The
deadline for applications for the Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival is February
11, 2013.
This
is applicable for productions as well as visual arts applications.
Artists
can apply for a set fee (commissioned productions) and box-office productions
(a percentage split).
The
extent of prizes awarded at the festival for debut productions encourages
artists to have their first performance at the Clover Aardklop National Arts
Festival.
The
AngloGold Ashanti/Aardklop Smeltkroes Prize is awarded to the best new
Afrikaans play, with the playwright and the director both winning R30,000. The
playwright will receive a further R28,000 to write a new play for Clover
Aardklop’s festival in 2014. The Beeld Aartvark Prize for innovative work for a
debut production amounts to R20,000.
Application
forms (in English and Afrikaans) are available at www.cloveraardklop.co.za. The 2013 festival
runs from September 24 to 29.
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