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A spiral starting at the centre and spiralling outwards symbolises South African First Nations arts and cultural expression

and its inclusion in the Vrystaat Arts Festival.

First Nations Colloquium 3 - 9 November 2019

The First Nations Colloquium & Creative Arts Lab is part of the Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD), initiated by:

Principal supporter:

Programme for Innovation in Artform Development

P I A D/ P I K O I S P RO U D LY I N I T I A T E D BY

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Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD)

The Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD) is an initiative of the Vrystaat Arts Festival and the University of the Free State, generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

PIAD is an arts development programme focusing on how technology, interdisciplinary and experimental arts can connect with and impact on communities. PIAD was launched in 2014 as a pilot project in response to recent data indicating that the creative industries in Africa contribute less than 1% to global output.

As increased access to and participation in culture can be linked to an increase in human development, the PIAD focuses on supporting cross-cultural, experimental art programmes that can creatively transform South African society. For this process, the PIAD is working with several South African and international artists to develop a mutually beneficial programme of engagement.

PIAD fosters innovation in artform development in South Africa through the development, presentation and promotion of art projects, including a series of First Nations colloquiums and projects; critical debates/forums; arts/science research and interdisciplinary artist residencies; interdisciplinary arts laboratories for creative practitioners; and the production and presentation of challenging new work in the arts.

Contact:

University of the Free State Mabaleng Building C215 205 Nelson Mandela Avenue Bloemfontein 9301

+27 (0)51 401 7231/2706

[email protected] [email protected]

Cover based on a design by First Nation artist Tristan Nel. This spiral was chosen by First Nation Colloquium 2016

participants to represent PIAD First Nation projects.

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First Nations Colloquium

The Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD) presents the fourth First Nations Colloquium from 3 November to 9 November 2019 in Bloemfontein and Richmond, South Africa.

The annual First Nations Colloquium brings together a gathering of South African and Australian (and other) arts managers, directors, writers, artists and cultural practitioners with the aim of fostering cross-cultural and international collaborations between First Nations peoples and First Nations creative work. The opportunity is presented to share existing research/projects/models and to imagine a future of creative works that can be presented at cultural and artistic platforms in South Africa and abroad, such as the Vrystaat Art Festival.

The Colloquium inspires creative works across the performing arts, experimental and emerging arts, literature and visual arts. It focuses on increasing cross-cultural collaborations and international partnerships with a deeper appreciation of the value of First Nations arts and cultural expression.

The Colloquium provides an essential platform for First Nations artistic and creative thinkers to share indigenous knowledge and culture while interrogating contemporary cultural frameworks, ideas and themes. The Colloquium delivers an intercultural dialogue enabling First Nations peoples to explore new ways of understanding and engaging in First Nations arts.

2019 Colloquium key focus areas:

Building on recommendations from the 2016 to 2018 First Nations Colloquia, the 2019 edition will focus on

• Reflecting on creative works and engagement with First Nations artistic practices locally and internationally.

• The advocacy of First Nations expression through indigenous language, arts and cultural practices.

• Societal dynamics and challenges that relate to First Nations communities and their expression through creative work.

Facilitated by:

Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin and Edward Charles Human

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Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD)

The Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD) is an initiative of the Vrystaat Arts Festival and the University of the Free State, generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

PIAD is an arts development programme focusing on how technology, interdisciplinary and experimental arts can connect with and impact on communities. PIAD was launched in 2014 as a pilot project in response to recent data indicating that the creative industries in Africa contribute less than 1% to global output.

As increased access to and participation in culture can be linked to an increase in human development, the PIAD focuses on supporting cross-cultural, experimental art programmes that can creatively transform South African society. For this process, the PIAD is working with several South African and international artists to develop a mutually beneficial programme of engagement.

PIAD fosters innovation in artform development in South Africa through the development, presentation and promotion of art projects, including a series of First Nations colloquiums and projects; critical debates/forums; arts/science research and interdisciplinary artist residencies; interdisciplinary arts laboratories for creative practitioners; and the production and presentation of challenging new work in the arts.

Contact:

University of the Free State Mabaleng Building C215 205 Nelson Mandela Avenue Bloemfontein 9301

+27 (0)51 401 7231/2706

[email protected] [email protected]

Cover based on a design by First Nation artist Tristan Nel. This spiral was chosen by First Nation Colloquium 2016

participants to represent PIAD First Nation projects.

