Mandla Mlangeni, Megan-Geoffrey Prins, Gabrielle Goliath, Amy Jephta and Kitty Phetla
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the Young Artist Awards with five new innovators for 2019 Since its inception almost four decades ago, one national award has come to be regarded as the ultimate accolade for young South African arts innovators on
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he National Arts Festival announced the recipients of the 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist (SBYA) Awards as Mandla Mlangeni (Jazz), Kitty Phetla (Dance), Megan-Geoffrey Prins (Music), Amy Jephta
(Theatre) and Gabrielle Goliath (Visual Art). Each of these exceptional young artists will receive a
the cusp of greatness. The latest list of
cash incentive, as well as a commission to premiere a new
winners of the Standard Bank Young Artist
work or exhibit on the Main Programme of the 2019 National
Awards for 2019 proves that the creative
27 June to 7 July 2019.
fire that fuelled their predecessors in the 1980s burns just as fiercely in the current generation of South African arts pioneers.
Arts Festival, taking place in Makhanda (Grahamstown) from These five young stars join a long list of illustrious SBYA alumni who have attained dizzying creative and professional heights over the years. Since 1981, the ranks of SBYA winners have included Sibongile Khumalo, William Kentridge, Mbongeni Ngema, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Johnny Clegg, Vincent Mantsoe, Gregory Maqoma, Janice Honeyman, Helen Sebidi, Lara Foot, Darrell Roodt, Robyn Orlin, Jerry Mofokeng, Andrew Buckland, Sam Nhlengethwa and Marthinus Basson.
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