(2014 ImpACT Award recipients:
Jade Bowers, Thabo Makhetha-Kwinana
& Bevan de Wet. Pic by Gareth Jacobs)
Deadline: September 6,
2015
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Awards are held annually
in recognition and celebration of excellence within the arts, culture and
creative sectors in South Africa.
ACT is inviting nominations for ImpACT Awards for Young
Professionals, sponsored by the Distell Foundation in partnership with Sun
International. This year, ACT is pleased to launch a dance category, which
makes it a total of five ImpACT Awards to honour young professional artists.
These awards have gained national acclaim and exposure
throughout the industry since 2010, and are presented to individuals, companies
or organisations under the age of 30, operating in South Africa and in the
first five years of their professional careers.
Some of the previous ImpACT winners include: The Muffinz,
Blessing Ngobeni, Phillip Dikotla, Bambo Sibiya, Camron Andrews, Motlaji
Ditodi, Ozlo Clothing Store, Nomfundo Xaluva, Thabo Makhetha Designs, Kyla
Davis and Jade Bowers.
ImpACT Awards are presented in five broad arts categories
with selected disciplines being eligible for consideration in each. The public
nominations are now open in the following categories:
Visual Art - Artists working in the mediums of Fine Art,
Sculpting, Public Installations and Photography are eligible for nomination.
Theatre - Artists practicing the disciplines, Acting,
Directing and Writing for Theatre, Musical Theatre and Physical Theatre are
eligible for nomination.
Music & Singing - Classical, Contemporary, Hip Hop,
traditional, Jazz and other music composers, producers, musicians and singers
are eligible for nomination.
Design - Artists working in the areas of Craft, Jewellery
and Fashion Design, Graphic Design and Arts-based Web Design are eligible for
nomination.
Dance – Trained contemporary, traditional, African, ballet
and other dancers and choreographers are eligible for nomination.
ACT Chief Executive Officer, Pieter Jacobs is passionate
about encouraging young artists and creatives around South Africa to be
recognised and honoured: “At ACT we spend our time scouring the industry and
networking to find these talented young people and we rely on the public to
assist with nominations. The ACT Awards set a benchmark for quality and
encourages emerging artists to not only meet those standards but improve them.
The aim has always been to celebrate and acknowledge excellence because the
pursuit of excellence is in itself an admirable human activity and encouraging
it is noble on that basis.”
ACT has opened nominations for the ImpACT Awards for Young
Professionals until September 06 2015. Winners will receive a cash prize of R2,000,
a certificate, a spread in Creativefeel Magazine worth over R30,000 and
additional PR opportunities that will be generated through the ACT Awards.
Winners of ImpACT Awards are selected by an independent
panel of judges, finalists will be announced at three media briefings in
Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in September and winners will be announced
at the awards ceremony scheduled to take place in Johannesburg in November
2015.
To submit your nominations follow the link http://tinyurl.com/lc29a66 or visit http://www.act.org.za/programmes/awards.html
Featuring prominently as part of the ACT Awards are the
prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards. These awards are awarded to deserving
individuals who have made a profound impact and who have contributed significantly
to the enrichment of the arts and culture environment in South Africa during
their lives. The categories for Lifetime Achievement Awards are Visual Arts,
Theatre, Arts Advocacy, Music and Literature.
The 2015 ImpACT Awards are presented in partnership with the
Distell Foundation and Sun International. The ACT Lifetime Achievement Awards
are presented in partnership with Nedbank Arts Affinity, Media24 Books, DALRO,
JTI, Creativefeel Magazine and SAMRO.
For more information about the Arts & Culture Trust
(ACT) visit www.act.org.za
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