Finally! A valuable and necessary cyber space for artists in South Africa (and most especially, Joburg-based) who have needed a group of journalists (loosely-termed) to spread the news about their work.
SAartsEmerging is a website that is a free alternative to the mainstream media and mainstream disseminator (here, read gallery) of art in South Africa. The site provides a much-needed platform for artists to be showcased who have not, as yet, been written about in the media. This happens every 3rd Friday, where a chosen artist has their bio, or a feature about them and their work, published on the website.
The great thing is that anyone can write about an artist; it does not have to be an official journalist. In fact, SAartsEmerging welcomes stories from artists’ friends, family and colleagues. The only pre-requisite is that the artist cannot write about themselves!
The website, in the spirit of providing a free, open platform for artists, has licensed their content under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial_ShareAlike 2.5 licence.
Nathaniel Stern, Bronwyn Lace and Simon Gush are the founders and leading lights within this initiative.
Creative Commons SA were pleased to host their partners from Creative Commons 
