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ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… study was research on the founding of the Johannesburg Art Gallery. I discovered, rather unexpectedly, that arts and … were a seminal influence in the…
BiographyLloyd Spencer
Lloyd Spencer was born in South Africa in 1955. As a teenager, he had developed and printed his own medium format photos using his father's antique cameras as…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… in plants and seed dispersal by insects. Chongoni Rock Art Area (Dedza Distric, Malawi) The 127-site area contains … Arabinfluences, were later remodelled…
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… The building is regarded as one of the best examples of Art Nouveau architecture in South Africa. It was proclaimed a National …
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… the 1880s. In 1893 the Young Menâ Institute, the School of Art, the Naturalist Society and the Camera Club combined to … is one of the few examples of the…
BiographyNadine Gordimer
… repudiated as her official biographer. Gordimer married art dealer Reinhold Cassirer in 1954; he died in 2001. …
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… from 1974 to 1986 juxtaposes African folklore and art with an increasingly Westernised society. This unique take on art and society as a huge drawpoint for…
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
… the universities. From 1963 to 1965, Abraham worked as the art editor for a Johannesburg newspaper titled, “Die … Short Story Writer, Art Editor, Lecturer,…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… on the Links) The Museum has won several International Architecture awards. Its structure is similar to the … memory'. The Museum also comprises an…
Exhibition Opening: Tales of History Retold
… a compelling backstage testament to the entanglement of art, politics and everyday life. In its multiple voices and … About AVA: The AVA is a non-profit,…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… It involved the development and advancement of literature, art, politics, religion and science. A growing interest in … was best remembered as the painter of…
Concluding Remarks
… books, by contrast, the impression is given that protest art is a phenomenon of the Eighties, or that Soweto 1976 … rural wall painting and sculpture, as…
BiographyAnna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
Anna Johanna Dorothea de Villiers was a linguist, writer, and educator. She born on 24 December 1900 on the farm Saxenburg, Kuilsrivier. She was the eldest of…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
Arthur Nuthall Fula was born on 16 May 1908 in East London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). In 1910, his parents – Samuel and Alice (née Stuurman) Fula –…
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… known, but rewarding, examples of regional and vernacular architecture. Situated in Port Elizabeth, the Campanile, which is an adaptation of Florentine…
ArchiveThe boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
… 1977. I was in my first year at Michaelis School of Fine Art and he, his fourth year in architecture at UCT. We warmed to each other from the start. … detail…
PlaceSprings
… an industrial centre. Today, Springs is well known for its architecture: it has the second biggest collection of small scale Art Deco buildings in the world,…
ArticleArts and Cultural Organisations
… and Library District 6 Museum JAG - Johannesburg Art Gallery Museum Africa Pretoria Art Museum South African National Gallery (SANG) Slave Lodge The Owl…
BiographyDorothy Cleminshaw
Dorothy Cleminshaw (nee Mullany) was born in Cape Town on the 15th of September 1922. She went to Ellersie College in Sea Point and matriculated with a full…
BiographyRobert Anthony Basil Waterwitch
Robert ‘Robbie’ Anthony Basil Waterwitch was born on 15 July 1969 and grew up in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town located on the Cape Flats. Remembered as a…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… enables it to stand alongside older documentary media and art forms. Photographic criticism and theory broadly presents … the life structure through the…
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… from the author to the reader, or the production of art to its reception. Reception/perception problematises issues surrounding the discipline of art history…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… education, many had no choice but to attend classes at art centres and art associations. The White Studio The White Studio was … Miles (1997: 57-62) writes: …
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… over a long period of time. This exchange must be seen in architecture or technology, the planning of the town or city …
BiographySimon van der Stel
… she continued to send furnishings and various works of art to fit out the Governor's Residence at Groot Constantia. …
PlaceHumansdorp
… a fully eco-sustainable Building. Traditional Khoisan Art is exhibited there. The Zwartenbosch Country & Golf Club …
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… valuable collections of porcelain, glass, furniture and art works. The house was originally built in 1700 and its façade, a fine example of neoclassical…
Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2012
Message from the Director-General of Basic Education This guidelines book aims to support both teachers and learners in their oral history projects. It…
BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
His Majesty, King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II was born on 2 May 1938, in the Village of Salang in the Mountain District of Mokhotlong in the…