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UJ Playwriting Masterclass Series :: From page to stage
Following its successful 2020 UJ Playwriting Lab, UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) is proud to announce the 2021 Playwriting Masterclass series. Innovative in approach the UJ Arts & Culture PlaywritingLab is leading the pack in producing new, original works. The Masterclass series runs from May […]
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Film Appreciation:: A Grave Confession
Film Synopsis All hell breaks loose in this psychological thriller, when love turns to obsession, and obsession to violence. A little girl is found dead at home with a gun and telephone nearby, the quest to discover the truth turns spouses against each other. What was once love turns into hatred, and vengefulness prevails as […]
Read more »UJ Playwriting Masterclass Series :: Characterisation & Identity
Following its successful 2020 UJ Playwriting Lab, UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) is proud to announce this year’s Playwriting Masterclass Series that will run from the end of April 2021. The masterclass series is presented at no cost to all aspirant and established playwrights. Four […]
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Dreaming and Believing: New South African Voices in Jazz
Dreaming and Believing: New South African Voices in Jazz, Brenda Sisane will present an exciting program featuring six young South African Jazz musicians, their music and discuss with them their aspirations. South African Jazz: Connecting the Tradition is the theme for an online festival that will be presented on Tuesday 27 April as a partnership project of […]
Read more »Covid-19: Impacts on the Jazz Festival and Gig economy
Covid-19: Impacts on the Jazz Festival and Gig economy webinar presented on the day, print and digital media journalist Atiyyah Khan will probe the impact of Covid-19 on the Jazz Festival and Gig economy. She will moderate a discussion with Billy Domingo (Cape Town International Jazz Festival), Mantwa Chinoamadi (Joy of Jazz), Alan Webster (National […]
Read more »Milestones:Todd Matshikiza Centenary
Legendary South African composer Todd Matshikiza will be spotlighted in two webinars during the festival. In Milestones: The Todd Matshikza Centenary, veteran South African journalist Sam Mathe will discuss the life and career of legendary composer Todd Matshikiza with Dr Lindelwa Dalamba (Wits University), Dr Sazi Dlamini (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Ms Nomfundo Xaluva (University of […]
Read more »King Kong: 60 Years Later
King Kong: 60 Years Later, Adam Glasser will present his popular lecture reflecting on the musical 60 years after its staging. The legendary 60’s musical King Kong written by Todd Matshikiza has always been part of London-based South African harmonica player and pianist, Adam Glasser’s personal history. As a child he saw dress rehearsals in the Wits Great hall before […]
Read more »UJ Playwriting Masterclass Series :: IP, Copyright & Publication
Following its successful 2020 UJ Playwriting Lab, UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) is proud to announce this year’s Playwriting Masterclass Series that will run from the end of April 2021. The masterclass series is presented at no cost to all aspirant and established playwrights. Four […]
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Diane Victor Solo Exhibition Folly, Frailty and Fear
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT We have received an overwhelming response to renowned South African artist Diane Victor’s latest solo exhibition, FOLLY, FRAILTY AND FEAR. The UJ Art Gallery will be streaming the virtual walkabout live on the UJ Art Gallery’s Facebook page at 18:00 on Wednesday 14 April. Renowned South African artist, Diane Victor brings her latest solo […]
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Futures & Beyond – Where creativity & 4IR meet
On 16 and 17 March 2021 UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), in partnership with Andani.Africa will host the inaugural free-to-attend Futures & Beyond Forum. The forum aims to contextualise the African creative economy in relation to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) […]
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Engineering and the New Jerusalem III: The Digital City
It is with great anticipation that UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) proudly kicks off the UJ Art Gallery’s 2021 programme with Lwandiso Njara’s solo exhibition, Engineering the New Jerusalem III – The Digital City. Inspired by the new contemporary robotic or technological African urban identity, Njara’s exhibition is a fitting opening to UJ Arts & Culture’s […]
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The Pandemic Project :: Sunnyboy Motau
Moving Cube Launch :: The Blind Alphabet Letter B: Babery to Bigeminate
Join us for the virtual launch of MOVING CUBE, the online platform of the UJ Art Gallery featuring a fresh approach to Willem Boshoff’s The Blind Alphabet – Letter B: Babery to Bigeminate (1993), on Wednesday 4 November 2020 at 18:00. The enduring relationship between MTN SA Foundation and UJ Art Gallery has brought public […]
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UJ Choir Celebration Concert :: 2020
Join the University of Johannesburg Choir, under the auspices of UJ Arts & Culture, in celebrating the close of a joyful and successful year. On 23 October 2020 at 19:30, at the St. Michael and All Angels’ Anglican Church, Weltevreden Park, the choir will share the year’s experiences in a concert that holds beauty of […]
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