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ART'S FESTIVAL '86: Budget proposal
INTRODUCTORY NOTEBelow is a brief summary of the budget including projected expenses, projected income and the effective deficit of the festival. The following pages include a more detailed budget for the festival as well as explanatory notes.
BUDGET SUMMARY (In South Africa rands)PROJECTED EXPENSES PROJECTED INCOMEDrama 14 304 ,00 Drama 1 260,00Art exhibition 5 800,00 Art exhibition 400,00Children's art exhibition 2 000,00Poster exhibition 1 400,00 Poster exhibition 400,00Music 25 975,00 Music 1 5 000,00Cultural Rally 12 604,00Tributes evening 8 108,00 Tributes evening 1 800,00M^lti media presentation 3 798,00 Multi media 1 000,00Mrir 14 358,00 Fair 6 500,00Candle light tribute 1 500,00Choral evening 2 784,00Symposium 5 250,00 Symposium 2 000,00Literature 6 900,00 Literati^re 3 000,00General festival costs 9 900,00
114 681,00 31 360,00
Money to be raised locally (Note 1) 17 000,0048 360,00
EFFECTIVE DEFICIT: 66 321,00 (Note 2)
1) Money to be raised locally includes donations from participating organizations, churhes and individuals. However, due to the overtly anti-Apartheid profile of the festival local funding is not always readily available.
2) We would be grateful if agencies would help to fund the deficit on the festival. Apart from the deficit, we would be also grateful for funding offered to cover some of the projected expenses of the different festival activities.
1 ) DRAMABUDGET PROPOSAL
PROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspapers 4 704,00
Posters (100) 600,00 Handbills (10 000) 500,00 5 804,00
Venue hire: Little Theatre (1 week) 500,00 Arena Theatre (1 week) 300,00 Community Hall (1 week) 200,00 1 000,00
Administration: Phone calls 400,00Petrol 100,00 Typing and printing 200,00 Postage 100,00 Tickets, stationary and othercontingencies 200,00 1 000,00
Sets, props and costumes subsidy ^comodation subsidy (Note 1)
21
000,00000,00
Travel subsidy (Note 2) 2 500,00Labour (Note 3) 1 000,00
14 304 ,00PROJECTED INCOME20% of door takings (Note 4) 1 2 6 0 , 0 0EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 13 044,002) ARTa) ART EXHIBITION PROJECTED EXPENSES^/ertising: posters (500) 500,00Venue hire 500,00Administration: Postage 150,00
Stationary 100,00 Typing and printing 100,00 Petrol 50,00 400,00
Exhibition costs: Screen hire and transportLighting hire and transport Mounting costs and materials Insurance
300,700,500,800,
00000000 2 300,00
Opening of the exhibition (Note 5):Cheese and wine 700 Guest speaker flight 450 Guest speaker accomodationl50 other contingencies 100
,00,00,00,00 1
5400.00800.00
PROJECTED INCOMESale of exhibition posters 400,00EFFECTIVE DEFFICIT 5 600,00
b) Children's art exhibitionPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: posters (300) 250,00Venue hire 250,00Administration: Postage 75,00
Petrol 50,00Stationary andothercontigencies 75,00
^^libition costs: Mounting costs and materialsScreen hire and transport
200,00400.00100.00 500,00
Opening of exhibition (note 6): Food and drinksTransport costs Program
300.00350.00150.00
2800,00000,00
PROJECTED INCOMENilEFFECTIVE DEFICIT 2 000,00
C) Poster exhitionAdvertising: Posters (500) \^^ue hire
500.00400.00
Administration: Phone calls 75,00Postage 150,00 Stationary 50,00 Typing and printing 25,00 200,00
Exhibition costs: mounting and materials1300.00400.00
PROJECTED INCOMESale of exhibition posters 400,00EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 1 000,00
3) MUSICPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Posters (1000) 800,00
Newspapers 1 432,00Handbills (5 000) 400,00 2 1 0 0 , 0 0
Venues: Clubs 800,00Community Halls 500,00Civic centres 400,00Township stadium 2 000,00
Administration: Petrol 100,00Phone 75,00
PROJECTED INCOMEDoor takings; Clubs
Community halls Civic centres Township stadium
EFFECTIVE DEFICIT
4) EVENTS
3 700,00
175,0010 0 0 0 , 0 0 3 000,00 1 0 0 0 , 0 0500.00500.00 15 000,00
5 000,0025 975,00
3 000,001 000,001 000,0010 000,00 15 000,00
10 975,00
Concert costs: Band fees (6 bands)Public address system hire Platform hire and setting it up Security hire Transport costs
Subsidy for upcountry musicians (note 7):Transport 3 000,00Accomodation 2 000,00
a) CULTURAL RALLY PROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspapers 2 804,000 Posters(4000) 3 600,00
Handbills (10 000) 800,00 7 204,00Venue hire 2 000,00Administration: telephone calls and unexpected contigencies 50,00Rally costs: Choirs' transport 400,00
Band fees 500,00Public address system 1 000,00 Airtickets for three speakers(Note 8) 1 500,00Airticket for one musician 500,00Banners and hall decorations 400,00 3 350,00
12 604,00PROJECTED INCOME NilEFFECTIVE DEFICIT 12 604,00
b) TRIBUTES EVENINGPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspapers
Posters (250) Programs (1 000)
Venue hireAdministration costs: Postage
1 258,00 200,00 300,00
50,00Phone calls (including overseas) 200,00
Costs of tributes evening: Airtickets for upcountry artists (Note 9)1 000,00Audio visual material 2 000,00Public address system 500,00
Video production costs (Note 10)
PROJECTED INCOME Door takings EFFECTIVE DEFICIT
1 758,00 600,00
250,00
3 500,002 300,00 8 108,00
1 800,00 6 308,00
c) MULTI MEDIA PRESENTATIONPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspapers
Posters (300) Program (1 000)
548.00250.00250.00
Administration costs: Phone, postage etc.Venue hireM^ti media presentation costs: Public address
system 800,00Large TV screen hire 300,00Decorations and0 materials 300,00Table and chair hire 300,00Band fees 1 000,00Drama fees 500,00
PROJECTED INCOME
1 048,00 50,00
500,00
2 200,00 3 798,00
Door takings 1 0 0 0 , 0 0EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 2 798,00
rd) FAIRPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspaper 1 258,00
Posters (1 000) 800,00Handbills (10 000) 500,00 2 558,00
Venue hire 1 500,00Administration: Petrol 50,00
Postage 150,00Printing 100,00 200,00
Fair costs: Public address system hire 500,00Tent and tarpaulin hire 2 500,00Band fees (3 groups) 1 500,00Chair and table hire 500,00Platform hire and setting up 1 000,00 Children's stalls materials(notel1) 500,00Drinks stall's materials 1 000,00
A Food stall's supplies 1 000,00Signs and decorations 400,00Toilet hire 700,00 10 100,00
14 358,00PROJECTED INCOMEStalls fees (Note 12) 1 000,00Income from stalls: Children's 1 000,00
Food 1 500,00Drinks 3 000,00 5 500,00
6 500,00EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 7 858,00
e) CANDLE LIGHT TRIBUTE ^OJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Posters (1 000) 600,00
Handbills (10 000) 500,00 1 100,00Venue hire 100-,00Decorations and banner 200,00Candles 100,00
1 500,00PROJECTED INCOMENilEFFECTIVE DEFICIT 1 500,00
f) CHORAL EVENINGAdvertising: Newspapers
Posters (400)584 ,00 300,00
Venue hireProgram 200,00 1 084,00
