Artists encouraged to enter the Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards
The 27th National Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards will be hosted in Ekurhuleni.
The city is, therefore, calling on all artists of all ages who produce an array of art works to become part of this contemporary fine art competition.
According to metro spokesperson, Themba Gadebe, entries can be made on August 19, 20, and 21 from 9am to 7pm at the Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre, Mooifontein Road, Birchleigh North, Kempton Park.
Satellite entry points are also available at the Boksburg Library on August 20 , from 9am to 4pm, Springs Art Gallery on August 19 to 20 from 9am to 7pm and Katlehong Art Centre on August 19 from 9am to 4pm.
He says that the entry fee is R50 per artwork and the works of art must have been completed in the past 12 months.
The adjudicators for the 2014 Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards competition are Pieter Swanepoel, Nontobeko Ntombela, Leanne Engelberg, Louise Kritzinger, and Richman Buthelezi.
The selected artwork will be exhibited at the opening function and prize giving ceremony at the Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre from September 20 till October 12.
“A competition of this nature serves as a platform to encourage artists to transcend limitations, reconfigure and manipulate contemporary cultural, social and political landscapes.
“It’s a platform for artists to employ various ways to express metaphors, and their aesthetic sensibility to reflect the world we live in,” says Gadebe.
This year, the competition will be presented in collaboration with the Lizamore and Associates Mentorship Programme.
Lizamore and Associates gallery has been showing the work of new and established contemporary South African artists for over ten years.
The total prize money amounts to a R100 000.
For more information artists can contact the visual arts curator on 011 391 4006/7 or 011 391 6273 or e-mail TshidisoMa@ekurhuleni.gov.za or Thabo.Sekoaila@ekurhuleni.gov.za. – @TumeloBoksburg
