Barloworld Artworks mentor relationships making a difference in the art world

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Barloworld Artworks, the business mentoring programme with Business and Arts SA, has been in existence since August 2005 and has gained momentum and depth each year. The number of partnerships along with the breadth of businesses mentoring and arts organisations taking advantage of the programme has steadily grown.

If you would like to volunteer to become a Barloworld Artworks mentor, please call Diana Williams on 073 3059031 or at BASA on 011 832 3000 to discuss how you might gain insight into the workings of theatres, dance companies, art galleries, craft organisations or a multitude of other fascinating arts groups around the country!

There are currently 16 active partnerships across the country (they form and dissolve as necessary): 10 in Gauteng, 3 in Durban and 3 in Cape Town. The current partnerships will give you a better understanding of the nature of Artworks relationships.

Gauteng:

Pamela
Pamela Grayman, Marketing Principal Grant Thornton and Ballet Theatre Afrikan: Pamela has been mentoring Ballet Theatre Afrikan since the inception of the programme assisted by Jennifer Kann, Communications Manager. Pamela and Jennifer have seen BTA through their tenth anniversary, providing a fresh viewpoint to marketing the contemporary ballet company.

Gail Lemmert, Strategy, Barloworld and The Johannesburg Youth Theatre: Gail Lemmert joined the programme in December 2005 and decided to expose herself to the performing arts and in particular children’s theatre. With little exposure to the arts before, Gail has immensely enjoyed advising Joyce Levinsohn at the National Children’s Theatre Trust and planning the way forward for one of oldest Johannesburg’s children’s institutions.

Julia
Julia Lamberth, Ernst & Young and the Joubert Park Project
Julia joined the programme from its inception and has been indefatigable in her advice and commitment to ARTWORKS. She has helped the JPP on strategy, structure and organisation. In addition, Julia gave a business planning workshop for mentors and mentees at the end of last year to help organisations in their planning and structure.

Bridget
Bridget van Oerle, Buz Publicity and the Trevor Huddleston CentreBridget joined the programme at the outset and has been helping the Trevor Huddleston Centre with their re-launch and with publicity.

Amanda Roche, Nedbank Retail Banking and the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra: Amanda Roche has been mentoring Laurie Wapenaar and the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra since March 2006. Amanda is in Human Resources and has worked with the JYO on organisational structure and staffing requirements. Sara Gon, formerly MD of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, has also been advising on strategy and structure for the JYO.

Carel Nolte, Communications Manager, Hollard Insurance and Sibikwa Community Theatre: Carel Nolte assisted by Zuriel Naiker have been helping Sibikwa since October 2006. Carel organised a very insightful strategy session to kick start the mentoring process and has since defined a marketing strategy for Sibikwa going forward.

Gianni
Gianni Mariano and Artist Proof Studios: Gianni has been mentoring Artist Proof Studios for the past 6 years (he started before Barloworld ARTWORKS was officially in place) advising on marketing strategy for the group but also leading business training sessions once a month for the third year students, giving good general advise on how to present themselves, how to write a c.v. and how to approach potential employers.

Welcome to new Gauteng mentors:
Carolynne Waterhouse, Public Affairs, RMB and the South African Ballet Theatre.
Eugenie Drakes, Owner piece Gallery and the Trevor Huddleston Centre on market positioning and product development.
Ilka Dunne, RMB Academy and The National Eisteddfod Academy.

Durban

Durban/KZN

Gaye Evans of Equilibria Consulting and Karen Bradkte, artSPACE: Gaye has been mentoring Karen and artSPACE for the past year. artSPACE was set up nearly four years ago in an o6 August, 2007aphers on a commercial basis. Gaye has been a sounding board for marketing ideas and growing artSPACE’s clientele.

Gary

Gary Ninow of the Business Clinic and the Umcebo Trust
Gary has been helping Durban based arts and craft organisation, the Umcebo Trust with a business strategy to sell more of the innovative arts and crafts, created by previously disadvantaged and disabled crafters from KZN working with Robin Opperman, previously a teacher in the arts for the disabled and the mentally challenged.

Vega
The Vega School of Branding and The Caversham Centre
Over the past year and a half, Gordon Cook and the Vega School of Branding has liaised with the Caversham Centre near Balgowan in the Midlands to try to create branding and awareness for the arts centre. A residency workshop was held last year with Vega Students brainstorming with local print makers to come up with a ‘look and feel’ for the Caversham Centre.

Cape Town

Albers
Irma Albers, Arts and Culture Co-ordinator, Distell and from the hip:khulumakahle
Irma has been mentoring from the hip:khulumakahle, a deaf theatre group based in Woodstock since May 2006. Irma has been so taken by the group that she is now enrolling to learn sign language!

Carltonhood
Carlton Hood, formerly of Old Mutual and District Six Museum
Carlton Hood took on mentoring District Six at the end of last year. He has held four strategy sessions to date with the management team and is positioning District Six for further development and expansion within the arts and into commerce, in order to make the Museum more self-sustainable and expand its reach.

Francois Adriaan, Old Mutual and Greatmore Studios
Francois Adriaan joined ARTWORKS at the beginning of this year and has already met several times with Greatmore to help market and position the art studios (which holds 12 residencies each year for artists from around the world), as a place to visit and buy art from all over the world.

Jennifer Smith
Head: CSI
Barloworld Limited
Tel +27 11 445 1268
Fax +27 11 445 1581
Cell 082 808 5911

This page was updated on 3 August, 2007

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