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1mile², in partnership with the
Joburg Art Gallery and the British Council

When: September
Where: Johannesburg

The Square Mile project is a three-year global arts programme that asks communities to map the biodiversity, cultural diversity and aesthetic diversity of their local neighbourhood, working in collaboration with an artist and an ecologist. Communities are linked across through the internet platform that shares and challenges their findings, perceptions, ideas, experiences and creativity and encourages new connections between people. For Joburg Arts Alive this will be a month long interactive exploration which will result in an installation and an on-line virtual discourse with other international 1 mile˛ communities.

Workshop: Awaken the Young Citizen
Held from 2 - 4 September and conducted by Puneeta Roy of the Tehelka Foundation

Braam Kruger: a retrospective

When: 2 – 23 September
Where: University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, Kingsway Campus, Auckland Park

Braam Kruger, eccentric extraordinaire, prolific and multi-talented artist, passed away in 2008 leaving a legacy of intense comment on the South African political and social landscape.

Fiona Pole Heartland / Handlines

When: workshops on 3 and 4 September and 10 and 11 September
Printing lino plates on 12 September
Where: Art on Paper, Stanley Avenue, Milpark

Fiona Pole will facilitate linoleum printmaking workshops with young learners and high school students from John Orr College and The New Nation School, culminating with a steamroller printing morning.

Visual Arts Exhibition Thailand Handicrafts

When: 7 – 13 September
Where: Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton

This is a free workshop at the Thai Exhibition for Handicrafts.

Shared History

Indian Photography Exhibition
When: 7 –16 September
Where: Le Canard, Morningside

This exhibition showcases Indian visual arts.

Thai Handcraft Exhibition

When: 12 September
Where: Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton

Showcasing Thai handicrafts.

“THE VISUAL ARTS STRIKE BACK”

When: Sunday 20 September, 2.30 – 3.30
Where: Johannesburg Art Gallery

ARTS ALIVE/ VANSA / Gauteng Province.

Shared History

Painted Narratives from India
When: 20 September – 5 October
Where: Sandton Art Gallery

India’s magnificent temple complexes had fully painted exteriors, while folk, Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and Islamic narratives were illustrated on cave walls, hand-made paper or canvas. Stories of folk heroes, kings, episodes from the puranas and epics, ecology and social issues provide the subject matter for these narratives. The exhibition traces this tradition since antiquity until the present times. Craftsmen will be on hand to demonstrate their skills. Curated by: Anjana Somany

Us exhibition, with the Goethe Institute

The visual arts strike back
When: 20 September – 15 October
Where: Joburg ART Gallery

Considering the substance of any instance where we name ourselves an “US”, whether according to nation, culture, class, gender, sexuality or race. Curated by Bettina Malcomess and Simon Njami.

African Connections

African book display, in partnership with African Publishers Network
When: 21 – 30 September
Where: Alliance Francaise, Parkview, and Soweto Library

Focusing on books from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Senegal.

Urban-Eyes

Children’s Art Project
When: 20 - 30 September
Where: The Bus Factory, Newtown

Celebrating a month long festival, schools from all seven regions will compete to win a mural design competition. The results will be on show at the Bus Factory.
Run by the IMBALI VISUAL LITERACY PROJECT.