A group of artists and practitioners
recently started a campaign in response to government's Revised White Paper on
Arts, Culture and Heritage.
The group had decided to send a formal
response individually and through Arterial Network South Africa, a dynamic
network of individuals, organisations, donors, companies and institutions
engaged in the African creative and cultural sector.
The group decided to encourage South
Africans to dream more and to get working together on making South Africa’s
arts scene everything that it can and should be. “My Dream for the Arts” was
born.
By July 26 2013, people from all corners of
South Africa had submitted dreams. Bass guitarist Concord Nkabinde commented:
“One of the remarkable things about this experience has been reading the dreams
that people have been carrying with them for a long time.” These dreams talk
about accessibility to the arts, development through the Arts, respect for
artists and what art means to society and how people want to preserve it and
share it.
“Your initiative is a constitutional
imperative. We must not only improve the standard of living of all; we must
also enhance their quality of life: Man does not live by bread alone,” was the
submission by retired Constitutional Court judge Johann Kriegler.
All South Africans are encouraged to
contribute their dreams by e-mailing to mydreamforthearts@gmail.com or by
adding them to the website www.mydreamforthearts.wordpress.com
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