Category Archives: Success Stories

The National Arts Council (NAC) supported numerous impactful projects and organisations in 2018/2019. One of these is the Imbali Artbooks, which the NAC highlighted as a project that will have a lasting impact in the future, changing young people’s lives and teaching visual art. The Imbali Artbooks came about as a result of observing art […]

The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela is a theatre project that the NAC funded in an effort to help reduce the high unemployment rate among young people from previously disadvantaged communities and persons with disabilities. The NAC allocated R100 000 towards the project, funded under its Arts Platforms programme, to stage a play titled […]

Genesis of a Different World is a music project coordinated by veteran musician Steve Dyer that was funded under the NAC’s innovation, design and creation programme. The NAC granted Dyer an amount of R200 000 to create eight different musical compositions; he also scored parts for horn and piano. Dyer describes his project as “the […]

Arts education contributes to an education which integrates physical, intellectual and creative faculties. It makes possible more dynamic and fruitful relations between education, arts and culture and encourages capabilities required in facing the 21st century challenges. It is critical for learning environments to develop cognitive as well as emotional intelligence skills and not have more […]

The My Body My Space Arts Festival (MBMS)is a festival of cutting edge performances, installations and exhibitions that unfold in public spaces throughout the Emakhazeni Municipality, in rural Mpumalanga. Since its inception in 2015, the festival, curated by the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative, has developed a unique rural identity and has gained a reputation for […]

The Heritage Education Schools Outreach Programme is aimed at granting learners an opportunity to know more about their heritage and culture as a tool of nation building. For the past years, this programme has had a positive impact on the lives of the youth equipping them with a sense of purpose and appreciation of our […]

Lalela provides educational arts for at risk youth to spark creative thinking and awaken the entrepreneurial spirit. Through Lalela’s arts curriculum and critical messaging component, we ignite imagination and teach children how to map and manifest their dreams and goals, launching the possibility of a different future for themselves and their communities. Everyday after-school, in […]

Kgotso Pati is the only known and established black South African glassblowing artist. His glass sculptures incorporate design, craft and visual arts. Pati has been identified and acknowledged by the arts industry, interior designers and hotel owners as a producer of versatile and uniquely South African sculptures influenced by traditional South African beadwork. Pati held […]

Violist, Jean-Louis Moolman is a violist and had been invited to deliver a lecture-recital as part of the Viola Congress conference taking place in Rotterdam. For this reason, the applicant requested NAC funding towards the cost of her travel to the Netherlands. Moolman was funded R29 850.00 towards the costs of her travel, accommodation and […]

Marman has dedicated his educational career towards developing and enhancing his opera skills and knowledge. Marman has in light of this participated in a number of studies and international stage competitions, and was awarded the Diploma for Senior Vocal in Opera at the Knysna/ Plett Eisteddfod competition and awarded a Gold Certificate in 2009. In […]