500,00Choral evening costs: Transport of choirs 600,00
Public address system 400,00Decorations 200,00 1 200,00
2 784,00PROJECTED INCOME NilEFFECTIVE DEFICIT 2 784,00
g) SYMPOSIUMPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Posters (300) ^ Program (1 000)
250.00300.00 550,00
Administration: PhonePostage Printing and stationary
150,0050.0050.00 200,00
Transport subsidy (Note 13): NationalLocal
2 000,00 500,00 2 500,00
Reproduction of keynote papers (Note 14) 25000,00250,00
PROJECTED INCOMESale of keynote papers 2 000,00EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 3 250,00
0 LITERATUREAdvertising: Posters (250)
Program (1 000)200,00 600,00 800,00
Venues 400,00Administration: Phone
PostageStationary and printing
50.0050.00100,00 200,00
Airtickets for seminar speakers 2 500,00Festival short story publication (Note 15) 3
6000,00900,00
PROJECTED INCOMESale of festival publication 4 000,00EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 2 900,00
6) GENERAL FESTIVAL COSTSFestival program (Note 16) 4 000,00Salary of organiser (Note 17) 2 500,00Transport costs (Note 18): Petrol 1 000,00
Airfares 1 000,00 2 000,00Administration: Phone 800,00
Stationary 100,00 Postage 100,00Printing 400,00 1 400,00
9 900,00
NOTES
■^^This is for actors comming to Cape Town from different parts of South Africa.
2) The travel subsidy will enable actors and productions from other parts of the country to perform in Cape Town.
3) The labour cost is to pay people operating the refresment canteen, the box office and ushers.
4) 20% of total takings is worked out as follows: 15 productions x average 3 performances x average attendance (70) x average price (R2,00) = total takings (R6 300,00). Therefore 20% of total takings = R1 260,00.
5) The opening of the Art Exhibition is conceived of as an event that would appeal to establishment artists and appreciators. The aim would be to conscientise the art establishment as to the existance of a People's Culture at the exibition through the display of works at the exhibition
0 a s well as through the utilization of a respected Guest Speaker.6) The opening of the Children's art exhibition will include a special
emphasis on the participation of children in the exhibition. Children from a cross section of different schools in Cape Town will be invited to the opening of the exhibition and transport will be provided for those children from less advantaged areas.
7) A travel subsidy will be offered to up country musicians who would other wise not be able to participate in the festival.
8) The air tickets are for speakers who will come from different parts of South Africa to address the rally (Three air tickets @ +_ R500,00).
9) The air tickets will be for up country artists to enable them to participate in the tributes evening.
10) It is aimed to meke a video of the tributes evening to enable as many people as possible to experience the presentation.
11) A limited amount has been budgeted for the purchase of materials that can
be sold at stalls in order to offset some of the costs of the Fair.12) Organizations participating in the fair will be asked to make
contributions in order to offset some of the costs of the fair.13) The transport subsidy will be used to enable people from different
parts of South Africa to participate in the sysmposium in terms of presenting papers.
14) The reproduction of keynote papers will be undertaken in order to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge. A small profit willbe made from the sale of these papers in order to help offset some of the costs of the symposium.
15) A festival short story publication has been planned. This will be sold at a small profit. The publication will consist of a compilation of new South African short stories from a number of different and diverse sources.A Festival program has been planned that will serve as a comprehesive guide to the festival. This will be widely distributed.
17) A full time organizer has been employed. His job includes the liason with other organizations, as well as overseeing some of the sub committe work. He has been employed from Semptember to January with a wage of R500,00/month.
18) The transport costs have been budgeted for to enable the organizer to travel round the country in order to contact cultural workers and organizations to secure their participation in the festival.
Arts' Festival '86 P 0 Box 423 Salt River 7925 South Africa 24 September 1986
To Whom it may concern
A cultural festival with the theme of "Towards a People's Culture" has been planned to take place in Cape town in December. A large number of organizations, church groupings and cultural workers are involved in this initiative.
With the current repressive conditions facing anti Apartheid organizations in South Africa, the festival is seen as a way in which organizations can articulate their messages using the medium of culture. This is particuarly important for progressive organizations which the government has attempted to silence by the declaration of a state of emergency.
The festival is also envisaged as part of a process in the development of a People's Culture, which is aimed at the unification of people across cultural divisions that have been created by Apartheid. The festival is seen as a catalyst leading to the formation of a cultural organization and the stimulation of various community cultural projects.
Application for funds from various agencies and groups is being sought.We seek funding to help cover the deficit the festival will make. We would also like agencies to consider the funding of specific areas of festival activity, as outlined in this package.
The contents of the funding application are as follows:* a motivation about the need for and nature of the festival* a budget* letters of recomendation* a list of organizations invited to participate in the festival* a list of members of the Art's Festival '86 executive
I trust that you will give our application, for funding of the Arts' Festival '86, favourable consideration.
Yours sincerly
Alastair Teeling Smith (Treasurer)
Arts' Festival '86 Application for funds, 1986
1) BRIEF DESCRIPTIONArts' Festival 186 is a cultural festival planned by a broad grouping of religious, political and cultural organizations and workers. The guiding principle and theme of the festival is "Towards a People's Culture". To this end, the festival is seen as an attempt to begin building, promoting and popularizing a People's Culture in South Africa. This is in direct contrast to the Apartheid government's attempt to divide the people of South Africa through the reification of cultural differences. Drawing on the skills and resources of cultural workers in South Africa, the festival aims to futher the struggle for political liberation by actively engaging in the struggle for cultural liberation.
