| Creatively collaborate with the City | Creatively collaborate with the City | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/Collaborate%20With%20The%20City%20Header.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <div class="ExternalClass64E8B4E4A7484B87875BA529B4A82378"><p>We actively support commercial and community-based creative ventures and encourage all artists and creatives to work with us. </p></div> | <h2 class="sectHeading">Register as a supplier</h2><p> If you are doing a project in the city for the first time, we recommend you register your venture and join us as a partner or vendor so that you can get maximum support from the
<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Departments/Community%2c%20Arts%20and%20Culture%20Development">Arts and Culture Branch</a>. Doing so will help you access support and advice on how to get funding for your venture.</p><div class="notification with-heading white-copy blue bg-navy"><div class="graphic no-border">
<i class="info opportunity"><span style="background-color:#324d5b;"> </span><br></i></div><div class="desc"><h4>Did you know?</h4><p>
<strong>An opportunity city: </strong>Cape Town was the second city in South Africa to establish an Arts and Culture Department and the first to create an
<a href="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Bylaws%20and%20policies/Arts%2c%20Culture%20and%20Creative%20Industries%20Policy%20-%20%28Policy%20number%2029892%29%20approved%20on%2003%20December%202014.pdf" target="_blank">Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy</a>. </p></div></div><p>If you have a business within the arts, culture, creative industries and heritage sectors, and you want to be considered as a service provider, you will need to first register with the City as a supplier. Find out about the registration process following the City Connect link below.</p>
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<i class="info citycard"></i></div><div class="desc"><h4>City Connect</h4><p>
<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Register/Business-and-trade/Register-as-a-supplier">Register as a supplier </a></p></div></div></span>
<h2 class="sectHeading">Join our partner database</h2><p>We work with registered organisations – whether for-profit or not for profit – and with individual artists who are registered as a vendor with us.</p><h4>By becoming a partner you can:</h4><ul><li>access funding or ‘in kind support’ opportunities from the City;</li><li>competitively bid for work opportunities with the City; and</li><li>enter into an agreement of co-operation with us (if you are a representative industry support body).</li></ul><p>
<a href="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Forms%2c%20notices%2c%20tariffs%20and%20lists/Arts%20Organisation%20Database_Application%20Form.pdf" target="_blank">Download and complete the application form</a>.</p><p>Email the completed form to
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<a href="mailto:artsand.culture@capetown.gov.za" target="_blank">artsand.culture@capetown.gov.za</a></em> or call us on
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<a>021 417 4101</a></em> to be added to the database.</p><div class="notification with-heading dark-copy pink bg-light-grey"><div class="graphic with-border">
<i class="info note"></i> </div><div class="desc"><h4>Please note</h4><p>Information on the database is shared with other City departments who host events or projects.</p></div></div><h2 class="sectHeading">Funding and support</h2><p>You can apply for event support from us. Grants are advertised in both community and city newspapers. Find out more about the application process by following the City Connect link below. </p>
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<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Find-grants-and-funding/Business-funding/Apply-for-event-support">Apply for event support</a></div></div></span>
<h2 class="sectHeading">Job and business opportunities with the City</h2><p> The City's
<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Departments/Community%2c%20Arts%20and%20Culture%20Development">Arts and Culture Branch</a> often requires services from project managers, researchers or consultants in the following areas:</p><ul><li>Cultural promotion/tourism</li><li>Community cultural development</li><li>Cultural mapping and cultural planning</li><li>Cultural heritage</li><li>Restoration of monuments</li><li>Public art</li><li>Facilitation of workshops</li><li>Design thinking</li><li>Creative industries</li><li>Feasibility studies</li><li>Event management</li></ul><p> You will need to regularly check our
<a href="https://eservices.capetown.gov.za/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/pcd%213aportal_content%212fcapetown.gov.za.coct_customisation_folder%212fcapetown.gov.za.coct_erec_folder%212fcapetown.gov.za.coct_erec_iviews_folder%212fcapetown.gov.za.iview.erec_job_search" target="_blank">job search app<i class="icon link-external"></i></a> for openings or our
<a href="http://web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/TenderPortal" target="_blank">tender portal<i class="icon link-external"></i></a> for new RFQs and tenders.</p><div class="notification with-heading dark-copy pink bg-light-grey"><div class="graphic with-border">
<i class="info remember"> <br></i></div><div class="desc"><h4>Remember</h4><p>To access these opportunities you need to
<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Register/Business-and-trade/Register-as-a-supplier">register with the City as a supplier</a>. Suppliers from across South Africa are able to bid for such opportunities.</p></div></div><p>Our <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Departments/Community%2c%20Arts%20and%20Culture%20Development">Arts and Culture Branch</a> occasionally has posts available either as management, project managers, administrators, or cleaners.
