Juan Orrantia 'Lobby of the Grande Hotel, Beira'. From the series, Residues (2009). Read more... Music Concerts and Events First Semester February - June 2010 Full Listing... Substation Exhibitions February - August 2010 Full Listing... ‘Mine’ - Natasha Christopher Standard Bank Gallery until 13 March 2010 Natasha Christopher’s exhibition ‘Mine’ on at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg centers on Welkom, the South African gold-mining city which was once one of the world’s large producers of gold. Read more... Wiser  / WSOA Public Conversation Substation, March 2010 An exhibition and public conversation with Peter McKenzie, Sarah Nuttall, Juan Orantia and Jo Ractliffe. This collaboration begins with a visual dialogue on the aftermath of war in Mozambique and Angola. Read more... Tierney Fellowship Exhibition 7th April and DIVA Talk 8th April The Tierney Fellowship was created in 2003 by The Tierney Family Foundation to support emerging artists in the field of photography and to assist them in overcoming challenges that photographers face at the start of their careers. In 2008, this Fellowship was extended to Wits, UCT and the Market Photo Workshop who work in partnership on this project. Read more...

Juan Orrantia - research fellow for 2010 in the Division of Fine Arts February 2010 Juan Orrantia is a visual anthropologist. Mainly working through photography that articulates the evocative and the documentary, he also explores the possibilities of the medium in conjunction with audio, text and/or video. Read more... Dr John Kani and Professor Sarah Roberts direct and design OTHELLO at Wits February 2010 Othello by William Shakespeare A production mounted by the Drama division of WSOA with an ensemble comprising current senior performance students and post-graduates. Read more... Drama for Life takes to the stage for its third year February 2010 HIV/Aids and education programme Drama for Life held the official launch of its 2010 Scholars at the Wits Theatre on February 11, 2010. Read more at Drama for Life... Three New Composers at Wits February 2010 Wits Music appointed three new composition lecturers at the start of 2010: Dr Carlo Mombelli, Dr Cameron Harris, and Mokale Koapeng. In the first of a series of profiles we introduce Carlo Mombelli. Read more… Newflash: Music researcher wins SAFTA Award February 2010 Music masters candidate and filmmaker Liza Key won a South African Film and Television Award for REWIND in the best documentary feature category at the SAFTA ceremony on 20 February 2010. She was also nominated in the best director category. Key’s documentary is based on Wits graduate, composer Philip Miller’s REwind: A Cantata for Voice Tape and Testimony. News-Bites from Arts, Culture, Heritage & Management February 2010 In December 2009 Cynthia was invited to lead a heritage seminar with Master’s students at the University of Tübingen in Germany. The students asked to study the case of Sarah Baartman and its contemporary resonances.  Read more... New Animation Lecturer Joins Digital Arts February 2010 Mileta Postic has just joined Digital Arts as the lecturer in 3D digital animation.  Mileta brings a wealth of international experience to the position.  Read more... News-Bites from WSOA Film & Television Division February 2010 A collection of news and achivements from the staff and students of the Film & Television Division.  Read more... Overview of a PhD February 2010 I was a final year undergraduate student when ‘Dessert Storm’ took place.  It was an historical moment in media history.  It was a time when the world witnessed events for the first time as they were happening.  One could sit in front of a Television set and watch the laser images as the ‘Bombing of Baghdad’ took place in ‘real’ time.  Read more... Damon Heatlie's JACKPOT February 2010 Damon Heatlie has recently completed a short fiction film, JACKPOT featuring actors Tobie Cronje, Sylvaine Strike, Daniel Browde shot on HD. Read more... Catalogue Launch: Beyond the Line Johannesburg February 2010 On the 4 February 2010 the Beyond the Line catalogue, a Wits School of Arts publication, was launched at the Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg.  Read more... Nandipha Mntambo receives the latest Wits/BHP Billiton Fellowship February 2010 Nandipha Mntambo is the recipient of the latest Wits/BHP Billiton fellowship, and will take up a residency at the Wits School of Arts for three months in 2010.  Read more... Penny Siopis showing at 'Wild as the Wind' February 2010 Penny Siopis is one of seven artists from Africa and the diaspora showing a significant body of work on the exhibition 'Wild as the Wind' at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, USA. The exhibition is part of the 'Africa on My Mind: Contemporary Art, Home and Abroad' series held in conjunction with SCAD's Third Biennial Art History Symposium. Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph is “composer-in-residence” at the University of Heidelberg, Ohio February 2010 Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph has been invited by the University of Heidelberg, Ohio, USA to be the “composer-in-residence” for their 26th Annual New Music Festival to be held from the 18th to the 21st of March, 2010.  Read more...