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2010

July

• - THE 13TH ANNUAL BASA AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

June

• - Business and Arts South Africa in the media

• - Hands On! Masks Off! recipient takes flight!

• - Speakeasy Vocal Academy impacts top theatre production

• - BASA Mentorship Building Capacity

• - Record Number of Entries for the 2010 Business and Arts Awards.

• - Australia and South Africa to sign film co-production agreement

• - Absa KKNK 2011: Production applications now open

• - VANSA has not one, not two but three exhibition openings!

• - Business and Arts South Africa in the media

May

• - BASA Artworks May Update

• - Supporting Grants from Business and Arts South Africa announced

• - Showcasing Port Elizabeth creative talent

• - World Renowned South African artist, Nicholas Hlobo experiments with the art of Sculpted paintings

• - Prosound Launches Sound School to Meet Market Demand

• - Third night of “Dinner In Nine Acts!”

• - Top playright puts prize into resucitating community theatre.

• - Deadline looms for major arts sponsorship awards.

• - Invitation to the official opening of Space.

• - Dr. Ivan May championing the Wits Legacy

• - Prosound delivers Stadium Audio for the FIFA World Cup

April

• - More time to enter Doritos ad competition

• - Exclusive Books peephole show makes a voyeur out of you.

• - Time for a Joyous Celebration once again.

• - Gala Dinner In Nine Acts with The South African Ballet Theatre and La Canard.

• - Business and Arts South Africa appoints new Marketing Manager

• - Native Nostalgia and Saracen at the Gates shortlisted for UJ Prize

• - THE Canopy at Narina Trogan.

• - Gigs International Arts Manager.

• - TBWA creates new look for Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School

• - Six-day Harare cultural tour package

• - The Trio Broz are here in SA.

• - Visual Arts Industry Opportunity Updates and News

• - Redha Is Here!

• - New Basa award to recognize philanthropy in the arts.

• - Celebrate 165 years of wisdom with Old Mutual at a Free Encounters concert.

March

• - Black and White magic in Sandton Central

• - Business, Brands & Culture

• - Freeworld Coatings comes on board as Title Sponsor for Grand Designs Live 2010

• - The Fleur du Cap winners are announced

• - The Piano Summit Press Release

• - Entry now open for new-look Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American

• - Entry now open for new-look Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American

• - Absa boosts KKNK and broader community with multimillion rand sponsorship

• - Old Mutual Comedy Encounters set to soar with line-up.

• - Telkom-supported artists to feature in Artists of Africa Exhibition

• - Busa Press Release

• - Calling all artists and creative practitioners

• - Sparking brand new ways to imagine social investment

• - Spier Contemporary 2010 opens

• - The Festival of Fame fast approaching

• - Business and Arts South Africa on the silver screen!

• - Young Artists Keeping art – fit for National Arts Festival, Grahamstown

• - Family festival offerings at Out the Box

• - FNB Dance Umbrella 2010 – the second week

• - Stars sparkle at 7th Naledi Theatre Awards

• - Registration for Nedbank and DALRO scholarships open

• - Plascon Prism Awards call on creatives

• - Fabulous entertainers for the Fleur du Cap 2010

• - Festival of choices: The ABSA KKNK turns 16

• - Joburg Theatre’s space.com Steps Up!

• - 10th SAJE Jazz Conference

• - Dance productions for Out the Box

• - Opportunities for artists at the new Makarapa Factory

• - SA National Youth Orchestras - 2010 Applications now open

• - Long journey back to confidence for black South Africans

• - Top entertainers for Naledi Awards

February

• - The South African Ballet Theatre Challenges Business

• - Writers gather for Time of the Writer festival

• - It’s almost time for Out the Box

• - Absa challenges creatives to take courage

• - 18th Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival – 2010

• - ACT Development Programme in KZN

• - piece at the Design Indaba

• - Festival of Fame - National School of the Arts

• - Eagles Experience (Showtime Australia) at Sibaya Casino

• - Minister Xingwana to launch a Language Awareness campaign

• - One week to go - The 2010 Flux Trend Review

• - Absa L’Atelier submission period fast approaching

• - Auditions for new Incubator Students

• - Do Design Indaba

• - Carving out an exciting new niche for local art in the Cape vineyards

• - RENDEZVOUS focus original lithography

• - Market Theatre seeks Marketing Manager

• - Speaking South African to the World

• - Top plays come to the fore at the Naledis

• - Deadline looms for entries for the CTIBC

• - Discover the trends that will shape business in 2010

• - Playhouse holds schools season auditions

• - HIGH STANDARDS IN MUSIC COMPETITION

• - Master Class and Board Seminar at the Baxter

• - Fleur du Cap nominations are out

• - British Council to host Producers Workshop

• - Franschhoek Literary Festival: Programme Teaser

• - Writers workshop part of Dance Umbrella

• - International teachers to give master classes

• - FNB Dance Umbrella 2010 launches

• - The Bonfire of the Vanities

• - Russian Flavour in Finals

• - Open hearts are turning brass into pure gold

• - CLASSICFEEL dances into 2010 in high fashion

• - Arts Sponsorship more than doubled since 2001

• - Call for music project proposals, bursaries and scholarships

• - Call for submissions for Durban Filmmart

• - Franschhoek Literary Festival Preparing For Buzzing Book-Weekend: 14 - 16 May 2010

