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Innovative look at colour in Art
By Harriet Knight
The Fine Arts Department is to host a Colour Colloquium which aims to address issues of colour in the South African art practice in a model that looks beyond the issues of race and racism.
Colour in the South African context has immediate connotations with race and identity and these associations have had extended exposure within post-apartheid art making. The Colloquium, which takes on 27 and 28 March 2010, will enable new discussions to produce a colourful outcome.
A range of artists, critics and historians will be presenting papers on the topic of colour. Michael Smith will discuss Georgina Gratrix and Michael Taylor, Andrew Lamprecht will present on Tretchikoff and ... read more
Climate Consortium launch puts a spot-light on Rhodes’ sustainability initiative
The South East Africa Climate Consortium (SEACC) will be formally launched today (Tuesday 9 March 2010) in the Eden Grove Red Lecture Theatre, Rhodes University, through a lecture by Sir David King, the Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at the University of Oxford.
Rhodes’s participation in SAECC is “an opportunity to formalise collaborations with neighbouring universities and environmentally orientated organisations operating in the Eastern Cape, and to combine our strengths in funding proposals to support research and development projects related to ... read more
Community Engagement week launch – learning through service
By Mpho Raborife
The first of March 2010 marked the opening of the Student Representative Council’s annual Community Engagement week which ends 6 March 2010. The launch held in the Eden Grove lecture theatre on Monday, featured talks by Vice- Chancellor Dr Saleem Badat, Deputy Vice-Chancellors Dr Sizwe Mabizela and Dr Peter Clayton, and Dr Maggie Maistry, the Director of Community Engagement at Rhodes.
The approach to this year’s Community Engagement initiative has taken a slightly different path in its efforts to aid the rest of the Grahamstown community. The theme recur ... read more
Water challenges to be debated at a VC Public Forum
The water supply and water quality challenges experienced in recent times in the Grahamstown area and other parts of the country, will be debated by water scientists and concerned members of the Rhodes University and Grahamstown community.
The debates will take place at the Rhodes Vice-Chancellor’s Public Forum convened by Dr Saleem Badat, the University’s Vice-Chancellor. The Forum, which will work on devising water supply and quality management solutions, will be held on Monday 8 March from 16:30 to 18:30 at the Barrett Lecture Theatre, Rhodes University.
The Forum will kick- ... read more