Call for Entries

1000 Traveling Names and a Donkey

This is a call for soft toy donkeys of any description to be donated to needy children in Mongolia. Donkeys to be sent to:

c/o Jackie Herbst
England and Wales Cricket Board / ECB
Lord's Cricket Ground
London
NW8 8QZ

c/o Gene
3A Stompits rd
Holy Port
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 2LA

to reach them by the 15th July 2011.

A prize of 10 x 50g skeins of ColourSpun Natural Designer Yarn will be awarded for the cutest donkey.


SADC visual artists submissions.

Virginia MacKenny, Senior Lecturer in painting at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, at the University of Cape Town is currently compiling a book on visual arts production in Southern Africa and SADC countries that is engaged with environmental issues with a focus on climate change. She requests info (and pics) on any projects you are doing in the visual arts sector or if you know of any projects (particularly in the SADC countries - especially difficult to track down).

Information submittal deadline is April 25 (tight but in order to do follow up etc necessary as trying to get the book to come out in time for COP17).

for more info, please visit the COPART blog.


“Izikhwepha Zethu V11 ” EXHIBITION 2011

“shaping our minds”

An invitation to female and male artists from KwaZulu-Natal to participate to the Izikhwepha Zethu travelling exhibition. The theme for this year is “Shaping our minds”. The aim of the exhibition is to celebrate women’s month and share our social challenges. We hope this year’s exhibition will change our attitude and perception   towards social issues such as gender, abuse against women and children, human trafficking, discrimination, drug abuse, xenophobia, culture  etc. that affects us all as humans.

 The subject matter must include your views base on your experience, and what you observe in your surroundings as your inspiration to your artworks. You can use your visual elements, exploring variety of media, using your free thinking and creativity to respond to the social issues that seek to destroy our communities.

.Please fill in this form and send it back with your artworks. Make sure that the entry form is attached to your artworks.

Your particulars:

          Name&Surname:…………………………………………………………..                         

Organisation/Individual………………………………………………….

           Postal / Street Address…………………………………………………….

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 Area:………………………………………………………………………….

    Phone/Cell:…………………………………………………………………...

 Email:………………………………………………………………………...

Artist’s statement:

Title:…………………………………………………………………………

           Medium/Category:…………………………………………………………

          Description of your artwork: ......................................................................

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When it was produced/completed:………………………………………..

  Dimensions (in centimeters) ………………………………………………..


Insurance Value/Sales Price………………………………………………

         Is the artwork for sale: Yes / No (Tick appropriate answer)

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SIGNATURE                                                                     DATE



Terms and Conditions: 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  1. Fill in the information in all the lines provided.
  2. Entry is open only to selected artists.
  3. You can enter up to two pieces of artworks.
  4. Series of pieces will be acceptable.
  5. Two or three dimensional works are accepted.
  6. Make sure that your artwork is titled.
  7. Specify medium of your work (sculpture, print, painting, textile photograph, ceramic etc) and write a clear description (what is all about). If your description is more than a space given, you can use the back of the page.
  8. Artworks that have been exhibited before will not be acceptable unless the artwork was exhibited outside South Africa.
  9. Submit above  with your artworks at the Durban Art Gallery in the address below.  Make sure that you fill the submission form and keep the copy of your receipt.
  10.  Closing date for submission is the 15 June 2011.
  11.   NB. Please attach your one page resume / biography.
  12.  Submitted artworks will be selected by a committee to decide on works to be exhibited.
  13.  Please sign on both pages.
NOTE: The exhibition will be displayed at the Durban Art Gallery South Africa from the  6 August – 15 September 2011.

I hereby acknowledge and understand the conditions of entry and I agree to abide by them.



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    For more queries about the exhibition:

   Tel: 0768902391 / 031 3112268  (Phumzile Dlamini-DAG Curator)
Artworks should be sent to this address:
2ND Floor, City Hall,
Smith Street (Anton Lembede)
4001
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