april.may 05.07

                      in review

                 PEOPLE I PLACES I NEWS I OPPORTUNITIES I UPDATES

 
TAG is a professional visual artists’ newsletter providing a global platform to the artists in residency at Greatmore Studios, Cape Town and also to art practitioners within the network of Triangle Art Trust. As an a compliment to a regularly updated Web Site, www.greatmoreart.org TAG provides artists with relevant updates about the studios, artists work and opportunities in the arts arena both locally in Cape Town, on the continent and abroad. 

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editor’s notes  ...(read more)

our news

• Conversations and Rhythms Greatmore Studios in partnership with The British Council unveil a mural on St. James Street …(read more)
• In town TAG welcome Greatmore Studios trustee Isky Gordon on his brief visit to the studios …(read more)
• One month. Eight artists. Four studios TAG takes a brief look at the working process of artists enrolled in the April Mentoring Month …(read more)  
• Do a little good TAG discusses four visiting artists’ contribution to the community …(read more)
• Making the connection Resident artist Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi speaks about his experiences in England …(read more)
• Unlocking potential through art TAG looks at artists plans to initiate workshops with at risk children in the community that forms collaboration with the South African Police …(read more)

arrivals & departures

• Greatmore Studios welcomes new intern Mishkaah Roberts …(read more)
• Artists in focus TAG discusses the work of new visiting artists to the studios in the month of May ...(read more)
  

in the loop

• Madi Phala’s work to be auctioned in Cape Town …(read more)
• Going the distance Artists from the Bag Factory in Johannesburg exhibit their most recent work in Cape Town …(read more) 
  
• Kuona Trust hosts a 2^nd International Women’s Workshop …(read more)
• Domboramwari Art Village Residence Program Former visiting artist Mambakwedza Mutasa talks to TAG about the launch of a similar artist network in Zimbabwe …(read more)

experience it.

Opportunities in residency, competitions & exhibition opportunities

• Emerging artists invited to submit applications for Mentoring Workshop in August 2007…(read more)
• Greatmore Studios’ revolving Visiting Artists Programme calls for applications …(read more)
• Bag Factory South Africa ongoing Residencies …(read more)
• Call for applications for artist-in-residence at ComPeung Thailand …(read more)
• Call for applications at the Chinese European Art Center China …(read more)
• Young Curators' Workshop at UCT …(read more)
• 2007 Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Art Competition …(read more)
• Spier Contemporary 2007 Call for entries …(read more)
• Sasol New Signatures Invites Entries …(read more)
  Call for applications to participate in the Insaka International Artist Workshop 2007 Zambia …(read more)

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As inevitable as winter showers and grey skies are in Cape Town, they still remain my nemesis, always catching me unawares! Working in a creative space, I have observed that art making also has the ability to throw you in the ‘grey’ sometimes. The creative process is far from black or white- it is a far less predictable journey, taking the artists down rabbit trails and forcing them to negotiate seemingly dead or false ends. The process demands courage and heart to ride on the wave of uncertainty, trusting that one’s own rhyme and style with somehow produce something meaningful and rich with time .It is these moments of ‘grey’ that for many artists become the most important times in their art practice. It is here that they are forced to sit, reflect and be challenged to navigate new courses in their practice-explore new techniques, and abandon tried and tested skills.

The April Mentoring Workshop hosted by Greatmore Studios was one such opportunity that allowed for the unpredictable to occur. The one month long intense workshop encouraged artists  from the UK, Botswana, Johannesburg, Velkom and Cape Town to converge in a single space, and become more loose and experimental in their approach to art making- allowing them to push the envelop in their known practice -a journey to greater professionalism. Throughout April, Greatmore Studios was home to eight visiting artists from very diverse backgrounds who came primarily to work on their own artwork as well as engage in discussions around art making with their peers and more seasoned artists at the studios. Perhaps the atmosphere was slightly more competitive than we would have liked and the interaction between resident artists and visiting artists not as vibrant as one would have envisaged, but as an observer, I must say the cream of the workshop surfaced when the participating artists came up against challenges in their work, that demanded that they explore new approaches- I believe that is what professionalism is all about. It is about being able to confront challenges and setbacks in one’s work and cultivating the maturity to work through it. It takes time to find one’s professional niche and honestly I am beginning to think that it is continuous process -a path we can never stop walking and learning from. I certainly have a long way to go! One author* puts it best, “the road to professionalism is not a well-marked superhighway…no this road has accidents on it and roadblocks and detours. Life is about circumventing situations that slow us down, taking care of a problem and moving on with a heart”.

