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Huge court win for artists as NAC told to cough up grant money PREMIUM By Adrienne Carlisle - 02 April 2021
About 400 artists in the Eastern Cape and nationally will heave a sigh of relief after the South Gauteng High Court gave the National Arts Council just 72 hours to fork out R3.46m of an R8m grant it had promised to the National Arts Festival.
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The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered that the National Arts Council (NAC) pay the National Arts Festival R3.4m of its original R8m grant within 72 hours. The balance will form part of further legal action that the court ordered should be expedited.
National Arts 2021 growing a fringe
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Durban- The National Arts Festival is planning for a hybrid edition in July with a digital (online) festival and live elements as allowed within the prevailing Covid-19 restrictions ‒ and wants interested artists to take part.
The festival went online last year when the pandemic restricted gatherings and prevented a live festival from taking place. The month-long digital 2020 Virtual National Arts Festival drew more than 80 000 local and international visitors to the festival site and showcased productions that included WhatsApp plays, robot-sketched portrait sessions, music concerts, theatre, dance, documentaries, retrospectives and more.
Late last year, artists were invited to propose works for the curated programme of the 2021 Festival. Now organisers wants artists who are interested in presenting work on the 2021 Fringe to tell them more about their ideas for live and digital work.