VANSA WESTERN CAPE'S COURSE FOR ART COLLECTORS

VANSA WESTERN CAPE Course for Art Collectors

Vansa Western Cape – Cape Town’s portal to the visual arts – is delighted to announce the launch of a part-time course for collectors and art enthusiasts. The course is aimed at nascent collectors to encourage and develop an informed public, uniquely equipped to interact with the contemporary art market. The course will give participants a thorough working knowledge of the South African art world as well as the vocabulary and visual literacy to confidently invest in sector.

Attendees will get a thorough overview of the art market and the entire industry, from conception right through to pursuing and refining a collection. If your focus is investment you will get all the information required to enhance a collection, how to collect astutely, as well as an introduction to local galleries and young, emerging artists, fashions and trends within the field.

With the intention of increasing confidence amongst potential art buyers, lectures will, as much as possible, be related to exhibitions and art events pertinent to the South African condition, maintaining a constant consideration of and reflection on the international paradigm. The Collector's Course will be held on Monday evenings at VANSA, 8 Spin Street, Cape Town, from 17h30- 19h00, commencing 29 August 2011. The course will provide participants with a real, tangible grasp and first-hand knowledge of the contemporary art market, and the intricacies involved in acquiring art.

Lectures will be facilitated by VANSA’s curatorial team and conducted by leading industry specialists.

The course will be structured around the following topics:

1 – The Artwork
2 – Institutions
3 – Art Fairs / Biennales
4 – Awards / Prizes / Fellowships / Residencies / Grants (and the creation and development of value)
5 – Journalism, Criticism and the Media (and the creation and development of value)
6 – The Primary Market
7 – The Secondary Market
8 – Insurance, Restoration & Archiving Art

COLLECTORS COURSE SCHEDULE 2011

– The Artwork
29 August 2011
Andrew Lamprecht (lecturer at the Michaelis School of Fine Art and curator-at-large)

- The Institution
5 September 2011
Clive Kellner (former director of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, founding director of Camouflage Gallery, organiser of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, curator-at-large and curator of the Gordon Schachatt Collection)

- Art Fairs/Biennales
12 September 2011
Clive Kellner (former director of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, founding director of Camouflage Gallery, organiser of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, curator-at-large and curator of the Gordon Schachatt Collection)

– Awards and Prizes (The Absa L'Atelier Art Competition and a perspective on the philosophy of corporate collecting)

Dr. Paul Bayliss (Absa Art & Museum Curator)
19 September 2011

– Journalism, Criticism and Media (and the creation of value)
26 September 2011
Sean O’Toole (former editor of Art South Africa, arts journalist and critic-at-large)

- The Primary Market
3 October 2011
Andrew da Conceicao (director at Stevenson Gallery)
Storm Janse Van Rensburg (gallery manager and curator at The Goodman Gallery)

- The Secondary Market
10 October 2011
Emma Bedford (senior paintings specialist at Strauss & Co. Auctioneers)

- Insurance, Restoration and Archiving Art
17 October 2011
Theresa Alvares (ArtInsure Insurance Brokers)