We Provide Arts Management Training
Artéma is the first institute of its kind in South Africa that serves the arts in collaboration with as many role players as possible by training managers and administrators in the arts.
Who is Artéma
Artéma is the Institute for Arts Management and Development of the North-West University. This institute came into operation on the 1st of December 2003 and focuses on the empowerment and training of people involved on the management and organizational side of all genres of the arts in South and Southern Africa. Artéma is the first institute of its kind in South Africa that serves the arts in collaboration with as many role players as possible by training managers and administrators in the arts.
Focus Areas
- The development and presenting of a variety of university accredited training interventions.
- To do relevant research within the arts environment.
- To design and present arts development and community outreach projects.
Achievements
- Presented ±200 training interventions empowering more than 3 000 people.
- We have presented the subject “Arts Management” (MUSB312 and 322) at the School of Music of the NWU since 2004.
- Organized and presented the first ever National Arts Management Symposia in the history of South Africa from 2006 - 2008.
- Presented a workshop for choir leaders on the “Sustainability of Community Choirs”. The workshop was lead by Jonathan Griffith of Distinguished Concerts International in New York.
- Conducted a research project in collaboration with the communication sciences honours students on campus on the Internet Presence of South African Artists.
- Undertook research trips to the United States in 2006 and 2011.
- Produced five big musicals and several other large scale musical productions on campus.
- Was part of the rescue effort of the Aardklop National Arts Festival in 2016.
Arts Partners and Clients
Our arts partners and clients include amongst others the following:
- North-West Provincial Government – Department of Sport Arts and Culture
- Free State Provincial Government – Department of Sport Arts and Culture
- Northern Cape Provincial Government – Department of Sport Arts and Culture
- Western Cape Provincial Government – Department of Cultural affairs and Sport
- Ekurhuleni Metro
- North West Craft and Design Institute
- Mmabana Arts and Culture Foundation
- Artscape
- Afriforum Theatre
- Ekurhuleni Metro
- PANSA
- Arterial Network
- ATKV, KKNK, Aardklop
- MAPPP-SETA
- School of Music (Potchefstroom Campus, NWU)
- Creativity Centre (Potchefstroom Campus, NWU
