bagfactory Programmes Manager: Job Description and Person Specification Closing date for applications: 31 March 2021 Introduction The Bag Factory is a non-profit contemporary visual art organisation in Newtown, Johannesburg. With a pioneering 30-year history of providing a supportive infrastructure for artists, the Bag Factory is unique in combining art making with cultural debate and art exhibitions, … Read more
OPEN CALL: TURN2 Residencies Curatorial Research Residencies in Johannesburg for curators and cultural practitioners based in Germany. For Residencies in Berlin for curators based on the African continent, please click here. A joint project of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), the ZK/U – Center for Arts and Urbanistics and the Triangle Network. … Read more
Deadline: Tuesday 1 September 2020, 11:00
Opportunity Description Post:Contract:Remuneration:Hours:Location:Closing date:Interviews:Commencement: Project Assistant (Internship)Fixed term, 4 months (1 December 2020 – 31 March 2021)R 5,700 per month (cost to company)9am-5pm, 3 days per weekBag Factory, JohannesburgWednesday 2 December 2020 (10am SAST)Thursday 3 December 2020 (via Zoom)7 December 2020 The Bag Factory has two paid internship positions available as part of the Presidential … Read more
ONLINE EVENT Are we not makers of history? Digital publication launch and panel discussion 02 DEC 2020, 7pm (SAST) / 6pm (AST) | Facebook Live Join us for the launch of the digital publication, Are we not makers of history? edited by Luamba Muinga (Angola) and Sara Carneiro (Portugal/Mozambique), produced during the Luso-Linkup virtual curatorial … Read more
EXHIBITION Neville Starling: Worlds are Made and Unmade; I Hear the Music of Spheres 21 NOV – 15 DEC 2020 Preview 21 NOV 2020, 10am – 2pmWalkabout 28 NOV 2020, 11am The Bag Factory presents the first SA solo exhibition, Worlds are Made and Unmade; I Hear the Music of Spheres by Zimbabwean artist Neville … Read more
Art Connection Africa: Bag Factory Curator Residency Open Call 2021 1 FEB – 30 APR 2021 | Application Deadline: 30 November 2020 (10am SAST) Bag Factory Curator Residency Open Call 2021 Supported by KfW Stiftung in partnership with Triangle Network, open to curators and cultural practitioners based in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe Residency dates: 1 February … Read more
Art Connection Africa: Bag Factory Artist Residency Open Call 2021 1 FEB – 30 APR | 2021 Application Deadline: 30 November 2020 (10am SAST) Bag Factory Artist Residency Open Call 2021 Supported by KfW Stiftung in partnership with Triangle Network, open to artists based in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe Residency dates: 1 February to 30 … Read more
Led by Bag Factory Director Candice Allison This workshop will cover the essential components of creating an effective artist portfolio. Topics covered will include portfolio formats; what a portfolio is comprised of and used for; how to tailor your portfolio to different markets; and the basics of documenting your work and presenting your portfolio … Read more
Join us on Sat 24 Oct from 11am–3pm for our Spring Open Studios. Drop by and get to know our studio and current residency artists at this free event offering Johannesburg audiences a unique opportunity to see, hear about and discuss the research and work-in-progress that our artists have been developing over the course … Read more