Visualizing the discourse in Material Thinking: Conversations between China and South Africa, Chen Qingqing, Feng Jiali, Gu Lin, Liu Liguo, Qi Zhilong, Qing Taimao, Wang Xiaojin and Zhong Biao (China); William Kentridge, Diane Victor, Colbert Mashile, Kristin NG-Yang and Rory Klopper (South Africa), curated by Zhang Siyong

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
Trevor Morgan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Art Gallery

Visualizing the discourse in Material Thinking: Conversations between China and South Africa, Chen Qingqing, Feng Jiali, Gu Lin, Liu Liguo, Qi Zhilong, Qing Taimao, Wang Xiaojin and Zhong Biao (China); William Kentridge, Diane Victor, Colbert Mashile, Kristin NG-Yang and Rory Klopper (South Africa), curated by Zhang Siyong Durban Art Gallery, South Africa, 12 September–10 November 2019

scholarly journals Emerging Ghanaian and Nigerian Fashion Entrepreneurs: The Cultural considerations and Structural Challenges of Growing a Fashion Business in a Developing Economy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Waddell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
World Class ◽  
Fashion Designers

In 2016, Ghana’s capital city of Accra, located along the Atlantic coast, was touted as “Africa’s Capital of Cool” by the New York Times (July 2016), highlighting the growing number of boutiques, hotels and world-class restaurants. Just a couple of months earlier, on April 30, 2016, the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery had opened the first major UK exhibit dedicated to African Fashion. The book Fashion Cities Africa, edited by Eritrean-born journalist Hannah Azieb Pool, was released the same month, and shares insights into the aesthetics and designs emerging from Nairobi (Kenya), Casablanca (Morocco), Lagos (Nigeria) and Johannesburg (South Africa). Since the start of the millennium, fashion journalists (Suzy Menkes and André Leon Talley) have been discussing the prevalence of high-end African fashion designers such as Duro Olowu, Lisa Folawiyo, and Folake Folarin Coker.

The Michaelis Art Library: Thirty Years in a Changing City

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Author(s):  
Jonathan Frost
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Library Service ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Arts

The Michaelis Art Library, part of the Reference Division of the Johannesburg Public Library Service, originated with a collection of books purchased for the planned Johannesburg Art Gallery in the 1920s. Temporarily and then permanently housed in the Public Library, the collection became the nucleus of a growing art library, the largest public art library in South Africa. In recent years usage of the library declined as a result of political tensions, but then increased in parallel with a surge of vitality in the arts which heralded the end of apartheid and the emergence of democracy. During 1995 the Michaelis Art Library was due to move into Johannesburg’s central library building.

scholarly journals Emerging Ghanaian and Nigerian Fashion Entrepreneurs: The Cultural considerations and Structural Challenges of Growing a Fashion Business in a Developing Economy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Waddell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
World Class ◽  
Fashion Designers

In 2016, Ghana’s capital city of Accra, located along the Atlantic coast, was touted as “Africa’s Capital of Cool” by the New York Times (July 2016), highlighting the growing number of boutiques, hotels and world-class restaurants. Just a couple of months earlier, on April 30, 2016, the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery had opened the first major UK exhibit dedicated to African Fashion. The book Fashion Cities Africa, edited by Eritrean-born journalist Hannah Azieb Pool, was released the same month, and shares insights into the aesthetics and designs emerging from Nairobi (Kenya), Casablanca (Morocco), Lagos (Nigeria) and Johannesburg (South Africa). Since the start of the millennium, fashion journalists (Suzy Menkes and André Leon Talley) have been discussing the prevalence of high-end African fashion designers such as Duro Olowu, Lisa Folawiyo, and Folake Folarin Coker.

scholarly journals A documentary investigation of the Imvunge group of street photographers in Durban with specific reference to the develpment of photographic and business skills (1999-2009)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Mandla Bheka Moses Khubisa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Image Capturing ◽  
History Of ◽  
Street Photography

The aim of this research is to document and evaluate the Imvunge group of street photographers in Durban with specific reference to the development of photographic and business skills from 1999 to 2009. This study will focus on a discussion of how members of the Imvunge group started their photographic careers as street photographers and how, through participating in projects and workshops, they developed their photographic skills and became professional photographers. This will include an investigation of both photographic skills such as image capturing, lighting techniques, image presentation and visual literacy; as well as business skills such as basic accounting and marketing. Chapter One provides an account of the history of photographic techniques and street photography in Europe, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal and Durban in order to provide a context to the formation of the Imvunge group of photographers. Chapter Two provides an historical background of the candidate’s work as a street photographer in Durban from 1969 to 1989, before registering at Technikon Natal for formal training in photography. It also discusses his life history from being a young businessman, a lecturer, in order to provide information regarding the business and photographic skills acquired and which he was able to impart to street photographers. Chapter Three documents the formation of the Imvunge Street Photographers’ group; the partnership between the Imvunge group and the Durban Art Gallery, the Imvunge group’s exhibitions and projects, the history of selected members of the Imvunge group and an analysis of their work to provide evidence of an improvement in their photographic skills. The conclusion will present findings from this research project and will include a proposal for areas of research.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

Combining Professional Interests and Travel: People to People Citizen Ambassador Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Alex Johnson ◽  
Amanda Hitchins
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Exchange Program

Abstract This article summarizes a series of trips sponsored by People to People, a professional exchange program. The trips described in this report were led by the first author of this article and include trips to South Africa, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia, and Israel. Each of these trips included delegations of 25 to 50 speech-language pathologists and audiologists who participated in professional visits to learn of the health, education, and social conditions in each country. Additionally, opportunities to meet with communication disorders professionals, students, and persons with speech, language, or hearing disabilities were included. People to People, partnered with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), provides a meaningful and interesting way to learn and travel with colleagues.

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