VANSA: Call for Submission of Comment and Artwork

The Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA) invites you to comment or submit artwork on the Theme Wealth in relation to the contemporary visual art beyond but not excluding finance. Selected comments and artwork will be published in the September edition of the National Newsletter.

Please note the following:
Comment
The comment should address the theme.
The comment should be between 250 and 500 words.
The use of clear and accessible language is encouraged.
The comment will be edited taking into consideration that meaning is not changed.
Printing of the comment is subject to VANSA discretion.

Artwork
A4 Double page spread (DPS) format.
Reproduced in Black and White.
Must make some reference to the overall theme of the newsletter.

Submission deadline 25 August to:
info@vansa.co.za

More Info:
Bandile Gumbi
VANSA National Co-ordinator
Tel: +27 (0)11 833 7908
Fax: +27 (0)86 662 2074
Cell: +27 (0)73 080 9610
info@vansa.co.za
www.vansa.co.za

Call for applications: Sylt Quelle Cultural Award for Southern Africa

How do Southern African writers, artists, choreographers, musicians and theatre-makers see their art in the context of the society they live in? What are the fundamental issues of their countries, and what ideas do they have for solving them?

In 2008, the foundation kunst:raum sylt quelle, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg is launching the “sylt quelle cultural award for Southern Africa”. This competition is open to artists of all disciplines from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland.

Artists may apply with a project that will link culture and society, creating a context in which culture will have an impact on social structures and attitudes. The winner/winners will receive an award of 10,000 Euros, which must be used to finance the proposed project.

Selections will be made by an independent jury in a two-stage process.

The realized project/projects will be presented at the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg , the kunst:raum sylt quelle in Germany and other venues. The authors rights of the selected projects are not touched through this call of proposals.

Applications may be sent to the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg and must include the following:
- a Curriculum Vitae and description of your career as an artist
- a detailed description of your project and a binding budget plan
- samples of your work

To simplify the selection process, we ask that all applications be by email or CD. Other forms of documentation will not be considered. Application material will not be returned. All decisions of the jury are final, reasons for rejections will not be disclosed.

Applications should be sent to:

Goethe-Institut Johannesburg
kunstpreis@johannesburg.goethe.org

Further information:
www.goethe.de/Johannesburg
www.kunstraum-syltquelle.de

Deadline: 15th September 2008