The MTN Foundation, Modern Art Projects South Africa (MAPSA) and the Ruach Elohim Church have once again come together to commemorate and congregate on 16 June in the rural town of Richmond, Northern Cape, in celebration of Youth Day. This year, the MTN Foundation and
Inga Somdyala was recently named the winner of the 2022 MTN X UJ New Contemporary Awards. The awards, which returned this year after a number of years, saw four artists working under the guidance of the curator Khanya Mashabela to create new installations for the
Excellence in curatorship, innovation, and digital technologies in art is celebrated at this year’s MTN X UJ New Contemporary Awards (MTN X UJ NCA). Inga Somdyala has been announced as the winner of the overall Artist Award at the inaugural MTN X UJ New Contemporary
The latest iteration of the MTN X UJ New Contemporary Awards was launched earlier this year. Unique in their approach, the awards look at developing both the curator and the artists selected to participate. Khanya Mashabela was awarded the curatorship of MTN X UJ New
In partnership with Modern Art Projects South Africa (MAPSA), the National Heritage Council of South Africa, the Ruach Elohim Kerk and MTN SA Foundation have come together to present the Right to Defiance Poster Project. Launched on 16 June to celebrate Youth Day, the powerful
MTN SA Foundation’s commitment to the arts took on a new focus as the nation navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. With unprecedented lockdowns impeding the sector and the livelihood of artists, plenty of creativity was needed to keep the MTN SA Foundation’s various support initiatives going.
On 16 March 2022, UJ Arts & Culture in partnership with the MTN SA Foundation launched the MTN X UJ New Contemporaries Award Programme and announced Khanya Mashabela as this year’s curator. Mashabela was successfully selected as the 2022 curator by the Legacy Panel and
MTN SA Foundation and the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Arts and Culture Division announce the launch of the New Contemporaries Awards Programme. On 16 March 2022, the partners announced the return of the much-missed New Contemporaries Award Programme at a brunch event at the UJ
The Voices of Women Museum (VoWM) launched its first virtual exhibition earlier this year, titled There is no silence here. The exhibition, in a specially designed virtual gallery from Ikonospace, and supported by the MTN SA Foundation, captures conversations between women of their lives and
The newly launched Imbali Artbooks: Adventuring into Art website (imbaliartbooks.org.za/) was made possible through support from the MTN Foundation and is the result of a longstanding partnership between the Foundation and the Imbali Visual Literacy Project. Creative Feel spoke to Niel Nortje, Manager of the
Since 1998, MTN has been one of the country’s most prominent supporters of the development of arts and culture in South Africa, with a particular focus on arts education. MTN’s endeavour to support the development of the South African arts and culture sector was initiated
Last year, the University of Johannesburg and MTN Foundation were Shifting Conversations, this October they have brought even more artworks out of both institutions’ collections for an exhibition and development programme titled Continuing Conversations. What is the purpose of a carefully collected and well-looked-after art
The MTN Foundation and the University of Johannesburg Art Gallery will once again partner to host an exhibition titled Continuing Conversations, from 17 October to 21 November 2018. Curated by Annali Dempsey from the UJ Art Gallery and Niel Nortjé from the MTN Foundation, the
Following on from the 2017 exhibition, Dreams, Wishes and Expectations, the Voices of Women Museum, supported by the MTN Foundation, will host a new exhibition entitled Dreams and Muti Magic this August. Curator Coral Bijoux explores the value of dreams in relation to the works
The prosperous partnership between the MTN Foundation and the William Humphreys Art Gallery (WHAG) goes back to 2004 and has initiated many successful programmes including exhibitions, a Mobile Children’s Library programme and a Schools Outreach Programme. 2018 will see the MTN/WHAG Schools Outreach increase its
UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture (FADA), produces and presents world-class student and professional arts programmes aligned to the university’s vision. A vision that sees the university as an international university of choice,
While the MTN SA Foundation’s core focus has been education and socio-economic upliftment of communities through ICT, they have recognised that there are other initiatives deserving of support that align with MTN’s position as a socially conscious company. Many of these projects allow the MTN