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Media Release 2010| REGISTRATION OPEN FOR ACT SCHOLARSHIPS The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) in association with the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) and Nedbank Arts Affinity is pleased to announce that registrations are open for the ACT Performing Arts Scholarships 2010. |
Media Release 2009
| ACT Workshop at NAF As part of the Hands On! Masks Off! Programme at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, ACT will be presenting a workshop covering these new programmes, funding guidelines, assessment criteria, and ACT's user-friendly online application process.
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| Development Focus for Nedbank Arts Affinity The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is proud to announce the first recipients of the ACT Development grants funded by the Nedbank Arts Affinity programme.
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| ACT | BLA Fringe Grants announced The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT), in partnership with Breadline Africa (BLA), is proud to announce the recipients of the ACT | BLA Fringe Grants for 2009.
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| ACT Projects Co-ordinator Vacancy The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT), is looking for a dynamic, highly organised, self-motivated, computer literate and results-oriented individual to provide support to the Programmes Manager in the co-ordination of all ACT programmes and projects, including but not limited to: grants administration; project planning, monitoring and evaluation; as well as operational fundraising and organisational marketing support.
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| ACT NOW! Projects Announced The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is proud to announce the two new projects selected for the ACT NOW! Against AIDS programme.
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| First ACT Development Recipients Announced The ACT Development Programme provides support for artistic excellence in creative production, professional development and training for the youth, in the form of once-off grants. The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is proud to announce the first recipients to be awarded ACT Development grants with the support received from Breadline Africa.
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| ACT | BLA Partnership Support SA Festivals The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) has once again partnered with Breadline Africa (BLA) to make grants available. The grants are to facilitate the participation of artists, performers and groups from peri-urban and rural areas at South African festivals.
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| ACT invites applications for Afrovibes 2010 The open call for proposals for the Afrovibes Festival 2010 will be managed and administered by the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) in South Africa.
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| Globe Theatre to host ACT | DALRO Scholarship Ceremony With the closing date for registrations of the ACT | DALRO Performing Arts Scholarship 2009 fast approaching, the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is pleased to announce that the elegant and intimate Globe Theatre at Gold Reef City Casino will host the final round and awards ceremony of the ACT | DALRO Performing Arts Scholarship 2009.
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| ACT Patron Comes Home to The Baxter The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) in association with Nedbank is proud to support the opening night performance of Athol Fugard's Coming Home which has its South African premiere at the Baxter Theatre Centre this week.
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| ACT|DALRO Scholarship Partners and Adjudicators Announced The ACT|DALRO Performing Arts Scholarship has been made possible with the generous support of DALRO (The Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation). Media partnerships have been secured with ClassicFeel magazine, an already long- standing print media partner of ACT, and a new, radio partnership with Redstar Talent which forms part of the group of companies inclusive in the OFM family.
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| Nedbank Arts Affinity Supports SA Creativity Nedbank helps South Africans make a difference to arts, culture and heritage through the Nedbank Arts Affinity programme.
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| New ACT Programmes Support SA Creativity A strategic planning process by the ACT Board of Trustees has determined how ACT resources should be applied for maximum impact going forward. The result has seen ACT enter a radically new phase of development.
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| ACT | DALRO Performing Arts Scholarship launched ACT and DALRO have an exciting announcement for aspiring performing artists around the country.
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Media Release 2008
| ACT/BLA Supports Four New Beneficiaries The agreement between BLA and ACT has seen a range of arts, culture and heritage projects receiving support in 2008 and ACT is now announcing the final four beneficiaries for 2008.
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| ACT announces ACT NOW! Against AIDS projects 2008 On the occasion of World AIDS day, the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is proud to announce two of the first projects to benefit from the new ACT NOW! Against AIDS Programme.
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| Breytenbach Culture Centre supported by ACT/BLA The ‘Mosaic for Female Employees on Farms' project is one of the outreach programmes of the Breytenbach Culture Centre. The project has been awarded a grant resulting from the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) partnership with Breadline Africa (BLA).
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| ACT/RNE partnership supports Guild Theatre Dance Company The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) in association with the Royal Netherlands Embassy (RNE) has assisted in the growth and development of arts and culture in South Africa by supporting the full spectrum of the arts with a focus on helping organisations to build capacity and achieve sustainability.
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| Ma-Afrika Cultural Organisation benefits from ACT/RNE funding The Tsa Lapeng Music Initiative implemented by the Ma-Afrika Cultural Organisation is the recipient of another a substantial grant arising from the renewed funding agreement between The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) and The Royal Netherlands Embassy (RNE).
