Titled "The Ringmaster of the Imagination" it is an inside view on the life and journey of the artist. Page is considered to be one of South Africa's foremost surrealist painters. The book is written by Eastern Cape art biographer Jeanne Wright who was commissioned by Page's attorney and friend Cecil Kerbel, the book is the first comprehensive … [Read more...] about Fred Page, Ringmaster of the Imagination
Nandipha Mntambo – Standard Bank Young Artist 2011
The Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art 2011 has been awarded to Nandipha Mntambo. Her exhibition, "Faena", comes to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum directly from the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The 2011 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Visual Art graduated with a Masters of Fine Art (with distinction) from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town in 2007, and is currently studying in Cleveland, Ohio. "Winning the Standard Bank … [Read more...] about Nandipha Mntambo – Standard Bank Young Artist 2011
Now in Four Rooms
"Now in Four Rooms" is a photographic exhibition that features the work of Tim Hopwood, Sandy Coffey, Stephen Walker, Sam Davis, Russell Kana and Natalie Field. The brief to the artists was simple: What is happening in your photographic life right now? Tim Hopwood, Sandy Coffey and Stephen Walker have collaborated in one room of the gallery to exhibit a series of Hipstamatic photographs - a cult that is proving to be as popular as the old Polaroid images. Taken with an iphone, these images … [Read more...] about Now in Four Rooms
Tokoloshe – I am Expecting to see Artworks on Bricks
Finding Kaggen, an exhibition planned for the National Arts Festival Fringe event art artEC in Port Elizabeth this year, seeks to excavate meaning and widen the national aesthetic discourse by making the invisible visible. Opinion is radically divided on the subject of the Thikoloshe (tokolos or thokolose) throughout Southern Africa. Popularly dismissed during apartheid as "Bantu superstition" the Thikoloshe has in recent years reappeared as a firm favourite in the tabloid press. But … [Read more...] about Tokoloshe – I am Expecting to see Artworks on Bricks
Experience The National Arts Festival Fringe Programme From TODAY
Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay, will host 9 major exhibitions at specific Galleries in the city as part of Visual Art fringe programme of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival. Entry to the Port Elizabeth venues is free of charge, and open to all. Open Now: Ernest Cole Photographic Exhibition: International award winning photographer Earnest Cole is the first exhibition to be housed in the Art Gallery of the Red Location Cultural Precinct. Opening today 15 June: "SKIN" at the … [Read more...] about Experience The National Arts Festival Fringe Programme From TODAY
Conversations at ArtEC
The Conversations group show at artEC (EPSAC) includes John Lombardo, Mkhonto Gawezela, Mary-Ann Kella, and Bantu Mtshiselwa. John Lombardo's collages illustrate conversations between people and their families. He works with found photos, ephemera, pencil, pen, and thread. Mkhonto Gwazela's work is created around social comments, where community comes first and the individual consciousness matters most. Mary-Ann Kella is drawn to the ocean and marine environment, which sparked her … [Read more...] about Conversations at ArtEC
Friends of the Art Museum’s First Annual Exhibition
Artists in Nelson Mandela Bay have a new exhibition to challenge and inspire them to make exceptional art. This selected exhibition has been organized by Friends of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum. The exhibition coincides with the National Arts Festival held in Grahamstown and will be opening on the 15th of June in the Main and Lorimer halls of the Art Museum. The theme for this year's exhibition is "Skin" and artists in the Bay have been working tirelessly in their studios over … [Read more...] about Friends of the Art Museum’s First Annual Exhibition
The Peoples Choice Awards
An exhibition of ceramics at artEc Gallery (EPSAC) from across our region will showcase the work of members of Ceramics Southern Africa-Eastern Cape. Student work from the Ceramic department of NMMU will be displayed alongside the work of established ceramists such as Charmaine Haines and Donve Branch as wells as emerging potters, highlighting the diversity of clay. The exhibition opens on Tuesday 17th May at 6pm and runs until the 27th May 2011. A professional jury of Art Lecturer, … [Read more...] about The Peoples Choice Awards
Ethna Frankenfeld Scoops Art Museum Award
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum is pleased to announce that local Port Elizabeth print maker, Ethna Frankenfeld is the winner of the 2010 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum Biennial Exhibition and Award. Frankenfeld is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Studio Arts at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The Award exhibition promises a hard look at the prejudices and injustice of colonial and contemporary South Africa through the meticulous marks, lines and … [Read more...] about Ethna Frankenfeld Scoops Art Museum Award
Arts Industry Stakeholders Unite
Key role players in the arts, culture and heritage industry have pledged to work collectively to identify and develop talent and raise levels of quality even higher. The stakeholders - including government representatives, business, labour and civil society, managers and practitioners in the arts, culture and heritage sectors - made the commitment during a two-day National Consultative Summit on the Cultural and Creative Industry, held in the Newtown Cultural Precinct on 14 -15 … [Read more...] about Arts Industry Stakeholders Unite
Exciting Local Art Exhibition
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum will open an exciting exhibition of local art next week and hereby invites art lovers and members of the public to come and enjoy the diversity of art by both established and emerging artists. Titled Who's who and what's new, this annual art exhibition is designed to foster the talent of Nelson Mandela Bay visual artists by providing them with a platform to exhibit their work. The exhibition usually attracts a record number of entries every year … [Read more...] about Exciting Local Art Exhibition
Free Port Elizabeth Public Art Tours
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum is offering free public tours of Mandela Bay's public art, monuments, memorials and heritage sites. Two tours will take place on Saturday 30 April and Saturday 14 May 2011. The tours will be accompanied by highly respected historians, academics and senior citizens who know the city and its public art well including Margaret Harradine, Dorelle Sapere, Mr Amrit Daya, David Jones, Mary Duker, Nonceba Shoba, Lulama Mngazi, Chris du Preez, Emma Taggart … [Read more...] about Free Port Elizabeth Public Art Tours
You Could Soon Bid for Prison Art
The Department of Correctional Services is mulling the establishment of a trading entity that would see creative inmates being remunerated for their artworks. Currently, goods produced by offenders are not being sold but this would soon change, with the money derived from such trading being ploughed back into the department. Part of the money would be given to inmates upon their release back into society. This was announced by Minister for Correctional Services, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, … [Read more...] about You Could Soon Bid for Prison Art