So from the team at TAG come rain or shine, we hope you enjoy the read and are challenged to achieve greater professionalism in your own artistic practice!

Tambudzai La Verne Sibanda Editor in Chief 

We always welcome your contributions to the content of this newsletter. Please e-mail us your comments at tagnews@gmail.com

p.s. What became of CAPE 07? It is honestly still an anomaly to me. Whether it is your opinion that it was a white elephant  or a roaring success, I think it is important to commend all the artists for all the work they invested despite all the organisational nonsense-we salute your efforts.

*Luci Swindoll is author of ‘Notes to a Working Woman’

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our news

#Conversations and Rhythms

Against a backdrop of vibrant African drumming the 24^th of April 2007 marked Greatmore Studios’ celebration of the completion of a mural project that was birthed from a partnership with The British Council. The mural which was the brainchild of Nigerian artist Polly Alakija was an initiative that drew in three emerging artists from the community. Recently TAG caught up with Polly to mine her thoughts on the process of mural making.

TAG: What, how and when? Who was involved in the mural?

Polly Alakija: The idea for our mural floated around since February of this year…by the end of March it was complete. This was made possible by the immediate embracing of the project by the British Council, and the dedication of three emerging young artists- Bianca McCallum from Namibia, Khanyisa Ndonga from the Eastern Cape and Igshaan Adams from Cape Town.

TAG: Talk us through the conceptualization of the mural. What narrative did you want to come forth through the mural?

P.A.: The context of the mural emerged after talking with artists practicing at Greatmore Street Studios, and talking with local residents. It was felt that a positive image that would inform the community of what was going on inside the studios, and get the community to ask questions about the creative process, and their relationship to it, would be most appropriate. It had to be an image that local residents would be happy living with, and one that especially the younger generation felt involved with and proud of. We had local residents posing, painting their hands on the walls, and young children from the community designing graffiti that became a playful decorative element on the wall.

TAG: Walk us through some of the actual details of making the mural. What motifs or characters can we find on the wall?

 P.A.: The whole process was slightly delayed due to the passing away of one of the key artists in the studios, Madi Phala, who I had wanted to be a strong character on the wall. This led to discussions as to how, or if, he should still be represented in the mural.  He is represented, but from behind, as an artist at work on a painting representing three figures. These figures are derived from classical western art (the three graces) representing the arts; but they have been transposed into contemporary African figures.

So we have an image that brings together different traditions, showing them almost in a communion with each other. We also have figures in grey in the foreground. These represent figures from the local community, but are painted in such a way as to make them seem more sculptural, a work of art in them selves, not just passing figures. We also have the image of a drummer, inviting in our audience, to come and see the activity occurring within the studios for themselves.

TAG: Did you encounter any physical setbacks. How did you negotiate these to see the completion of the mural?

P.A.: Time was definitely against us, but once our preparations were ready the painting took us seven days to complete. We also battled with the elements; rain, then the South Easterly winds had our scaffolding shaking- we had to have our paint pots gripped between our knees and feet to stop them being blown away! I must really commended Igshaan for the bravery he displayed up the scaffolding in the wind.

Polly Alakija is a former resident artist at the studios, who remains an active member of the artists’ network at Greatmore Studios.

#In Town

Once a year the artists at Greatmore Studios are delighted to have trustee Isky Gordon and his wife Gill make a brief visit to the studios. For the past year Isky has been making great strides in trying to secure funds to secure the property adjacent to the present premises to see the studios expanded. With property values in the Woodstock area increasingly raising the development of property in the area would be a valuable investment for any corporate organisation in the near future. For more information on partnering up on this initiative please email Dr. Gordon at info@greatmoreart.org .

