(Right: Ashraf
Johaardien. Pic by Jan Potgieter)
Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA)
encourages projects between creatives and businesses, with a focus on online
collaborations, to submit expressions of interest to be considered for grant
support.
According to BASA CEO, Ashraf Johaardien,
“There is real power that comes from deep collaboration between the right
partners, and the purpose of the Supporting Grants’ platform is to ignite
partnerships that are able to effect meaningful social change. As the South
African government contemplates risk-adjusted approaches to resuming economic
activity, it seems an opportune time to support and amplify business and arts
partnerships that are exploring digital frontiers or innovating in virtual
spaces.”
Johaardien explains why the BASA Supporting
Grants platform offers a slightly different lens to conventional funding in
that the focus is on amplifying and extending existing partnerships between
arts and businesses: “The public-private partnership that led to the formation
of BASA in 1997 was a key part of South Africa’s strategy to secure greater
involvement in as well as support for the arts from businesses in South Africa.
To this end, the Supporting Grants programme was designed to assist in
activating sponsorship for a cross-section of arts projects in different
regions of the country, by providing financial support to a project that is in
an already existing business and arts relationship.” He adds that, while the
team is encouraging applications between digital collaborators, all planned
business and arts partnerships are eligible for consideration.
The application process for Supporting
Grants has now been simplified, with interested parties merely submitting a
formal letter of interest as a first step, and BASA then inviting eligible
applicants to complete an online application. There is no deadline, and
applications are considered throughout the year. Visit http://tiny.cc/basaSG
for criteria and application guidelines, or e-mail enquiries to
sipho@basa.co.za.
BASA Supporting Grants are made possible
with the generous support from the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.
To link direct to the BASA website, click on the advert to the right of this article or visit www.basa.co.za)
To link direct to the BASA website, click on the advert to the right of this article or visit www.basa.co.za)
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