• - Vacancy for Graphic Designer

• - ‘Black Bull, Ancestors and Me’ receives Honor Status in 2010 Stonewall Book Awards

January

• - BASA Today’s new host delivers culture-packed show

• - SA Minister’s new deal at MIDEM

• - Mmino call for applications

• - Social investment is much more than writing a cheque

• - Minister’s opening speech at MIDEM

• - Spier Contemporary 2010 Artists for Exhibition

• - Africa through an artist’s eyes

• - Stellar SA line-up takes centre stage at MIDEM

• - Applications open for ACT Festival Grants

• - Ephraim Ngatane’s work on exhibition at the Standard Bank Gallery

• - Applications open for Talent Campus Durban

• - Call for ad hoc project managers

• - Bay artists get creative on use of old buildings

• - Entries are invited for L’Atelier Competition

• - African Footprint holds auditions

• - 25th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition

• - Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival 2010 Conductors Appointed

• - TBWA Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg made Cannes history

• - Vacancy at Jungle Theatre

2009

December

• - Prosound ends 2009 on resoundingly successful note

• - Congratulations to Ice Models

• - In Memorium

• - Durban International Film Festival is calling for entries

• - Aardklop soek ’n kundige uitvoerende hoof

• - Prestigious choir fest crowns national champs

• - Let it Out – It’s in You

• - Zanusi CEO gets top honour at BBQ awards

• - Mzansi Productions offer opportunities for dancers

• - ABSA KKNK turns loss into a profit and boosts bums on seats

• - Award-winning plays for 2010 Absa KKNK

• - National Eisteddfod academy - Young Performers Showcase 2009

• - National Arts Festival Eyes FIFA World Cup Audience After Positive Results

• - National Arts Festival Fringe application deadline looms

• - Call for papers for a special issue of the SATJ

• - South Africa takes centrestage as Country of Honour at 2010 MIDEM

• - CLASSICFEEL wins a coveted PICA Award

• - Goodman Gallery showcases at global art fair

November

• - Mercedes-Benz South Africa throws weight behind local creative’s in 2009

• - Standard Bank responds to SABT call for support

• - Revitalised AIRCO announces renewed focus

• - An invite for Cape Town creatives

• - Part-time lecturers needed at TUT

• - Transnet supports Eastern Cape Theatre

• - Free State Arts and Culture Indaba

• - Mozart meets the people

• - Sterling set to sizzle at Nederburg concert

• - Arts Bus tours extended to end December

• - International opportunities for artists

• - Handspring Puppet Company book launch

• - Nominations for Western Cape Arts & Culture Achievement Awards

• - The South African Ballet Theatre (SABT) – URGENT CALL FOR FUNDING

• - Presidency invests in young sculptor’s work

• - Artspeak Eastern Cape Invitation

• - Joburg International Mozart Festival Programme

• - ACT Top 10 announced at 5-star luncheon

• - Craft and Design Centre Gauteng (CDC-G) Call for Applications

• - Cracking Walls: Goethe-Institut tears down its wall

• - Added Value from Radio Today

• - 2010 Standard Bank Young Artist Award Winners Embody Cross-Pollinated Creativity

• - Paul Emannuel wins Africa-in-Motion Award

• - SA should be creative design hub

• - Innovative research conference at Wits

• - CLASSICFEEL helps to break down cultural barriers

October

• - Africa benefits from Standard Bank Young Artist Kesivan Naidoo’s jazz tour

• - Zulu Dance Championships and Cultural Fair

• - Calling for entries for Musho festival

• - Cultural Policy Seminar Call for Applications

• - Dance your way into a job

• - SAMA 16 entries begin

• - Thuthuka Jewellery Competition 2009 Winners Announced

• - Creative students get financial kickstart at CIT:Y Festival

• - The Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll

• - Case Study: Ostrich Resurrected in Clanwilliam

• - Steering the arts to greater heights - written by Chris Thurman

• - Book now for Vega’s music appreciation evenings

• - GIPCA Fellowships 2010 are open for application

• - Residencies for visiting international artists in Venice

• - Schools produce their first newspapers

• - Webber Wentzel Young Artists of the Year winners

• - Cracking Walls Exhibition: Borders

• - Sappi announces seven Ideas that Matter grants for social good

• - Professional practice workshop for visual artists

• - Gauteng Diwali goes off with a bang

• - Third Boardbank SA session delivers more spot-on arts and business matchmaking!

• - The Spier Contemporary 2010 deadline is fast approaching

• - World Summit on Arts and Culture - Final Reflection

• - Handel’s Greatest Hits

• - Dada Masilo’s Romeo and Juliet explodes onto Baxter stage end October

• - Transnet choirs compete in choral music show

• - Are you the next big thing in SA music?

• - JOWZI - Senzo Nhlapo

• - Transitions exhibition comes to Spier

• - World Summit on Arts and Culture Reflection