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#One month. Eight artists. Four studios

This past month Greatmore Studios hosted its first mentoring workshop from the 2^nd of April to 26^th of April 2007.Birthed from a premise of honoring the contribution that established artists can have on a group of emerging artists, the first mentoring workshop invited eight artists to spend an intense month at the studio to produce work that is both intriguing and challenging, as well as to cultivate confidence and artistic integrity. The experience gave the artists an opportunity to showcase their work in progress in a small collaborative open studio exhibition held on the 24th April 2007 that coincided with the launch of the mural along St James Street.

A word from one of Greatmore Studios committee members, Jill Trappler concerning the mentoring month

“Essentially the artists’ time at Greatmore is about them and their work. It is a great privilege as an artist to have a studio space to work in, to develop one’s thoughts and practices without distraction. As an artist one should never lose sight of this; the privilege of having time and space to work. Greatmore Studios is mandated to primarily encourage artists to focus on their creative process. We also need to exchange ideas and activities with the other artists. The response to any work needs to be considered carefully. There will always be other ways and approaches, but there is no right and wrong. We encourage our visiting artists to take in the whole experience and weigh up what makes sense to them; use what they can and forget the rest. It may pop up at a later stage then they can revisit the idea when they are ready to do so.

The Thupelo approach is to teach by example. There is no routine, time table, end result, competition or curriculum to follow or refer to. There are no teachers or students. We are all artists seeking images and ways to make them happen. Artists are required to initiate everything for themselves.

The resident artists will be available for studio visits and we will be having workshops concerning the art scene in Cape Town as well as equipping artists with skills to navigate their careers effectively.”

Throughout the month the visiting artists were privileged to have talks with former AVA   (Association of Visual Arts; www.ava.co.za ) director, Estelle Jacobs, concerning positioning themselves for meetings with gallerists. Greatmore Studios administrator André Barnard led a successful workshop about how artists can position themselves as businessmen in the art industry. A similar more comprehensive workshop open to art practitioners outside of those artists resident at the studios is scheduled for December. For more information contact André at artmore@mweb.co.za Greatmore Studios committee member Jill Trappler conducted a walkabout with the artists within the studio space birthed meaningful critical dialogue around the work of the artists.

For short vignettes from the visiting artists narrating their creative process during the April Mentoring Month please visit our website. The next mentoring month is due to kick off in August and applications are currently being taken. For more information about the criteria for the workshop please email artmore@mweb.co.za

TAG would like to congratulate one of the participating artists, Rudolph Tshie on his pARTage residency in Mauritius from the 25 May to the 15 July 2007.He will be joined by artists from Zanzibar and Sri-Lanka.

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#Do a little good

The artists at Greatmore Studios are very serious about using their practice to uplift the community around them. In this issue TAG looks at the artistic contributions that four visiting artists have made in various communities in Cape Town

Workshop: Visual and textual Communication Workshop for artist-run spaces Greatmore Studios

Artist: Paul Hendrikse

Nationality: Dutch

“My workshop was targeted at various artists, art practitioners and art administrators that provided them with an opportunity to share in my experiences with visual communication from the perspective of project space Artis that I used to run in the Netherlands (www.artisdenbosch.nl). Artis is one of the artist run spaces that started in the eighties in the Netherlands out of a need from artists to create a new platform next to the gallery and museum with a different aim and interest. Together with a group of artists we took over the space in 2002 after it had been run by two curators in the former fifteen years of its existence. Artis has been operating for over twenty years now.

During the workshop, participants were encouraged to discuss the use and aims of printed matter for small organizations. At Artis we decided that ego-documents, brochures that are used as invites with the work of one or two artists, would be a good way of making an exhibition (next to the real one) on paper. The invites contained a text that was written for the exhibition. A part of the number of invitations was given to the artist. In the afternoon as a practical outcome of the workshop we worked on a series of wristbands. The idea came from a smilar project i inititaed in Alexandra during my  residency at the Bag Factory in Johannesburg. The idea for using wristbands emerged as a different approach to spreading information. The big advantage of wristbands was that the information was carried with the person for a while before it would disappear. Also the wristbands created a kind of festival feeling."

