Dr. Vaczi can be described as a colourful multi-faceted person. He perceives life, music, food, painting and sculptor though th eyes of an artist. It is through this process that he discovered to express and experiment with the artist within himself. Born in Hungary, Dr. Peter Vaczi has been living and working in South Africa as an psychiatrist since 1990. He comes from a creative family amongst which is his grandfather, also a psychiatrist, who was a published author and who specialized in … [Read more...] about Colourful Hungarian Psychiatrist to Exhibit at artEC
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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
Passionate Art Interns
Two young, vibrant, passionate about art, interns, Bongani Njalo and Bamanye Ngxale, both post graduate students from the School of Music and Art and Drama at NMMU, were recently appointed by the MBDA and artEC to assist with various community art projects such as the 200 artists project, the Arts Journey, Route 67 and other artEC and MBDA related projects. They will be supporting the roll out of the Inner City Art Journey from February to July 2011. Funding from the National Lottery … [Read more...] about Passionate Art Interns
Bev De Lange’s Continuous Thread
A solo exhibition of works by the NMMU Masters Graduate artist, Bev de lange will open at 17h30 on Tuesday 1 March 2011 at the artEC gallery in Bird Street Central, Port Elizabeth. It will run until 1 pm on Friday the 11 March 2011. The guest speaker at the opening will be Professor Cleonie Cull from the department of Music, Art and Design at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. According to the artist the body of work presented in this exhibition is an attempt to extend the … [Read more...] about Bev De Lange’s Continuous Thread
EPSAC now artEC – And I thought that Art was just Art!
In keeping with the changing “Face of Art’ in Port Elizabeth, EPSAC as we know it has been “re-branded” and will from now onwards be referred to as artEC (Art East Cape). The full name being artEC – The EPSAC Community Art Centre. Thanks to funding received by EPSAC, from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF), briefs could be sent out for proposals and the commissioning of the re-branding and redesigning of the new logo could be done by a local professional Graphic design … [Read more...] about EPSAC now artEC – And I thought that Art was just Art!
Bargain Art
The artEC, Same Size, Same Price, No Signature Exhibition, started by well known Gallerist and artist Tossie Theron, at her Cuyler Street Gallery and now held at artEC, is a not to be missed annual event, on the Eastern Cape art's calendar. This year the funding, received from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, will assist with the opening function and marketing of the event. ArtEC (EPSAC) received R749,00 from NLDTF in July 2010, for various projects. The exhibition, held at the … [Read more...] about Bargain Art
