>>VANSAWESTERNCAPE> FUNDERS FOR 2009 INCLUDE: (and the reason we say 'include' is because the list is ever growing and we look forward to adding your name to the list.

Our main Funder is the Western Cape's Department of Economic Development and Tourism.  Their funding provides both a percentage of our operating costs and funding for specific projects. In the 2009/10 funding cycle these projects are:

THE VANSAWESTERNCAPE HELPDESK: this is our core activity: the help in terms of information, assistance and advice for artists and the Visual Arts sector. In time we aim to grow our reputation beyond the local community and serve as an advisory body for International Arts organisations and visitors.

THE ARTISTS HANDBOOK: this is an updated and user-friendlier version of the great book we assisted the Africa Centre on in 2008. AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2009.

MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME: 12 HDI artists are being taken on an intensive practical and theoretical journey: pushing the boundaries of their work, as well as creative a theoretical framework in which to place it.

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Our extraordinary Intern, Hope Magona, is with us courtesy of Belgian Funders' AFRICALIA. In this programme they have funded 9 interns and/or curators across the country.

We have funding from the Western Cape’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport for SPRING SCHOOL, a series of workshops and classes that will take place in March 2010. Included will be Professional Practice for Artists, Sound Installations, Negotiating Permissions for Working in the Public Sphere, and Curating a Collection for Private Collectors.

The National Arts Council provided us with very specific sponsorship for our director to attend the Arterial Network Conference and World Summit on Arts & Culture in Johannesburg in September 2009. We are really looking forward to growing the list of ways in which the NAC supports VANSAWESTERNCAPE.

Plascon have long been on board as a Sponsor, of paint for our offices and gallery space, no small thing considering a new show goes up every two weeks. They have also come on board as a sponsor of new show, STATE OF MIND.

SPONSORS FOR 2009 INCLUDE:
Michael Stevenson and David Krut have been amazing in stocking our shelves in catalogues, books and periodicals. The Michael Stevenson Gallery has a shelf with our name on it where they place new gifts!

MENTORSHIP
As part of Business Arts South Africa Barloworld ARTWORKS Mentoring Programme Peter Hayes has the enormous privilege of being mentored by Art Insure’s Gordon Massie.