What We Do
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VANSA operates as a development agency for the visual arts in South Africa, promoting connection, access and innovation in our industry. This website has been developed as an up-to-the minute resource, providing information, advice and tools for artists, businesses and organisations, as well as providing a platform for research, awareness and discussion around key industry issues.
Go to the About section to find out more about the organisation
Get info about the projects, people and activities of our three regional nodes in the Regions section
Find out about all the latest opportunities in the visual arts industry locally and internationally in the Opportunities section. Jobs, funding deadlines, residency opportunities, workshops. Click on the calendar to the right to get an instant view of upcoming industry events and deadlines. The most recent updates on opportunities and VANSA activities can be found at the bottom of this page.
If you need to find out where all the relevant infrastructure and support services for the visual arts sector in South Africa are, visit our Art Map.
For advice, tools and templates go to our Professional Practice page and link to ArtRight, a groundbreaking professional practice resource that we are developing with a number of industry partners.
To access current research about out industry, visit the Research page. Information you need to know about the sector that you're working in - or trying to get into.
For info about key industry issues that VANSA is tackling, visit our Lobby page.
To become a member of this dynamic network go to Membership and sign up!
The Bag Factory and the Community Based Development Programme are holding a joint fundraiser on Sunday the 27th of May 2012. These two NGO’s have been in existence for over twenty years but currently risk having to close their doors unless funds can be raised. Please support them to continue their extraordinary work.
VANSA is collaborating with Arterial Network South Africa to encourage a strong and coherent sector response to the National Lottery Board's recent call for input on the priorities for Lottery funding. Please do take a few minutes to go through this post and make a submission - please make sure that you use the NLB's return slip format (follow the link below); it's quick and easy. If you're an arts organisation - whether eligible for Lottery funding or not - please make a submission!
Competition open to artists across the world. Cash award and production of a site-specific project.
2 May: Tonight’s presentation, by Nontobeko Ntombela will be starting a little later than usual, at 19:00 at the VANSA premises.
Participants needed for a project about religious diversity in Johannesburg
Southbank Centre is looking for independent-minded young people, aged 18 – 26 years old, based in the UK or Africa who are interested in the arts, Africa and social change, to form a youth delegation during Africa Utopia in July 2012.
This is an open call to all artists who are interested in getting involved in an extended workshop and project on Public and Land Art.
The British Council is looking for an experienced Arts specialist who shares this passion for the following role: Programme Manager for South Africa 2014 programme based in Johannesburg.
Painting group at UMCEBO design and lesons with Coral Spencer Domijan.