<a href="https://eservices.capetown.gov.za/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/pcd%213aportal_content%212fcapetown.gov.za.coct_customisation_folder%212fcapetown.gov.za.coct_erec_folder%212fcapetown.gov.za.coct_erec_iviews_folder%212fcapetown.gov.za.iview.erec_job_search" target="_blank">See our latest vacancies<i class="icon link-external"></i></a>.</p><h2 class="sectHeading">The Arts and Culture Indaba</h2><p> A landmark event for the creative industries, the City of Cape Town’s annual
<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Local%20and%20communities/Creative-community/Creative-events-in-your-community/Signature-events-in-cape-town">Arts and Culture Indaba</a> is an opportunity for all arts, culture and creative bodies in Cape Town to meet, share ideas and collaborate.</p><p> Our pioneering
<a href="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Bylaws%20and%20policies/Arts%2c%20Culture%20and%20Creative%20Industries%20Policy%20-%20%28Policy%20number%2029892%29%20approved%20on%2003%20December%202014.pdf" target="_blank">Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy</a> could not have been created without the Indaba.</p><div class="notification with-heading white-copy blue bg-navy"><div class="graphic no-border">
<i class="info opportunity"><br></i> </div><div class="desc"><h4>Did you know?</h4><p>
<strong>The opportunity city: </strong>The Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy is the first cultural policy created by a city in Africa. </p></div></div><h2 class="sectHeading">Find support with City-affiliated, creative agencies</h2><p>The City works with a range of agencies who support cultural and artistic development in our city. Below is a list of these agencies. We have ordered the agencies according to their sectors or areas of focus:</p><ul><li>
<b>Visual Arts: </b><a href="https://www.vansa.co.za/" target="_blank">Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA)
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<b>Craft: </b><a href="https://www.thecdi.org.za/" target="_blank">The Craft and Design Institute
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<b>Heritage: </b><a href="https://www.sahra.org.za/" target="_blank">SAHRA<i class="icon link-external"></i></a><b></b></li><li>
<b>Magic: </b><a href="https://www.collegeofmagic.com/" target="_blank">College of Magic
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<b>Circus/Acrobat: </b><a href="https://www.zip-zap.co.za/" target="_blank">Zip Zap Circus School<i class="icon link-external"></i></a> </li><li>
<b>Furniture: </b><a href="https://d7.westerncape.gov.za/general-publication/industry-bodies-funded-government" target="_blank">Western Cape Furniture Initiative<i class="icon link-external"></i></a> </li><li>
<b>Fashion: </b><a href="https://ctfcdigital.co.za/" target="_blank">Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC)
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<b>Publishing: </b><a href="https://www.publishsa.co.za/" target="_blank">Publishers Association of South Africa (PASA)
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<b>Writing: </b><a href="https://www.writersguildsa.org/" target="_blank">Writers Guild of SA
<i class="icon link-external"></i></a></li></ul><h2 class="sectHeading">Contact us</h2><p> The
<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Departments/Community%2c%20Arts%20and%20Culture%20Development">Arts and Culture Branch</a> can also refer you to relevant organisations that provide skills development training.</p><h4>For more information:<br></h4><p>
<em>Telephone:<br><a>021 417 4101</a><br><br> Email:<br><a href="mailto:artsand.culture@capetown.gov.za">artsand.culture@capetown.gov.za</a></em></p> | | GP0|#546206e0-9773-4127-a979-938ce0387e53;L0|#0546206e0-9773-4127-a979-938ce0387e53|Creatively collaborate with the City;GTSet|#ef3a64a2-d764-44bc-9d69-3a63d3fadea1;GPP|#e001a681-3daf-44ca-a7eb-6fa983dcd6e3;GPP|#0c2420be-c66e-49a2-a10b-86921ae3c3c2;GPP|#af370586-9ba3-404a-9d6e-02066ca42752 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We actively support commercial and community-based creative ventures and encourage all artists and creative to work with us. | 0 |
