Durban Arts Association (DAA)
Formed on 25 March 1983 as a non-profit organization under Section 21 of the Company’s Act to promote and foster the arts and culture across the broadest spectrum in the greater Durban
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Rural Arts Development Foundation (RAD)
RAD Foundation believes in M.A.G.I.C (Music and Arts Growing Inspired Children), and introduces the Arts to Rural communities, providing a platform for integration and unity in diversity, through classes, workshops, carnivals and festivals. Our aim is to get youth off the streets and into a environment where they can learn, grow and achieve manageable goals. Working in collaboration with several other NPOs to ensure reaching all target groups of youth to introduce them to the projects which include: HIV/AIDS awareness, substance abuse, life skills, recycling, nutrition and other relevant youth issues.
Continue reading →Novalis Institute (NI)
The Novalis Ubuntu Institute in Cape Town, South Africa is a non-profit organization committed to acknowledging, honouring and nurturing the unique gifts, talents and inner resources of each individual.
Continue reading →Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education and Training Authority (CathsSETA)
The Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) is one of the 21 SETAs established under the Skills Development Act (No 97 of 1998) in 2001.CATHSSETA was formally known as the Tourism and Hospitality Education and Training Authority (THETA) until 1 April 2012, when they became the Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority. Their mandate is to facilitate skills development within their sub-sectors through the disbursement of grants for learning programmes and monitoring of education and training as outlined in the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS).
They operate in the following sub-sectors:
- Arts, Culture and Heritage
- Conservation
- Gaming and Lotteries
- Hospitality
- Sport, Recreation and Fitness
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Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie Vir Wetenskap & Kuns (SAAWK)
The mission and general objectives of the SA Akademie Vir Wetenskap & Kuns are the promotion of science, technology and literature in Afrikaans and the arts, as well as the promotion of the use and quality of Afrikaans (primarily within South Africa). Furthermore, it also involves the provision of service to society. This multidisciplinary organization, which seeks to serve the interests of all South Africans, strives for excellence, fairness, high scientific, moral and democratic values.
Continue reading →Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA)
VANSA operates as a support point and development agency for contemporary art practice in South Africa. We develop industry knowledge, resources, networks and projects that are concerned with realising new social, cultural and economic possibilities for contemporary art practice in the South African – and wider African – context. VANSA is a national network of artists and arts organisations with just over 7000 members.
Continue reading →South African Dyers and Finishers Association (SADFA)
SADFA – The SA Dyers & Finishers Association – promotes the advancement of science and technology, especially in the theory and practice of the tinctorial arts, and textile finishing.
Continue reading →Market Theatre Foundation (MTF)
The Market Theatre Foundation was established in 1976 as a non-profit company and was declared a Cultural Institution in 2005. The Market Theatre Foundation includes the Market Theatre, the Market Photo Workshop, the Market Theatre Laboratory and the Windybrow Arts Centre.
Continue reading →Association for Visual Arts Gallery (AVA)
The Association for Visual Arts prides itself on consistently playing a prominent role in facilitating cultural interaction. We have been providing a platform for artists and art lovers for decades. Our programme of exhibitions, talks, conferences and events continues to champion some of the most insightful emerging and established voices in contemporary African art.
Continue reading →Kwazulu-Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA)
Everything about the KZNSA supports its profound belief in inclusivity. Open to all, with every exhibition and workshop being free to attend, the gallery environment is airy, intimate, welcoming and convivial. It is very much a public space, connecting the street to the park, with under-the-sky seating amidst indigenous acacia trees, and the contemporary architecture of the building itself providing a permeable, flexible and robust space to exhibit, work, learn and market.
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