Big day for the Art Project!

The 1st of December 2011 was a big day for the Art Project with...

... the unveiling of the Rhodes University Tapestry at the Council Chamber in Grahamstown - with a special performance of the Music Academy.

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Professor Brenda Schmahmann at the unveiling of Rhodes University Tapestry

... the opening of the A.R.T. show at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg.

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The Trust wins BASA Chairman's Premier Award

We are pleased to announce that the Keiskamma Trust, together with its funders and supporters, is the proud recipient of the Prestigious BASA Chairman’s Premier Award.

All of us at the Keiskamma Trust would like to acknowledge with gratitude our sponsors both large and small. To our friends, teachers and mentors everywhere we thank you for your friendship and encouragement over a period of eleven years!

The winners of South Africa’s most prestigious business/arts awards were announced at an event held at the Turbine Hall in Johannesburg on Monday 29 August during the 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards.

An independent panel of judges made awards in 12 categories while three special honours – the Art Champion Award, the Chairman’s Premier Award and Diplomacy in the Arts – were also given out on the night.

The Chairman’s Premier Award recognises sustained and extraordinary commitment to the arts in South Africa.

About BASA:
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) is an internationally recognised South African development agency which incorporates the arts into, and contributes to, corporates' commercial success. With a suite of integrated programmes, Business and Arts South Africa encourages mutually beneficial partnerships between business and the arts.

Accompanying Cebo Mvubu and Lithle Mtshonisi who accepted the award on behalf of the Keiskamma Trust (centre) are (from left to right): BASA Chairman, Sikkie Kajee, Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile, Pranill Ramchander of Anglo American, and Peter Bruce Editor of Business Day

The Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American, listed us as follows:

Chairman’s Premier Award: The Keiskamma Trust is a community organisation in the Eastern Cape area of Hamburg which addresses the challenges of widespread poverty through holistic and creative programmes and partnerships. The Trust’s art project provides skills, materials and training to create beautiful artworks. The most famous artworks to date are the Keiskamma Altarpiece and the Keiskamma Tapestry. Both large artworks carry the message of hope in the fight against HIV/Aids to audiences around the world.

The judges for the 2011 BASA Awards are CEO of The Loerie Awards Andrew Human (chairman); media consultant and editor of Destiny Man Kojo Baffoe; Sunday Independent arts critic Mary Corrigall; independent arts consultant Nicky du Plessis; strategist and CEO of Grey Advertising Siza Marutlulle; CEO of the Mastrantonio Group Gianni Mariano; co-founder and co-owner of multi-disciplinary design firm INK Lisebo Mokhesi and Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town and Artistic Director of Siwela Sonke Jay Pather.

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Music Tour and Entyatyambeni

Dear friends,

Thank you all so much for helping
to make our concert tour
to Cape Town and Stellenbosch
a reality.

Through your generosity,
we have to date raised R49000
in cash and pledges.

We have covered our transport costs,
and most of the accommodation
and meal expenses.

Our tour will tell our story of HOPE.
Thank you for supporting our belief
in the power of the arts to change lives.

Also, thanks to the generosity of HWB Communications,
we have a new Facebook page amongst others.

Our performances in Cape Town and Stellenbosch
are listed below.

It would be wonderful if you were free to come and listen.
For more information call Helen Vosloo 082 664 1190

Saturday 18 June 11h00 - 13h00
Slow Market at Oude Libertas
Cnr Adam Tas and Oude Libertas Street,Stellenbosch.

Tuesday 21 June
St Cyprian's Primary School, Cape Town:
Workshop and concert for their students.

Wednesday 22 June around 8h00
Live appearance on "Expresso" on SABC 2

Wednesday 22 June 18h00
Oude Libertas Art Gallery, Stellenbosch
c/o Adam Tas and Oude Libertas Street,Stellenbosch.
Tel: (021) 809-7463
"Entyatyambeni/In flower" exhibition of botanical paintings
and artworks of the Keiskamma Art Project.

Keiskamma Ensemble performs works by Saint-Saens (the Aquarium from his Carnival of the Animals), a few Renaissance Dances, Madosini and Mussorgsky, amongst others.

This exhibition launches the on-line auction of the internationally renowned Keiskamma Altarpiece

http://www.keiskamma.org/
Stephan Welz auctioneers: http://www.swelco.co.za/

Thursday 23 June
Weber Gedenk Laerskool outside Stellenbosch:
Workshop and Performance for their students

Thursday 23 June 13h10
Lunch Hour Concert
Fismer Hall, Stellenbosch Konserwatorium
Works by Saint-Saens (the Aquarium from his Carnival of the Animals), a few Renaissance Dances, Madosini and Mussorgsky.
Contact: Louise Howlett
howlett@sun.ac.za - 084 682 1337

Friday 24 June, 20h00
St Andrews Church, cnr Somerset and Buitengracht, Cape Town
Keiskamma Ensemble soloists perform Baroque recorder concerti with Camerata, Tinta Barocca, Concerti by Sammartini, Baston, Babell and Linicke.
Contact: Quentin Crida
qcrida@gmail.com - 0836847318

The "Etyatyambeni/In flower" exhibition is sponsored by

Art & Music Trilogy

From the 21st to the 28th of August, the Keiskamma Guernica installation was on show in the Drama for Life Festival in Johannesburg. We celebrated the closing of this exhibition with the Keiskamma Music Academy and the Trio Hemanay.