Isthuli-Sasengweni Arts & Craft Organisation in partnership with the City of Ekurhuleni’s Sports Recreation Arts and Culture Department are calling emerging visual art practitioners to submission of artworks to be selected for a special curated contemporary exhibition at the Springs Art Gallery.
Deadline:
Submissions run until February 3 at 16:00.
Eligibility:
• Artists must be 21 years or older to apply
• Only artists born and residing in Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces can submit their applications for selection. Proof of residence may be requested.
The open call encourages submissions of artistic contemporary expressions in these medias only:
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Drawing
The submitted artwork can be a portrait, landscape, abstract or any subject matter.
Unframed artwork dimensions must not exceed the size limit of 150x150cm.
All artworks must be the original work of the artist and must have been completed in the previous 12 months from the date of entries closing.
How to submit:
1. Step one (online entry registration)
Only two artworks per artist may be entered.
All entries must be completed via the online submission entry form using this link
2. Step two (physical artwork drop-off)
Artists of twenty selected artworks will be contacted about the delivery and courier of artworks to the exhibition venue at the Springs Art Gallery for a feature in the special curated contemporary group art exhibition, Umsizi Nopende.
There will be a three-day online artistic workshop compulsory for the 20 selected artists.
The workshop will be held from February 15 to 17. The focus is to build on the artists’ knowledge of the Umsizi Nopende National Art Exhibition and to offer practical information relevant to developing artists’ careers.
Artists will develop their knowledge of a career in the visual arts sector including scoping the possibilities and curriculum vitae, writing their artistic profiles and learning more about the sector, like how to draft a funding application, residencies, marketing and promotion of their work.
AWARDS
The Umsizi Nopende Group Art Exhibition opens on March 11 and will run until April 23 at the Springs Art Gallery.
Prizes-
The opening of this exhibition will include an awards ceremony whereby three artists with the most impressive works of art will be announced at the official opening and be honoured with R10 000, R4 000 and R2 000 respectively.
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Direct enquiries, questions and queries to S Ndiyane (communications officer of the Isthuli Sasengweni Arts & Crafts Organisation) at 061 535 0734 or isthulisasengweni.craft@gmail.com, Thabiso Mtsweni (cultural officer, Gert Sibande District Municipality) on 064 971 3267 or 078 756 3805, the Springs Art Gallery at the Library Building, corner 5th Street and 6th Avenue, Springs or Kgothatso Cokoto on 011 999 0607 or kgothatso.cokoto@ekurhuleni.gov.za
About Isthuli Sasengweni Arts & Crafts Organisation
Isthuli Sasengweni Arts and Crafts is a NPO organization that gives platform to young people who are passionate about Fine Art.
About Springs Art Gallery
The Springs Art Gallery serves the community of the East Rand through a programme of internal and external exhibitions, workshops and art classes aimed at promoting visual literacy and making the visual arts accessible to everyone. The Gallery hosts the annual Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Award, and runs the Arts Development School, targeted at the unemployed and out of school youth. It also provides a valuable support base for those whose schools don’t offer art as a subject, or who are interested in forging a visual arts career, but do not necessarily have the funds to pursue this ideal.
