Im4theArts celebrates one year anniversary with a call to artists to join!

On Martin Luther King Day 2020, the President of Im4theArts, South African opera and indigenous jazz doyenne Sibongile Mngoma stood up and said, “NO MORE!”  She created a Facebook group (Im4theArts) and invited friends and colleagues to come together and look at fresh ways that the creative industries could work together as a collective, starting … Read more

IM4THEARTS RAISES CONCERNS REGARDING DSAC’S HANDLING OF RELIEF

PRESS RELEASE  Im4theArts is a vehicle to mobilise artists and people who make their living within the cultural and creative industries to participate actively in bringing about meaningful change within the sector and in society at large. Im4theArts is highly concerned about the manner in which the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) is … Read more

Election Update: National Officials Nominations

The Interim Steering Committee of Im4theArts has received 6 nominations for the seven positions as National Officials (the executive) on the NSC, coming from 5 provinces, 4 men and 2 women. The date for nominations closed on 2 September 2020. We do not have sufficient numbers yet to call an election. We are aware that … Read more

Demystifying arts advocacy: priorities & strategies

Join our weekly conversation. Wednesday 9 September at 19h00 on the Im4theArts Facebook Group page. Alison Lazarus  MA Cultural and Media Studies Consultant in the education, peace-building and developments sectors. Taught Drama in the 1980s at high school level, contributed to curriculum development for formal education, initiator of community theatre initiatives. Currently  focused on integrating arts, … Read more