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First Nations Colloquium 3-9 November 2019

The Programme

Sunday 3 November - Welcome Day

Venue: Jack & Jill

18:30 – 20:00 Meet and Greet function

Monday 4 November - Travel to Richmond

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast at Anta Boga Hotel

09:00 - 09:30 Shuttle to Richmond arrives

09:30 - 13:30 Travel to Richmond

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 17:00 Free time

17:00 - 19:00 Welcome & First Nations Exchange Led by Bradley van Sitters, Edward Charles Human and Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin

19:00 – 20:00 Dinner

Tuesday 5 November - Colloquium Day 1

Venue: Modern Arts Project, Richmond

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

10:00 – 10:15 Introduction to the week: Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin

Note: 2019 United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages

10:15 - 11:00 Presentation: Jessica Clark

Vietnam - One in, all in is a contemporary exhibition that explores, expresses, and acknowledges Aboriginal veterans service before, during and after the Vietnam War. Featuring a collection of works by twelve Aboriginal artists, the exhibition acts as a collective response to our current need to uncover and give voice to histories untold.

11:00 – 11:15 Q & A

11:15 – 11:30 Tea break

11:30 - 13:00 Presentation & Interactive workshop: Shihaam Domingo

The geography of language, sound and healing – a call for interaction

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at Vet Muis

14:00 – 14:45 Presentation: Diana Ferrus

14:45 - 15:00 Q & A

15:00 – 15:15 Tea break

15:15 – 16:45 Presentation & Group interactive making session: Jack Gray

Turangawaewae: Land/Songs/Images

Gray explores universality through technology and tradition. This group-based experience draw upon a facilitated conversation about “Turangawaewae” - a Māori concept of one’s ancestral standing place - that leads into a visual-based activity movement in different locations using handheld recording devices. Together we will co- create a mini gallery of images that enable us to discuss what we see, how we make meaning from a broad spectrum of perspectives and places.

17:00 – 18:30 Free time

18:30 – 19:30 Dinner

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Wednesday 6 November - Colloquium Day 2



10:00 – 11:00 Break away session: Led by Bradley van Sitters and Martha Mangumbu

11:00 - 11:15 Tea break

11:15 - 12:00 Presentation: Deidre Jantjies

Stories in the wind explores aspects of Southern African indigenous people’s cultures through animation. Connections between young and old indigenous people are made through a collection of traditional indigenous stories of the Khoekhoe/San people.

12:00 – 12:45 Presentation: Lynthia Julius

‘Hotnot, jy praat nie weer daai skindertaal nie hoor jy!’*

*As recounted by a Khoenkhoen speaking farmworker. The farmworker spoke to one of his co-farmworkers in their mother-tongue and the white farmer pinched his ear and commanded him never to speak that language on his farm again.

“A large group of First Nations people with a similar heritage or homeland were moved to places all over South Africa. When Westerners say ‘A man is his place’ we should bear in mind what was lost when settlers removed indigenous people from their land. Not only did they become displaced, but this also contributed to the loss of their language as they had to start working on the land that used to be theirs for settlers who took it from them. ‘Quiet your displacement’ the poet Warsan Shire wrote in her work. In the centuries of First

Nations’ displacement and the loss of their language, this is exactly what they did – they quieted their displacement. The presentation deals with displacement, cultural diaspora and the loss of language.”

12:45 – 13:00 Q & A

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at Vet Muis

14:00 – 14:45 Presentation: Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin

The Tjitjiku Tjukurpa Children’s Language and Culture Project uses the ancient cultural practices and traditions through oral storytelling by intergenerational transfer of the Seven Sisters Dreaming story. This project is driven and implemented by the community for the community. The project delivers by tracking the Seven Sisters songline over hundreds of kilometres, traditional songs and dance taught by elders and developed into contemporary songs, creating stories and songs into Claymation- animation, and cultural workshops led by elders and delivered through Inma (performance), imagery and designs on the body. The outcome of the project is to develop a web platform which hosts the project and the animations including an education pack for teachers and schools.