Paul’s complete work that he began in residency at Greatmore Studios is due to be exhibited during the E-Kapa sessions in November at the CAPE Platform

Workshop: Collaborative workshop between weavers and printmakers Communication Workshop for artist-run spaces Philani

Artist: Nomthunzi Mashalaba

Nationality: South African

“My idea was to have an amalgamation of two different media/artistic practices in an effort to explore different traditions that will hopefully result in some fresh, unique creative designs. The aim was to have individuals engage in different forms of creative design in both unconventional and conventional ways. The two groups of weavers and printmakers were asked to introduce to the other group how they carried out their practice.

With only half of the agreed on participants present we had a slow start. We explored new drawing techniques and later on worked on the boards and then printed the new designs…The greatest challenge was trying to explain to the participants that the aim was to work towards a finished product as it was to simply improve their creative and experimental skills."

Nomthunzi Mashalaba is a recent graduate from the Tswane University of Technology who opened her show of SQUARE-mixed media installation at Blank Projects this month. Nomthunzi was a visiting artist at Greatmore Studios from January-March 2007).  Whose work explores aspects of identity by combining culturally loaded images and materials in her installations, this young artist explores various aspects of her identity. For more information on the exhibition please email blankprojects@gmail.com

Workshop: Craft workshop for children at Sarah Fox home Athlone

Artist: Rebecca Glover

Nationality: British

“I ran a small workshop in April for the children at Sarah Fox convalescent home in Athlone. The purpose of the workshop was to simply provide the children with a simple and fun creative session, a change from their usual routine. We made beautiful little paper Mache butterflies from colourful pieces of tissues paper. Overall it went well but it was quite clear that the children found it fairly hard to focus for any length of time unless they had individual attention from a member of staff.”

Workshop: Children’s painting and drawing Workshop Woodstock

Artist: Rudolph Tshie

Nationality: South African

 “The children who participated( five boys and five girls between the ages of 8 and 13) were asked to produce two drawings and two paintings on the day, one drawing and one painting had to be of the same theme …but since kids are kids they felt to do what they thought was right for them. I was keen for them to explore themes around family….having been exposed to Capetonian children through art reach, has been a tremendous excitement truly.”

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#Making the connection

May finds resident artist Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi returning to the studios after a short residency at the Cumbria Institute of the Arts, in North West England. The program aimed at encouraging cultural exchange and community arts workshops between South Africa and England. During his residency Ndikhumbule accompanied by fellow South African artist Lonwabo Kilani participated in an evocative international exhibition entitled Legacy that celebrate 200 years of abolition of slavery. Following an intensive historical and cultural research of Cumbria the two artists initiated workshops in school encouraging the children to create work that showed the contrast and similarities between South African and English culture.

Commenting on his trip Ndikhumbule noted that,

“It has been a great trip with mind opening discoveries ad a successful residency. Charles Mitchell from Cumbria Institute of the Arts is dedicated to organising community art residencies and exchanges, and is looking forward to working with Greatmore Studios…art is serious in Cumbria. It is part of people’s daily lives. You can go to any old house and you will witness that people’s lives and history is frequently told using art forms; their family trees are in the form of paintings.”

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#Unlocking potential through art

This May the South African Police have identified a skills development project that will see artists currently resident at the Greatmore Studios initiate art workshops with at risk children (former victims of alcoholism, divorce, sexual and physical) in the community at the Woodstock Learning Centre. The aim of the project is to see children emerging from broken homes currently placed in foster homes and orphanages coming to the centre to learn art skills and techniques amongst other vocational skills, in an effort to channel their energy into constructive projects that will see latent potential encouraged.                                                                        

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arrivals & departures

#Greatmore Studios welcomes new intern Mishkaah Roberts

The Greatmore Studios Visual Arts and Networking Internship Program provides tertiary learners, recent graduates, graduate students, and seniors with practical work experience and in-depth training in the art and culture management profession. Working under the supervision of our coordinator Jill Trappler,  interns will be provided with an opportunity to contribute to timely projects, gain insight into the functions of community based art organisations, and learn about managing the visiting artists residency programme, open studio exhibitions, and how to secure funding for various projects. Artists have been working from the studios in Woodstock for eight years and during this time a successful arts administration system has been developed. This project in the main provides young people with some knowledge in administration, knowledge of art and /or art history, an opportunity to consolidate their experience in art administration.

Greatmore Studios offers six month winter and summer internships, as well as a twelve-month internship to two capable persons a year. The summer and winter internships require a minimum commitment of four days per week and are unpaid.

