2019 ACT | DALRO | Nedbank Scholarships Winners Announced
The Arts & Culture Trust is proud to announce the winners of the eleventh ACT | DALRO | Nedbank Scholarships programme which continues to raise the bar and break boundaries.
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The Arts & Culture Trust has been in existence for 25 years. In that time, ACT has built a reputation for itself as the country’s premier independent funder of the South African arts, culture and creative sector. We are taking this milestone occasion of a quarter-century of impactful work in the sector to rethink the
UP YOUR CREATIVE HUSTLE AT THE SEAFRICA CONFERENCE 2019
The 5th Showbiz Entertainment Africa (SEAfrica) conference is an annual event dedicated to the development and growth of the entertainment industry in Africa. With exhibitions and networking sessions, the SEAfrica conference is the ultimate business meeting place for industry start-ups/small business, talent, managers, entrepreneurs, students and other role players in the entertainment industry looking for
HAMBA KAHLE JOHNNY “WHITE ZULU” CLEGG
Former Acting Group CEO for SAMRO, Reverend Abe Sibiya, Johnny Clegg, Bronwen Harty – former ACT trustee and Rashid Lombard – ACT trustee. ACT Awards 2016, Lifetime Achievement Award for Music. 21 October 2016 Photograph: John Hogg/ ACT Johnny Clegg, the barrier-breaking music and culture figure dies at 66 The Arts & Culture
Lala ngoxolo mbokodo Nomhle Nkonyeni
David Dennis (l), Nomhle Nkonyeni (c), Eugenie Drakes (r) at the Arts & Culture Trust Awards, 22 February 2019 Image courtesy ACT/John Hogg. Nomhle Nkonyeni, who stood up against apartheid, using her craft of acting as a tool to speak against the regime passed away at 77 years-old after a prolific 58-year career.
OPEN CALL: Dancers invited to attend the ACT Creative (un)Conference
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) invites dancers to attend its Creative (un)Conference taking place on Saturday, 20 July in Maboneng, Johannesburg. The rigorous programme is a professional development workshop for dancers in their first 3 years of professional practice who are looking to raise their career profile and develop their business acumen as individual
OPEN CALL: Musicians invited to attend the ACT Creative (un)Conference
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) invites musicians to attend its Creative (un)Conference taking place on Saturday, 20 July in Maboneng, Johannesburg. The rigorous programme is a professional development workshop for musicians in their first five years of professional practice who are looking to raise their career profile and develop their business acumen.
OPEN CALL: Playwrights invited to attend the ACT Creative (un)Conference
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) and the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) invite playwrights to apply to attend a theatre making professional development workshop which forms part of ACT’s Creative (un)Conference. The rigorous programme includes practical guidance on the costs of staging a play presented by award-winning playwright, Mike van Graan. Mike will unpack the
OPEN CALL: ACT Development Grant in Literature
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is pleased to announce an open call for applications for the ACT Development Grant in Literature. Applications for the ACT Development Grant in Literature will be accepted until Sunday, 30 June 2019.
OPPORTUNITY: ACT Project Coordinator Vacancy
(Fixed term contract for 4 Months) The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT), South Africa’s premier independent arts, culture and creativity funding and development agency based in Johannesburg is looking for a well-organised, creative and results-oriented Project Coordinator for a limited contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and providing support to ACT’s special