SAMRO MEMBERS receive lifetime achievement awards at the annual Arts and Culture Trust awards
The winners of the prestigious ACT Awards were announced at a luncheon held on Friday 5 November at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
The recipients of the ACT Lifetime Achievement Awards 2010 are industry veterans and SAMRO members: Gcina Mhlope for Theatre, Pops Mohamed for Music
“We salute the three recipients of these awards. ACT is privileged to be in a position to honour the achievements of these exemplary individuals who have served the arts with vision and commitment“, said ACT chairperson, Brenda Devar.
The prestigious ACT Lifetime Achievement Awards honour Arts professionals whose extraordinary careers have had a profound and lasting impact on arts, culture and heritage and whose lifetime achievements have contributed significantly to the enrichment of cultural life in South Africa. These awards are sponsored by the Vodacom Foundation (the Visual Art Award); the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) (the Music award) and the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) (the Theatre Award).
Peter Clarke’s artistic career spans many decades and he has unsurprisingly, produced a large number of works and appeared in many exhibitions. He received his award from Joseph Gaylard, ACT Trustee and Ebrahim Hassim, Vodacom Foundation Manager.
Themi Venturas, ACT Trustee together with Gérard Robinson, the Executive Director of DALRO presented Gcina Mhlope with her award. Mhlope is best known for her charismatic performances, where she says she does most of her important work, using Storytelling as a means of keeping history alive and encouraging South African children to read.
The esteemed musician, Pops Mohamed, a well-travelled, multi - instrumentalist, who has taken it upon himself to keep traditional sounds alive and is undoubtedly one of South Africa’s living legends of music received his award from ACT Trustee, Jayesperi Moopen and the CEO of SAMRO, Nick Motsatse.
This year, together with the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Awards, was the inaugural presentation of the ImpACT Awards for Young Professionals.
The 2010 ACT Awards were sponsored by the Vodacom Foundation, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO), and supported by Classicfeel Magazine and Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) with the ImpACT Awards being sponsored by the Distell Foundation.
The Arts & Culture Trust also took the opportunity to announce the launch of the brand new ACT Building Blocks Programme, in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the event. Details about the Programme will be released on Wednesday 10 November 2010.
For more information go to www.act.org.za
SAMRO MEMBERS receive lifetime achievements awards at the annual Arts and Culture Trust awards
The winners of the prestigious ACT Awards were announced at a luncheon held on Friday 5 November at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
The recipients of the ACT Lifetime Achievement Awards 2010 are industry veterans and SAMRO members: Gcina Mhlope for Theatre, Pops Mohamed for Music
“We salute the three recipients of these awards. ACT is privileged to be in a position to honour the achievements of these exemplary individuals who have served the arts with vision and commitment“, said ACT chairperson, Brenda Devar.
The prestigious ACT Lifetime Achievement Awards honour Arts professionals whose extraordinary careers have had a profound and lasting impact on arts, culture and heritage and whose lifetime achievements have contributed significantly to the enrichment of cultural life in South Africa. These awards are sponsored by the Vodacom Foundation (the Visual Art Award); the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) (the Music award) and the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) (the Theatre Award).
Peter Clarke’s artistic career spans many decades and he has unsurprisingly, produced a large number of works and appeared in many exhibitions. He received his award from Joseph Gaylard, ACT Trustee and Ebrahim Hassim, Vodacom Foundation Manager.
Themi Venturas, ACT Trustee together with Gérard Robinson, the Executive Director of DALRO presented Gcina Mhlope with her award. Mhlope is best known for her charismatic performances, where she says she does most of her important work, using Storytelling as a means of keeping history alive and encouraging South African children to read.
The esteemed musician, Pops Mohamed, a well-travelled, multi - instrumentalist, who has taken it upon himself to keep traditional sounds alive and is undoubtedly one of South Africa’s living legends of music received his award from ACT Trustee, Jayesperi Moopen and the CEO of SAMRO, Nick Motsatse.
This year, together with the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Awards, was the inaugural presentation of the ImpACT Awards for Young Professionals.
The 2010 ACT Awards were sponsored by the Vodacom Foundation, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO), and supported by Classicfeel Magazine and Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) with the ImpACT Awards being sponsored by the Distell Foundation.
The Arts & Culture Trust also took the opportunity to announce the launch of the brand new ACT Building Blocks Programme, in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the event. Details about the Programme will be released on Wednesday 10 November 2010.
For more information go to www.act.org.za
