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2012

May

• - THE 15TH ANNUAL BUSINESS DAY BASA AWARDS DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 25TH

• - BASA Awards encourages media sponsorship

• - Small business encouraged to enter BASA Awards

• - DEUTSCHE BANK, A POSITIVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

• - Classical to contemporary arts projects across SA awarded BASA Supporting Grants

• - White Termite gets a little colour

• - BASA applications now in isiZulu and seSotho

April

• - 21-year Artist Proof Studio celebration

• - Sexy sounds at 2012 Standard Bank Jazz Fest

• - Business urged to sign up for valuable sponsorship workshops

• - Cirque at Joburg Theatre

• - ARTS UNBOUND

• - YCSA ENCOURAGES SCULPTORS TO REIMAGINE CONCRETE

• - Sector input encouraged for ACT | UJ Conference

• - Absa KKNK 2012: Kanna nominations

• - BASA workshops highlight all-important duties and liabilities

• - FTH:K kicks off national tour in KZN

• - FASHION REMODELS CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP-Suzaan Heyns

• - Dance XChange Development project starts up

• - Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau plays key role in opera development in SA

• - Seventeen diverse arts projects awarded BASA Supporting Grants

March

• - National Arts Festival feast announced

• - The Latest Citadel Art Price Index

• - TBWASouth Africa art auction raises over R500k for Room 13.

• - Fleur du Cap winners

• - SAMRO unveils its new executive team

• - Arts practitioners urged to do UNESCO survey

• - SA supports World Theatre Day for children

• - ENTRIES OPEN FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL BUSINESS DAY BASA AWARDS, SUPPORTED BY ANGLO AMERICAN

• - The Universal Ballet of Korea is at the Joburg Theatre

• - Sasol launches 2012 Sasol New Signatures art competition

• - An exciting career opportunity exists for an OFFICE MANAGER at BASA

• - BASA reveals biannual Artstrack research findings

• - MXIT @ ABSA KKNK

• - MTN gives voice to muted opera group

February

• - SA stories weave through recycled tapestries

• - ABSA KKNK GOES GREEN

• - FIRED’ – an exhibition of South African ceramics

• - BASA works with southern African arts bodies to build sustainability in the region

• - Wide range of benefits attract diverse spread of new members to BASA

• - BASA Supporting Grants spotlight range of business and arts partnerships

• - New dawn for the NAC

• - Volunteerism proving potent way to support SA’s arts community

• - RMB-supported BASA Internship programme now in its fourth year

• - Fleur du Cap Awards announce new categories

January

• - Dance Umbrella 2012 - the 24th platform

• - The Phantom has arrived in Joburg

• - Cape Jazz Festival unveils 2012 musical gems

• - Mozart’s Messiah and Improv Jazz for JIMF

• - Musho! for Musho!

2011

December

• - Cinema Nouveau and Ster-Kinekor Theatres present the opera - Satyagraha

• - Coffeebeans Routes’ “story-based” experiences add creative dimension to tourism

• - Nine business-arts partnerships awarded BASA Supporting Grants

• - Address by Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile-  Mzansi’s Golden Economy Gig Guide

November

• - New BASA members help ignite Kwa-Zulu Natal’s arts industry

• - Cinema Nouveau and Ster Kinekor Theatres proudly present the renowned opera – SIEGFRIED!

• - New members to benefit from extensive value BASA membership offers

• - Richard Long: Karoo Highveld exhibition - a continental first!

• - SXSW Final Call out

• - Plascon’s sponsorship-in-kind set to brighten up inner city arts project

• - Standard Bank Young Artists for 2012 announced

• - Citadel Art Index set to help define art as alternative asset class

October

• - Address by Mr. Sibusiso Xaba, DG: Arts and Culture at the launch of the Citadel Art Index

• - Citadel launches first SA art price index

• - The 2011 PlatAfrica Jewellery Design Awards winners stole the show

• - Absa KKNK appoints new Visual Arts Curator

• - The Johannesburg Youth Orchestra Company presents Metamorphosis In Crystal

• - New Music Indaba 2011 Launches 14th October 2011

• - Theatre, dance, environmental arts projects among those benefiting from BASA grants

September

• - Internship opportunity at Business and Arts South Africa

• - Preserving the /Xam heritage in Clanwilliam

• - Artists benefit from BASA’s Moshito workshops

August

• - 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American winners announced

• - 14th Annual BASA Awards Art Exhibition

• - Series of BASA workshops at Moshito turn spotlight on unlocking corporate funds

• - Latest round of BASA Supporting Grants announced

• - SAMRO hits the high notes for music education

• - Telkom’s ‘Take Your Pic’ competition exceeds expectations

• - SAMRO celebrates 50 years with a party of note

• - Norton Rose South Africa partners with BASA to present Companies Act to arts organisations

• - Tony Award winning War Horse makes an appearance at BASA Awards

July

• - Nominees Announced for the 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American

• - Drama for Life presents Pieter-Dirk Uys

• - Mercedes-Benz South Africa opens unique photo exhibition in East London

• - Etana enhances its commitment to arts development through BASA Mentorship Programme

• - Sibikwa Arts Centre seeks Artistic Director

June

• - Nelson Mandela Bay Arts Journey helps establish Eastern Cape as major arts tourism destination

• - SAMRO helps boost musicians of tomorrow

• - Such Initiative reflects on success of first-ever corporate commission from RMB

• - Classicfeel Magazine presents The Making of Jock

• - Free entry at Iziko Museums on Youth Day

• - Artist Proof Studio (APS), Johannesburg is seeking a new Curator

• - Archbishop Tutu dresses up with National Youth Orchestra for star-studded event

• - The National Arts Festival, Visual Art Fringe programme starts in Nelson Mandela Bay on 15 June