Under the current state of emergency, the political activity of numerous political organizations has been severely restricted. Many of these organizations have begun to acknowledge the importance of the role of culture within our struggle against Apartheid and the need to assert a People's Culture. It is in this context that a cultural festival has been planned to take place in Cape Town between the 12th and 22nd of December, 1986.
2) NAME OF PROJECT Arts' Festival '86
3) LOCATION Cape Town
4) COUNTRY South Africa
5) APPLICANTAlastair Teeling-Smith P.O. Box 4 23 orSalt River 7925South Africa
Phone number: (021) 477181 (home)(021) 698531 X808 (work)(021) 6381452 (office used by festival)
31 Bowden RoadObservatory7925South Africa
6) LEGAL HOLDER Arts' Festival '86In terms of the constitution of the Arts' Festival '86, it exists as a nonprofit body with the aim of putting on a cultural festival. The festival itself is public and legal according to the letter of the law in South Africa.
7) AUDITORSMr Raphe Herrmannsen CA (SA)Department of Accountancy University of Cape Town Rondebosch 7700
8) BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND NAME Cape Cultural Forum 071324259Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Mowbray branch Cape Town
9) PROJECT COORDINATORMike van Graan10 Victoria Court Victoria Walk Woodstock7925 Phone number: (021) 474801
10) DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
A) INTRODUCTIONOur struggle enjoys a rich cultural tradition, and history has shown that cultural activity has been the most intense during times of heightened resistance against Apartheid. Cultural activities have served to express the frust?#tions, ideals and aspirations of our community - from women and youth groups, through to worker student, community and religious groupings.
Recently, however, culture has been somewhat neglected as an area of struggle. Much cultural activity has occured on an ad-hoc basis; eg whenever it has been felt that a song or a poem or a jSlay would be necessary to "liven up" a political or community gathering. But there has been little conscious effort to advance "a people's culture" beyond this utilitarian approach. In many ways this neglect of culture may reflect the bourgeois notion that
"politics" and "culture" should remain separate spheres of activity.
The growth of progressive : culture has been further inhibited by repressive conditions as well as by the dominant culture as transmitted through magazines newspapers, television and films.
With the present state of emergency severely restricting "normal" political activity, numerous organizations have begun to use "culture" as a means of gathering and recruiting people. Organizations have been reawakened to the importance our culture within our strurrale and to the need to assert people's culture. Progressive cultural workers have begun to organise themselves to this end.
The race and class stratifications of our society are also reflected in our cultural activity, and the festival is an attempt to contribute towards an understanding and formulation of a national People's Culture which transcends the divisions imposed on us. As such, a broad cross section of people will be encouraged to participate. While the festival will be broadly based, there will be an emphasis on the participation of those who have been the historical victims of class, race and sex oppression.
B) AIMS OF THE FESTIVALi) To give momentum to a long term process in which the conscious and concerted building of a People's Culture occurs. The festival provides a short term focus in this process.ii) To futher the struggle for political liberation by actively engaging in the struggle for cultural liberation, i.e. facilitating the creation and expression of emergent cultural forms, content and creative method.iii) To identify and then to facilitate the expression of grassroots cultural activity by making resources and space available for this purpose.iv) To provide forums where theoretical issues related to aprogressive People's Culture can be debated.v) To promote the discovery and teaching of cultural skills.vi) To be a springboard for organising cultural workers.vii) To prioritise the creation and expression of grassroots cultural activity but also to encourage progressive cultural activity among professional and semi-professional cultural workers.viii) To foster relationships across ideological differences through cooperation and working together in the cultural sphere. Participation in the festival will be limited through to those who agree with the basic nonprofit, anti-apartheid (including non-collaboration with apartheid structures) anti-militaristic and anti-sexist principles of the festival.ix) To allow organizations to make organizational gains through participating
in the festival in ways that such gains can be made and which are in accordance with the aims stated above.x) To break down barriers between disciplines and to find new ways of working collectively in an inter-disciplinary manner.
C) A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FESTIVALAt the beginning of the year, the national conference of the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) decided to host a cultural festival at the end of the year primarily as a means of making gains in their constituency. Since the festival was planned to happen in Cape Town, a festival committee was set up here in Cape Town to plan and work towards the festival.
However, with the declaration of the state of emergency and the clampdown on organizations generally, it became clear that ECC would not be able to host such a festival. It was feIt.. however, that a cultural festival should take place and that a group independent of ECC should organise it.
Against this background, it was primarily ECC activists who formed this independent group at first. The group decided to broaden itself and so representatives from a range of community organizations and cultural organizations were invited to a meeting on 18 August to dicuss the propossed festival.
Given the history of the initiative, it was obvious that there were going to be different ideas and opinions about the nature, priorities and aims of such a festival.
After much discussion, the meeting voted ovrwhelmingly in favour of a proposal that the festival would first and formost advance progressive culture in all its forms in the Western Cape. Since the festival would involve organizational participation anyway, all participating organizations would be able to make organizational gains and would in fact be encouraged to do so.
An interim contact committee representing a cross section of interests and constituencies was elected. They were mandated to broaden the process even futher by contacting and inviting more organizations - including trade union, church groups, UDF and CAL affiliates - to another meeting on 1 September to discuss the reformulation of the festival.
At this meeting attended by more than 80 people, the nature of the festival was discussed yet again and it was overwhelmingly accepted that the festival should go ahead though recognising the following:i) that though a wide range of representatives of organizations were present
at the meeting, they could not claim to represent a "People's Culture", nor could they claim to be the ultimate designers or promoters of a "People's Culture". Care should then be taken to to avoid arrogant notions of staging "a People's Cultural Festival" in the naming of the festival. However, it was unanimously accepted that the festival would certainly contribute "towards a People's Culture" and that this theme should be incorporated into the publicity related to the festival.ii) that the festival not be a one-off spectacle but rather that it be part of an ongoing process of building and organising in the sphere of progressive culture.ii)that the festival in fact contribute towards the building and growth of organizations rather than deplete their resources.iv) that the festival, in terms of its scale and nature, be sensitive to national political issues, eg. continued repression and death in the townshipsv) that while facilitating organizational gains, the festival should prioritise the advancement and expression of grassroots cultural activity.
