OFM Artbeat (Kunsteklop)
Stay up to date with the latest developments in the creative industries, as featured on Mid-Morning Magic.
#OFMKunsteklop - Jak de Priester gesels oor wat sy kuns inspireer
Jak de Priester is bekend vir sy musiek en teater werk maar is jare al lief vir visuele kuns. Hy vertel van sy masiewe kunswerke en wat hom inspireer om sy hande vol verf te kry. Hier kan jy gerus na sy kuns loer http://jakdepriester.co.za/jak-kuns/
#OFMKunsteklop - Jacobus Silwer skets 'n blink toekoms vir sy kuns
Alhoewel jy Jacobus Silwer ken vir sy musiek, optredes en liefde vir liedjies skryf - vertel hy dat teken sy eerste liefde is. Die OFM Kunsteklop het gaan uitvind wat teken hy graag, waar sy sketse begin het en hoekom kuns hom inspireer om steeds positief te wees te midde…
#OFMKunsteklop - Francois Henning se kuns en kreatiwiteit as inspirasie
Francois Henning is bekend as sanger en celeb Snotkop maar kuns en kreatiwiteit is in sy bloed. Tydens die covid-19 pandemie en inperkings het hy nes sy kollegas in die musiekbedryf gesukkel om kop bo water te hou. Dit het Francois nie onder gekry nie. Hy vertel hoe sy kuns…
#OFMArtBeat - The NWU Gallery brings hope with their latest exhibition "We will rise again"
“We will Rise Again” …Rooted in Venda and practising in Johannesburg, NWU Gallery presents Nditsheni Managa’s first solo exhibition. The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 terrorized the entire global space and had a negative effect on all forms of life including businesses. South Africa specifically, experienced harsh lockdown protocols in attempts…
#OFMArtBeat - For Arno Carstens lockdown has fueled his creative fire
For most musicians the pandemic has gripped their industry to the point of suffocation. Arno Carstens has been creating art for the last 10 years but says that lockdown has fueled his creativity and has forced him to find his inner artist. He says that fans need to hold onto…
#OFMArtBeat - The NWU Symphony Orchestra is looking for new members
The NWU Symphony Orchestra is looking for new instrumentalists to join as well as non-playing members. There are various roles you can full as a musician within the orchestra as well as behind the scenes. Conductor Andre Oosthuizen talks about the plans they have for 2021 and how the application…
#OFMKunsteklop - Rus en Vrede: Kuns wat die samelewing nou nodig het
Kotze Kuns se gallery is in Bloemfontein en bied hul eerste uitstalling vir 2021 in Maart aan. Rus en Vrede begin die 3de Maart en fokus op stillewe werke van ou meesters, ander bekende kunstenaars en opkomende name. Floris Kotze, mede-eienaar by die gallery vertel vir ons van die uitstalling…
#OFMArtBeat - The NWU Gallery presents Sethembiso Zulu in a virtual exhibit
The debut solo exhibition "Ikhaya Lika Moya" of Sethembiso Zulu, curated by Senzeni Marasela at the NWU Gallery opened on the 14th of Feb 2021. Zulu is an artist, documentary photographer, a filmmaker and a video journalist. He shares his journey as creative and healer through a series of photos…
#OFMArtBeat - Last year a DJ saved my life: An exhibition inspired by music
This online exhibition by Alex Hamilton is a thank-you-tribute-exhibition to celebrate and acknowledge the absolute power of song, the extraordinary musicians who create this wonder and most prominently the albums they made to tell complete and complex stories. It is also a celebration of the by now almost extinct art…
#OFMKunsteklop - Michele Nigrini en die kunswerk wat haar steeds inspireer
Michele Nigrini en haar kreatiwiteit en kunswerke bly in Rosendal in die Vrystaat. Sy vertel van haar liefde vir die dinge wat haar gelukkig maak en hoe na 27 jaar daar steeds een kunswerk is wat haar loopbaan gevorm het. Sy maak tans reg vir 'n solo uitstalling Home Ground…
#OFMKunsteklop - Twee gratis aanlyn konserte om Die Boer Teater te red
Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck vertel hoe moeilike besluit dit was om die Boer teater na 16 jaar te sluit. Kort na dit bekend geword het dat die teater alle personeel moes afdank het die span by WOES met hulle kontak gemaak en bied nou twee konserte aan om die teater te probeer…
#OFMArtBeat - Relief funding made possible by the National Arts Council
The NAC has limited funding available to partner with organisations in the respective nine (9) provinces to disburse COVID-19 relief funds aimed at supporting arts organisations and individual artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result could not implement their arts activities. To this end, the NAC is…
#OFMArtBeat - The Don Quixote Portfolio at Oliewenhuis Art Museum
The portfolio was inspired by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes’ novel ‘Don Quixote’ published in two parts - part 1 in 1605 and part 2 in 1615. Illustrating selected quotations from Cervantes’ novel, which appear as printed sheets in the portfolio, it features the work of 16 artists and was…
#OFMKunsteklop - KKNK eers uitgestel vir 2021
Die OFM Kunsteklop het by die KKNK gaan aanklop om te hoor wat hulle planne is vir die jaar en hoe hulle steeds die kunste gaan laat voort leef die jaar. Hugo Theart, artistieke direkteur gesels oor hulle aanlyn beplanning en wat uitstallers, kunstenaars en feesgangers moet weet wat klaar…
#OFMArtBeat - Start of the Presidential Public Art Program in the FS
The Presidential Public Art Program has launched in the Free Sate and will focus on assisting 100 artists from the Free State in receiving an income and creating public art. We chat to coordinator Marius Jansen van Vuuren about this initiative and also about what exactly public art is. If…
#OFMKunsteklop - Die B Gallery in Klerksdorp bied 'n fantastiese platform vir kunstenaars
Die B Gallery is in Klerksdorp en bied uitstalruimte vir kunstenaars van dwars oor die land. Oor die laaste 3 jaar het hulle al R600 000 se verkope vir kunstenaars moontlik gemaak en die gallery vat geen komissie nie. Eienaar Lizette Havenga vertel waar die idee ontstaan het en hoekom…
#OFMKunsteklop - 'n Kersmark met handgemaakte items en kuns vol liefde
Karen Kemp van Angel Hearts Workshop for people with disabilities vertel van hulle Kersmark wat die 28 ste November plaasvind in Bloemfontein. 80% van die items is met die hand gemaak deur die span wat daagliks met hul gestremdhede saam leef.
#OFMKunsteklop - Die Proteablomfeetjie nooi jou vir 'n unieke poppeteater ervaring
Wie is die Proteablomfeetjie? Waar gee sy haar treetjies en wat is haar werk? Hierdie storie kry lewe deur poppeteater en musiek. Dit is ’n verhaal van behoort-aan en om as’t ware te blom waar jy geplant is. In samewerking met die Vrystaat Kunstefees kan die kleinspan die besonderse poppeteater…
#OFMArtBeat - Grounded - Art under lockdown
Grounded by The Department of Fine Arts at the University of the Free State. Grounded consists of work created by staff and students from the Department of Fine Arts at the University of the Free State. The participating artists are Lyrene Kuhn- Botma, Andisa Luvalo, Jaco Spies, Adelheid von Maltitz,…
#OFMArtBeat - Oliewenhuis Art Museum presents Creatively Contrasted
Creatively Contrasted: New views on the Permanent Collection is a curated exhibition from the Permanent Collection housed at Oliewenhuis Art Museum, specifically created in celebration of Heritage Day celebrated on 24 September. The Permanent Collection is an outstanding collection of South African art. It has a solid foundation of early…