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Full members of Im4theArts in Western Cape are invited to nominate any other full member of Im4theArts in their province to the position of Provincial Representative, to serve and represent the province on the National Steering Committee. The Western Cape – by virtue of having more than 200 members – may elect a second representative. Please note … Read more
Learn more about the proposed National Theatre and Dance Policy and find out how YOU can contribute to shaping the future of theatre and dance in South Africa. Join us live on Facebook on Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 February at 18h00
Im4theArts seeks answers from the National Arts Council (NAC) about the missing R17 Million, which was allocated to the Covid-19 Provincial Partnerships. In December 2020, the NAC informed the sector that it had R17 Million surplus from the Covid 19 Relief Fund call they had made in 2020. In January 2021, the NAC made a call for applications from potential partners to assist with distributing … Read more
Programme – Online & in person regional & national workshops – free to all this Spring. Personal Resilience (3 – 5 September). Entrepreneurial Resilience (11 – 12 September). Creative Resilience (18 – 19 September). Financial Resilience (25 – 26 September). PERSONAL RESILIENCE ENTREPRENEURIAL RESILIENCE CREATIVE RESILIENCE FINANCIAL RESILIENCE
30 April marked the end of our freedom month and the 59th day of unprecedented protest in the arts fraternity. Since March 3, Sibongile Mngoma and other creatives (now Abahlali base NAC) initiated a sit-in at NAC seeking answers to the maladministration with regards to the disbursement of PESP funding (view the sit-in timeline here). … Read more
DAY 60 – SAT 1 MAY 2021 Abahlali end their sit-in at National Arts Council. DAY 59 – FRI 30 APRIL 2021 DAY 59 SURVIVOR NAC PAY THE PESP MONEY. IT’S THE END OF APRIL AND THE NAC HAS FAILED TO COMPLETE THE PESP PROCESS. THEY WILL COME OUT AGAIN WITH AN UPDATE TODAY AND … Read more
At the end of 2020, the Im4theArts Arts Education working group, which had been meeting regularly to share developments in the field, launched the TakaThuto21 campaign which intends to safeguard our youth’s potential through creativity. We believe that the arts should be available to everyone, everywhere, and the best place to begin is in every … Read more
Western Cape mobilises in solidarity with the creative practitioners at the NAC sit-in, KZN elects provincial committee, North West starts preparing a programme of action pending MEC’s response to issues raised, & Limpopo poised for provincial elections. Western Cape In the past month, attention has been directed towards solidarity with the creative practitioners at the … Read more
Artists and creative practitioners are suffering after more than a year without proper support from the national Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, and with severe mismanagement of the relief efforts that have happened so far. While most national relief attempts have been inadequate in the face of the complete devastation of the industry over the past year, … Read more
Iam4the Arts calls for civil society to support the arts community in South Africa and for artists to join in solidarity with those who are sitting-in at the NAC offices. STATEMENT FROM THE IM4THEARTS NSC – ARTISTS LIVES MATTER: IT’S TIME TO STEP UP Through its message #ArtistsLivesMatter, we campaign for society to step up … Read more