After more organizations were contacted and invited to participate in the festival, the grouping met on 8 September and agreed to call the festival Arts' Festival '86, with the theme of the festival being, "Towards a People's Culture". After report backs from the different sub-committees involved in planning events for the festival, it was decided to embark on a number of pre-festival activities including a seminar to explore the role of culture in the liberation from Apartheid, and a public inauguration of the festival to take place in October.
D) STRUCTUREThe Arts' Festival '86 is a democratic body. It consists of a general forum, an executive, an extended executive and a number of sub-committees.
The general forum, which meets monthly, is open to anyone who wishes to participate provided they agree with the aims of the festival. Participants in the general forum include cultural workers, political activists, representatives from different organizations and church groupings, as well as individuals directly involved in the festival work. The general forum is the decision making body of the festival and is responsible for the overall direction of the festival.
The executive, which meets weekly, was elected by the general forum and is directly accountable to the general forum. It is responsible for overseeing the overall operation of the festival as mandated by the general forum.The extended executive, which meets fortnightly and consists of the elected
executive and sub-committee coordinators, is responsible for the overall coordination of the different festival activities.
Sub-committees have been set up to conceptualise, plan and impliment the different festival activities. The sub-committees are constituted around the following areas; drama, art, music, events and literature.
E) ACTIVITIESi) Drama sub-committeeThe drama', sub-committee has planned a mini-drama festival, the aim of which is to encourage progressive theatre that takes up the issue of political and social conflict in South Africa. It also aims to stimulate the development of a fast growing protest and progressive type theatre. The focus of the festival will be on productions that would not normally be able to be part of a drama festival. This does not however, imply that "professional" type progressive productions will be unwelcome.
The drama sub-committee, which consists of representatives from a range of different organizations and drama groupings, have sent out invitations to groupings around the country inviting them to participate in the festival. Fifteen productions are expected. The productions will rotate between two or three venues, including theatres in the centre of Cape Town and community halls in the townships.
ii) Art sub-committeeThe art sub-committee has planned three exhibitions as part of the festival, the exhibitions are as follows:a) Art exhibition: An art exhibition entitled "About Time: images about South Africa", has been planned. Invitations have been sent to 500 artists around South Africa inviting them to submit work, in whatever medium, around the themes of conflict and change in South Africa. An exhibition of some 200 to 300 works is planned at a venue which is accessible to a large number of people in Cape Town.b) Children's art exhibition: A children's art exhibition has been planned with the aim of contrasting the different expressions of experience that different groupings of children have had during the state of emergency. Invitations have been sent to art teachers around the country inviting them to submit the work of their pupil's around the theme "My Street". The exhibition is planned to take place in a number of venues accessible to the broader community of Cape Town.c) Poster exhibition: A poster exhibition is planned with an attempt to present to the people of Cape Town the rich variety of progressive political,
cultural, educational and religious posters that have been produced as the struggle against apartheid has intensified. A wide variety of community, political and cultural organizations, as well as trade unions, have been invited to submit their posters. Overseas anti-Apartheid posters have also been requested.Other projects being tackled by the Art sub-committee include the eolation of papers exploring the relationship between art and liberation.
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iii) Music sub-committeeThe priority of the music sub-committee is to provide platforms for, and to popularise emergent South African music. It is planned to put on a number of different concerts in Cape Town during the duration of the festival. Venues being considered include clubs, township civic centres and schools.A large concert at a township stadium will form one of the peaks of the Arts Festival '86. The variety of items includes African Jazz, Punk and Marimba bands. The music sub-committee plan to bring a number of different bands from around South Africa to perform in front of the people of Cape Town. It is also planned to convene a symposium to explore the role of music in a liberation struggle, with an attempt to help musicians explore their contributions to the struggle against Apartheid.
iv) Events sub-committeeThe events sub—committee have initiated the following events: a_)— Cultural rally: The cultural rally has been conceived of as a’?variation of the traditional political" rally. Apart from including proposed speakers from the UDF, COSATU, ECC and the churches, it is envisaged that drama, poetry, choirs, singing and marimba bands will be a significant feature of this rally. A crowd of at least 5 000 is being catered for.—1— Tributes evening: An evening of tributes to cultural workers' contributions to the struggle for liberation over the past 100 years is planned. The idea is to present the work of performers, artists, musicians, poets, writers and other cultural workers in an appealing and an accessible manner. This presentation will be located along side the significant historical milestones of our struggle. The material presented, will include that of cultural workers who have been forced into exile. The aim of the tributes evening is largely educative, with an emphasis being placedon an historical examination of the roots of our emergent Peoples' Culture. In an attempt to make this information accessible to a large number of people, the evening will be videoed, with the edited tapes being widely distributed.--— Multi-Media Presentation: A wide variety of productions taking place at a single venue are envisaged. Productions include bands, one act plays, singing, cabaret, displays dancing, video, films, posters, cartoons, banners,
and theatre. The emphasis is on a wide variety of audio-visualstimuli. Such a presentation provides an ideal opportunity for organizations and individuals to experiment with different cultural forms, while at the same time enabling others to experience a diversity of cultural forms, skills and talents.d) Fair: A large fair is planned which is hoped will take place on the Grand Parade in the centre of Cape Town. A large variety of cultural forms will be presented including music and drama. Organizations in the Western Cape have beeninvited to participate in the fair in terms of running a wide variety of stalls. This will enable them both to raise money for their organizational work, as well asto use the fair in creative and inovative ways in the articulation of their messages.e) Candle light tribute: An evening is planned during which the heroes of our struggle will be commemorated by the participatory lighting of candles.The candle light tribute will take place at a church in a township on the eve of 16th December, Heroes Day.f) Choral evening: The focus of the choral evening will be the mass participation of a wide variety of choirs including religious, trade union and organizational choirs. This interdenominational initiative is planned to have inputs from respected clergy such as Rev. Alan Boesak and Archbishop Tutu.g) Symposium: A symposium is being planned to debate the role of culture in the struggle against Apartheid. The symposium is envisaged as consisting ofa number of formally prepared papers presenting positions on different issues. The papers are being prepared by cultural workers, political activists and academics. There will be space in the symposium for participants to debate these crucial issues in order to develop our understanding of the developing People's Culture.
v) Literature sub-committeeA literature sub-committee has been convened to explore and promote various aspects of South African literaty contributions, including poetry, short stories and novels. A series of seminars and talks by well known poets, writters and academics as well as pannel discussions and debates are being organized. Other activities include the publication and launch of a festival book of short stories.
