Media release for immediate release –21 May 2024
The Arts & Culture Trust announces the Nyoloha Scholarship Programme T-shirt design competition
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) invites young creatives to participate in a competition to design the 2024 limited edition ACT Nyoloha Scholarship Programme (NSP) T-shirt, capturing the spirit of this programme. To find out more about the ACT NSP, visit act.org.za/nyoloha.
If you have a flair for design or you enjoy being creative, then it’s time to get your artistic juices flowing. Think fresh, think funky – it’s time to make a visual statement! We’re looking for a youthful T-shirt design that reflects the 2024 programme theme: #NyolohaAfrica: Our canvas, our voice, our future.
Have you always dreamt of what a future South Africa could look like? Perhaps a never-never land – think Wakanda in Black Panther. Now is the opportunity to reimagine South Africa through your voice and creativity. Think African modes of storytelling, performance, and visual art connected with immersive technologies. Whether it’s striking visuals, inspiring typography, African prints and patterns, or thought-provoking artwork, let your creativity run wild while making a powerful statement!
What’s in it for you? Not only will you contribute to a meaningful cause, but you’ll also receive fantastic prizes. Imagine your design being featured on the official 2024 ACT NSP merchandise, gaining recognition on our social media platforms, receiving an MTN merchandise hamper and earning R2 500 in cash!
‘We encourage budding artists, creatives and young people between the ages of 18 and 35 years with a flair for innovative expression to let their imagination for a future Africa bourgeon,’ says ACT CEO, Jessica Denyschen. ‘We encourage them from concept to the visible expression of their art and vision,’ she continues.
It’s so easy to enter. Begin by creating a captivating and original design for the ACT NSP inspired by the theme #NyolohaAfrica: Our canvas, our voice, our future. Submit your original design digitally, in high-resolution PDF, at act.org.za/nyolohacompetition before midnight 30 June 2024. Multiple entries are not allowed. If you have any questions, email marketing@act.org.za. Only South African citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 years are eligible. Neither participants of the 2024 ACT NSP nor last year’s competition winners are allowed to enter. Terms and conditions apply.
Note that entering the competition means that you agree to our making your submission public for marketing purposes. Entering also allows for the public to vote for your design as part of the competition.
The ACT NCP is an undergraduate scholarship programme aimed at providing opportunities for school-leavers to pursue a tertiary qualification in the visual and performing arts. In partnership with Nedbank, Sun International, the Market Theatre, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation and the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation, ACT has offered scholarships since 2009. Following a 2-year interruption due to Covid-19, the 2022 relaunch of the programme took place in partnership with ACT’s long-term sponsors – Sun International, Nedbank, and Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) – under a new organisational strategy.
Through the programme, talented and ambitious young people from across the country are introduced to the world of professional arts through an intensive week of training, talks, and performances, culminating in a showcase and exhibition. Working with industry professionals and experts, participants gain valuable experience and the opportunity to work with other artists from different backgrounds.
Poovi Pillay, Head of Group Sponsorships and Cause Marketing at Nedbank, says: ‘Our artists are essential in helping us to reflect on society and who we are as human beings. South Africa has an abundance of young artists with wonderful intellectual capacity and talent.’ He continues: ‘We encourage you to share these qualities with us through this competition. You are our future and we believe in you. That is why we annually offer professional training and mentorship as part of the ACT NSP for up to 85 selected artists in the build-up to the finals.’
Heidi Edson, Group Socioeconomic Development Specialist at Sun International, says: ‘The ACT NSP provides an opportunity for qualifying talented and ambitious young people from across the country to study for an arts degree. In addition, the NSP also provides a platform for young creatives to launch their artwork by entering the Nyoloha T-shirt design competition.’
Let’s keep #ImpACTingFutures for tomorrow! To keep in touch with ACT, visit their website, follow them on X or like their Facebook page.
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SUBMITTED BY: Debra de Souza, debranne@icon.co.za, WhatsApp calls only: +27 82 822 9478.
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Over 30 years of arts support – Arts & Culture Trust
ACT is South Africa’s premier independent arts development and investment organisation. Its focus is to increase the capacity for arts and culture initiatives to create sustainable futures through development and investment in innovative, sustainable projects that make a meaningful contribution to society. Through structured development programmes, ACT provides support to all expressions of arts and culture, including literature, music, visual art, theatre and dance, and the support extends to festivals, community arts initiatives, management, education as well as administration. For more information visit the ACT website, follow them on X or like their Facebook page.
ABOUT NEDBANK
In partnership with ACT, the Nedbank Arts Affinity has donated more than R28 million to support over 830 arts, culture and heritage development projects countrywide. If you want to make a difference to the lives of talented young artists in South Africa, simply link your Nedbank Greenbacks to the Arts Affinity and Nedbank will donate money to ACT, at no cost to you. The Arts Affinity currently supports the ACT Nyoloha Scholarship Programme, the ACT Thuthukisani Programme and the ACT Tlholo Project. For more information, download the Nedbank Money app, visit any Nedbank branch, call us on 0860 555 111 or visit nedbankarts.co.za.
ABOUT BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA
BASA was founded in 1997 as a joint initiative between government and the private sector as part of a strategy to secure greater involvement in the arts and from businesses operating in South Africa. Constituted in terms of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, BASA is registered as a public benefit organisation. BASA champions business investment within the arts and cultural and heritage sector, driving focused and sustained partnerships by unlocking shared value and fostering social cohesion. For more information go to basa.co.za.
ABOUT SUN INTERNATIONAL
The Sun International brand has a proud legacy in the gaming, hospitality, conferencing, leisure and entertainment sectors. Sun International’s iconic properties, such as the world-famous Palace of The Lost City Hotel at Sun City and the magnificent Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town – situated on the water’s edge of the V&A Waterfront, have become synonymous with luxury, comfort and outstanding service, firmly establishing the group’s position as an internationally recognised premium brand.
Sun International’s diverse South African property portfolio includes 15 hotels, two premier resorts and 11 well-located casinos – all of which offer modern, fully equipped conferencing and banqueting facilities, while the Sun Vacation Club at Sun City is now a leading timeshare model in the country.
The group is also a local industry leader in online gaming offering the latest global technology in betting. Through its SunBet platform, Sun International also offers the most innovative and exciting online betting experience available.
The group has also set the standard for hosting events, and their world-class arenas remain the preferred venues for international events and shows. The three championship golf courses at the Sun City and Wild Coast Sun resorts regularly host large-scale golfing tournaments, including the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, which is now part of the European Tour.
Whatever the activity, all Sun International’s properties and facilities offer a quality experience supported by authentic personal service. MVG guests are rewarded with exclusive offers and preferential rates through the Most Valued Guest loyalty programme, designed exclusively for Sun International gaming patrons.
Sun International’s Most Valued Guest (MVG) programme celebrated its 30thanniversary in 2024, making it the oldest loyalty programme in the country. In February 2021 Sun International joined the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands and operator of an award-winning, multi-brand loyalty programme called ‘Discovery’. Through GHA, Sun International can now participate in a network with 17 million members that operate in 85 countries.
Sustainability and community involvement form an integral part of the group’s corporate culture. Through collaborative partnerships with government and local business, Sun International’s SED and environmental initiatives ensure scarce environmental resources are never wasted, and the group is committed to providing ongoing and meaningful support to vulnerable communities throughout South Africa.
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