14:45 – 15:00 Q & A

15:00 – 15:15 Tea break

15:15 – 17:00 Physical participatory session: Jack Grey (clothes you can move in is required)

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Movement for joy is a cultural and community initiative that crosses borders of the separations we experience in our daily, urban, global experiences. Looking at mental health and physical health statistics in communities, Movement for Joy has arisen as a movement of self- reclamation and agency amidst the rarity of joy. Taught all over the world, the session seeks to create more freedom through a fast-moving structure, draws people into a state of open play and a release of personal barriers and takes people through a physical transformation that leaves people reflecting on their own potential for happiness.

17:00 – 18:30 Free time

18:30 – 19:30 Dinner

19:30 – 20:30 Film screening evening with local community

Thursday 7 November – Colloquium day 3



10:00 – 11:00 Workshop with local children: Shihaam Domingo

11:00 – 11:15 Tea break

11:15 – 13:00 Workshop with local children: Shihaam Domingo

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch at Vet Muis

14:00 – 14:30 Reflections on the PIAD First Nations Colloquium: Edward Charles Human

14:30 – 15:00 Strategizing/Planning/Reflection

15:00 – 15:15 Tea Break

15:15 – 16:00 Strategizing/Planning/Reflection

16:00 – 18:30 Free time

18:30 – 19:30 Dinner

Friday 8 November - Reflection Day

Venue: Karoo Padstal

10:00 - 12:00 Reflection session and brunch: 2019 Colloquium & Richmond visit

12:00 - 15:30 Travel back to Bloemfontein

15:30 – 18:30 Free time

18:30 – 19:30 Dinner Anta Boga Hotel

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Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin (Australia) is a Narungga, Wirangu, Wotjobaluk woman and is well known throughout the Australian Indigenous, and international arts communities. Having worked across many

major festivals, she has won numerous prizes for her contribution to the arts, including the Gladys Elphick Award, the prestigious Sidney Myer Facilitator Prize, and the South Australian Ruby Awards twice, Best Community Work and the Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award in 2016. She is the first Aboriginal woman to be appointed as Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board in 40 years and is the first Aboriginal person to hold the Deputy Chair on the board of the Australia Council for the Arts. She is the Co-Chair of Tarnanthi, the Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Art, a member of the National Museum of Australia Indigenous Advisory Committee, a juror for Contemporary Adelaide and the old RAH site. Lee-Ann has advised on scripts for both TV and feature films including Warner Brothers and HBO for the third and final season of television series The Leftovers filmed in Australia in 2016. She is a member of the Country Arts South Australia Aboriginal Reference Group and for the National Museum of Australia. Lee-Ann’s current position is Executive consultant for the Aboriginal Screen Strategy with the South Australian Film Corporation. She is the Creative Producer of Country Arts South Australia’s three-year Diggers Project.

Edward Charles Human (South Africa) has been involved in theatre related activities from early childhood in Heidedal, Bloemfontein. In 1988 he was recruited by John van der Ross, who started a group called Heidedal se Raad

van Uitvoerende Kunste (HEIRUK). Its main goal was to develop drama, singing and dancing amongst the youth of Heidedal. He afterwards joined the Heidedal Drama Group (HEIDRAM). This was a community base amateur drama group that emerged from the Dr. Blok Secondary school under the guidance of Abraham Jansen. As part of HEIDRAM he took part in various Drama Festivals including the Afrikaans Taal en Kultuur Vereniging (ATKV) Drama Festival, the Council for Culture and Recreation Drama Festival and the Grahamstown Standard Bank National Arts Festival.

Over the years Edward was involved in various capacities in professional performances such as the The Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela directed by Thomas Allen Harris, Pik en Graafby Vincent de Koker, Nouroegas by Angelo Mockie and Dr Willy Nel, Kanna hy ko Hystoe written by Adam Small and directed by Gerben Kamper, Blood Wedding written by Fedrico GarcÍa Lorca and directed by Dr. Stephanie Brink, and Wasgoed written by Ilne Fourie and directed by Michelle Hetzel. He was also the Director of Photography and Producer for the documentary and film for the Khoi-San History, Heritage and Educational Project.

