OPEN CALL: DAVID KOLOANE AWARD 2024 EDITION

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2024 David Koloane Award  The award is open to early career  South African-based, contemporary visual artists, aged 21-35 who are not represented by a commercial gallery.   Artists working in the fields of painting, drawing, printmaking, lens-based and performance-based art are invited to … Read more

Symposium Listening to the Echoes of Matsemela Manaka

ABOUT THE EVENTS Symposium Day 1   Friday, 9 February 2024, 10 am – 4 pm at Bag Factory Artists’ Studios, 10 Mahlathini Street, Fordsburg    Symposium Day 2  Saturday, 10 February 2024 10 am – 12 pm at Umhlabathi Collective,  2 Helen Joseph St, Newtown, Johannesburg, 2001   Exhibition Opening:   Saturday, 10 February 2024, 12 … Read more

Young/Unframed

ABOUT THE SHOWS Exhibition Opening:                        Saturday, 27th January 2024, 11 am – 2 pm   Exhibition Walkabout:                     Saturday, 3 February 2024, 12 – 2 pm   Venue: Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill ________________ For more information on the exhibition and media-related enquiries, please contact: Bag Factory Communications Department: Zinhle Zwane  Office: +27(0)11 834 9181 & Email: communications@bagfactoryart.org.za Insta: @bagfactoryart || … Read more

Exhibition by Nyakallo Maleke

CATALOGUE ABOUT THE SHOW Exhibition Opening:                        Thursday , 30 November 2023 6pm – 8 pm Exhibition Walkabout:                     Saturday, 13 January 2024 12pm – 1pm ________________ For more information on the exhibition and media related enquiries, please contact: Bag Factory Communications Department: Zinhle Zwane (she/her): Office: +27(0)11 834 9181 & Email: communications@bagfactoryart.org.za Insta: @bagfactoryart || fb: @bagfactoryartists ||    … Read more

Nomo Khumalo

                      Nomo KhumaloDirector and Executive Head of Strategy at Momentum Health solutions.   Nomo has 24 years experience locally and abroad in financial services and healthcare. He is a director and Executive Head of Strategy at Momentum Health solutions. Nomo is married with two kids. … Read more

School Holiday Kids Visual Arts Programme

Bag Factory in association with Morris Isaacson Centre for Music hosted a 7-day school holiday programme from 2 October 2023 – 6 October 2023 consisting of visual art workshops conducted by practicing early and mid-career artists. This programme aimed to provide school going children with exciting art educational experiences. They were exposed to various mediums … Read more

Mphethi Morojele

              Mpethi Morojeleis owner and founder of the MMA Design Studio, an award-winning architecture and urban design studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa.   For the last 25 years MMA has been involved in often iconic and ground-breaking architectural and urban projects in various countries on the African continent … Read more

Chairperson of Board of Directors – Veronica King

                      Veronica Kingis a leading facilitator and ICF PCC certified executive coachbased in Johannesburg, South Africa. Veronica King is also the founder and CEO of Emuthini Consulting. It has become one of the leading Black-owned female-owned companies focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion, team and leadership … Read more

Deputy Chairperson – Zachary Isdahl

        Zachary Isdahl is an experienced strategist, relationship builder, and team leader,  With nearly 20 years of leadership experience primarily in East and Southern Africa, Zachary Isdahl is recognized for his creative thinking, cultural competence, and demonstrated ability to successfully lead international research and programs in complex and politically sensitive environments. He … Read more

Molemo Moiloa

                      Molemo Moiloalives and works in Johannesburg, and has worked in various capacities at the intersection of creative practice and community organizing.   She currently works on notions of ungovernability, social infrastructures of cultural organizing, and relationships to nature. She is one half of the … Read more