
A FREE LIVE WEBINAR SERIES
ADVENTURING INTO ART
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ART AFRICA presents the ADVENTURING INTO ART live webinar series in celebration of the ADVENTURING INTO ART: The IMBALI Artbooks learning resource, and the launch of their new web portal www.imbaliartbooks.org.za
ART AFRICA has partnered with the IMBALI: Visual Literacy Project, Henley Business School, Africa and the MTN Foundation to present a 2 day live webinar series on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th of August, 2020.
The live webinar series includes thought leaders from business, education, media and the art and creative industries. ADVENTURING INTO ART: The IMBALI Artbooks, and their newly launched web portal imbaliartbooks.org.za, is the culmination of decades of work and development around visual literacy in South Africa – which laid its roots in the 80s – and now presents in these valuable teaching and learning resources at a time when they are most needed.
Read the article ADVENTURING INTO ART: The IMBALI Artbooks, in the latest Digital Edition of ART AFRICA to learn more about this amazing initiative click here.
BUSINESS & ART EDUCATION:
UNDERSTANDING VISUAL LITERACY
SESSION 1
THURSDAY 27th AUGUST
11AM – Johannesburg Time
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SESSION PANELISTS:
JUSTINE WATTERSON (Director, IMBALI Visual Literacy Project),
JON FOSTER-PEDLEY (Dean and Director, Henley Business School, Africa),
MADELEINE SELMER-OLSEN (Business and Arts South Africa (BASA’s) Head of research),
ANDRE CROUCAMP (Founder of MindBurst Workshop NPO, Educator and Curator),
NIEL NORTJE (Manager, MTN Art Collection, MTN Foundation).
Moderated by: BRENDON BELL-ROBERTS (Editor & Co-Founder, ART AFRICA magazine)
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SESSION PANELISTS:
MICHELLE JERSKY (Arts in Health Practitioner / Director, IMBALI Visual Literacy Project, 1988-1998),
RUTH SACK (Project Developer & Educator, IMBALI Visual Literacy Project / Director, IMBALI Visual Literacy Project, 1998-2010),
JONI BRENNER (Artist and Principal Tutor | Interdisciplinary Arts & Culture Studies, WITS),
MATTHEW BLACKMAN/CHAD ROUSSOUW (Blackman Roussouw Publishing).
Moderated by: BRENDON BELL-ROBERTS (Editor & Co-Founder, ART AFRICA magazine)
EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AFRICAN ARTISTS
SESSION 3
FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST
2PM – Johannesburg Time
Our intention is to allow learners to gain valuable insights into the career path of these professionals to help them understand the challenges, but also inspire them into imaging a successful career in the art and creative industries, for themselves.
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SESSION PANELISTS:
SENZENI MARASELA (Artist),
NANDIPHA MNTAMBO (Artist),
THEMBINKOSI GONIWE (Artist and Academic),
ROWAN ROMAN (Teacher and educator, Hout Bay, Cape Town),
MESHAC RAPHALALANE (Teacher and Educator, Tshukuma, Limpopo).
The session will be moderated by: SUZETTE BELL-ROBERTS (Editor & Co-Founder, ART AFRICA magazine)
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