Edward is a First Nations ambassador and member of the Free State Griqua Traditional Council.

ants and speakers:

Facilitators

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Jessica Clark (Australia) is a proud Palawa woman with English, Irish, Turkish, and French ancestry. She is a curator, teacher, and arts manager with an independent practice that is driven by her passion for art

and cross-cultural engagement. Recent curatorial projects have focused on promoting new dialogues, challenging preconceived ideas, and creating spaces that encourage new dialogues to take form. She has been working in the arts sector since 2009 in a variety of contexts; educational, commercial, not-for-profit, online, and independent, and her arts writing portfolio is diverse. Jessica is currently undergoing confirmation of candidature at the University of Melbourne Victorian College of the Arts.

Lynthia Julius (South Africa) was born in 1993 in Springbok, South Africa, and grew up in Kimberley. Through her great-grandmother she is descended from the Nama people, the

largest group of the Khoikhoi, early inhabitants of Southern Africa. The Nama language is part of the Khoe-

Kwadi language group. She graduated BA (Hons) cum laude in Philosophy from the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. Her works include (S)ink of Sweef (2013) and Versindaba (2016). In 2017, she won the Afrikaans section of the AVBOB Poetry Project competition, an annual online poetry competition in the eleven official languages in South Africa. A collection of poems, Uit die Kroes, is due out in 2020. A selection of her poems translated into English is expected in 2020.

Deidre Jantjies (South Africa) is a professional flamenco dancer and an activist that is passionate about the historical stories of women. She is the founder of Na Aap Productions, a fully integrated, broad based production

company, screening untold stories and history of Southern Africa. Deidre has a long history of stage performing. She took these skills and started writing her own stories that she is creating into short and feature films. She works extensively on the narratives that are closest to her heart. She opted to become a producer after the realisation that her stage career was no longer challenging enough. She wants to create dialogue around stories that include indigenous heritage and traditions that has been forgotten.

Participants and speakers

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Vincent de Koker (South Africa) started performing at Heatherdale Secondary School. Later he joined PACOFS as a professional actor and singer where he played in several productions such as

Moshoeshoe. He then left Bloemfontein for Johannesburg where his career led him to appear on the national television show Majakathata, he played in the movies such as Jozi Hood, Time Out and Hardloop and appeared in a television advert for Radio Sonder Grense. Pik en Graaf is his first film that he wrote and directed without any funding. Vincent took part in the highly acclaimed stage production of Kanna hy ko hystoe written by Adam Small and directed by Gerben Kamper. This production was done for the Woordfees at Stellenbosch in 2014 and for the Volksblad Kunstefees in 2013. In this production he played alongside June van Murch (Blitz Patrollie & Going Up), Chrystal Donna Roberts (a former Pasella presenter and KROTOA) and Brandon Daniels (KROTOA and Four Corners). He took part in the historical play entitled Nouroegas, which was written by Dr Willy Nel and Angelo Mockie, who also directed the play. This production was performed at the Vrystaat Art Festival. He has since started a production company that consists of board members compiled from the volunteers of “Pik en Graaf.” The Company’s main focus is on productions that concentrate on our stories – “the Indigenous people.”

He launched a program in a partnership with a local school where young troubled youth are trained in script writing, acting,

videography, video production as well as instilling leadership skills.

Shihaam Domingo (South Africa) is driving and directing The Domingo Effect with the core intention of “Connecting to make difference” through authentic and collaborative performing arts incentives.

Shihaam has a professional background spanning over 20 years in print media and marketing whilst having one foot in the Cape Town theatre and music scene. The Domingo Effect officially took off in 2014 as a publicity and entertainment project management service to clients like Lee-Ann van Rooi, Christo Davids, Diaan Lawrence and David Kramer. With the creative freedom of entrepreneurship, Shihaam was able to invest more time into giving young talent a platform, specifically in Oudshoorn during the KKNK (Klein Karoo Kunstefees) through a partnership with KykNET resulting in instantly visible growth in impact and sustainability.

This freedom also led her to her dream of being an independent content producer, with her first production Die Riel Van Hip Hop that premiered at Artscape in April 2017. This production was also broadcast on national television in December 2017 and followed to win the National Fiesta Award for best musical theatre production in February 2018. Lessons and insights from the 2017 First Nations Colloquium has enabled more valuable depth in the generation of new productions through connecting with the First Nations elders in the

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communities as a core point of reference in script development. The opportunity to direct the 2018 Artscape Heritage Day production called Just Our Journey was also motivated by First Nations acknowledgment from the past and presented possibilities which was well received by the diverse cast.

