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Cassirer Welz Award 2021 finalists

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Four Cassirer Welz Award 2021 finalists announcedCongratulations to all the artists in the running for this year’s awardBag Factory Artists’ Studios, in partnership with Strauss & Co Fine Art Auctioneers, is pleased to announce the four shortlisted finalists for the 2021 Cassirer Welz Award:Mpumelelo Buthelezi, Nthabiseng Boledi Kekana, Samuel Nnorom and Xanthè Jackson.The winner will … Read more

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We’re thrilled to share the news of Bev Butkow, one of our artists, will have her Masters Show ’embodied-entanglements/entangled-embodiments’ at Wits University Origin Centre from Monday 18 to Saturday 23 October 2021.”My creative process is guided by my body’s collection of experiences, and embodied perception of things in the world,” she says of her work.There … Read more

Tuva Bjork

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1 NOV 2021 – 31 JAN 2022BIOTuva Björk is a video artist and documentary filmmaker from Helsinki, Finland. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts and an MFA in Artistic Film Directing both from Valand Academy of Art, Sweden. She has also studied at the Film and TV department in the University of the Witwatersrand … Read more

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OFF/ EXHIBITIONBag Factory 30 Years; So Far, The Future 01 MAY – 19 JUN 2021 The Bag Factory is excited to announce its 30th anniversary exhibition, Bag Factory 30 Years: So Far, The Future, presented in partnership with FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg.The Bag Factory is celebrating three decades of our history and legacy as a non-profit … Read more

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OFF/ EXHIBITIONMeeting Places10 APR – 10 MAY 2021Meeting Places is a collaborative exhibition presented by the Bag Factory and Guns & Rain at the new Oxford Parks precinct in Dunkeld. The exhibition features a selection of artists affiliated with the Bag Factory’s studios and Guns & Rain gallery. Join us for the opening on Sat 10 April … Read more

Vacancy: Communications Manager

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Communications Manager: Job Description and Person SpecificationClosing date for applications: 31 March 2021IntroductionThe Bag Factory is a non-profit contemporary visual art organisation in Newtown, Johannesburg. With a pioneering 30-year history of providing a supportive infrastructure for artists, the Bag Factory is unique in combining art making with cultural debate and art exhibitions, thereby creating a … Read more

Vacancy: Programmes Manager

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Programmes Manager: Job Description and Person SpecificationClosing date for applications: 31 March 2021IntroductionThe Bag Factory is a non-profit contemporary visual art organisation in Newtown, Johannesburg. With a pioneering 30-year history of providing a supportive infrastructure for artists, the Bag Factory is unique in combining art making with cultural debate and art exhibitions, thereby creating a … Read more

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OPEN CALL: TURN2 ResidenciesCuratorial Research Residencies in Johannesburg for curators and cultural practitioners based in Germany. For Residencies in Berlin for curators based on the African continent, please click here.A joint project of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), the ZK/U – Center for Arts and Urbanistics and the Triangle Network.In collaboration with and … Read more