Author: Breyten Odendaal

The Blind Alphabet :: Educational Competition

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The collaboration between the UJ Art Gallery and MTN SA Foundation has resulted in a series of successful conversations over the past three years. MTN’s BLIND ALPHABET – LETTER B:

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Futures & Beyond – Where creativity & 4IR meet

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UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA), in partnership with Andani.Africa, a creative industries research and insights company, proudly launches the inaugural

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Futures & Beyond Forum Programme Announced

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On 16 and 17 March 2021 UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), in partnership with

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Moving Cube goes live with MTN’s Blind Alphabet

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In a time of challenges – unforeseen as in the case of the limitations and restrictions due to the corona virus pandemic but also envisioned in the transformative potential of

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UJ Playwriting Lab opens for 2021 applications

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UJ Arts & Culture invites aspirant and established playwrights to apply for participation in the second round of its online playwriting laboratory.

A division of the Faculty of Art, Design and

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Keep ARTing with UJ

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Arts & Culture at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) announced its ambitious plans for 2021 that present numerous opportunities for its students, staff, and arts audiences to keep ARTing.

A division

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Call for Papers :: Futures and Beyond – Creativity and 4IR Conference

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The Futures and Beyond: Creativity and 4IR Conference aims to serve as an impetus for an Africa-centric discourse and knowledge development at the intersection of Creativity and the Fourth Industrial

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Moving Cube Launched with Willem Boshoff’s Blind Alphabet

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Willem Boshoff’s The Blind Alphabet – Letter B: Babery to Bigeminate, a digital experience curated by Annali Cabano-Dempsey, Curator of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Art Collection, and Niel Nortje,

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Lwandiso Njara kicks off 2021 at the UJ Art Gallery

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It is with great anticipation that UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) proudly kicks off the UJ Art Gallery’s 2021 programme

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MTN & UJ Top Ten Emerging Artists Announced

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One of the most exciting and challenging elements of the MTN SA Foundation and UJ Art Gallery collaboration since their first exhibition in 2017 has been the Emerging Artists Development

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MTN & UJ Emerging Artists Development Programme Call For Entries

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The MTN SA Foundation and UJ Art Gallery will continue their collaboration following on the successful Shifting Conversations }} exhibition (2017) that engaged with colonial and post-colonial narratives, an exhibition

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UJ Art Gallery goes online with CURE

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UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) proudly presents CURE, a digital exhibition featuring work by South

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The Pandemic Project :: Devlin Tim

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today’s featured artist for the UJ Arts & Culture’s ‘The Pandemic Project’ is visual artist Devlin Tim. His artwork, entitled Looking Back, draws heavily on the song, Moon River performed

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The Pandemic Project :: Thami Majela

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]UJ Arts & Culture’s featured artist for today’s The Pandemic Project is Thami Majela with his work The Last Supper. For Thami this was a piece that came at a

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The Pandemic Project :: Ignatius van Heerden

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UJ Arts & Culture featured artist for The Pandemic Project for today is, Ignatius van Heerden with a thought-provoking multi-media dance piece BìNGDú. The title is the Chinese translation of

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The Pandemic Project :: Heidi Fourie

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today’s featured artist for the UJ Arts & Culture’s ‘The Pandemic Project’, is visual artist Heidi Fourie. Her artwork, entitled Õhtul, looks at how the lockdown has forced many to

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UJ Arts & Culture takes Dynamic Communication and Presence Online

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On 30 July and 6 August, UJ Arts & Culture (a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg) will present a free, two-part

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The Pandemic Project :: Lehlogonolo Mashaba

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today’s featured artist for the UJ Arts & Culture’s ‘The Pandemic Project’ is visual artist and printmaker Lehlogonolo Mashaba. His work, entitled Re-form XI, looks at the mysteries and complexities

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Mothers’ Grimm premieres at vNAF 2020

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Mothers’ Grimm presented by Jade Bowers Design & Management in partnership with UJ Arts & Culture has been re-envisioned for the Curated Programme on the Virtual National Arts Festival 2020.

This

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The Pandemic Project :: Tanisha Bhana

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today’s featured artist for the UJ Arts & Culture’s ‘The Pandemic Project’, is visual artist Tanisha Bhana. Her work, When the Earth Sighed, delves into the introspective reality that “the

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UNFESTIVAL SA Extended

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On 26 May 2020, UJ Arts & Culture’s UNFESTIVAL SA launched. As anticipated, audiences stayed away in their droves (which was partly the idea) … UNFESTIVAL SA has now been extended beyond the initial

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The Pandemic Project :: Yannis Generalis

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today’s featured artist for the UJ Arts & Culture’s ‘The Pandemic Project’, is visual artist Yannis Generalis. His work, entitled Prophylaxis (Greek: Protection), tackles the unseen, microscopic nature of the

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The Pandemic Project :: Sunnyboy Motau

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]UJ Arts & Culture’s featured artist for today’s The Pandemic Project is MIDM Professional dancer and choreographer Sunnyboy Motau in a moving piece that explores the juxtaposition of an imposed

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The Pandemic Project :: Khaya Ndlovu

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]29 May marks 5,443,200 seconds, 90,720 minutes, 1512 hours, 63 days, 9 weeks or 17.21% of 2020 since South Africa has been in lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Dancer and

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