Historical Programmes - Arts & Culture Trust

Historical ACT Programmes

ACT Awards

The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Awards are held annually in recognition and celebration of excellence in South African arts, culture and creativity. Since 1998, the ACT Awards have celebrated many individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to cultural life in South Africa.

Building Blocks

The ACT Building Blocks Programme aims to build the capacity of South African artists and arts, culture and heritage organisations. The programme aims to strengthen the infrastructure that supports the sector. The ACT Building Blocks Programme achieves its aims by transferring skills in leadership, marketing, governance and monitoring & evaluation.

Creative 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 performers or choreographers.

Development Grant

The ACT Development Programme is the Arts and Culture Trust’s flagship programme and has been in existence since 1994. In 2017, the ACT Development Programme was changed to comprise of discipline-specific grants and postgraduate bursaries. With support from the Nedbank Arts Affinity, the ACT Development Programme has supported more than 800 organisations and projects nationwide over the past 25 years- a contribution valued at more than R23 000 000 in total.

DALRO | Nedbank Scholarships

Funded by Nedbank and the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO), supported by The Market Theatre Foundation and administered by the ACT, the ACT | DALRO | Nedbank Scholarships Programme strives to nurture young talent and provide tertiary education opportunities to young people who have their sights set on pursuing performance and visual arts training. Scholarships of R50 000 in the categories of visual art, singing, acting, musical theatre and dance are granted annually through this programme.