Call out: BASA Supporting Grants

The Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Supporting Grants Programme augments and amplifies powerful partnerships between business and arts partners to effect meaningful social change. “BASA grant making has a significantly different purpose compared to other more conventional arts funding models,” comments BASA CEO, Ashraf Johaardien. “The purpose of our Supporting Grants has never been…

BASA Debuts Artpreneurs

Partnered by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) has successfully taken 120 new and emerging creatives to market with the launch of DEBUT ONLINE https://debut.basa.co.za. The programme extends the support BASA is providing to each participant in this innovative, entrepreneurial programme by both amplifying their footprint and…

Debut Online Launch

Partnered by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) will be taking 120 new and emerging creatives to market on 15 November with the launch of the DEBUT ONLINE. The online showcase will profile the participants as well as provide a platform for audience to vote for them…

Dismantling Digital Inequalities: Part 2

This episode of the 2021 Debut Programme’s Conversation Series takes place against the backdrop of Debut Online, an event that presents 180 participants taking their products to market and launching their websites to existing and new online market segments. We discuss what it means to work with participants from rural and peri-urban areas in the…

Dismantling Digital Inequalities: Part 1

In this episode of the 2021 Debut Programme’s Conversation Series, we look at how the world has moved online at an accelerated pace –  but has left communities in the creative sector battling to keep pace and access this new space. Boitumelo Mostsoatsoe discusses dismantling digital inequalities with Jane Mpholo (renowned Free State artist, co-director…