The 2019 ACT Awards will honour stalwarts
and young professionals.
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Awards
are held annually to recognise and celebrate excellence in South African arts,
culture and heritage. Since 1998, the ACT Awards have been bestowed upon
individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to
cultural life in South Africa. In that time, the awards have become ACT’s flagship
event. This year’s ceremony will take place at the Maslow Hotel, Sandton on February
22, 2019.
The 2019 ACT Awards honour legends,
stalwarts and inspirations in the South African arts, culture and heritage
sector, and are divided into two segments- the Lifetime Achievement Awards and
the ImpACT Awards for Young Professionals.
(2019
ACT Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Sibongile Khumalo)
The prestigious ACT Lifetime Achievement
Awards honour arts professionals whose extraordinary careers have had a
profound and lasting impact on arts, culture and heritage and whose lifelong
achievements have contributed significantly to the enrichment of cultural life
in South Africa. The ACT Lifetime Achievement Awards recognise contributions in
arts advocacy, dance, literature, music, theatre and visual arts.
The second but equally important segment of
the ACT Awards are the ImpACT Awards for Young Professionals. These recognise
young professionals in the early stages of careers which show the promise of
making meaningful contributions to the sector in the future. The ImpACT Awards
recognise contributions in arts administration, design, music and singing,
theatre and visual arts.
In their history spanning 11 years, the ACT
Awards recipients include Esther Mahlangu, Miriam Makeba, Madosini, Gibson
Kente, David Goldblatt, the Field Band Foundation, Moving into Dance Mophatong
and many others. This year promises to build on the esteem of the ACT Awards,
with ACT having received outstanding public recommendations for award
recipients at the end of 2018.
The 2019 ACT Awards are made possible by
partnerships and sponsorships from a number of private and public organisations
committed to providing funding for the sustainable development and growth of
arts, culture and heritage in South Africa.
This year, Sun International sponsors the
awards event, the City of Johannesburg for the first time sponsors the Lifetime
Achievement Award in Arts Advocacy, JT International South Africa (Pty) Ltd
supports the Lifetime Achievement Award in Dance, the Dramatic, Artistic and
Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) will sponsor the Lifetime Achievement
Award in Literature, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO)
sponsors the Lifetime Achievement Award in Music and Nedbank sponsors the
Lifetime Achievement Award in Visual Art.
ACT will this year sponsor the Lifetime
Achievement Award in Theatre as well as the ImpACT Awards for Young
Professionals. Media partnerships are crucial to the work ACT does and it is
with great enthusiasm that the organisation welcomes The Sunday Times Lifestyle
as its official print partner and Kaya FM an official broadcast partner.
This year’s awards ceremony will again be
hosted by Kaya FM radio personality Bridget Masinga. ACT Lifetime Achievement
Award Winners will be in conversation with Ms Masinga, sharing insights on
their lives and the works. Entertainment at the 2019 ACT Awards ceremony will
be provided by Nomfundo Xaluva and Lindiwe Maxolo who will lead a band and
entertain guests with well-known and original compositions.
For more information on the Arts &
Culture Trust visit www.act.org.za
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