BOOKING KITSBooking kits for the 1996 Standard Bank National Arts Festival can be purchased by cash or cheque in person only from selected Standard Bank branches. There are two booking kits: the Performance Booking Kit at R7 or the Comprehensive Booking Kit (includes information on accommodation, air fares, etc) at R9. Selected branches and contact persons in Durban are as follows: Standard Bank Main in Smith Street (Laura Taylor), Durban ABC West Street (Rose Mayell), Musgrave (Terry Marais) and Durban North (Jean Mitchell). Other branches in KZN are: Pinetown (Sharon Jones), Pietermaritzburg (Marinda Bezuidenhout), Port Shepstone (Kim Darke), Empangeni (Jill Chamberlain) and Newcastle (Reene Maharaj). To order booking kits by post, send the relevant amount (cheques/postal orders made out to the Grahamstown Founda-tion) to The Festival Director, Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Box 304, Grahamstown, 6140. Ph: (0461) 27115. BEREA ARTISTS AT HOMEThe Berea Artists at Home invite visitors to participating studios through-out the week by appointment, either individually or in groups. Artists are: ceramist Rodney Blumenfeld (28-6863); graphic artist Clara Cerrai (21-3767); Rob and Jacky Fletcher who do marbling and quilting (23-5265); sculptor Hannah Lurie (28-1926); stained glass artist Graham Todd (23-9928); and watercolourist Martin Burnett (21-0322). Caroline Smithyman, founder of the organisation, is not participating in Berea Artists at Home at present. Contact any member for details. Leaflets at Durban Arts, Durban Unlimited and Visuals Musgrave Centre. |
DECORATIVE ARTSThe Decorative Arts Society holds monthly lectures in the Cecil Renaud Theatre on the Technikon Natal Berea campus in Mansfield Road at 12h00. Talks are usually repeated in the evening at 18h00 in the Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg. The next meeting of Decorative Arts will be held on May 28 when Richard Cock, conductor of the National Sym- phony Orchestra talks about Orchestras in Transition: The NSO in the NSA. Contact the Society for further details on 700-4060. GALLOW GLASSStarting on May 13 on M-Net at 21h00 is Gallow Glass, a bizarre dramatisation of the Barbara Vine (best-selling novelist Ruth Rendell) novel. Starring Paul Rhys, Michael Sheen and Claire Hackett, the series is directed by Tim Fywell. ART IN THE PARKThe well-known and popular annual visual arts event, Art in the Park, held in Alexandra Park in Pietermaritzburg takes place from May 29 to June 2. |