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Creativate

Bringing the best of tech + creativity to your screen

Creativate Digital Arts Festival, presented by Standard Bank and the National Arts Festival, is back for its third edition. And we’re excited to be part of the new adventure that is the Virtual National Arts Festival in 2020. This year’s online edition of Creativate will bring the best creative and tech makers worldwide straight into... Read More

Published on May 3, 2020

Mining a rich seam of talks, workshops at NAF

Much of the action at the National Arts Festival, which runs from 27 June to 7 July in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), takes place on the stages but there’s a lot going on off-stage too, with an exciting programme of thought-provoking talks and workshops to enrich and complement every Festival-goer’s experience. Interactive audience experiences are spread... Read More

Published on June 25, 2019

Infuse your art with digital delectation

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Published on June 20, 2019

Mary Shelley - HERE

Creativate Digital Arts Festival: 5 highlights

The second Creativate Digital Arts Festival, supported by Standard Bank, runs across all 11 days of the National Arts Festival this year, offering a vast and exciting menu of innovation, creativity and inspiration. Read more about the 2nd Creativate Digital Arts Festival [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat”... Read More

Published on June 6, 2019

Creativate: a line-up for the insanely curious

The second Creativate Digital Arts Festival is landing in Makhanda this June/July with a vast menu of innovation, creativity and inspiration on offer The second Creativate Digital Arts Festival, supported by Standard Bank, runs across all 11 days of the National Arts Festival in Makhanda (27 June to 7 July) and offers a vast and... Read More

Published on June 6, 2019

Source Fold Compositor – NAF/Jan Potgieter

Call to participate in Digital Arts Festival in 2019

Artists who are exploring the innovative space where arts and technology converge are invited to submit a proposal to be part of the second edition of the Creativate Digital Arts Festival in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown). Creativate, which will run concurrently with the National Arts Festival this year – 27 June to 7 July 2019. It... Read More

Published on November 14, 2018

Toby Shapshak, curator of the Creativate Digital Arts Festival

Creativate curator tells us what it’s all about

Toby Shapshak is the co-curator of the inaugural Creativate Digital Arts Festival, which runs from 28 June to 1 July. British Airways’ HIGH LIFE magazine interviewed him about this festival-within-the-Festival ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN MADE… with the materials of the day. For caveman, it was a burnt stick on a stone wall. For generations of... Read More

Published on June 11, 2018

Rebecca Smith

Creativate: digital playground for artists

The National Arts Festival has announced a programme of work that is “inspiring, innovative, jaw-dropping and attention grabbing” for the inaugural Creativate Digital Arts Festival, which will run from 28 June – 1 July in Grahamstown as part of the National Arts Festival. “Creativate seeks to explore the space where creativity, innovation and technology converge. It’s a playground for... Read More

Published on May 15, 2018

Doghouse

Creativate18 – the artistry of technology

The Creativate Digital Arts Festival at the 2018 National Arts Festival is a tech-meets-design festival-within-the-Festival that aims to showcase some of the best thinkers and creatives in their fields. Creativate is a playground for artists who work in the spaces where technology and the arts converge, and the audiences who are inspired by that approach.... Read More

Published on May 1, 2018

Call to participate in new digital festival

A brand-new event will be launched at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown this year – the Creativate Digital Arts Festival, presented by Standard Bank. It will run for the first four days of the Festival, from 28 June to 1 July 2018. We are calling on artists working on projects that play in the space where technology... Read More

Published on March 14, 2018

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