• - Talking Heads

• - Mimi takes centre stage at Old Mutual Theatre on the Square

• - Re-educating the City – A public exhibition of design lessons

• - Creative Careers launches career solution for creative people

May

• - A jazzified collaboration of nations for G’town

• - The 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards Deadline extended to May 27

• - South African music to blossom in botanical gardens in Johannesburg and Pretoria

• - Mandela Trilogy – a musical tribute to the extraordinary life of Nelson Mandela

• - Opportunity to win performing arts scholarships

• - Two weeks left to enter the 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American

• - Business and Arts South Africa has seen a surge of new members joining the organisation in 2011

April

• - Businesses and Arts feel positive benefits of BASA’s Supporting Grants

• - Headliners and History on 2011 National Arts Festival Main Programme

• - Businesses urged to enter the 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American

• - Prosound supports Lighting Workshop held at Aula Theatre on the University of Pretoria Campus

• - Old Mutual Jazz at the Theatre

• - Actors contribute to charity at ABSA Wynsaal

• - OPEN CALL TO ALL ARTISTS, CHILDREN, AND DREAMERS OF JOHANNESBURG

• - Business partnerships with the arts focussed in the media

March

• - Where do the arts and environment intersect?

• - Festival’s Hands on! Masks off! links with UK

• - Dreamcatcher’s Art for Peace - Benefit Exhibition opens on 29 March

• - Fleur du Cap winners announced

• - AngloGold Ashanti steps into brave new world with Streets of Gold musical

• - Entries open for the 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American

• - Dali Thambo, delivers the opening speech at the 8th Naledi Theatre Awards

• - Ten Year Partnership with Summit TV creates value for BASA Members

February

• - Walkabout by the artist, Wayne Barker

• - BASA brokers new RMB funding for Dance Umbrella

• - Business mentors providing strategic direction

• - Business and Arts partnerships featured in the media

• - Business support of six arts projects is to receive funding from BASA

• - Bushfire Festival seeks Festival Coordinator

• - KWV joins Business and Arts South Africa and readies first-ever traveling exhibition

• - Artslink.co.za rewards excellence in arts writing

• - 2011 Absa Fugard Festival Applications Now Open

January

• - Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) sponsors BASA Internship Programme

• - BASA’s arts research gets welcome support from UNESCO

• - Girl from the Golden West comes to South Africa via Met Opera

• - Iziko Museums annual summer School programme

• - Grahamstown Fringe registration deadline looms

• - McCoy Mrubata will conduct the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band (SBNYJB) for 2011

• - Business and Arts South Africa has a vacancy for a Regional Representative in the Eastern Cape

2010

December

• - Ishashalazi: Isomiso sendlala kwezeshashalazi

• - Sustainability emerged as a strong theme at the recent BASA workshop in Durban

• - Business sponsorship of arts projects has been further leveraged through BASA’s supporting grants

• - Business and Arts South Africa’s Mentorship Programme impacts Umtata artists

• - Roodepoort International Eisteddfod’s legacy secured by donation to SAMRO

• - M-Net Vuka! winners showcase art with a heart

November

• - Ishashalazi: Abe-BASA nethuba Lokucobelelana Ngolwazi

• - US dancer to guest with Cape Dance Company

• - Absa KKNK and Remgro make dreams come true

• - In the media

• - BASA Mentorship Programme Update

• - BASA’s Boardbank SA launches in the Western Cape

• - YouTube seeks SA musicians for orchestra

• - JAG gets much-needed donation from the BASA Awards Creative Blocks initiative

• - Iziko seeks original Tretchikoff works

• - Business and Arts South Africa Internship Opportunity

October

• - Standard Bank Young Artists 2011

• - Awasizwe Ama-Drama Groups Emiphakathini

• - Iziko exhibition presented at Tate Modern

• - Nine arts projects receive Business and Arts South Africa Supporting Grants

• - Corporate Fundraising for Arts Organisations

• - Opportunities with the Drakensberg Boys Choir School

• - In the media

• - Big wins for BASA members at the Loeries

• - BASA mentee organisations benefit from business expertise

• - BASA regional reps reflect on growth in KZN, Western Cape and Eastern Cape

• - Terraplane on a Creative Blocks mission

• - The Market Theatre Foundation

• - Artist Proof Studio seeks Business and Operations Director

• - Business and Arts South Africa throws its weight behind Architecture ZA 2010

September

• - Free State violinist claims gold at Sanlam

• - ACT | DALRO | Nedbank scholarship winners

• - Hands On! Mic Off! Workshops a highlight of Moshito 2010

• - SA National Schools Festivals: Inspiring Gauteng learners

• - Spier Arts Academy Seeks Students for 2011

• - Struggle artist Mike Mmutle passes.

• - New members for Business and Arts South Africa Board

• - Arts projects in the media

• - Launch of the Arts Incubator Programme

• - BASA Mentorship: matching vision and skill

• - Wits Arts Museum benefits from individual philanthropy

August

• - THE 13TH ANNUAL BASA AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

• - Fourteen arts projects will receive supporting grants from Business and Arts South Africa.

• - Prosound brings world class sound to FNB Stadium

• - Hands On! Mic Off! at Moshito 2010

• - Young soloists strike right note!

• - Young SA composers have the ‘write’ stuff

• - CineCentre group brings movies back to Killarney Mall.

• - The Cape Town FanFest at the Grand Parade

• - Business and Arts South Africa partners with Ilanga to profile arts in KZN

• - The Winelands VAN-Guard Exhibition

• - Absa L’Atelier celebrates 25 years

• - Business and Arts South Africa in the Media

• - BASA Mentors are facilitating crucial growth

• - Durban Art Gallery’s Red Eye project leaps ahead in 2010

• - Art and development successfully intersect in Port Elizabeth

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