F) FUTURE PLANSAs is evident in some of the sections above, the festival is seen as part of a process of a conscious and concerted building of a people's culture which will aid us in our struggle against Apartheid. To this end, it is envisaged that the festival will result in a unification of some of the cultural workers in Cape Town which may result in the establishment of a cultural
organization. This would facilitate the building of a People's Culture.Money acruing to Art's Festival '86, as a result of festival activities, will be used to help finance other cultural activities and may also be channeled into community based cultural organizations and groupings.
11) DURATION OF THE PROJECTApplication for funding for Arts' Festival '86 is for the festival which is to run between 12th and 22nd december 1986.
12) ACCOUNTABILITYArt's Festival '86 is not accountable or affiliated to any political, religious, cultural organization or grouping. However, Arts' Festival '86 will undertake to send a report and an audited financial statement to funding agencies after the festival. We will also undertake to distribute our publications, media and papers to funding agencies if requested to do so. We will also endeavour to meet any special requirements agencies may have.
ART'S FESTIVAL '86; Budget proposal
INTRODUCTORY NOTEBelow is a brief summary of the budget including projected expenses, projected income and the effective deficit of the festival. The following pages include a more detailed budget for the festival as well as explanatory notes.
BUDGET SUMMARY (In South Africa rands)PROJECTED EXPENSES PROJECTED INCOMEDrama 14 304 ,00 Drama 1 260,00Art exhibition 5 800,00 Art exhibition 400,00Children's art exhibition 2 000 ,00Poster exhibition 1 400,00 Poster exhibition 400,00Music 25 975,00 Music 1 5 000,00Cultural Rally 12 604,00Tributes evening 8 108,00 Tributes evening 1 800,00Multi media presentation 3 798,00 Multi media 1 000,00Fair 14 358,00 Fair 6 500,00Candle liqht tribute 1 500,00Choral evening 2 784,00Symposium 5 250,00 Symposium 2 000,00Literature 6 900,00 Literati^re 3 000,00General festival costs 9 900,00
114 681,00 31 360,00
Money to be raised locally (Note 1) 17 000,0048 360,00
EFFECTIVE DEFICIT: 66 321,00 (Note 2)
1) Money to be raised locally includes donations from participating organizations, churhes and individuals. However, due to the overtly anti-Apartheid profile of the festival local funding is not always readily available.
2) We would be grateful if agencies would help to fund the deficit on the festival. Apart from the deficit, we would be also grateful for funding offered to cover some of the projected expenses of the different festival activities.
1) DRAMABUDGET PROPOSAL
PROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspapers 4 704,00
Posters (100) 600,00 Handbills (10 000) 500,00 5 804,00
Venue hire: Little Theatre (1 week) 500,00 Arena Theatre (1 week) 300,00 Community Hall (1 week) 200,00 1 000,00
Administration: Phone calls 400,00Petrol 100,00 Typing and printing 200,00 Postage 100,00 Tickets, stationary and othercontingencies 200,00 1 000,00
Sets, props and costumes subsidy 2 000,00Accomodation subsidy (Note 1) 1 000,00Travel subsidy (Note 2) 2 500,00Labour (Note 3) 1 000,00
14 304 ,00PROJECTED INCOME20% of door takings (Note 4) 1 260,00EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 13 044,002) ARTa) ART EXHIBITION PROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: posters (500) 500,00Venue hire 500,00Administration: Postage 150,00
Stationary 100,00 Typing and printing 100,00 Petrol 50,00 400,00
Exhibition costs: Screen hire and transportLighting hire and transport Mounting costs and materials Insurance
300.00700.00500.00800.00 2 300,00
Opening of the exhibition (Note 5):Cheese and wine 700 Guest speaker flight 4 50 Guest speaker accomodationl50 other contingencies 100
,00,00,00,00 1
5400.00800.00
PROJECTED INCOMESale of exhibition posters 400,00EFFECTIVE DEFFICIT
I* :
5 600,00
b) Children's art exhibitionPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: posters (300) 250,00Venue hire 250,00Administration: Postage 75,00
Petrol 50,00 Stationary and othercontigencies 75,00 200,00
Exhibition costs: Mounting costs and materialsScreen hire and transport 400.00
100.00 500,0*0Opening of exhibition (note 6): Food and drinks
Transport costs Program
300.00350.00150.00 800,00
2 000,00PROJECTED INCOMENilEFFECTIVE DEFICIT 2 000,00
C) Poster exhitionAdvertising: Posters (500) 500,00Venue hire 400,00Administration: Phone calls 75,00
Postage 150,00 Stationary 50,00 Typing and printing 25,00 200,00
Exhibition costs: mounting and materials 300,00 1 400,00
PROJECTED INCOMESale of exhibition posters 400,00EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 1 000,00
3) MUSICPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Posters (1000) 800,00
Newspapers 1 432,00Handbills (5 000) 400,00 2 1 0 0 , 0 0
Venues: Clubs 800,00Community Halls 500,00Civic centres 400,00Township stadium 2 000,00 3 700,00
Administration: Petrol 100,00Phone 75,00 175,00
Concert costs: Band fees (6 bands) 10 000,00Public address system hire 3 000,00Platform hire and setting it up 1 000,00Security hire 500,00
Transport costs 500,00 15 000,00Subsidy for upcountry musicians (note 7):
Transport 3 000,0025 975,00
PROJECTED INCOMEDoor takings; Clubs
Community halls Civic centres Township stadium
3 000,00 1 000,00 1 000,00 10 000,00 15 000,00
EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 10 975,00
4) EVENTS
a) CULTURAL RALLYPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspapers
Posters(4000) Handbills (10 000)
2 804,003 600,00 800,00 7 204,00
Venue hire 2 000,00Administration: telephone calls and unexpected contigencies 50,00Rally costs: Choirs' transport
Band feesPublic address system 1 Airtickets for three speakers (Note 8) 1 Airticket for one musician Banners and hall decorations
400.00500.00 000,00500.00500.00400.00 3 350,00
12 604,00PROJECTED INCOMENilEFFECTIVE DEFICIT 12 604,00
b) TRIBUTES EVENINGPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspapers
Posters (250) Programs (1 000)
Venue hireAdministration costs: Postage
1 258,00 200,00 300,00
50,00Phone calls (including overseas) 200,00
Costs of tributes evening: Airtickets for upcountry artists (Note 9)1 000,00 Audio visual material 2 000,00Public address system 500,00
Video production costs (Note 10)
PROJECTED INCOME Door takings EFFECTIVE DEFICIT
1 758,00 600,00
250,00
3 500,002 300,00 8 108,00
1 800,00 6 308,00
c) MULTI MEDIA PRESENTATIONPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspapers
Posters (300) Program (1 000)
548.00250.00250.00
Administration costs: Phone, postage etc.Venue hireMulti media presentation costs: Public address
system 800,00Large TV screen hire 300,00Decorations and materials 300,00Table and chair hire 300,00Band fees 1 000,00Drama fees 500,00
