SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2010

Call out for Visiting Artists to attend a residency at Greatmore Studios

Greatmore Art Studios is looking for artists from developing countries to apply for places on our Visiting Artist Residency Program. The programme will run from April – June 2011.

The residency includes studio space, accommodation, materials budget, daily stipends, outreach budget and an exhibition (including catalogue). Successful artists are expected to work in the studios and interact with other artists. Visiting artists are also xpected to complete an outreach project. Send your completed application form to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it no later than 15^th December 2010. Please send COMPLETE application.

Screening of Jill Trappler’s Floating Underwater Dreaming

The multi media digital work is a collaborative art piece made from 4 paintings and 4 pieces of music. The music was composed for a Birbyne – A Lithuanian reed instrument.

The screening will take pace on Friday 22^nd October at12h15. The duration of the film is 15 minutes followed by a Q&A.

Coffee and biscuits will be served.

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Board Meeting

 Greatmore held a Board Meeting on the 17 September  2010. Board members traveled from the UK and Johannesburg to attend. New members, Kadiatou Diallo and Malcolm Campbell were welcomed onto the Board. Isky Gordon remains as Chairman.The night prior to the meeting Greatmore opened its studios to friends and the public. Visitors were able to enter the studios of both local and visiting artists. The event was well attended and visitors enjoyed being able to speak to the individual artists. The gallery displayed a selection of works by current artists at Greatmore.

Intro to the new visiting artists

The new Visiting artist residency programme began at the beginning of October and will run until the end of November. On the 16^th October the new artists from Wales, UK, Montreal and Durban had a chance to present themselves, their work and their proposals to an audience in the Greatmore Gallery Space.

The diverse group are set to produce some innovative works while getting to learn about the Cape Town art scene.

Mentoring Month

At the end of a 2 week mentoring workshop sponsored by the Arts and Culture Trust, Orms Photographic and Exposure Gallery, an innovative and exciting exhibition was displayed in the Greatmore Gallery Space.

Call for entries – Commonwealth Residency Programme

The 2011 Commonwealth Connections residency programme is now open for entries.

In addition to visual artists, we are delighted to announce that applications are now invited from dance practitioners. For more information on eligible art forms, please visit our website.

Seven winning applicants will receive awards of up to £8,000 to develop their art in another Commonwealth country.

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INFECTING THE CITY 2011: TREASURE     

Seeking visual artists, designers, architects for a public arts project

Infecting The City – the Spier Public Arts Festival is themed ‘Treasure’ for 2011. The main aims of ITC are to turn the communal spaces of our City into stimulating, creative, truly public spaces, and to put socially engaged performance and art on the streets where they are accessible to everybody. The Festival (21 – 26 Feb), which gets high profile in the media, will overlap with the Design Indaba and will serve as a streetwise counterpoint to that event.

For more information contact:

Brett Bailey

Curator: Infecting The City

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