Call for applicants
- qualified and/ or experienced artists to train up-and coming artist in
various art forms.
The KZN Department
of Arts and Culture seeks experienced and/ or qualified individuals with
knowledge and experience working in both the performing as well as visual arts
and craft to work as trainers for up and coming artists in the War Room
Intervention Programme.
Successful
applicants will be placed in selected wards of all local municipalities of the
Province of KwaZulu-Natal.
The War Room
Intervention Programme was recently launched by the Provincial government and
its broad objectives are to:
- Unleash the youth
and learners’ talent and potential and channel their creativity towards
constructive and productive social activities.
- Inculcate
positive attitudes amongst the youth and learners thus addressing social ills
such as HIV & AIDS, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, etc.
- Create platforms
for the youth to learn and play and use enticing methods to get them attracted
to activities that will contribute to life-long learning.
- Get youth,
learners and the community in general involved in issues of national importance
such as social cohesion, nation building, human rights, cultural diversity etc
thus enhancing patriotism.
- Create a skills
base by partnering the youth and learners with developed arts and cultural
practitioners in various activities thus allowing for skills transfer.
- Promote arts and
culture as a tool for enhancing economic opportunities and creating job
opportunities.
The training
program will focus on the following Practical Technical skills:
- development in
musical instruments such as piano/ keyboard; Maskandi (indigenous) guitar; bass
and lead guitar; various brass instruments; and various marimba instruments
lessons;
- skills in
theatrical performance
- skills in various
dance (indigenous and contemporary) performance;
- skills in various
visual arts and craft products such as pottery making; beadwork; recycled
material products (grass, glass, animal skins); beautification of public spaces
(visual arts)
Ideal candidates
for this program should possess the following skills and experience:
Professional track
record as a working artist (in either performing arts or visual arts and craft
fields); or Bachelors’ degree or equivalent qualification specializing in one
or more of the focus areas of the training program as highlighted above.
Availability and
willingness to be part of an educational “experiment” and experience that
requires ongoing feedback and commitment to the learning process along the way;
Reliability, passion
and ability to communicate at all levels.
Interested
qualifying individuals should submit the following:
-An application
letter indicating your area of expertise and experience, also indicating the
District and local municipality in which you prefer to be placed.
-Filled application
form (not Z83) obtainable from the KZNDAC website, Regional offices of the
Department, War Rooms and Provincial Art Centres.
- Portfolio of any
pertinent artistic projects
- Certified copy of
South African ID or valid work permit.
Applications can be
posted to The Head of Department, KZN Department of Arts and Culture, Private
Bag x 9140, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 or hand delivered at 222 Jabu Ndlovu Street,
Pietermaritzburg, 3201. Or any of the department’s Regional Offices.
Applications should
be marked: For the attention of Mr B E Mpungose or Mr M B Mnguni
For enquiries
please contact the above-mention officials on 033 264 3400.
Closing date for
the submission of applications is October 25, 2013.
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