UJ Arts & Culture
UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) produces and presents world-class student and professional arts programmes aligned to the UJ vision of an international university of choice, anchored in Africa, dynamically shaping the future. A robust range of arts platforms are offered on all four UJ campuses for students, staff, alumni and the general public to experience and engage with emerging and established Pan-African and international artists drawn from the full spectrum of the arts.
In addition to UJ Arts & Culture, FADA (www.uj.ac.za/fada) offers programmes in eight creative disciplines, in Art, Design and Architecture, as well as playing home to the NRF SARChI Chair in South African Art & Visual Culture, and the Visual Identities in Art & Design Research Centre. The Faculty has a strong focus on sustainability and relevance, and engages actively with the dynamism, creativity and diversity of Johannesburg in imagining new approaches to art and design education.
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Ten years on, Moving into Dance brings young dancers with disabilities to a professional stage
For ten years, Moving into Dance has been teaching dance in Johannesburg schools, serving learners with disabilities, week after week, in the same classrooms. On 18 September at 11:00, the young people, at the centre of that work, step onto a professio …
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Joburg Moves Junior creates a new dance platform for young learners
The University of Johannesburg’s Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), in partnership with Moving into Dance (MID), will present the inaugural Joburg Moves Junior on 22 September 2026 at the Keorapetse Wi …
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FADA Gallery Presents Relational Trans – Positions, a Creative Research Exhibition
The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) Gallery is proud to present the annual FADA Creative Research Platform, this year titled Relational Trans_Positions. Curated by FADA Gallery curator Dr Farieda Nazier, Relational Trans_Positions gather …
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UJ calls for applications for its 2027 Artists in Residence Programme
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for its 2027 Artists in Residence Programme, which has been running since 2022. Designed to advance arts practice as research, the programme supports working acro …
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Simnikiwe Buhlungu takes home the 2025/2026 MTN x UJ New Contemporaries Award
On 26 June 2026 Simnikiwe Buhlungu was announced as the winner of the MTN x UJ New Contemporaries Award at the opening ceremony held at the Monument Building during the National Arts Festival in Makhanda. Presented by UJ Art Gallery, in partnership wit …
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UJ Artists in Residence 2026 Announced
The University of Johannesburg is proud to announce the fifth cohort of artists selected for the UJ Artists in Residence 2026 programme. The programme is designed to foster research through artistic practice, tasking artists to complete at least one cr …
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