The unique opportunity allows interns to live in Cape Town and gain opportunities to examine the roles, functions, and activities of a wide range of art professionals and institutions. After their hands-on training program, select interns have the opportunity to provide talks at various art institutions about art management as they have experienced it.

Greatmore Studios encourages candidates from diverse backgrounds and academic disciplines to apply. This month we are delighted to welcome to the administrative team,  Mishkaah Roberts who has a background in drama and is currently completing her diploma in early child development. We look forward to the unique contribution she will make to operations at the studios.

This May 2007 Greatmore Studios welcomes practicing artist Lesego Moncho from the North West of South Africa, and Scottish artist Dana Hargrove as part of our new Visiting Artists Programme (VAP).

Dana Hargrove

Background: “I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland - although I consider Dundee my hometown, it is a short drive up the coast from Edinburgh.”

Dana Hargrove is currently an assistant professor of art at Rollins College in Florida. She initially moved to the USA to pursue her masters in Fine Art.

Why we love her work: Ms. Hargrove’s paintings and mixed media work draw on the natural landscape, a feature that in Scotland holds great significance. Positioning herself as an observer Dana’s layered work concerns its self with ideas that frame our perception of the land and our sense of place and space. In the past she has worked in various media including large scale site specific sculptures that not only appeal to the viewer on an aesthic level, but also have political undercurrents. One primary theme that Dana explores is the abstraction of the media, various maps that open up discussions on microcosm/macrocosm and war games.

"The apparently innocent space that is in actual fact strategically systemized within our urban existence is an interesting contradiction that I enjoy exploring. I lift and adapt visuals to document the way we often disconnect and fail to see this contradiction. Removing the innocence by reframing within an art context is a tactic whereby I can relocate the image from something we have learnt to accept to something that demands to be questioned in a more critical way.

Through my work I inspire viewers to be more thoughtful in their approach to the everyday and become more connected with their own experience. This heightens the awareness of how that experience is digested and curtailed by a variety of strictures evident in our daily lives such as the media, systems of charting, the manmade structures that try to organize and make sense of the lives we are living."

For more information concerning this artist please visit her website at www.danahargrove.com

Lesego Moncho

Background: Lesego is a practising artist from the North West who has had much experience teaching, and is an active participant of various heritage projects around the country.

Why we love his work: Despite a challenging background with limited resources, Lesego has managed to focus on his art practice and produce a body of work that displays his skill and mature use of abstraction in depicting figures. With a limited palette of mostly warm earthy colours, Lesego’s pieces ranges form oil on canvas to mixed media, displaying a sophisticated understanding of form; his love for music is also strongly embedded in his work.

“My artworks are largely intimate reflections of a creative engagement with particular physical and social environments. I like to think my work is honest and true.”

Also visiting us in the studios is a familiar face to the Cape Town art scene, Vuyile Voyiya. His expertise in the art world is most welcome and is expected to set a pulse at the studios.Vuyile is currently exhibiting his most recent work in an exhibition at the Association of Visual Arts (AVA) under the title Resonance. This body of prints is said to explore the formal aspects of movement and the figure in space. A collaborative exhibition is planned for the end of the artists’ three month residency.

Please keep posted to the website for more details. To learn more about applying for residency at Greatmore Studios please visit our website www.greatmoreart.org                  

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in the loop

 
#Madi Phala’s work to be exhibited in Cape Town

Madi Phala, who was an active resident artist at Greatmore Studios, was brutally murdered earlier this year leaving a strong collection of work behind. In an effort to raise funds for a trust fund in his name that is hoped to benefit his surviving children, the Association of Visual Arts (AVA) has volunteered to host an exhibition of his latest work at their premises in Church Street in the coming months. The details concerning the date of the proposed exhibition are still to be finalised. Keep posted to the Greatmore website and monthly TAG newsletters for more details.

