Two new competition partners help blaze the way forward for Free State artists www.newbreedart.co.za
The winner of the 2019 New Breed Art Competition were, from left to right, Bokang Nkejane (Merit Award), Miné Kleynhans (Merit Award), Neo Theku (Overall Winner), Bongani Tshabalala (Public Choice Award) and Kay Fourie (Runner-up). The competition did not take place in 2020 due to Covid.
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he Art Bank of South Africa and the Free State Art Collective have come on board as the latest partners to the New Breed Art Competition, so-doing significantly increasing the national exposure and career advancement the competition holds for Free State artists. Now in its fifth year, the New Breed Art Competition is presented by Phatshoane Henney Attorneys, in association with Oliewenhuis Art Museum, as it has been since its inception in 2016. With ArtbankSA and the FSAC now joining forces with this one-of-a-kind visual arts competition aimed at uncovering new and emerging Free State artists, this platform for showcasing local art is put on an exciting new trajectory. “Because Phatshoane Henney Attorneys is committed to promoting emerging new breed artists, we are thrilled to welcome ArtbankSA and the Free State Art Collective on board as official competition partners to further
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leverage the growth and development of Free State art and artists. Each entity is influential in own right in not only the Free State but also the national art arena, and through their linking up with the competition’s vision of discovering new local talent, the benefit for artists in entering, exhibiting during, as well as winning the competition, is greater than ever,” says Magdel Louw, Competition Coordinator and Marketing and PR Manager at Phatshoane Henney Attorneys. As a national programme of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the Art Bank of South Africa is tasked with purchasing art from emerging South African artists. As competition partner, the Art Bank will be intimately involved in the competition providing artists selected to participate in the New Breed Art Competition Exhibition a valuable opportunity to gain exposure with this important national programme, as well as attend a skills development workshop conducted by the ArtbankSA.
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