The main objective of this project is the exchange of art & knowhow across national borders. The exchange is aimed at inspiring creative ideas and by working at capacity building, enlarging networks that will foster ideas for future collaboration. In bringing together artists (visual artists, performers, actors and musicians) from different regions of Kwazulu Natal and South Africa to compare practice and explore working methods across the two communities, the project challenges the coproduction of an interdisciplinary a set of works (visual / theatrical / musical) responding to each context and encouraging fresh perspectives and new kinds of participation, against which the success of the project will be judged.
The Newcastle Creative Network has made the encouragement of young people into creative practice an important part of our work. NCN is passionate about seeing young people succeed in all their creative undertakings while changing their lives and enlivening the community for the better through their creative ideas and cultural innovation. The exchange is aimed at inspiring creative ideas and by working at capacity building, enlarging networks that will foster ideas for future collaboration. The main objective of this project is the exchange of art & knowhow across national borders. The exchange is aimed at inspiring creative ideas and by working at capacity building, enlarging networks that will foster ideas for future collaboration.
This project is supported by funds from the SA-UK Seasons 2014 & 2015. The Newcastle Township Arts Festival consists of a series of exhibitions and live performances interspaced across the two days. Including the works and workshops by Peter Surginor and Austyn Finnegan, two emerging artists from Ireland. Local artists exhibit their visual, musical, fine arts and crafts in the efforts to showcase their skills and sell their artwork in the market place. South African emerging performance artist Maninzi Kwatshube will be conducting theatre and performance workshops in the days leading up to the festival and we encourage all theatre groups to attend.
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