The African Art Centre was established under the auspices of the S.A. Institute of Race Relations in 1959 and was headed up by Jo Thorpe. In 1982 it became an autonomous non-profit organization and from small beginnings has developed a well established reputation for taking KwaZulu-Natal artists and craftspeople seriously.
The Centre has the following aims: to provide an outlet for promoting and selling art work, to provide incentives for artists and craftspeople, to assist individuals and self-help projects to provide an income for rural and urban people, to help promote young and established artists/ craftspeople by accessing funding for training, development and for exhibitions/ displays and publicity, to discover, encourage and nurture works of creativity, originality and superb quality, to communicate and document contemporary trends in African art and craft and to preserve our cultural heritage.
The Centre has the following aims: to provide an outlet for promoting and selling art work, to provide incentives for artists and craftspeople, to assist individuals and self-help projects to provide an income for rural and urban people, to help promote young and established artists/ craftspeople by accessing funding for training, development and for exhibitions/ displays and publicity, to discover, encourage and nurture works of creativity, originality and superb quality, to communicate and document contemporary trends in African art and craft and to preserve our cultural heritage.
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