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#Going the distance

In April we were delighted that two co-directors of the Bag Factory*, Sam Nhlengethwa and Kagiso Pat Mautloa, exhibited their work at the launch of the Goodman Gallery Cape in Woodstock in an exhibition entitled 'Lift Off' that ran until 28 April 2007. For more information on the new gallery, please visit the website http://www.goodmangallerycape.com. In early June these artists alongside famed artist David Koloane and Diane Hyslop will also exhibit their most recent work at the Polokwane Art Museum in a show entitled Double 07

*A sister organisation of Greatmore Studios based in Johannesburg

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#Kuona Trust hosts a 2^nd International Women’s Workshop

Kuona Trust, a visual art organisation that falls under the Triangle Arts Trust, recently hosted its second International Women’s workshop with the view of exchanging ideas and cultural knowledge in a creative environment. Held at the Elsa Mere Center in the shore of Lake Naivasha on the Kenyan Rift Valley, this year’s workshop drew participants from Egypt, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Senegal, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Ghana and eight local women artists from Kenya to explore their creative process. For further details on this workshop please visit the Kuona Trust website at www.kuonatrust.org .

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#Domboramwari Art Village Residence Program 

Domboramwari Art Village in Zimbabwe is a non profit organization promoting the visual arts through workshops and an artist residency program. Initiated by former visiting sculptor to Greatmore Studios Mambakwedza Mutasa and his brother Chenjerai, the space strives to provide meeting points that are conducive for artists working in all art disciplines, from diverse cultural backgrounds, to explore experiment and share inspiration. From the month of May, Domboramwari Art Village will host a revolving artists’ residency program. The unique opportunity is hoped to include trips around the country giving artists a chance to explore areas of interest and get involved in various outreach projects in the community. There are possible opportunities for artists to exhibit their most recent body of work at the Zimbabwe National Gallery. For more information concerning this programme please email domboramwariarts@yahoo.com or telephone 00 27 76 177 6020 or 00 263 11 761033. Artists are required to be self funded.

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Opportunities in residency, competitions & exhibition opportunities

#Emerging artists invited to submit applications for Mentoring Workshop in August 2007

In an initiative to honour the contribution that established artists can have on a group of younger artists, Greatmore Studios this August hosts its second mentorship workshop for a pool of young local and international emerging artists to spend an intense month at the studios. This initiative will serve as an incubator and stimulant to the mentees to produce work that is both intriguing and challenging as well as to cultivate confidence and artistic integrity. The month long workshops will afford the artists a unique opportunity to interact with professional artists who have a rich and wide experience .The experience will give some of the young artists their first opportunity to showcase their work in progress in a collaborative exhibition at the end of the workshop. Artists participating in the programme will also have access to a growing library of art journals and a computer laboratory at Greatmore Studios with internet access- basic computer training will be offered. Interested candidates are asked to send a curriculum vita, appropriate identification, images of recent artwork, a personal statement and relevant references to artmore@mweb.co.za. Click here to download pdf version of application form  .For more information visit www.greatmoreart.org . The deadline for submission is 15 June 2007.

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#Greatmore Studios’ revolving Visiting Artists Programme calls for applications

Our studios situated in Woodstock are committed to the development of the arts, and are calling for applications for artists from across the world for places available in our Visiting Artist Residency Programme starting in September 2007 until the end of November 2007. The programme will provide an opportunity for successful artists to spend three months in Cape Town, South Africa, developing new work, and working towards a collaborative exhibition at the end of their stay. Interested candidates are asked to send a curriculum vita, appropriate identification, images of recent artwork, a personal statement and relevant references to artmore@mweb.co.za. Click here to download pdf version of application form  .For more information visit www.greatmoreart.org .

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#Bag Factory South Africa ongoing Residencies Johannesburg, South Africa

The residency programme at the Bag Factory allows artists from around the world to spend a period of three months working in a collective of artists' studios based in downtown Johannesburg. The programme offers you the opportunity to interact with local artists, to expand your network internationally and to experience a climate of cultural diversity. Working at the studios, you will get to know the permanent artists at the Bag Factory, the city of Johannesburg and something about the art world in South Africa. Applicants should not expect to profit financially from their stay in South Africa, as this is cultural development programme. To learn more go to http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/

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#Call for applications for artist-in-residence at ComPeung Thailand

ComPeung: Village of Creativity is a non-profit artist-in-residence program in Thailand that was founded early 2006 by art professionals who strongly believe that places that defy the mainstream art's "obsession" with commerce rather than content are needed. ComPeung invites interested artists to submit their individual or collaborative proposals for a residency at ComPeung. For more information about this unique residency opportunity visit www.compeung.org or contact the team at ComPeung by email compeung@yahoo.com. Located just outside of Chiang Mai (Doi Saket) with its ever growing vibrant art scene, ComPeung aspires to be one of these places, open to all who share the seriousness and the compassion for creativity as well as provide a forum for artists to question the role of art and the position of artists in postmodern society.

