Pitch Perfect Winners Announced

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The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is South Africa’s premier independent arts funding and development agency. The primary aim of ACT is to increase the amount of funding available for arts and culture initiatives, and to apply these funds to innovative, sustainable projects that make a meaningful contribution to society. Through structured funding programmes, ACT provides support for all expressions of arts and culture, including literature, music, visual art, theatre and dance, and the support extends to festivals, community arts initiatives, arts management, arts education and arts administration. Follow ACT on Twitter (https://twitter.com/actujconference) or like the Trust’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ACT.UJ.ArtsandCultureConference/).

UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA), produces and presents world-class student and professional arts programmes aligned to the UJ vision of an international university of choice, anchored in Africa, dynamically shaping the future. A robust range of arts platforms are offered on all four UJ campuses to students, staff, alumni and the general public to experience and engage with emerging and established Pan-African and international artists drawn from the full spectrum of the arts. For regular updates follow them on Twitter (https://twitter.com/UJArtsCentre) or visit www.uj.ac.za/arts.

The National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) was established in April 1997 through an act of Parliament and is a national implementing agency mandated by the Department of Arts and Culture. The vision of the NAC is to promote, through the arts, the free expression of South Africa’s cultures and its mission is to both develop the country’s creative industries and to promote excellence in the arts. In August 2015 the NAC received a clean audit for the 2014/2015 financial period from the Auditor-General of South Africa, the first clean audit the entity has received. For more information, visit nac.org.za.

The Nedbank Arts Affinity is a proud supporter of ACT. Since the inception of ACT in 1994, Nedbank has raised and distributed more than R16 million through its Arts Affinity Programme, in support of more than 800 South African arts, culture and heritage development projects, at no cost to Nedbank clients. To open a Nedbank Arts Affinity account please visit any Nedbank branch, or call 0860 555 111 or click here (http://www.act.org.za/programmes/development-grants.html) for more information.

Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) (NPC) is an internationally recognised South African development agency with a suite of integrated programmes implemented nationally and internationally. BASA encourages mutually beneficial partnerships between business and the arts, securing the future development of the arts sector in South Africa and contributing to corporate success through shared values. BASA was founded in 1997 as a joint initiative of the Department of Arts and Culture and the business sector as a public-private partnership. For more information, contact BASA on 011 447 2295, or visit www.basa.co.za.

Cultural Development Trust (CDT) is an accredited training provider established in 2001 mainly to help both emerging and established artists (individual artist and groups) with accessing information, assistance and training in all aspects of Arts Management and other Administrative processes in the Arts & Cultural Sector. Cultural Development Trust is a membership based organization and has members (individuals and organizations) from literally all arts disciplines and backgrounds. For more information, contact CDT on 011 834 7575, info@cuhede.org.za or visit www.culturaldevelopment.co.za.

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