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National Arts Council (NAC)
The National Arts Council funds individuals, community organisations, institutions and companies in various disciplines: craft, dance and choreography, literature, music, theatre and visual arts.
Organisations should be permanent and formally registered.
Contact the NAC: 011 838 1383
Website: www.nac.org.za
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Business Arts South Africa (BASA)
Business Arts South Africa is a funding organisation to help artists from all disciplines. It is an incentive scheme for artists trying to raise corporate sponsorship. This means that where a corporation agrees to sponsor an artist or group, BASA will contribute certain aspects of the sponsorship.
Artists negotiating with potential sponsors may therefore use BASA’s potential contribution as leverage to help them gain the sponsorship they seek.
Contact BASA: 011 832 3000
Website: www.basa.co.za
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National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF)
Individuals, companies and organisations can apply for funding in the following categories:
- education and training (bursaries)
- development
- production
- marketing and distribution.
Preference is given to projects that have national importance and proposals that contain local content.
Contact the NFVF: 011 438 0880
Website: www.nfvf.co.za
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Investing in Culture Programme
This programme aims to provide access to skills and markets, as a way of urban regeneration, rural development and job creation.
Projects are undertaken in conjunction with provincial and local government organisations.
The programme offers funding for the following:
- raw materials (e.g. beads)
- skills training
- starting or sustaining small. medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs).
Contact the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC): 012 441 3733
More information on the Investing in Culture Programme
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National Youth, Arts, Culture and Heritage Campaign (NYACHE)
This project trains young people through learnerships in the arts, culture and heritage sector. The learnerships equip young people to either work in the various industries or start their own enterprises in the areas they come from.
The project can be accessed through Community Arts Centres as well as the service provider, Blue Nightingale.
Contact the Department of Arts and Culture: 012 441 3055
More information on the campaign
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Mosadi wa Konokono Campaign
The aim of the campaign is to celebrate the achievements of women throughout the country who use arts, culture and heritage to uplift themselves and their communities.
The target audience is both youth and women in under-developed areas. The young people are encouraged to identify and nominate the women whom they recognize as role-models in community upliftment. The women who are chosen are then brought into the Mosadi framework for provincial and national recognition.
Projects that are particularly outstanding stand the chance to be nominated for further training of project participants, in areas such as marketing and intellectual property protection.
Contact the Department of Arts and Culture: 012 441 3055
Website: www.dac.gov.za
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Arts and Culture Education and Training Campaign
Heritage education and training aims to draw arts, culture and heritage practitioners and teachers together. The aim is to develop the relationships among community arts structures, cultural institutions, schools and tertiary institutions.
Artists and the intended beneficiaries are learners and youth who have access to community arts centres and/or cultural institutions.
Contact the Department of Arts and Culture: 012 441 3055
Website: www.dac.gov.za
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Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA)
The MDDA aims to help build an environment where a diverse, vibrant and creative media flourishes and reflects the needs of all South Africans. One of its main aims is to encourage ownership and control of, and access to, media by historically disadvantaged communities.
The MDDA promotes media diversity and development by providing financial and other support to community and small commercial media projects. Whether they are involved in small commercial print media or community media projects, beneficiaries are offered mentorship, monitoring and evaluation, and are given in-depth knowledge to help them manage and improve their programmes. Training programmes in areas such as financial management are offered to all beneficiaries.
In the main, the MDDA promotes media development and diversity by:
- providing grants and subsidies to media projects
- leveraging resources and support through technical assistance
- facilitating capacity-building, and
- advocating for media diversity.
Contact the MDDA: 011 726 3336
Website: www.mdda.org.za
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