The highlight of her independent career has been the opportunities that stem from raising her voice authentically; due to their ethos, the brands and industry legends that she supports now choose to support and partner with The Domingo Effect.

Diana Ferrus (South Africa) is a writer, poet, performance poet and story-teller. Her work has been published in various collections and some serve as prescribed texts for high school learners.

In 2012 Diana received the inaugural Mbokodo Award for poetry. Diana’s third book, “Die vrede kom later” was launched on 27 July 2019.

Diana is internationally known and acclaimed for the poem that she wrote for the indigenous South African woman Sarah Baartman who was taken away from her country under false pretences and paraded as a sexual freak in Europe. This poem touched the heart of the French Senate and upon hearing it they voted unanimously that her remains should come home. This poem is published in the French Law, a first in French history.

Diana’s work has had and still has a bearing and influence on matters of race, sex and reconciliation.

Jack Gray (New Zealand) is a Māori dancer, choreographer, writer, cultural facilitator and artistic director of Atamira Dance Company. Born in Auckland, Jack is affiliated to Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu,

Ngapuhi and Te Rarawa iwi. Jack is a founding member of Atamira Dance Collective (2000), an Impulstanz Festival Wien Danceweb Scholar (2001), director for Jack Gray Dance (2002), graphic design graduate (2004), Atamira company dancer (2006-2012), A.M.P Scholarship winner (2011), Assistant Professor at University of California Riverside (2014), director of Mitimiti by Atamira Dance Company (2015), Spring Artist in Resident at Asian-Pacific Institute at New York University (2016), founder of I Moving Lab (2016) and I LAND Festival (2017). In 2018, Jack was announced as Artistic Director of Atamira Dance Company, presenting work at Gibney Centre in New York City, Festival 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia, Artist in Residence at UCLA, and opening Tempo Dance Festival in Auckland, NZ.

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Martha Mangumbu (South Africa) is the first young women leader based in Platfontein. She is active with various cross disciplinary initiatives involving indigenous languages, arts

and traditional dance.

She was selected to serve on the National Language Board where she is working hand in hand with Pansalb (Department of Arts and Culture) to ensure that !Xun Thali is taught in schools and that !Xun Thali is also recognized as an official language in South Africa. She is currently working for the South African Bible Soci-ety as translator where she is translating the bible to !Xun Thali.

Martha is the personal assistant of the new elected chief in Platfontein, and a traditional dancer. She is also freelancing at X-K FM radio station and secretary of the Platfontein sports counsel.

Danab ǁHui!Gaeb di !Huni!na !Gukhoeb (Bradley van Sitters) (South Africa)

“In all the years of service in the Cultural Industry the most mem-orable moments were spend with personages the

likes of Oom David Kruiper of the Kga-lagadi San Bushman; “Gaob” King Dr.

Rev. Captain //Gawamuma /Onob Hendrik Witbooi of the /Khobese Nama in Na-mibia and the last known !Korana dialect speakers Ouma Jacoba Maclaire (Bloem-hof) and Oupa Dawid Cooper (Bloem-fontein). It struck me later that all these people and many others have passed away in the years after we met. In this way I became a gatherer of the old tales of the Elders; a collector of life stories of those who would soon pass on...”

Danab ǁHui!Gaeb di !Huni!na !Gukhoeb has been active with various cross disciplinary initiatives involving indigenous languages, music, literature, visual arts, dance, drama, story-telling and traditional practices, such as healing, food, fashion and heritage. He is primar-ily focused on the advancement of mar-ginalized Khoekhoe and San languages. His involvement in various projects have centred on broader themes of oral history and indigenous knowledge systems, which includes Planting Seeds to Hunt the Wind Photo and Audio Exhibition; Cultural Installations and performances at the Exuberance Project, Researcher for a documentary series called a Khoe (Human) Story and Project Manager of the Kaapse Kinders (//Hui !Gaeb di /Goan) School Holiday Children Programme in Lavender Hill. As public speaker, he made numerous presentations at DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Develop-ment Education, PanSALB- Khoe and San National Language Board Conferences, Iziko Museum International Mother Tongue Celebrations, and the Healing Memories of Pain Conference.

More recently he has been involved with the “Aba te” (Carry me) Indigenous Knowledge Legacy Programme which is a cultural offering hosted at the Castle of Good Hope. This forms part of the Castle of Good Hope’s Decolonizing-the-Castle theme in order to create an indigenous cultural hub located at the oldest building in South Africa.

