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Struggling actors feel abandoned by government

MASEGO MAFATA Originally published on GroundUp When the first lockdown was announced in March last year, theatres across the country went dark. A number of theatres have not reopened. Even before lockdown, theatres were struggling for…

Poetry, music, art at Garden Sessions

GARDEN Sessions is back in East London for its eighth edition at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery this weekend. Started by Flowersmile Development eight years ago, the family-friendly event’s objective is to showcase and promote local art…

Taking a jab: Ghanaian artist Priscilla Kennedy embroidered figures of semi-naked women on scarves. Picture: SUPPLIED

Artists use awards to highlight African women’s pain

By MARY CORRIGALL African female artists’ demand for change was a recurring theme at the Absa L’Atelier exhibition, writes Mary Corrigall Women are treated like cattle. That is the implied message behind Maral Bolouri’s award-winning…

COASTING ALONG: Lisa Jones’s array of products from local crafters and artists are all featured on www.thewildcoasttradingcompany.co.za. Jones hopes to expand the online store and involve as many local artists and crafters, before launching internationally Picture: SUPPLIED

Online boost for EC arts and crafts

Wild Coast Trading Company provides national platform LISA Jones’s online store, The Wild Coast Trading Company, has been giving local artists and crafters a platform to market their wares since it started in July. The online store has…

Studio on the hunt for talented young artists

THE BAG Factory Artists’ Studios has kicked off its first ever Non-Metropolitan Mentorship Programme for emerging artists. The programme is aimed at young emerging visual artists from areas outside of the traditional metropolitan “art”…