Art lovers to meet Joburg’s top artists at August House’s Open Studio event
JOBURG – August House opens its doors to the public amid Joburg Art Week.
Renowned for its Open Studio events, August House is a classic 1940s industrial building in Doornfontein that has a 12-year history in the art world through incubation, stimulation, and support of emerging contemporary African fine artists, and has established itself as an independent art house accommodating more than 50 independent pan-African artists.
As part of Joburg Art Week, August House is hosting its popular Open Studio event on 2 September, which will give art lovers the opportunity to meet and engage with their favourite artists in their private workspaces.
“As an art institution, August House works hard to provide platforms for our artists to network and engage with both the greater art world and the public. We do this through events like pop-up group exhibitions in corporate spaces and of course, our Open Studios, which have proved to be incredibly popular among the local and African art fraternity. This year’s event is even more auspicious due to its inclusion in the Joburg Art Week programme as a fringe event to the upcoming FNB Joburg Art Fair,” said Kate Ballenden, August House general manager.
August House has grown through the establishment of the broader artistic culture and community that has carefully been cultivated by the artists, their personalities, investments in the arts and their Open Studio art affairs which promise a day filled with art, insightful conversation and live music.
