Get wheeled around Art Week Joburg
JOBURG - If getting to the different venues of Art Week Joburg seems daunting, a shuttle service may be just what you need to access the citywide celebration of art.
The first edition of Art Week Joburg will see various creative hubs activated, with a line-up of events that includes exhibitions, artist walkabouts, performances, public art works, panel discussions, and graffiti tours.
Among the creative hubs to be activated are the Rosebank art strip, Maboneng Precinct, Arts on Main, Braamfontein, Newtown, and Alexandra.
“Highlights of the week abound, including Pat Mautloa’s exhibition at Mashumi Projects in Vilakazi Street, Soweto on 19 August; a walkabout on 20 August by artist Roger Ballen at Circa on Jellicoe; as well as a thought-provoking panel discussion titled Regarding Women at Gallery Momo; and a performance at Goodman Gallery by The Brother Moves On titled The Brother Breaks the Bullion,” said spokesperson Diana Williams.
In terms of the shuttle service, a day will be allocated to each hub.
19 August: Soweto
Park at the Planetarium at the University of the Witwatersrand, Yale Road, Braamfontein, from 3.30pm.
Pick-up/drop-off point 1: EST1912 Rockville
Pick-up/drop-off point 2: Next Door, Vilakazi Street,Orlando
Pick-up/drop-off point 3: Moema Street just off Vilakazi Street, Orlando West
Pick-up/drop-off point 4: Eyethu Centre, Mofolo
Pick-up/drop-off point 5: Eat My Dust, Kliptown
20 August: Rosebank Art Strip
Park on the Rosebank Art Strip, Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, or 7th Avenue, Parktown North, from 4pm.
Pick-up/drop-off point 1: Goethe Institut parking
Pick-up/drop-off point 2: Goodman Gallery parking
Pick-up/drop-off point 3: Park Town North, Gallery Momo parking
Pick-up/drop-off point 4: Jellicoe Avenue, Everard Read Gallery entrance
22 August: Maboneng Precinct – Arts On Main
Park at the Sandton Convention Centre, 161 Maude Street, Sandton, from 3pm.
Pick-up/drop-off point 1: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre Entrance
Pick-up/drop-off point 2: Arts on Main Entrance
23 August: Braamfontein – Newtown
Park at the Sandton Convention Centre, 161 Maude Street, Sandton, from 3pm.
Pick-up/drop-off point 1: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre Entrance
Pick-up/drop-off point 2: Juta Street, Stevenson Gallery Entrance
Pick-up/drop-off point 3: Juta Street, Ithuba Arts Fund Entrance
Pick-up/drop-off point 4: Newtown, Bus Factory parking
Pick-up/drop-off point 5: Fordsburg, The Bag Factory Entrance
Pick-up/drop-off point 6: Braamfontein Werf, Gallery Art on Paper
24 August: Alexandra
Park at the Sandton Convention Centre, 161 Maude Street, Sandton, from 1.30pm.
Pick-up/drop-off point 1: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre Entrance
Pick-up/drop-off point 2: GOM.ART
Pick-up/drop-off point 3: Alexandra Township Home Galleries
Details: 011 402 2085; www.artweek.co.za