PROJECTED INCOME
1 048,00 50,00
500,00
2 200,00 3 798,00
Door takings 1 0 0 0 , 0 0EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 2 798,00
d) FAIRPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Newspaper 1 258,00
Posters (1 000) 800,00 Handbills (10 000) 500,00
Venue hireAdministration: Petrol 50,00
Postage 150,00Printing 100,00
2 558,00 1 500,00
200,00
Fair costs: Public address system hireTent and tarpaulin hire 2Band fees (3 groups) 1Chair and table hirePlatform hire and setting up 1Children's stalls materials(notel 1)Drinks stall's materials Food stall's supplies Signs and decorations Toilet hire
500.00500.00500.00500.00 000,00500.00 000,00 000,00400.00700.00 10 1 0 0 , 0 0
14 358,00PROJECTED INCOMEStalls fees (Note 12)Income from stalls: Children's
FoodDrinks
1 0 0 0 , 0 0 1 500,00 3 000,00
1 0 0 0 , 0 0
5 500,006 500,00
EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 7 858,00
e) CANDLE LIGHT TRIBUTE PROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Posters (1 000) 600,00
Handbills (10 000) 500,00 1 100,00Venue hire 100,00Decorations and banner 200,00Candles 100,00
1 500,00PROJECTED INCOMENilEFFECTIVE DEFICIT 1 500,00
f) CHORAL EVENINGAdvertising: Newspapers
Posters (400)584.00300.00
Venue hireProgram 200,00 1 084,00
500,00Choral evening costs: Transport of choirs 600,00
Public address system 400,00Decorations 200,00 1 200,00
2 784 ,00PROJECTED INCOME NilEFFECTIVE DEFICIT 2 784,00
g) SYMPOSIUMPROJECTED EXPENSESAdvertising: Posters (300)
Program (1 000)250.00300.00 550,00
Administration: PhonePostage Printing and stationary
150,0050.0050.00 200,00
Transport subsidy (Note 13): NationalLocal
2 000,00 500,00 2 500,00
Reproduction of keynote papers (Note 14) 25000,00250,00
PROJECTED INCOMESale of keynote papers 2 000,00EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 3 250,00
5) LITERATUREAdvertising: Posters (250)
Program (1 000)200,00600,00 800,00
Venues 400,00Administration: Phone
PostageStationary and printing
50.0050.00100,00 200,00
Airtickets for seminar speakers 2 500,00Festival short story publication (Note 15) 3
6000,00900,00
PROJECTED INCOMESale of festival publication 4 000,00EFFECTIVE DEFICIT 2 900,00
6) general festival costsFestival program (Note 16) 4 000,00Salary of organiser (Note 17) 2 500,00Transport costs (Note 18): Petrol 1 000,00
Airfares 1 000,00 2 000,00Administration: Phone 800,00
Stationary 100,00 Postage 100,00Printing 400,00 1 400,00
9 900,00
NOTES
1) This is for actors comming to Cape Town from different parts of South Africa.
2) The travel subsidy will enable actors and productions from other parts of the country to perform in Cape Town.
3) The labour cost is to pay people operating the refresment canteen, the box office and ushers.
4) 20% of total takings is worked out as follows: 15 productions x average 3 performances x average attendance (70) x average price (R2,00) = total takings (R6 300,00). Therefore 20% of total takings = R1 260,00.
5) The opening of the Art Exhibition is conceived of as an event that would appeal to establishment artists and appreciators. The aim would be to conscientise the art establishment as to the existance of a People's Culture at the exibition through the display of works at the exhibition as well as through the utilization of a respected Guest Speaker.
6) The opening of the Children's art exhibition will include a special emphasis on the participation of children in the exhibition. Children from a cross section of different schools in Cape Town will be invited to the opening of the exhibition and transport will be provided for those children from less advantaged areas.
7) A travel subsidy will be offered to up country musicians who would other wise not be able to participate in the festival.
8) The air tickets are for speakers who will come from different parts of South Africa to address the rally (Three air tickets @ + R500,00).
9) The air tickets will be for up country artists to enable them to participate in the tributes evening.
10) It is aimed to meke a video of the tributes evening to enable as many people as possible to experience the presentation.
11) A limited amount has been budgeted for the purchase of materials that c
be sold at stalls in order to offset some of the costs of the Fair.12) Organizations participating in the fair will be asked to make
contributions in order to offset some of the costs of the fair.13) The transport subsidy will be used to enable people from different
parts of South Africa to participate in the sysmposium in terms of presenting papers.
14) The reproduction of keynote papers will be undertaken in order to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge. A small profit willbe made from the sale of these papers in order to help offset some of the costs of the symposium.
15) A festival short story publication has been planned. This will be sold at a small profit. The publication will consist of a compilation of new South African short stories from a number of different and diverse sources.
16) A Festival program has been planned that will serve as a comprehesive guide to the festival. This will be widely distributed.
17) A full time organizer has been employed. His job includes the liason with other organizations, as well as overseeing some of the sub committe work. He has been employed from Semptember to January with a wage of R500,00/month.
18) The transport costs have been budgeted for to enable the organizer to travel round the country in order to contact cultural workers and organizations to secure their participation in the festival.
CAPE CULTURAL FORUM BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR AN ANTI-APARTHEID
CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN DECEMBER 1986
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
At present, there are 11 components to the Festival. Each component is being organised by a separate sub-committee. This budget is based on the respective needs of each sub-committee and is set out in this manner. Added to this is the budget of the Co-ordinating Committee which will be facilitating general coordination of the sub-committees (item 12).
All sub-committees will be aiming to cover as much of their expenses as is possibe during the Festival. Thus, the Indigenous Drama Subcommittee (1); the Literature Subcommittee (2), the Choral Evening Subcommittee (5); the Tributes Evening Subcommittee (8) and the Multi-Media Evening Subcommittee (10) are expecting to recover 40-50% of costs. The Fair Subcommittee (6) and the Outdoor Concert Subcommittee (11) should at least break even and we will be aiming for a profit on these events. All remaining subcommittees, with the exception of the Co-ordinating Committee, will request donations from people attending events organised by these subcommittees.
