FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE ARTS & CULTURE TRUST (ACT) ANNOUNCES JESSICA DENYSCHEN AS INTERIM CEO With the departure of our outgoing CEO, Marcus Desando, the ACT is excited to announce that Jessica Denyschen has been appointed as the interim CEO of the Trust, as part of the continuity process of the organisation. In
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE ARTS & CULTURE TRUST (ACT) BIDS FAREWELL TO CURRENT CEO MARCUS DESANDO AS HE TAKES ON THE DIRECTORSHIP OF THE ESTEEMED PRINCE CLAUS FUND FROM JANUARY 2022 The ACT expresses gratitude to CEO Marcus Desando for his visionary work at the Trust and excitement as he embarks
EU DELEGATION TO SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTS THE ARTS & CULTURE TRUST (ACT) WARRIOR WALL PROJECT Johannesburg: The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) recently embarked on an initiative to realise the Arts & Culture Warrior Wall project, a two-phase Arts & Culture legacy initiative over two months, having started in September “Heritage month” and ending later this month
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE ARTS & CULTURE TRUST (ACT) ANNOUNCES THE OUTCOMES FOR THE THUTHUKISANI PROGRAMME 2021, PROUDLY FUNDED BY NEDBANK {Thuthukisani is a call to action taken from the Zulu word Thuthukisa (verb) meaning develop} The ACT Thuthukisani programme is a programme designed to take 63 successful applicants from across South Africa on
A feast of Last Sunday Sessions By Heather Dugmore Creating something wonderful from nothing is the art of the artist and that’s how LwandoSessions was born. ‘It literally started in our back yard where a bunch of neighbourhood musicians got together,’ says Cape Town-based musician, poet, activist and cultural entrepreneur Samantha Bekebeke,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE ARTS & CULTURE TRUST (ACT) THUTHUKISANI PROGRAMME 2021, PROUDLY FUNDED BY NEDBANK Arts and culture professionals have until this Friday, 3 September 2021 to apply for a place in the dynamic new ACT Thuthukisani Programme. Thuthukisani is a programme to empower a
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE ARTS AND CULTURE TRUST (ACT) PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE GRADUATES FOR THE ACT BUILDING BLOCKS PROGRAMME 2021 FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL (NAC) AND SUPPORTED BY SUN INTERNATIONAL AND EASTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL (ECPACC). The ACT Building Blocks Programme that ran from May to July
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE ARTS & CULTURE TRUST (ACT) ANNOUNCES THE THUTHUKISANI PROGRAMME 2021, PROUDLY FUNDED BY NEDBANK Thuthukisani is a programme to empower a selected group of artists to complete their chosen projects in a professional way. A total of 63 successful applicants, seven from each province in South Africa, will
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW PROGRAMME LAUNCH: THE ARTS AND CULTURE TRUST (ACT) ANNOUNCES THE OPEN CALL DATE FOR THE THUTHUKISANI PROGRAMME 2021, PROUDLY FUNDED BY NEDBANK The ACT team has been crafting away passionately at an exciting new programme, Thuthukisani, which will take successful applicants on a directed and purposeful journey through
ACT officially launched its new 5 year strategy on the 16th of April 2021. All new programmes will launch this October. Watch the launch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuyvoDmrhRI
