Opinion: Lies Of The Land, Or Country Connection

Mar 21, 2022 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By HOWARD FELDMAN The realisation came when I least expected it. We had been out of South Africa for five years when we met my parents, siblings and their families for a family holiday. Our children by then...

Appeal: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra And Cape Town Opera – Silence Is The Loudest Scream, Or Carry On Classical

Dec 18, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]   Across the world right now – from Cape Town to Kabul and London to Beijing – the arts are being silenced. COVID-19, conflict, censorship, loss of funding, displacement – even natural...

Policy: Charter Of Rights For South African Artists

Jul 29, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] CHARTER OF RIGHTS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS Definition For the purpose of this Charter, and based on UNESCO’s 1980 Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist, an “Artist” is someone who a. creates, or...

Opinion: Above The Clouds, Or With A Little Alp From Our Friends

Jun 26, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By HOWARD FELDMAN One of the vivid memories that I have about the period in my life spent on planes, was taking off from Zurich airport on the way to Munich early one November morning. It was a dark, cold,...

Funding: Following The Money, Or TADA Goes Forensic

Jun 6, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] The newly formed Theatre and Dance Alliance (TADA) has established a team to investigate the PESP funding debacle that has compromised many in the creative sector, including numerous TADA members. The...

Fundraising: Theatre On The Square – Sponsor And Stay Spellbound, Or Staging A Recovery

Jun 3, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] Keep Sandton’s Theatre On The Square alive!  Due to the pandemic, Sandton’s precious, award-winning, independent Theatre On The Square on Nelson Mandela Square no longer has corporate support. As with...