Jive Soweto exhibition is on at the Hector Pieterson Museum from the beginning of September

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Jive Soweto joins Arts Alive An art exhibition at the Hector Pieterson Museum aims to broaden the focus of the Arts Alive festival, as well as expand its geographic reach into Soweto. August 29, 2007 By Ndaba Dlamini ZANELE Muholi, one of the most celebrated visual artists in the country, will lead a pack of big-name artists in a rare, professionally staged art exhibition at the Hector Pieterson Museum. The month-long Jive Soweto exhibition is part of the City's Arts Alive Festival; Hannelie Coetzee, Ossie Dowery, Churchill Madikida, Senzeni Marasela, Kenneth Nkosi, Farrell Ngilima and Peter Tobias are some of the artists who will be taking part. Selecting art works According to the exhibition curator, Melissa Mboweni, the aim of the show is to showcase the artists in Soweto and broaden the festival's usual focus on music and theatre. Mboweni is also the director of Akani Creative Consulting. "We also want to extend the scope of the festival beyond the suburbs of Johannesburg and into the townships," she says. The exhibition is named after a song by musician Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, Jive Soweto; the song is reminiscent of the vibey but turbulent 1980s. The show will run from 1 September to 30 September. However, Mboweni says that the Jive Soweto exhibition "has to be aware of the permanent exhibition at the museum". "The Jive Soweto artwork on show will have to be placed in juxtaposition to the permanent art and will have to address the same themes. It will have to show the same historical awareness of the 1976 Soweto Uprising and of Hector Pieterson himself." It will take on a cultural twist with up-and-coming jazz musician Rae entertaining guests on the opening day, according to Mboweni. Work in progress "The occasion will also feature Nambitha Eateries from Orlando West, which will showcase different types of South African indigenous foods. Entry to the opening show is free." From 2 September entrance will be R15 for adults and R5 for students and pensioners. 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