Enter the Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards 2014
ARTISTS OF ALL AGES: Artists who produce an array of art works are invited to become part of this contemporary fine art competition.
ALBERTON – The City of Ekurhuleni will again host the 27th installment of the prestigious National Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards.
Entries open on August 19, 20 and 21 from 9:00 to 19:00 at the Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre, Mooifontein Road, Birchleigh North Kempton Park.
Satellite entry points are available at Boksburg Library on August 20, from 9:00 to 16:00, Springs Art Gallery on August 19 and 20 from 09:00 to 19:00, and Katlehong Art Centre on August 19 from 09:00 to 16h00.
The entry fee is R50 per artwork. 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 in Mooifontein Road, Birchleigh North, Kempton Park 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,” Ekurhuleni’s Spokesperson Themba Gadebe said.
The City of Ekurhuleni is privileged to associate this national fine arts competition with the acclaimed resistance artist Thami Mnyele, who gave a voice to the nation through his God given talent.
This year’s competition will be presented in collaboration with the Lizamore & Associates Mentorship Programme. Lizamore & Associates gallery has been showing the work of new and established contemporary South African artists for more than ten years.
For more information artists can contact the Visual Arts Curator at 011 391 4006/7 or 011 391 6273 or send an email to TshidisoMa@ekurhuleni.gov.za or Thabo.Sekoaila@ekurhuleni.gov.za
The following prizes will be awarded:
First Prize: R 40 000
Ekurhuleni Prize R30 000
Multi and New Media Merit Award R7 500
Painting Merit Award R7 500
Art on Paper Merit Award R7 500
Sculpture Merit Award R7 500
good day
can i enter drawings and sketches ?