RESOURCES TALK

Don’t keep it to yourself

with MARCO MORGAN

Marco Morgan is the Social Impact: Cultural Manager at the V&A Waterfront – an organisation that has proven its commitment to creativity, sustainability and innovation through extraordinary projects. Join his talk to hear a story about shared resources and values.

Coffee Klatch

Noun / an informal social occasion at which people drink coffee and talk

Lunch

Fresh & delicious – find the food truck

Coffee Klatch

​​Noun / an informal social occasion at which people drink coffee and talk

RESOURCES WORKSHOP

Something to GIVE! A VANSA workshop

with Dillion S Phiri

The business of creativity and culture is as important as the act and experience of the creation. Often left until the end, this is when the struggles and challenges appear. Entrepreneurial and business thinking is important to your practice, whether solo or team. This workshop dives into the best business practices that creative and cultural producers should merge into their daily practice.

The workshop is led by Dillion S Phiri. As the co-founder of Creative Nestlings, he has brought thousands of creatives across the continent and the world together, spotlighting key voices in the global conversation on the business of creativity. As the co-founding partner and a lead mentor/coach at J&B Hive, Dillion co-created the operational strategy and creative fund that support the growth of South African brands such as Tshepo the Jeanmaker, Bathu and Wolf & Co.

ACCESS TALK

Access from the Perspective of Global Opportunities

with Michelle Rocha

Michelle Rocha is the Head of Touring at Manchester International Festival (UK). She is also a board member of Quarantine, the theatre company. She was previously the Producer (music and outdoor) at West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. She was part of the programming team at the Wales Millennium Centre for the 2012 Olympics, and has worked at the Hong Kong Dance Company, Lushington/Live Nation, the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Hong Kong International Jazz Festival. She is a Clore Fellow. If the world is calling, you need to get to this talk.

SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP

Ecosystems thinking: rethinking

project design

with Tamara SCHULZ

Tamara Schulz is a generalist: she desires that all of her writing, thinking, teaching, cooking, dreaming, planting and art-making might serve to destabilise the way we think about our belonging to and within earth’s systems and more-than-human families. In this workshop, she asks what we really mean when we talk about ecosystems in creative organisations or projects. How do we refresh ideas about project outputs, growth cycles and indices for measuring success? And how do we move away from extractive, competition-based thinking towards more interdependent models?

SUSTAINABILITY TALK

Sustainability has Creativity at Heart

with Thobile Chittenden

As CEO of Makers Valley Partnership, a community organisation in the east of Johannesburg, Thobile is a special interest in social and creative entrepreneurship as well as non-profit organisations. A recent TedX speaker, she is a network co-lead at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, a global movement that advocates for alternative economies that serve people and the planet. She is a board member of City Kidz, a Joburg school, and recently participated in the Social Entrepreneurship Programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. Thobile talks to us about why creativity is integral to sustainability and how the sector can roll up its sleeves.

Pitch Den

You’ve got five minutes to pitch your incredible idea. Three winning pitches take R30 0000, R20 000 or R10 000 each, courtesy of Business and Arts South Africa. Sign up before lunch on 6 July for a chance to impress the panel and kickstart your dream.

Networking session

Opening with DJ Zandile Nongogo