Here is the address given by National Arts Festival Creative Director Ismail Mahomed at the announcement of the winners of the 2016 Standard Bank Young Artist Award in Johannesburg on Wednesday night. TONIGHT, we honour another group of Standard Bank Young Artists. Their names will be added to the prestigious honours list which already includes… Read More
Mandla Mlangeni, Kitty Phetla, Megan-Geoffrey Prins, Amy Jephta and Gabrielle Goliath join the Standard Bank Young Artist honour roll Since its inception almost four decades ago, the Standard Bank Young Artist Award has come to be regarded as the ultimate accolade for young South African arts innovators on the cusp of greatness – and the… Read More
This year’s Standard Bank Young Artist for Theatre is Amy Jephta. She is a playwright who has also built a reputation as a filmmaker, activist and academic. A champion of theatre by and for women, she has been a driving force in local and global initiatives promoting opportunities for female playwrights. Looking at your career so… Read More
Born in Jerusalem in 1988, Avigail Bushakevitz’s family moved to South Africa when she was one. Wanting to keep up with her older brothers, Avigail began playing piano when she was five, venturing into violin at eight. Determined to nurture her undeniable talent, her mother, Leonore, used to drive her the 400-odd kilometres from their… Read More
Standard Bank Young Artist Chuma Sopotela’s journey into performance art was driven by her disillusionment with the mainstream scene in Cape Town, and her love of knowledge, justice and education, writes Kgomotso Moncho-Maripane Chuma Sopotela, the 2018 Standard Bank Young Artist for Performance Art, has an innate intensity that elevates her craft to an inimitable standard. Always… Read More
Gabrielle Goliath is this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art. This is the speech she gave at the opening of the visual art exhibitions on Friday 28 June. Her exhibition in the Monument Gallery is called This Song is For… Bohemian Rhapsody… This song is for… Nondumiso Msimanga Ave Maria… This song is… Read More
[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” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][PROFILE] Born in Cape Town in 1987, Jade Bowers is a director and designer who experiments with physical style and conceptual form to make theatre that is fuelled by invention and creativity. Jade… Read More
The who’s who of jazz will descend on Grahamstown this July for the 31st Standard Bank Jazz Festival, which runs concurrently to the National Arts Festival. Taking place from 28 June until 7 July, this year’s programme is a celebration of jazz’s greatest legacies – reimagined for the future with an inspired twist by a league… Read More
We asked theatre maker Jemma Kahn, this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist for Theatre, what she’s been working on for this year’s National Arts Festival. This is what she said… Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud – the two British painters on whom my new play, THE BORROW PIT, is based – are referred to repeatedly… Read More
Kitty Phetla is a senior soloist and choreographer at Joburg Ballet. She has toured and performed extensively on stages across the globe. One of her most noteworthy recent performances was her Queen Modjadji-inspired Rain Dance for Cape Town, in situ at the then-parched Theewaterskloof Dam. You grew up in Johannesburg. How did you discover dance? And what led you to your… Read More