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University of Cape Town (UCT) scholars Nkule Mabaso and Associate Professor Nomusa Makhubu’s co-edited, handcrafted creative book There are Mechanisms in Place took the laurels for Best Visual Art Collection in the prestigious 2021 Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Awards: Book, Creative and Digital Contribution.
Nkule Mabaso, the curator of the Michaelis Galleries, and Nomusa Makhubu, associate professor (art history and visual culture) in the Michaelis School of Fine Art, were recently awarded the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) award for Best Creative Collections (Visual Art) in recognition of their handcrafted creative book There are Mechanisms in Place. This was the sixth edition in the series of annual awards presented under the auspices of the NIHSS.
Four University of Cape Town (UCT) academics were awarded two UCT Creative Works Awards for 2020.
Nkule Mabaso and Associate Professor Nomusa Makhubu for their exhibition The stronger we become.
Associate Professor Nadia Davids and Professor Jay Pather were honoured for their production What Remains.
This is Mabaso and Associate Professor Makhubu’s first Creative Works Award, which recognises major art works, performances, productions, compositions and architectural designs produced by UCT staff. Mabaso is the curator of the Michaelis Galleries and Makhubu is a scholar of art history and visual culture, both in the Faculty of Humanities. The work encompasses painting, film, sketches, narrative and an accompanying book. They spoke with UCT News.
In October 2002, a group of local anti-war activists started standing in protest every Friday afternoon at the corner of Linden and Carpinteria avenues. Eventually, people started calling the spot âPeace Corner,â and the name stuck.Â
A few weeks ago, on Jan. 22, the group was out for the last time this year. Participation has ebbed and flowed over the years, and for James and Barbara Finch, two of the groupâs most stalwart participants, 18 years and 900 Fridays was enough. âWe have a new president, new peace and new hope, so we decided to stop,â said Barbara.Â
For others, itâs the pandemic that has made the protests untenable and after Covid-19 is quelled, they hope to be back out there.Â