EXPENSES
1) Drama Subcommittee
a) Advertising
i) Newspaper adverts R 600,00ii) Posters (500) R 400,00
iii) Handbills (5000) R 300,00
b) Drama Program (1 000)
c) Venue Hire
i) Community Arts Projectii) Arena Theatre
iii) Baxter Theatre
R 200,,00 R 200,00 R1 800,00
R 15 400,00
R 1 300,00
R 500,00
R 2 200,00
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d) Travel Subsidy for out of town productions
e) Money upfront needed for two progressive professional productions on circuit
f) Stage set materials
g) Accommodation subsidy at a university residence to be shared amongst upcountry performers
h) General administrative expenses (petrol, stationery, phone calls etc)
R 3 000,00
R _5 000,00
R j / 800,00
R 2 000,00
R 500,00
2) Literature Subcommittee
Advertising for seminars, panel discussions and book launches
i) 250 posters R 200,00ii) Program (approximately 1 000) R 600,00
joy Festival Short Story Publication (upfront money)
&Y International African writers airfare (probably from Kenya or Nigeria)
R 11 300,00
R 800,00
R
6Y Local transport for upcountry guest speakers R (8 speakers x average airticket cost of R4 0 0 , 0 0)
R
Accommodation at University residence subsidy R for 9 guest speakers for 5 - 1 0 days
3 000,00
3 200,00
2 000,00
1 500,00
f) Cheese and wines for R 500,00i) Short Story Publication Launch R250,00
ii) International Speaker Welcome R250,00
g) General Administrative Costs R 300,00 (Petrol, stationery, phone calls etc)
3) Art Exhibition Subcommittee R 5 800,00
S a ) Advertising : Posters (500) R 500,00
-4)) Exhibition program (3 000) R 700,00
J c ) Screen hire and transport R 300,00
'"61) Lighting hire and transport R 700,00
\j£) Mounting costs and materials R 500,00
^A.) Venue hire R 500,00
vjg) Insurance R 800,00
Ji) Opening R 1 400,00i) Cheese and Wine R700,00
ii) R100,00iii) Guest speaker flight R450,00iv) Guest speaker accommodation R 1 50,00
\̂ g) General Administrative Costs R 400,00(Petrol, stationery, phone calls etc)
4) Children's Arts and Crafts Exhibition Sub- R 2 000,00 committee
a) Materials subsidy R 500,00
v/b) Venue hire R 250,00
v̂ ;) Advertizing poster (300) R 250,00
d) Opening R 800,00i) Food and drinks R300,00
ii) Hire of b u s e s (township children) R350,00iii) Program R150,00
'''•4) General Administrative Costs R 200,00(Telephone, Stationery, Petrol)
5) Choral Evening Subcommittee R 2 250,00
a) Advertising R 800,00i ) Newspaper R 3 00,00
ii) Poster (400) R300,00iii) Programm (1 000) R200,00
b) Transport of choirs R 600,00
c) Venue hire
d) Venue decorations
e) Public Address system
6) Fair Subcommittee
^ a ) Advertisingi) Posters (1 000) R800,00
ii) Newspaper R1000,00iii) Handbills (10 000) R500,00
Public Address System Hire
V^) Tent and Tarpaulan Hire
Venue Hire
Band fees (3 groups)
^ f )Chair and Table Hire
M ) Platform hire and setting up
dzf Children's Stalls Materials
Drinks Stalls Supplies
y ( Food Stall Supplies
kY Sign posts, decorations
i / Toilet hire
re/ General Administrative Costs(Petrol, stationery, postage, telephone)
7) Mass Rally Subcommittee
\/a) Advertisingi) Newspaper R1 000,00
ii) Posters ( 2 000) R1 800,00iii) Handbills (5 000) R 400,00
\ X ) Venue hire (Good Hope Centre)
\J:) Choir transport
lA ) Jazz Band hire (Bazil Coetzee)
\j£) Public Address system
R 300,00
R 150,00
R 400,00
R 1 3 600,00
R 2 400,00
R 500,00
R 2 500,00
R 500,00
R 1 500,00
R 500,00
R 1 000,00
R 500,00
R 1 000,00
R 1 500,00
R 400,00
R 700,00
R 500,00
R 12 400,00
R 3 200,00
R 2 000,00
R 400,00
R 500,00
R 1 000,00
:International Speaker airflight R 3 500,00and accommodation
J i ) Upcountry speakers flight and R 1 000,00accommodation (2 speakers)
itf) Upcountry musician flight R 500,00and accommodation
^i) Banners and decorations R 300,00
8) Tributes Evening Subcommittee R 7 600,00
fe/ Advertising R 1 000,00i) Newspaper R500,00
ii) Posters (250) R200,00iii) Programs (1 000) R300,00
bO Venue hire (Baxter Theatre) R 600,00
c) Overseas SA artist airfare R 3 500,00and accommodation
O ff Local artist airfare R 1 000,00and accommodation (2)
& { Administrative Costs R 500,00(Overseas phone calls, postage etc)
9) Seminar and Symposium Subcommittee
a) Advertisingi) Posters (300) R250,00
ii) Program (1 000) R300,00
R 550,00
b) 3 local artists airfare and accommodation
R 1 500,00
c) Transport for township people to the seminars
R 350,00
d) Printing and General Administrative Costs R 500,00
Multi-Media Evening Subcommittee R 4 700,00
'"■arT Advertising R 1 000,00i) Posters (300) R250,00
ii) Newspaper R500,00iii) Program (1 000) R250,00
bf" Venue hire R 500,00
Public Address systems (2) R 800,00
Large TV screen hire R 300,00
efy'1' Decorations and materials R 300,00
I f f Table and Chair hire R 300,00
g-K Band fees (2) R 1 000,00
h> Drama fees (2 short plays) R 500,00
11) Concert Subcommittee R 21 400,00
Advertisingi) Posters (1 000) R800,00
ii) Newspaper R1 000,00 iii) Handbills (5 000) R300,00
R 2 100,00
U S ) Band fees (6 bands) R 10 000,00
Public Address system hire R 2 000,00
Musician transport subsidy (upcountry) R 3 000,00
v/) Musician accommodation subsidy R 2 000,00
Local transport costs R 500,00
l/r> Platform hire and setting up R 1 000,00
\ A ) Security hire R 500,00
i) General administration (Telephone, petrol and stationery)
R 300,00
12) Co-■ordinating Committee R 8 000,00
a) Festival program R 4 000,00
b) Transport costsi) Airfares R1 200,00
ii) Petrol reimbursements R 200,00
R 1 400,00
c) Employment of full-time cultural workers (3 months)
R 1 000,00
d) General advertising (newspaper) R 1 000,00
e) General administrative costs (Stationery, telephone etc)
R 500,00
TOTAL EXPENSES R107 350,00
August 1986
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THE CULTURAL FORUM - ORIGINS, MOTIVATION, STRUCTURE & FUNCTIONING
OriginsIn January 1986, the ECC National Conference in Durban decided to plan for a national cultural festival to be held at the end of the year in Cape Town. The aims of the festival were to popularise the message of the ECC, to build ECC as a national organisation, and to promote culture as a progressive medium of political communication.
