2006-03-24
Performing Arts Network of South Africa's General Meeting
The Performing Arts Network of South Africa (PANSA) entered a new phase in its growth and development as an organisation, with a highly successful annual AGM on March 18 in Johannesburg. The meeting was well-attended with representatives from every province in the country in attendance.
A new national steering committee was elected: Jay Pather (National Chairperson; Western Cape); Nicky du Plessis (Deputy Chair; KZN); John Paile (Deputy Chairperson; Limpopo); Willie Reetsang (General Secretary; PANSA N West Chairperson); Ashwin Singh (Deputy General Secretary; KZN); Noel McDonald (National Treasurer; Gauteng); Themba Mkhoma (Secretary; Gauteng); Themi Venturas (PANSA KZN Chairperson); Brian Heydenrych (PANSA W Cape Chairperson) and additional members Liezel de Kock (Western Cape), Ntsane Mopeli (Free State), Frans Sema (N West), Tanya Surtees (Western Cape).
Mike van Graan stepped down as General Secretary he served in this capacity since the launch of PANSA in 2001 and is a founder member. His vision and leadership established the organisation as the most active arts lobby in the country. Van Graan was thanked by both Pather and members from the floor for his enormous contribution to PANSA.
The AGM was an opportunity to reflect on PANSAs achievements in the past year and also to set goals and targets for the year ahead. Highlights of 2005 include:
establishing and equipping 3 regional offices; appointing regional interns Thami Makhanya, Ukhona Mlandu, Mlu Zondi - and embarking on a mentorship programme; hosting our first leadership weekend in 2005; completing the first phase of the RNE-funded theatre research project and hosting 3 symposia related to the theatre research; hosting three festivals of playreadings with funding from NLDTF and RNE in Durban, CTN and JHB over 3 consecutive weekends in November; completing the first phase of the ACT-funded dance research project; lobbying successfully around various issues, one being the nominations to the new NAC Board and the process around setting the Board in place; embarking on capacity-building workshops in the N West with funding from ACT; the first ever Musho! Festival in Durban in January 2006.
PANSAs generous donors were acknowledged and thanked for their continued support and involvement with the organisation and its projects. These include: the Arts and Culture Trust (ACT), the British Council, Business & Arts South Africa (BASA), the Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation, the NAC, the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF), Old Mutual, the Royal Netherlands Embassy, as well as numerous donors who have assisted with regional funding.
Several PANSA projects and activities are already in progress this year:
Two theatre and arts marketing conferences in March in Cape Town and Durban funded by BASA and the British Council; The Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation (CEFF) in partnership with PANSA invited proposals for funding from organisations operating within the performing arts sector; the three Jury winners of the playreading festivals will premiere their work at the National Arts Festival in July: Hans Pienaar's Three Dozen Roses will feature on the Main festival, funded by NAF and PANSA/NLDTF. Peter Krummeck's iVirgin Boy and Karen Jeynes' Everybody Else (is fucking perfect) will feature on the Fringe, also with funding from PANSA/NLDTF; it is likely that some of the plays that came through our festivals will be featured at a season of new works at the Oval House Theatre in London in May/June as part of a "Beyond Fugard" festival.
PANSA also ran its second leadership weekend with funding from the RNE over the same weekend as the AGM. Twenty-four young people from across the country gathered to voice opinions, problems and possible solutions stemming from their cross cultural and diverse backgrounds, as well as discussed pertinent issues affecting their provinces. Mike van Graan presented a comprehensive and analytical over-view of the political dimensions of arts and culture in SA including the history of policy making and current developments in this regard. Ketan Lakhani took the group on a journey of leadership and Willie Reetsang conducted a session on organisational challenges.
One of the key objectives behind the leadership workshop was to introduce PANSAs young leadership to the ethos and fundamentals of the organisation through debate. Central to this was the need to expand the organisation across all borders, addressing ways of broadening the image of PANSA through its diversity and representation. The need for continuity in leadership in the organisation was re-iterated, and a system of mentoring has been introduced to address this challenge.
For more information, please contact PANSA on 011 492 3211 or pansa@artslink.co.za
ENDS
Issued by PANSA
Tel: 011 492 3211
Fax: 086 673 7003
E-mail: pansa@artslink.co.za
Mike van Graan stepped down as General Secretary he served in this capacity since the launch of PANSA in 2001 and is a founder member. His vision and leadership established the organisation as the most active arts lobby in the country. Van Graan was thanked by both Pather and members from the floor for his enormous contribution to PANSA.
The AGM was an opportunity to reflect on PANSAs achievements in the past year and also to set goals and targets for the year ahead. Highlights of 2005 include:
establishing and equipping 3 regional offices; appointing regional interns Thami Makhanya, Ukhona Mlandu, Mlu Zondi - and embarking on a mentorship programme; hosting our first leadership weekend in 2005; completing the first phase of the RNE-funded theatre research project and hosting 3 symposia related to the theatre research; hosting three festivals of playreadings with funding from NLDTF and RNE in Durban, CTN and JHB over 3 consecutive weekends in November; completing the first phase of the ACT-funded dance research project; lobbying successfully around various issues, one being the nominations to the new NAC Board and the process around setting the Board in place; embarking on capacity-building workshops in the N West with funding from ACT; the first ever Musho! Festival in Durban in January 2006.
PANSAs generous donors were acknowledged and thanked for their continued support and involvement with the organisation and its projects. These include: the Arts and Culture Trust (ACT), the British Council, Business & Arts South Africa (BASA), the Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation, the NAC, the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF), Old Mutual, the Royal Netherlands Embassy, as well as numerous donors who have assisted with regional funding.
Several PANSA projects and activities are already in progress this year:
Two theatre and arts marketing conferences in March in Cape Town and Durban funded by BASA and the British Council; The Carl and Emily Fuchs Foundation (CEFF) in partnership with PANSA invited proposals for funding from organisations operating within the performing arts sector; the three Jury winners of the playreading festivals will premiere their work at the National Arts Festival in July: Hans Pienaar's Three Dozen Roses will feature on the Main festival, funded by NAF and PANSA/NLDTF. Peter Krummeck's iVirgin Boy and Karen Jeynes' Everybody Else (is fucking perfect) will feature on the Fringe, also with funding from PANSA/NLDTF; it is likely that some of the plays that came through our festivals will be featured at a season of new works at the Oval House Theatre in London in May/June as part of a "Beyond Fugard" festival.
PANSA also ran its second leadership weekend with funding from the RNE over the same weekend as the AGM. Twenty-four young people from across the country gathered to voice opinions, problems and possible solutions stemming from their cross cultural and diverse backgrounds, as well as discussed pertinent issues affecting their provinces. Mike van Graan presented a comprehensive and analytical over-view of the political dimensions of arts and culture in SA including the history of policy making and current developments in this regard. Ketan Lakhani took the group on a journey of leadership and Willie Reetsang conducted a session on organisational challenges.
One of the key objectives behind the leadership workshop was to introduce PANSAs young leadership to the ethos and fundamentals of the organisation through debate. Central to this was the need to expand the organisation across all borders, addressing ways of broadening the image of PANSA through its diversity and representation. The need for continuity in leadership in the organisation was re-iterated, and a system of mentoring has been introduced to address this challenge.
For more information, please contact PANSA on 011 492 3211 or pansa@artslink.co.za
ENDS
Issued by PANSA
Tel: 011 492 3211
Fax: 086 673 7003
E-mail: pansa@artslink.co.za
PERFORMING ARTS NETWORK OF SOUTH AFRICA (PANSA) MEDIA RELEASE, 23 March 2006
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