In Retrospect, an exhibition spanning five decades of Manfred Zylla's work, will be on show at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum. All members of the public are invited to attend the opening function on Wednesday 22 February 2012 at 17:30 for 18:00. Zylla was born in Germany in 1939, living as a child through the ravages of World War II and its aftermath. Resident in South Africa since 1970, he became prominent as an artist highly critical of apartheid in the 1980s. His prolific … [Read more...] about Manfred Zylla Exhibition and Book Launch
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Have You Got What it Takes to Exhibit at the NMMAM?
Ever wanted to exhibit at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum? Now's your chance. The NMM Art Museum is inviting all artists 18 years or older, living in the Nelson Mandela Bay to submit work for the 2012 Who's who and what's new? The Who's who and what's new? is designed to promote creativity in Nelson Mandela Bay. Old and young, professional and first time artists are invited to submit work. Pick up an entry form and be part of the Bay's brightest and most diverse group … [Read more...] about Have You Got What it Takes to Exhibit at the NMMAM?
Sun Catcher Sculpture Workshop – Bursaries Available
It's time to bring some colourful sunshine into your room! This holiday, children from 8 to 13 years old are invited to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum to create their own sun catcher. A sun catcher is a decorative piece of artwork that is hung near a window so that it "catches" incoming sun rays, dispersing the light and energizing an area with various moving colours and light shapes. The workshop will start with a tour of the exhibitions on show, which will give children the … [Read more...] about Sun Catcher Sculpture Workshop – Bursaries Available
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
Send the Ankle Biters to the Art Museum
Feeling bored and have no idea what to do in the last week of the school holidays? Children from 8 to 12 years old are invited to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, to create their own sculptural animal using salt dough. The workshop will start with a tour of "Weird and Wonderful", an art exhibition where the treasures on display will delight the senses and ignite children's imaginations. They will then proceed onto making attractive, self-hardening, salt dough sculptures which do … [Read more...] about Send the Ankle Biters to the Art Museum
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
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
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
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 Can Enter the Debate on Public Art
Members of the public will be given the opportunity to enter the debate when top academics and cultural movers and shakers present their views on current issues relating to public art. An Art Forum which will take place at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum from 9:00 to 16h30 on 11 April 2001 and will provide a platform for discussion and debate on local, national and international public art. Chairing the Forum will be Dr Melanie Hillebrand, Art Museum Director. Starting the day's … [Read more...] about You Can Enter the Debate on Public Art
Art Timeline From Then to Now
Visit the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum exhibition on public art to discover the treasures of Nelson Mandela Bay. The exhibition, 'Public Art: A Journey from the colonial past into the present', is on view from 12 February to 17 April 2011 and features a timeline giving locations and brief descriptions of notable public art in the Bay from the Donkin Pyramid, built in 1820, to the Bay's newest and brightest sculptures. Also on show are historical and contemporary sculptures, paintings, … [Read more...] about Art Timeline From Then to Now
The Arts in 5 Minute Sound Bites
The Friends of the Art Museum are hosting this year's first Creative Collective of 2011 at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum from 18:30 to 20:00 on Thursday 17 March. Various artists will entertain you in short 5 minute sensational slots with music, theatre and visual arts. The lineup includes informative and exciting presentations by Fly Magazine, the Arts Journey and other up and coming Nelson Mandela Bay city projects. Be entertained by the poetry of Poetic Soul and Johnny … [Read more...] about The Arts in 5 Minute Sound Bites
Public Art Timeline Tour
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum has been running a public art exhibition taking visitors on "a journey from the colonial past into the present". The exhibition, involving a "tour" of Nelson Mandela Bay, started on 12 February and is scheduled to run until 17 April 2011. The exhibition features a timeline giving locations and brief descriptions of notable public art in the Bay: monuments, memorials and commissions, from the Donkin Pyramid, built in 1820, to the Bay's newest and … [Read more...] about Public Art Timeline Tour
Free Art Workshops for Teachers
Something special for Intermediate Phase Teachers is being offered by Cape Town’s Ibhabhathane Project. All your art for the new CAPS (and some other ideas too), enough art lessons for a full year plus resource materials and other useful data. Every teacher in Gr 4 to Gr 6 needs to attend this workshop. No previous experience is necessary. This INSET course has the support of the Western Cape Education Department and the Ministry of Basic Education. The workshop will be spread over two … [Read more...] about Free Art Workshops for Teachers
Art Forum and Art Tours
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum will hold an Art Forum on Public Art on Monday 11 April 2011 from 8:30 to 14:30. Topics to be presented for discussion and debate will include shared heritage, public art and politics and a vision for the city. Two tours of public art in the city will take place on 4 and 16 April 2011. The first tour will concentrate on memorials and monuments while the second will cover public art in the city including colonial history, modern art and the apartheid … [Read more...] about Art Forum and Art Tours
