ACT, in partnership with eThekwini Municipality, is set to
host a free information sharing and
networking seminar in Durban on 01 July.
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) and eThekwini
Municipality’s Parks Recreation & Culture Unit invite individual practitioners and representatives from arts,
culture and heritage organisations, based in the Durban region, to attend an
information sharing and networking seminar, which will provide valuable
knowledge on opportunities offered through the Trust, eThekwini and other
creative sector organisations.
Venue: Beer Hall Gallery, Rivertown, from 10:00 - 12:00, the
seminar will offer a dynamic programme, which is set to kick off with a
presentation by ACT CEO, Pieter Jacobs that will offer an overview of the South
African arts funding and sponsorship landscape, share information and tips that
could be useful to individuals raising funds for the arts or creative projects
as well as look at the opportunities offered through the Trust’s programmes.
“We look forward to empowering arts practitioners and arts,
culture and heritage organisations based in eThekwini with knowledge about the
various options available to them,” says Pieter Jacobs. “By imparting valuable
information to practitioners and organisations, we hope to strengthen, inspire
and advance the creative sectors in eThekwini.”
Representatives from eThekwini will present opportunities
available through the municipality’s Parks Recreation & Culture Unit. As a
city, eThekwini’s most crucial resource is our people, their ideas, talents,
lived experiences and heritages. Fundamental to our city’s ability to achieve
its vision of enjoying the reputation of being Africa’s most caring and
liveable city, is the extent to which the city is able to invest in its people
beyond the hardware type infrastructure – buildings, roads or electricity and
to invest in creative infrastructure which is made up of predominantly soft infrastructure.
We need to invest in our people’s creativity and imagination through the
cultural and creative industries which together constitute the creative economy
in a Creative City.
The seminar will also feature presentations by Sheryl Msomi
from VANSA, Gisele Turner and Pauline Dalais from ASSITEJ South Africa, and
Shakila Maharaj from AudioDescribe International.
To reserve your place to attend the seminar, please click on
the following link to RSVP before 30 June:
For more info, please contact ACT at info@act.org.za or on
011 712 8403 or
Artsmart at enquiries@artsmart.co.za
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