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France-South Africa Seasons 2012 & 2013
A multifaceted bilateral collaboration between France and South Africa, concluded last year by the heads of states of France and South Africa, moves into high gear this winter as the first French Season in South Africa kicks off. This article contains the project application form.
Music Legend Honoured
The NAC congratulates its board member Mr. Ray Chikapa Phiri in winning the Lifetime Achievement award at the 18th annual South African Music Awards.
Call for Cultural Organisation participation
This November, Indianspice will resurrect the annual Diwali celebration, this year titled ‘Diwali in Jozi’. The Indian tapestry of Culture, Arts, Literature, Music, Dance, Wellness and Food will take South Africans on a thrilling experience of everything Indian.
In Full Colour - Portrait Painting Workshop
Artist DIANA HYSLOP will be running a LIVE PORTRAIT PAINTING WORKSHOP at the BAG FACTORY on from 9:30 to 15:00 on 14 & 15 March 2012.
Sello Modiga, a real action pantsula
Coming from Orange Farm, a township located on the southern-most corner of Johannesburg, Sello Modiga is one of the most talented and very inspiring choreographers to be reckoned with.
South African Balt Theatre Master Class
A rare opportunity for ballet students in Gauteng. Invitation to attend Master Class with Mr Bingxian Liu.
Call for Expression of Interest for the development of the Soweto Theatre
Call for Expression of Interest for the development of the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani, Soweto in 2012 in one or both of the following: attending a Policy Workshop to contribute towards a policy for the theatre and/or submitting proposals for Theatre Programmes , Productions and/or Services.
International tour for the South African Ballet Theatre
The South African Ballet Theatre (SABT), the country’s foremost professional ballet company,celebrated it’s 11th birthday on Thursday, February 2nd 2012. This is a significant achievement for the Company and marks the start of a busy year.
Call for entries: Arteles Creative Residency Program - Summer/Autumn 2012 - Finland
One of the most international creative residency programs in the arctic area welcoming over 80 selected visual artists, curators, musicians, writers, performance artists, photographers and designers per year.
Dance Umbrella 2012 - the 24th platform for new Contemporary Dance and Choreography
Dance Umbrella 2012, principally funded by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, is scheduled to run from February 17 to March 4, 2012. For fifteen days Johannesburg will be engulfed by contemporary dance.
Call for applications for funding 2012
The National Arts Council invites individuals and registered organisations active in theatre, dance, crafts, literature, music, multi-discipline and visual arts to submit their applications for project funding. Click through for application form.
Successful bursary applicants - First funding session 2011
The National Arts Council hereby announces the names of successful applicants for funding for the first funding session of 2011. The payment of the project or bursary is conditional upon the applicants' completion of outstanding administrative requirements and conditions.
Call for bursary applications - 2nd Funding session 2011
The National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) invites post graduate students and registered education and training institutions that are involved in studies or provide tuition in the fields of theatre, dance, crafts, literature, music and visual arts to submit applications for bursary funding.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR APPEALS COMMITTEE
The National Arts Council of South Africa hereby invites all competent, suitably qualified and interested persons to serve as members of the Appeals Panel for a period of three years.
Vacancies: CEO and CFO
The National Arts Council of South Africa(NAC) is seeking to appoint suitably qualified candidates.
Diepsloot teens’ tenacity earns them a two-week trip to Broadway
Two Diepsloot teenagers are jetting off today on a two-week performing arts tour in New York under the auspices of Beyond the Stage Door Performing Arts Academy and sponsored by Montecasino’s Doorstep corporate social investment programme.
2011 'So you think you can write?'
Five Script Writers have been selected for the National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) 2011 edition of the ‘So you think you can write?’ Script Reading and Mentorship Programme.
“Scent of Invisible Footprints” - A retrospective Exhibition of the Sculptures of Pitika Ntuli
Pitika Ntuli who, during an enforced exile in Europe and America, achieved international acclaim as a sculptor, painter, poet, writer and academic, he exhibited his work for the first time in Pretoria, and only the third time in his own country.
