19 – 24 August 2014
1 FESTIVAL, 5 CREATIVE HUBS, OVER 40 VENUES!!!
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Art Week Joburg
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From the 19 to 24 of August 2014 the first edition of ART WEEK JOBURG premieres in Johannesburg. Initiated by the Contemporary Art Development Trust (CADT), and launched in Cape Town in 2012, ART WEEK was supported by the Visual Arts Network South Africa (VANSA) and continues to grow each year. This year, it comes to Joburg for the very first time
“Joburg art week is an important initiative in connecting the city and offering visitors and Jozi locals the opportunity to have access to the creative activities of the city in a relatively easy and interactive way”.
Lerato Bereng, Curator, Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg
ART WEEK JOBURG provides the platform to showcase as well as reinforce the existing strengths of the Joburg Art scene. Modelled on ART WEEK CAPE TOWN which has run successfully for 2 years, ART WEEK is an initiative aimed at increasing the visibility of, and strengthening, the visual arts industry in cities throughout South Africa. For one week each year, galleries, museums, arts organisations and artists, collaborate to create a strong public focus on the vibrant art scene of your city. For new and curious audiences, and those more familiar with Joburg’s art scene, ART WEEK JOBURG enables a wide and fresh engagement with new young talent and renowned works of art of notable international repute.
In the week preceding and leading up to the FNB Joburg Art Fair 2014, ART WEEK JOBURG activates various creative hubs including Soweto, the Rosebank Art Strip, Maboneng Precinct, Arts on Main, Braamfontein, Newtown and Alexandra with a line up of events including but not limited to exhibitions, artists walkabouts, performances, public art walks, panel discussions, graffiti tours and panel discussion. Highlights of the week abound, including Pat Mautloa’s exhibition opening at Mashumi Projects in Vilakazi Street, Soweto on Tuesday 19 August, a walkabout on Wednesday 20 August by artist Roger Ballen at Circa on Jellicoe, as well as a thought-provoking panel discussion titled “Regarding Women” at Gallery MOMO, and a performance at the Goodman Gallery by The Brother Moves On titled “The Brother Breaks the Bullion”. On Saturday 23 August, Fourthwall Books gives a talk on publishing, and “Short Change” opens at the Market Photo Workshop Gallery.
About the ART WEEK concept
ART WEEK CAPE TOWN is an annual festival, running for between one and two weeks, that comprises a diverse programme of contemporary art events taking place throughout Cape Town. The inaugural ART WEEK CAPE TOWN took place between 24 November and 2 December 2012. It received acclaim from audiences who attended the events and participating stakeholders. ART WEEK CAPE TOWN 2013 enjoyed an increase in recognition, participation and audience numbers. Initiated by the Contemporary Art Development trust (CADT), ART WEEK CAPE TOWN was made possible through the collaboration of galleries, cultural organisations, academic institutions and independent artist collectives.
The purpose of ART WEEK is to develop new audiences and increase public awareness of the vibrant contemporary art scene in Cape Town and now in Johannesburg. It promotes the activities of many artists, curators and other innovators living in and around the city. Importantly, ART WEEK also seeks to invigorate the commercial aspect of the industry, in turn generating employment opportunities. The aim is for ART WEEK to become an annual highlight in each city’s cultural calendar, and increase public access to and appreciation of the visual arts in South Africa. Based on similar successful models abroad, ART WEEK creates a public programme for one short period each year, in which galleries, museums, arts organisations and artists have the opportunity to share audiences and information resources. All participants have their various events included on a map which is distributed free of charge around the city. Unlike a regular festival or serial exhibition, the content of ART WEEK is generated entirely by participants.
This very successful format comes to Johannesburg, with VANSA driving what has been a widely collaborative and exciting process.
ART WEEK JOBURG 2014
“Gallery MOMO is excited that Art Week has finally come to our city! Joburg needs a visual arts-based activation and there is no better time than during Joburg Art Fair. The more collaborative initiatives generated in the arts, the better for everyone. This really is a positive step forward and we wish VANSA all the best in making Joburg Art Week grow from strength to strength”.
Karen Brusch, Gallery Manager
ART WEEK JOBURG is a collaborative partnership between CADT, VANSA and ARTLOGIC, it seeks to create a more robust community of art producers, consumers and appreciators, by acting as a market platform, an information hub and a leisure attraction for locals and visitors.
ART WEEK JOBURG, takes place around the 2014 FNB Joburg Art Fair, and will function around the Fair, programming, supporting and enhancing the experience in the days preceding the event. A total of 48 participants including art galleries, individual artists, independent spaces and curators will be hosting ART WEEK JOBURG 2014. Asides from the main programme broader precinct activity such as restaurants, shops, neighbourhood markets and live music are included.
“It is interesting for me to be part of ART WEEK JOBURG 2014. This helps to re-foster art in our communities and helps communities to know about local artists. For me it would be a mini retrospective having work dating from more or less the time I started doing art. Quite exciting that I would be showcasing in the place I lived around since I came to Mofolo in 1954.”
