Stellenbosch Visual Arts Department

This week at GUS - Refraction: A masters exhibition. Join us on Wednesday, 16 Aug 2023 from 16:00 - 19:00 to chat with the artists. GUS Gallery is open to all and always free!

The following call for applications has been extended to 27 October 2023.

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, in partnership with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is offering a limited number of full-time scholarships for masters candidates.

Scholarships are available in all the disciplines that form part of our Faculty but are restricted to research topics that fall within one of the following themes:
· African Cultural Studies
· The Anthropocene and/or Ecocriticism
· Identity, Gender and/or Q***r Studies

Find out more here: https://arts.sun.ac.za/graduate-scholarships

Gallery 1957 announces the third edition of the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prizethe art prize dedicated to African women artists.
Named after the prominent Ghanaian Queen Mother, the prize aims to fortify Gallery 1957's commitment to supporting and uplifting emerging and established artists across Ghana and the diaspora.

The prize is open exclusively to Ghanaian women artists either living in Ghana or across its diaspora. The winner will be selected by a jury of international experts and will have an artist residency and exhibition at Gallery 1957.

The gallery was proud to present Priscilla Kennedy as the 2022 recipient of the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize, multidisciplinary artist Elisabeth Efua Sutherland and painter Naomi Amevinya as first and second runner up respectively.

One first prize winner will receive an artist residency and exhibition at Gallery 1957, as well as GHC40,000. Second runner up will be awarded GHC20,000 and third runner-up will receive GHC15,000. All applications should be sent to [email protected]

The deadline for applications is 31st July with winners announced in September.

To find out more information please see the 2nd slide and visit ohttps://www.gallery1957.com/the-yaa-asantewaa-art-prize/

Dr Kathryn Smith, an interdisciplinary visual and forensic artist at Stellenbosch University, highlights the pressing issue of unidentified bodies in the country's medico-legal laboratories. With an estimated 7 000 to 10 000 bodies waiting to be identified each year, the lack of a comprehensive database and limited forensic resources pose significant challenges. Smith, the only expert in forensic facial imaging in Africa, has established the VIZ.Lab research group here at Stellenbosch University to explore forensic identification methods and bridge the gap between science and art. She advocates for standardised post-mortem photography, training for forensic officers, and the use of artificial intelligence and digitisation to enhance the identification process.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yua4vbvh

Join us on Tuesday, 9 May at 13:00 for a Lunchtime lecture titled ‘Give me liberty or give me death’ by Dr Sepideh Merhaban.

Sepideh Mehraban (b. 1986, Tehran, Iran) obtained a BFA and MFA from the University of Alzahra (Tehran), a second MFA from the Michaelis School of Fine Arts UCT, and a PhD (Visual Arts) from Stellenbosch University.

Her work explores recent Iranian history and how art can narrate the personal histories of people who are part of political turmoil.

https://www.sepideh-mehraban.com/

Join us on 6 May at the Visual Arts Department for the on-campus Stellenbosch University Open Day!

This is your chance to get an inside look at our state-of-the-art facilities, meet our talented faculty, and learn about the exciting opportunities available to you as a prospective visual arts student.

Our department offers a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum that will help you develop your skills and unleash your creativity. So come and join us for a day of inspiration and discovery. We can't wait to meet you and show you all that our Visual Arts Department has to offer. See you there!

Visual Arts Information Stall open between 08h00- 16h00.
Facility tours at 10h00 - 11h00 & 13h00 - 14h00.

SCATTER

6 May - 10 June 2023

Join us for the opening of Fritha Langerman’s exhibition ‘SCATTER’

A solo exhibition of settling, congealing, congestion, and clearings, of the o-horizon, the scatological, dandelions, histology and forests.

The opening will be on 6 May at 11:00 at GUS Gallery with speeches starting at 12:00.

Please join us on Tuesday, 28 March, 13:00-13:50 at the Visual Arts department, lecture theatre room 1024 for an exciting Visiting Artist Programme with curator Erik-Jan Kamerbeek!

Get insights on entrepreneurship in the creative industry from the guest curator of Manifestations of the Dutch Design Week, Western Europe's largest Design Exhibition.

https://ddw.nl/ https://2022.manifestations.nl/

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Join us for a special Visiting Artist Programme on Monday, 27 March, from 13:00-13:50 at GUS Gallery where artist Jan Van Esch invites us on a walkabout of his latest exhibition ‘MITUMBA: Invasive Species’.

Jan van Esch is an Amsterdam-based multi-media artist whose practice spans performance, drawing, curation, and social engagement. Mitumba uses performance, installation, and drawing to subvert traditional conceptions of the gift.

| https://janvanesch.com/


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