Prior to the latest state of emergency, the festival Co-ordinating Committee had been set up in Cape Town, a programme had been drawn up, and a national network was in the process of being formed. However, the crackdown on ECC following the state of emergency, set the organisation of the festival back and the whole matter of the festival was reassessed by the National Committee of the ECC. Their opinion was that under present conditions, ECC would be unable to hold a national festival and that the festival should become (in reality) an autonomous venture.
The festival committee, based in Cape Town, decided to launch a new cultural initiative. A process of consultation with organisations in the Western Cape was embarked upon. Organisations consulted included the United Democratic Front, Community Arts Project, National Union of South African Students, Grassroots,United Women's Congress, Rape Crisis, the Black Sash, Education for an Aware South Africa, Pupils Awareness Action Group, Young Progressives, the Action Workshop, Jews for Justice, Musical Action for People's Power, Koeberg Alert, Western Province Council of Churches, Students Union for Christian Action, Cape Youth Congress, the Call of Islam, the Association of Arts.It became evident that many organisations affected by the emergency regulations were thinking about working in the cultural field and the need for such an initiative was clearly felt.
On the 2nd August, 1986 a meeting of people interested in the initiative was held at the Rondebosch Congregation Church Hall and at this point the Cape Cultural Forum was formally launched.A constitution was adopted, a chair elected, and a structure for the forum initiated.
Responding to the CrisisThe emergence of the Cultural Forum at such a time in South A f r i c a ' s’ history is a direct response to crisis in which the democratic movement in South Africa finds itself. It is, however, not entirely a new form. Many organisations have in the last few years used the arena of culture to promote their ideas. The ECC has used concerts, plays and festivals to convey their message to constituencies otherwise inaccessible to them. The UDF has used a variety of cultural forms including concerts, rallies and fun-runs. The workers' movement too has taken up this area as an organising tac t i c .
The silencing of overt political messages, the clamp on the operations of political organisations and the continuing detention and harassment of community organisers, has left us with few channels through which to operate legally. New ways of mobilising and informing are needed and the arena of culture is well-suited to this. It provides unique opportunities for community involvement; it has an educating and motivating role; it is an excellent vehicle to promote the ideas of non-racialism, democracy and unity in a time of hardship. Culture has thus become an increasingly important priority since the state of emergency.
3. Aims of the Cultural Forum
a. To promote a broad-based progressive South African culture that seeks to build across the gaps of a divided society.
b. To provide a forum through which progressive organisations can build themselves and convey their message in the cultural field.
c. To promote culture as an enlightened medium of education and entertainment.
d. To promote a unity amongst cultural workers and provide a vehicle through which they can perform at a mass public level.
e. To make culture accessible to the community - to build links between the accepted institutions of culture, and the community as a site of creativity.
f. To highlight the broader social issues of conflict and changeas they are taken up by or expressed within a cultural paradigm.
4. TasksWhile the aims of the Cultural Forum are long-term, our immediate task is to produce a cultural festival to be held during December in Cape Town. Apart from fulfilling the above aims, this festival will further help to promote the Cultural Forum as an initiative in the community, and will be a suitable focus for the launch of a national organisation.
We plan to dominate the holiday season in Cape Town — using creative forms of promotion, we hope to leave every resident and visitor in Cape Town touched in some way by the energy and message of the festival.
It is planned to hold the bulk of the festival over 10 days, extending from Saturday 13th December to Sunday 21st December. This will include Heroes' Day, December 16th. The two weeks prior to the festival will be used to build up a presence and anticipation. The opening of an art exhibition "Artists Against Apartheid" will be held during this period, as well as the play festival.
Other events will include press conferences, media stunts, floats and diverse forms of media. The festival will utilize a variety of venues, including UCT and U W C , the City Hall, the Baxter Theatre and Little Theatre, the "Old Breweries" in Woodstock, the Good Hope Centre and a variety of civic halls. A final programme is not yet available, but major events of the festival include:
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Play festival African Literary Forum Art Against ApartheidChildren's Arts and Crafts Exhibition Choral Evening - projected attendance 4 000 Fair - projected circulation 10 000 Cultural Rally - projected attendance 5 000 Tributes Evening (attendance 1 000)Cultural Symposium (attendance 1 000)Multi-Media Evening (attendance 1 500)- Skills Workshops - art, music, media, writing- Schools essay and drawing competitionConcerts (1 large, attendance 2 000, a variety of smaller shows, attendance 500 each)
The play festival will include acts from a range of black and/or progressive theatre in South Africa. The art exhibition is being co-ordinated through community arts centres and established institutions such as Michaelis and the Association of Arts. It will include some 200 works by South African artists. The Cultural Rally is an expansion on the usual format of political rallies. We hope to use overseas speakers on the platform and to provide variety with township choirs, local singers and poetry. The Tributes Evening will be a review of South Africa's cultural history, with short talks and performances by well-known artists and tributes paid to people who have made great contributions to the field of culture in South Africa. The symposium will focus on debates in the arena of culture, and present key papers by prominent individuals in the university or community. This will run over a number.of days, be a major focus of discussion throughout the festival. There exists ample opportunity throughout the festival for organisations to make individual contributions and to participate in organised events. Events such as the fair and multi-media evening will have stalls and presentations by various o rganisations.
StructureThe Cultural Forum is at present limited to the Western Cape. A national network is being set up and it is hoped that similar committees will be constituted in other centres. At the festival in December 1986, a National Cultural Forum will be considered and probably launched.
The structure of the forum is democratic, and decentralised. The full forum meeting is open to any one wishing to participate,
Collection Number: AG1977
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