Archives of the botanical

Archives of the botanical

Art For Humanity invites you to film screenings, walks and seed/herb shares for Palestine, alongside the work of visual artist and filmmaker Jumana Manna, visual artist and permaculture practitioner Yasmin […]

unScene from the Cedric Nunn Archive

unScene from the Cedric Nunn Archive

Acclaimed documentary photographer Cedric Nunn unveils a new retrospective exhibition along with the launch of the African Documentary Photography archive (ADPAI), marking a pivotal moment in the preservation of South Africa’s visual history.

The African Documentary Photography Archive Initiative (ADPAI)

The African Documentary Photography Archive Initiative (ADPAI)

ADPAI is a collaborative effort between AFH and a growing group of acclaimed documentary photographers including: Cedric Nunn, Deseni Sooben, Rafs Mayet, and Jeeva Rajgopaul.

Imbeleko_artist offerings

Imbeleko_artist offerings

Imbeleko_artist offerings is an online series of commissioned artist interactions, or offerings, collaboratively supported by Art for Humanity (Durban University of Technology) and the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre (University of Johannesburg). 

Sojourner Project South Africa

Sojourner Project South Africa

Documentation from The Practicing Refusal Collective’s visit to South Africa 2019.

FREQUENCIES OF BLACKNESS | a listening session

FREQUENCIES OF BLACKNESS | a listening session

Art For Humanity  is excited to announce the first activation of The Sojourner  Project – South Africa, a mobile black studies academy presented by the Practicing Refusal collective.

Artist Solidarity Fund: Call For Applications

Artist Solidarity Fund: Call For Applications

AfH Artist Solidarity Fund The AfH Artist Solidarity Fund is a short-term intervention set up to provide immediate relief to artists, art students and creative practitioners based in the Durban […]

AFH Artist Solidarity Fund: May 2020

AFH Artist Solidarity Fund: May 2020

The AfH Artist Solidarity Fund committee has successfully paid out the first round of disbursements for the month of April.  We raised a total of R43085.35 in 9 days and paid 77 verified applicants a total of R559.55 each.

The Sojourner Project

The Sojourner Project

Scheduled for 4-10 May 2020, the Sojourner Project jhb/dbn, is envisioned as a dual city cultural intervention – or Black Studies Mobile Academy – and will be collaboratively presented by the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre (VIAD), University of Johannesburg (UJ); Art for Humanity (AFH), Durban University of Technology (DUT); the Market Photo Workshop; and the Practicing Refusal Collective (PR Collective).

AFH Artist Solidarity Fund

AFH Artist Solidarity Fund

The AfH Artist Solidarity Fund is a short-term intervention set up to provide relief to artists, art students and creative practitioners in the Durban area in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.

Élida Lima

Élida Lima

Élida Lima Poetry workshop documentation July 22 -24

Proclamation73

Proclamation73

Exhibition documentation 10 December 2018 @ DAG

Student Scholarship — Writing completion grant Masters

Student Scholarship — Writing completion grant Masters

We offer a rolling open call for Masters students within Fine Arts and any creative discipline.

Resource Centre

Resource Centre

We are working on an on-site library that focuses on increasing the resources for students and visitors

Greer Valley

Greer Valley

Artist Talk 29 May 2018.

Molemo Moiloa

Molemo Moiloa

Artist Talk 15 May 2018 @AFH

Conversations in Gondwana

Conversations in Gondwana

Conversations in Gondwana is a platform of research and experimentation in contemporary art between countries of the global South.

FRACTURE ZONE: an exhibition by Conversations in Gondwana

FRACTURE ZONE: an exhibition by Conversations in Gondwana

Fracture Zone conjures artists from Brazil and South Africa to dialogue as duos over shared subjects.

PROCLAMATION 73

PROCLAMATION 73

The exhibition Proclamation 73 comes forth out of a project initiated by Zara Julius and Chandra Frank that explores the family archives of people racialized as coloured and indian in Durban under the 1950 Group Areas Act.