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“As a Social Linguist, the linguistic bor-rowings and lending’s between South African languages is a matter of great interest for me. Known in olden days as the “Tavern of the Seas”, Cape Town has for hundreds even thousands of years been a gathering place as its most iconic landmark, Table Mountain, has forever laid the table for different world cultures to find a seating. What today is known as the “table cloth” for great millennia have given character to the original name for this location, ǁHui !Gaeb, gathering place of the clouds. As a home for all, Cape Town has spawned dynamic engage-ments and cross-pollinations of a mosaic of cultures in cultural landscape with the constant layering of history upon history. This underlines the nature of this investigation into the linguistic lending’s and borrowings between languages of Southern Africa.”

Reabetswe Mokone (South Africa) has been a Judge at Poetry slams like “The Right to Slam” 2016 and “Bloem Youth Poetry Slam” 2017. She is a Social and Gender Activist, who has focused her efforts in enlightening

people about LGBTQI rights and educating people on Gender and Sexual Equity. She has planned “Let’s Talk about It Sessions” with the express purpose of educating people about this and has also planned events such as “The Fluid Mic Night” in order to use the Performing Arts as a mode to celebrate Sexual Fluidity and Identity. She planned a concert called “The Sex Concert” which celebrates love, in whichever shape, form

or size it comes in. She has worked with the Gender and Sexual Equity office of the University of the Free State to help organise a UFS Pride week 2017 for the University which took place in August 2017. She has also guest lectured on gender equality and LGBTIQA rights in the Africa context at the University of the Free State. She is an artist, a producer and a spokesperson on social injustice.

Angela de Jesus (South Africa)is based in Bloemfontein as the Art Curator at the University of the Free State (UFS). She is the Director of the Johannes Stegmann and Centenary art galleries and manages the UFS

permanent art collection. She has been involved with the establishment and is the Co-Director of the Programmefor Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD). From 2009 - 2012, Angela was the Project Manager of the Lotto Sculpture- on-Campus Project. The project enabled the UFS to acquire a collection of sixteen public artworks for the Bloemfontein campus. Her recent curatorial projects include 100 Plates (2012), Re-envisioning the South African War (2013), Plastic Histories by Cigdem Aydemir (2014), Representations of Otherness and Resistance (2015), It’s My City (2016) and Onesie World South Africa by Adele Varcoe (2017).

Angela has been involved with the co-ordination of several community initiatives, such as the Artists-in-Schools Project, and obtained a Masters in

PIAD

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Fine Art from the UFS in 2009. She is a printmaker and video artist.

Ricardo Peach (South Africa) is the Director of the Vrystaat Kunstefees/Arts Festival/Tsa-Botjhaba, a multi-artform Afrikaans language festival in Mangaung, South Africa, that forges links with Sesotho and English cultures.

The festival is held annually over a six day period in July in Bloemfontein, Free State. He also developed and is the Co-director of the Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD) at the University of the Free State, partnering with the Vrystaat Arts Festival. He is also a Founding Director of the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE).

In 2017 he was appointed by the Minister of Arts and Culture as a Council member of the William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberley, Northern Cape. He is also a board member of ASSITEJ South Africa theatre for young audiences.

Miné Kleynhans (South Africa) is a young emerging artist and creative professional residing in Bloemfontein. As an artist, art project manager and facilitator Miné has participated in various

developmental and often large scale international creative programs. Most notably she participated as lead artist in collaboration with Alex Rinsler in the It’s My City project during the Vrystaat Art Festival 2016. She has recently returned from an artist residency at Brashnar Creative project, Macedonia, Eastern Europe. Miné is currently employed at the University of the Free State where she oversees the execution of exciting experimental artistic ventures in partnership with the Vrystaat Art Festival.

PIAD

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A spiral starting at the centre and spiralling outwards symbolises South African First Nations arts and cultural expression

and its inclusion in the Vrystaat Arts Festival.

First Nations Colloquium 3 - 9 November 2019

The First Nations Colloquium & Creative Arts Lab is part of the Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD), initiated by:

Principal supporter:

Programme for Innovation in Artform Development

P I A D/ P I K O I S P RO U D LY I N I T I A T E D BY

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