Artwork from JHB Art City 2003 - Lettie Gardiner

RELATED LINKS: Turning Joburg into 'freedom' canvas South African artists are invited to submit their artworks to JhbArtCity 2004 "Images of Freedom" competition, with the work of the 20 finalists to be enlarged and exhibited around Johannesburg Read more Joburg, art gallery Next time you take a drive through downtown Johannesburg you might be forgiven for thinking it's an art gallery. That's because it's the closest a big city is going to get to being an art gallery. Read more

Artists roll up your sleeves for JhbArtCity 2004 June 3, 2004 By Chandrea Gerber ENTRANCE to the JhbArtCity 2004 competition closes on 9 July - so South African artists have six weeks to get cracking. The 20 chosen works will be exhibited on huge canvasses at selected sites throughout the city - transforming the streets into a giant, outdoor art gallery. This competition, Images of Freedom, is the second phase of the JhbArtCity 2004 project. It celebrates a decade of democracy by contrasting the past struggle - depicted in Images of Defiance, a resistance-poster exhibition still on at MuseuMAfricA - with the present and future. Artwork from JHB Art City 2003 - Zwelethu Mthethwa The chosen artworks will be used to develop an art route through the city, linking exhibitions in Joubert Park and the Newtown Precinct. The organisers anticipate that the works will be erected by September. The competition is open to all South African artists who live and work in the country and have had at least one group or solo exhibition in a reputable gallery in the past three years. The works entered must have been created in the past 10 years. Each of the 20 selected artists will receive R5 000, one artist whose work the panel of judges identifies as "outstanding" will get an extra R5 000 and another R5 000 will go to the public's favourite. This project, which celebrates 10 years of freedom in South Africa, is the work of the Johannesburg City Council and the Johannesburg business community, represented by the Central Johannesburg Partnership. The exhibition has been organised in conjunction with the Johannesburg Development Agency, with support from Business and Arts South Africa. The closing date for entries is Friday 9 July. Check the conditions of entry here, fill in an entry form and make sure you make the deadline! Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za