Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

We are thrilled to announce the cohort of the 2024 Zeitz MOCAA & University of the Western Cape Museum Fellowship Programme. The 2024 cohort includes Algerian curator Yasmina Ali Yahia; curator Angela Muritu from Nairobi, Kenya; Angolan curator and cultural producer Edna Bettencourt; Congolese-born curator and researcher Kakule Chadrack; and artist and curator Abbey IT-A from Ghana. The programme endeavours to increase knowledge production around curatorial practice, arts administration and heritage management. It offers fellows exposure to museum practice facilitated by Zeitz MOCAA senior staff and is underpinned by academic rigour in art, heritage and museum scholarship facilitated by the University of the Western Cape’s Department of Historical Studies. Fellows study and work with both institutions towards an accredited BA Honours qualification. Fellows will gain practical work experience at Zeitz MOCAA in the Curatorial, Registrar & Collection Management, Exhibition Design, Art Education, and Institutional Advancement departments. The Zeitz MOCAA & University of the Western Cape (UWC) Museum Fellowship Programme is supported by the Mellon Foundation. #ZeitzMOCAA #ZeitzMOCAANews #ZeitzMOCAAPress #ZeitzMOCAAFellows

The Zeitz MOCAA Centre for Art Education is thrilled to invite you to join us in celebrating the tradition of storytelling. This Saturday, 20 July from 3 PM until 5 PM the museum hosts the launch of 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙤 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙍𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙮, a collection of children's stories that will include a special performance orchestrated by Carlo Daniels. This series of four wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated publications mark another first for the Zeitz MOCAA Centre for Art Education, affirming its mission to create a museum that is also a place for children. The four stories in the series: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙉𝙮𝙖 𝙉𝙮𝙖 𝘽𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙪, and 𝙆𝙝𝙫𝙪𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 are written by Meridian Berndt and illustrated by artists Jax Lamb, Meridian Berndt, Jill Joubert and designer Mandy Wamono. Booking is essential to attend, you can register here: https://lnkd.in/dzEjBAix Zeitz MOCAA Centre for Art Education would like to thank Afreximbank and Zeitz MOCAA Patrons & Friends, including the Global Council, for their generous support of the launch of the children’s book series, 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙤 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙍𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙮.

Zeitz MOCAA named one of the '50 Best Things To Do in Cape Town', Inside Guide writing that, "it’s impossible to miss the impressive structure that is Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa when visiting the Waterfront. Its raw-concrete bulk and convex windows tower over nearby buildings and ships in the harbour. Known for its cutting-edge exhibitions, the building itself is a showstopper too, with 42 historical grain silos given an eye-catching makeover courtesy of the UK’s Heatherwick Studio in 2017." Read the full article, here: https://lnkd.in/dMZCWVu #ZeitzMOCAA #ZeitzMOCAAPress #ZeitzMOCAANews

Join us on 6 June for a 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 webinar: 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮: 𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜. Zeitz MOCAA is proud to invite you to join a session with cultural workers 𝙍𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙧𝙞-𝙉𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧, 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙢 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙜, 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙣, 𝙋𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙤 𝘼𝙗𝙪𝙛𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙖, 𝙉𝙤𝙖𝙢 𝙎𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙀𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙣 opened with contextualising remarks by the co-authors of the exhibition, Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti. In recent months artistic solidarity has been most prominent with the global swell of artist-activist actions organised in camaraderie with the Palestinian people. From the streets to art and digital spaces, cultural workers are organising and creating, using their artistry and networks as a powerful tool in activism, protest, raising awareness, and bearing witness. At the same time, many are navigating an increasingly censorious and punitive arts ecosystem. Register to attend the Zoom webinar, here: https://lnkd.in/d7sqM4WJ The exhibition 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩, is on view on level four of the museum, until 16 June 2024. Zeitz MOCAA’s curatorial and education programming is generously supported by Gucci and the Mellon Foundation.

Very happy and proud to be in Basel, Swizerland at the Kunstmuseum, where the wonderful exhibition "When We See Us", created in Cape Town by our Zeitz MOCAA, led by Koyo Kouoh and her team at the museum, has now travelled to what is the heart of the European art world. #zeitzmocaa #vandawaterfront #capetown

"We are building our own voice, our own language.”—Koyo Kouoh, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. Following the success of AWITA’s inaugural conference in 2023, BUILD YOUR OWN ART WORLD 2024 will take place on Wednesday, June 5th, at Christie's. The objective is to support cultural leadership through a day of personal and professional development in a fresh and dynamic format. This year, the focus is on new voices and different languages. Women from different and aligned sectors will share their stories and the strategies, challenges and successes that shaped them. Team and individual Early Bird tickets are available now: https://lnkd.in/eE_utCcf Financial Times article 'Zeitz Mocaa boss Koyo Kouoh': https://lnkd.in/eQ9nZMrR #artworldconference #buildyourownartworld2024 #awitalondon #awitaconference #womeninart #womeninthearts #womensupportingwomen #artconference #artnews

Take a look at this opportunity on our website: MUSEUM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME: ZEITZ MOCAA AND UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1 July 2024 https://lnkd.in/diFrXfRb Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

"Over the past five years Kouoh has been turning around the fortunes of Zeitz MOCAA, one of Africa's biggest museums, focusing on its collection, governance and funding streams," writes John Kampfner for The Art Newspaper. Read the full article at the link, here: https://lnkd.in/dkKf4Hxb #ZeitzMOCAA #ZeitzMOCAAPress #ZeitzMOCAANews

Attention Zeitz MOCAA and the University of the Western Cape Museum Fellowship Applicants: Zeitz MOCAA Curator Tandazani Dhlakama and Professor Rory Bester of UWC will be visiting Morocco, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Senegal this April and May to host information sessions with participating institutions. The fellowship representatives will be visiting LE18 on 15 April in Marrakesh, Morocco to outline the programme to prospective applicants interested in the framework of the one-of-a-kind opportunity. On 17 April, the Allé School of Fine Arts and Design will host the second information session in Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia. On Friday, 19 April, a third information session will be hosted by Nafasi Art Space in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The final information session will take place at the Raw Material Company on the 20th of May in Dakar, Senegal. RSVP by email to attend, addressed to fellowship@zeitzmocaa.museum Find further information about the fellowship, here: https://lnkd.in/dTSBtSJT and the link to the application form, here: https://lnkd.in/dm8znJv5 The Zeitz MOCAA & University of the Western Cape (UWC) Museum Fellowship Programme is supported by the Mellon Foundation.

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