by Assitej | Mar 1, 2024 | Advocacy, Arts Education, ASSITEJ SA, Projects, Research
ASSITEJ South Africa and Arts Education in South Africa When South Africa was democratised in 1994, an inherent understanding of the role that the arts play in assisting to ensure the integrity, strength and success of any society was powerfully demonstrated by it...
by Assitej | Feb 20, 2024 | Advocacy, Arts Education, ASSITEJ SA, Status of children, TYA in South Africa
A must-have or a nice-to-have? How do we know if a school is an Arts-rich school? What is the value of having an enriching arts programme in schools? If every school in the country had access to excellent arts programmes with exceptional arts teachers, would this be a...
by Assitej | Oct 30, 2023 | Advocacy, Artist Development, ASSITEJ SA, TYA in Africa, TYA in South Africa, TYA in the world
This month, I have spent time thinking about the things – “little” or “big” – that may compromise people’s mental health. More importantly, I have pondered on how artists creatively address mental health, while taking care of their own mental health. I...
by Assitej | Jun 17, 2023 | Advocacy, Artist Development, ASSITEJ SA
The Sustaining Theatre and Dance (STAND) Foundation contracted ASSITEJ South Africa to create six toolkits aimed at the community arts sector, focusing on: Definitions, Environments and Roles; Governance, Management and Staffing; Marketing and Publicity; Fundraising...
by Assitej | Nov 20, 2022 | Advocacy, Arts Education, ASSITEJ SA, News, Status of children
Encore for TYA! 11.10.19: 10:00 A pot of stories and multilingualism brew in the theatre. Magic. Learnings. Unlearnings. Relearnings. Plays! Monate! Molo, ola, Ni hao, 你 好, Bonjour, dumelang, Hallo, Hello. These are some of the languages that were spoken...
by Assitej | Apr 21, 2022 | Advocacy, Arts Education, ASSITEJ SA, News, Programmes, TYA in South Africa
What a ride! We launched into this new year’s programme by completing 9 full days of residential training with 48 Artist-facilitators from four provinces (Gauteng, Northern Cape, KZN and Free State) in Johannesburg from Monday 10 to 18 January. The training...