Pat Mautloa, Artist, Johannesburg
ART WEEK JOBURG features not only a wide range of programming – from exhibitions, to walk abouts to panel discussions – but also a broad range of spaces including Galleries, Non-profit arts organisations, artists’ studios and arts collaboratives. Some of these are well-established and pivotal parts of the visual arts community such as the Goodman Gallery, while others are much newer additions to an increasingly growing and thriving industry, such as Kalashnikovv Gallery in Newtown and Gom.Arts collective in Alexandra Township.
Galleries, organisations, artist studios and book publishers have come together over the past 4 months to collaboratively develop the ART WEEK JOBURG programme. This week-long, jam packed showcasing of the broadest range of Johannesburg’s visual culture will provide both new and well versed audiences with an exciting foray into what Joburg’s art scene has to offer.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHERE:
Tuesday 19 August: Soweto
Wednesday 20 August: Rosebank Art Strip
Friday 22 August: Maboneng Precinct
Saturday 23 August: Braamfontein and Newtown precincts
Sunday 24 August: Alexandra
“Art Week Joburg is a great opportunity to participate in Johannesburg's vibrant art scene. I hope to build upon this by bringing together artists from Detroit and Johannesburg at the historic Cosmopolitan Hotel in the CBD”.
Ingrid Lefluer, Curator, Detroit, USA
ART WEEK JOBURG 2014 HOST VENUES:
SOWETO
Eat My Dust
EST1912
Mashumi Art Projects
Eyethu Centre
Maboneng Township Arts Experience
ROSEBANK ARTS STRIP
Circa on Jellicoe
David Krut Projects and Publishing
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
Gallery 2
Gallery MOMO
Goodman Gallery Johannesburg
Goethe Institut
Lizamore & Associates
MAKER
Resolution Gallery
MABONENG
Bailey African History Archives
David Krut Projects
GoetheonMain
Johannesburg Art Gallery
JOBURG FRINGE 2014
Living Artists Emporium
Nirox Projects Space
Parts and Labour
Museum of African Designer
RubixCube
Trinity Session
Imba Ya Sarai
Workhorse Foundry
Bronwyn Lace
Hannelie Coetzee
Kim Lieberman
Lorenzo Nassimbeni
Ingrid Lefleur
BRAAMFONTEIN-NEWTOWN
Art on Paper
Assemblage
Artist Proof Studio
Fourthwall Books
Ithuba Arts Fund
Kalashnikovv Gallery
Market Photo Workshop Gallery
ROOM
Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg
The Bag Factory
Two by Two Art Studio
Wits Art Museum
Wits Substation
ALEXANDRA
Gom.Art
Maboneng Township Arts Experience
SHUTTLE INFORMATION
SOWETO
Shuttle
Parking: Wits Planetarium Parking
1 Pick-up/drop-off point 1: EST1912 Rockville
2 Pick-up/drop-off point 2: Next Door,
Vilakazi Street,Orlando
3 Pick-up/drop-off point 3: Eyethu Centre, Mofolo
4 Pick-up/drop-off point 4: Eat My Dust, Kliptown
Time: From 3:30 pmOSEBANK ARTS STRIP
Shuttle
Route
Parking: Rosebank art strip
1 Pick-up/drop-off point 1: Goethe Institut
2 Pick-up/drop-off point 2: Goodman Gallery parking
3 Pick-up/drop-off point 3: Park Town North, Gallery MOMO parking
4 Pick-up/drop-off point 4: Jellicoe Avenue, Everard Read Gallery entrance
Time: From 4pm
MABONENG-ARTS ON MAIN
Shuttle
Route
Parking: Sandton Convention Centre Parking
1 Pick-up/drop-off point 1: FNB JOBURG ART FAIR, Sandton Convention Centre Entrance
2 Pick-up/drop-off point 2: Arts on Main Entrance
Time: From 3pm
BRAAMFONTEIN-NEWTOWN
Shuttle
Route
Parking: Sandton Convention Centre Parking
1 Pick-up/drop-off point 1: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention
Centre Entrance
2 Pick-up/drop-off point 2: Juta Street, Stevenson Gallery Entrance
3 Pick-up/drop-off point 3: Juta Street, Ithuba Arts Fund Entrance
4 Pick-up/drop-off point 4: Newtown, Bus Factory parking
5 Pick-up/drop-off point 5: Fordsburg, The Bag Factory Entrance
6 Pick-up/drop-off point 5: Fordsburg, Asemblage
7 Pick-up/drop-off point 6: Braamfontein Werf, Gallery Art on Paper
Time: From 3 pm
ALEXANDRA
Shuttle
Route
Parking: Sandton Convention Centre Parking
1 Pick-up/drop-off point 1: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre Entrance
2 Pick-up/drop-off point 2: GOM.ART
3 Pick-up/drop-off point 3: Alexandra Township Home Galleries
Time: From 1:30 pm
SHUTTLE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL PRECINCTS AND WILL ALSO RUN WITHIN PRECINCTS
ART WEEK JOBURG maps with venues and shuttle information are available at the VANSA Information Desk at the FNB Joburg Art Fair 2014.
ART WEEK JOBURG is proudly supported by the Gauteng Provincial Government and the Gauteng Tourism Authority
CONTACT
Ijeoma Loren Uche-Okeke
Regional Network Development Manager | VANSA
t: +27 (0) 11 402 2085/6 | c: +27 (0) 74 485 4631
f: 086 662 2074 | e: artweekjoburg@vansa.co.za
www.artweek.co.za
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