An open plaform for emerging artists
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.