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#Call for applications at the Chinese European Art Center China

Since 2001 the Chinese European Art Center has an Artist in Residence Program that invites select artists from different countries whose work is of interest to a Chinese art public to take up residency. The group of participating artists includes visual artists, writers, architects and musical composers. For more information: website: http://www.ceac99.com/  or email: ceac99@vip.35.com or info@ceac99.com4. Deadline for applications is open.

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#Young Curators' Workshop at UCT

The Centre for African Studies at UCT has launched a set of workshops aimed at providing Cape Town's emerging curators and other artist practitioners with the knowledge and skills they need to curate their own exhibitions. The workshops will be led by some of the country's top curatorial minds. Regular workshop participants will also get the opportunity to curate a short show to get practical experience of the difficulties in funding, organising and curating an exhibition. As well as presenting a series of exhibitions, the workshops aim to encourage interaction between fresh minds from around the city, from a variety of disciplines, forging links that will provide participants with the connections they need to launch exciting exhibitions in the future. For more information contact Linda Stupart on 084 753 4940 or at linda.stupart@gmail.com

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#2007 Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Art Competition

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is inviting South African artists to submit proposal for artwork to decorate the walls of the Lower Station with relevant to the Table Mountain. Each of the tow walls is 7, 950 m by 1830m with the format of the design submitted must be drawn to scale (79.5cm x 18.3 cm).  The winning artists will receive a cash prize totalling R 30 000.00 in addition to media exposure as well as having the opportunity to have their mural on display for two years. Applications should include a motivation explaining the relevance and conceptual background of how the artwork relates to Table Mountain as well as a full CV of all the artists involved and a brief a time table fitting in the project deadlines. Deadline for proposals is 20 July 2007 with the mural due to be complete from by September 26. For more information please contact Collette van Aswegen at (021) 424 0015
or email collette@tablemountain.net.

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#Spier Contemporary 2007 Call for entries

In December 2007 The African Center will host an exhibition featuring major South African visual artists that will be the first in a series of biannual exhibitions of its kind held at the Spier Estate. The selected artwork is hoped to travel to venues across South Africa during 2008 and 2009.All artists over the age of 21 who are permanently resident in South Africa are invited to enter. 100 artists will be selected each of whom will receive R3000. Artists are advised that all forms of artwork are encouraged-large installation work can be accommodated in the landscapes. Application forms are available on the website at www.spiercontemporary.co.za and can be submitted delivered to one of the selection centres or posted to the Spier Contemporary Office, PO Box 137 Stellenbosch 7603.For more enquires email info@iafricacentre.net or phone 0218813116. Deadline for submissions is 31 August 2007.

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#Sasol New Signatures Invites Entries

The New Signatures competition is a competition open to emerging artists, 18 years and older in South Africa that has a history of succeeding in launching the careers of many of South Africa's established and respected contemporary artists. This year Sasol is calling on all emerging South African artists to unleash their creative talents and submit applications to enter this year's competition which carries total prize money of R100 000, comprising an overall first prize of R60 000, a runner-up award of R15 000 and five merit awards of R5000 each. The competition is open to, who have not yet held a solo exhibition (apart from an exhibition being held for academic purposes). Artists are invited to submit one or two art works at six venues in major venues across the country or via email. The deadline for email entries is 6 June 2007.

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#Call for applications to participate in the Insaka International Artist Workshop 2007 Zambia

Insaka International Artists Workshop in Zambia is set to kick off on 25 July 2007 until 7 August 2007. All interested artists who wish to participate in the workshop are invited to submit their applications. Deadline for applications is 15 June 2007. Visit www.artshost.org/insaka for more information or email Zenzele Chulu at insakartists@yahoo.com . The selection of artists is made by the working committee artists. Selected artists will be asked to pay a participation fee.

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