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| ACT/RNE funding supports the South African San Institute (SASI) Renewed support from the Royal Netherlands Embassy (RNE) sees The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) awarding a substantial grant in support of the South African San Institute (SASI)
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| ACT Awards 2008 - Winners announced The celebratory 10th anniversary ACT Awards ceremony took place last night at the Nedbank Head Office in Sandton, Johannesburg. The ceremony was presented by Nedbank and supported by CLASSICfeel Magazine and Fine Music Radio 101.3. Categories were sponsored by the Vodacom Foundation, Distell, Sun International and Exclusive Books.
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| ACT Awards 2008 - Lifetime Achievement Awards announced Annually the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) awards ceremony celebrates the achievement of some of South Africa's finest artists as well as those individuals and organisations who have contributed to the development of arts and culture in our country.
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| ACT NOW! against AIDS The Arts and Culture Trust (ACT) is calling for proposals for ACT NOW! Against AIDS. Loosely based on the Broadway Cares model, an American initiative which raises funds for AIDS in Africa at the opening performances of hit Broadway shows, the programme administered by ACT aims to mobilise the unique abilities within the performing arts in South Africa to raise funds for HIV/AIDS related arts and culture projects.
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| ACT/BLA supports Market Laboratory The Fieldwork Program is the highly successful flagship program for Community Theatre Development and Training nationally and has been in existence for 19 years.
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| 10th annual ACT Awards - Finalists announced The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Awards 2008, presented by Nedbank, supported by CLASSICFEEL Magazine and the Cape Town's Fine Music Radio 101.3, is proud to announce the finalists for the 2008 Awards.
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| ACT/RNE funding supports SA Schools Festivals Renewed support from the Royal Netherlands Embassy has enabled the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) to award the South African Schools Festivals one of the most substantial grants awarded by ACT to date.
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| ACT NOW! and make a difference by Adrienne Sichel Our entertainment industry really cares - about each other and the broader society. That's the message of Act Now!, the South African answer to Broadway Cares, which raises money through the performers and staff of Broadway shows which is channelled ton eedy artists.
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| New ACT partnership with NAF The ACT/NAF Fringe Development Programme is the result of a new partnership between the National Arts Festival (NAF) and the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) supported by Breadline Africa.
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| Breadline Africa Partners with The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Breadline Africa (BLA) is an African based charity organisation which aims to help break the cycle of poverty within Africa by helping communities to help themselves. BLA supports projects which will make a permanent difference in the lives of communities affected by extreme poverty in Africa: hunger, homelessness, lack of skillstraining and unemployment...
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Media Release 2007
| Arts & Culture Trust Awards 2007 - Keynote address by Brenda Devar (ACT Trustee) The status of arts and culture in society has evolved dramatically in the nearly 60 years since the adoption of Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which affirmed, for the first time, the right of every human being to freely participate in the cultural life of the community and to enjoy the arts...
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| Arts & Culture Trust Today - Article from Classic Feel Magazine According to Ashraf Johaardien, the General Manager of the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT), the Trust has come a long way since he took up his position in 2005. ‘We were operating out of four cubicles on the second floor of the Nedbank Sandton.
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| About Arts & Culture General Manager - Article from Classic Feel Magazine Ashraf Johaardien is the General Manager of the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT). He is also an internationally acclaimed playwright and performer whose award-winning plays have been produced at mainstream theatres and festivals in South Africa, the UK, Ireland and the USA....
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| Arts & Culture Awards Finalists 2007 - Article from Classic Feel Magazine The annual Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Awards presented by Nedbank celebrates and recognises outstanding individuals, organisations or agencies that have played an integral role in the development and promotion of arts, culture and creativity in South Africa.
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| Arts & Culture Trust Awards 2007 Winners - Article from Classic Feel Magazine The annual Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Awards are an important part of ACT's work in the support and development of arts, culture and heritage in South Africa.
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Media Release 2006
| Arts & Culture Trust Announces R1 Million Support for 33 Projects The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) has funded more than 500 projects across the spectrum in arts, culture and heritage. At a recent meeting of the ACT Board of Trustees, support for a further 31 projects in 11 disciplines to the value of R1million was approved.
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| Arts & Culture Trust Funds Market Theatre The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is proud to be associated with A Season of New Work at The Market Theatre to celebrate thirty years of outstanding new indigenous theatre.
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| Fugard Follows mandela as Patron of Arts & Culture Trust The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) has announced that South African icon Athol Fugard is the new Patron of the Trust.
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| Arts & Culture Trust Awards 2006 - Keynote address by Marilyn Martin The Arts and Culture Trust (ACT) is a unique funding agency and an ideal one, for South Africa and anywhere in the world, for it is the result of partnerships, in which government, business and the Royal Netherlands Embassy came together as the Founding Trustees.
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