Arts & Culture News

  • Moya moya moya moya

    Posted on August 31, 2017

    31 August is African Traditional Medicine Day. According to Dr Bosco Bae, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UP, however, the day is meaningless unless its value and history is recognised.

  • The pipe organ - more than just a church instrument

    Posted on August 30, 2017

    Unlike most musical instruments, the pipe organ is commonly defined by the place where it's often played: church. Prof Theo van Wyk, Head of the Department of UP Arts, clears up some preconceptions about this amazing instrument.

  • Moving towards the Javett-UP

    Posted on July 05, 2017

    The Javett-UP, which is slowly taking shape on the Hatfield and South campuses, is set to become Africa's foremost art gallery and will exhibit art of the highest quality, with a specific focus on the art of Africa.

  • International Mother Language Day

    Posted on February 21, 2017

    Today we celebrate International Mother Language Day. The theme for 2017 is mother tongue and multilingual education with a focus on celebrating and respecting cultural diversity and multilingualism.

  • One of SA's most extensive ceramics collections housed in the Faculty of Humanities

    Posted on August 17, 2016

    The University of Pretoria curates and manages one of the most extensive ceramic collections in South Africa.

  • Celebrating Youth Month with art

    Posted on July 04, 2016

    In celebration of the 40th anniversary beginning of the Soweto uprising on 16 June 1976, Daniel Rankadi Mosako of UPArts Museums collaborated with the Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History to share art skills with 45 artists and art learners from the City of Tshwane metropolitan area, to...

  • UP hosts JazzUP donor event

    Posted on May 13, 2016

    The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria hosted a JazzUP donor event, which celebrated the University's incorporation of Jazz Studies into its music curriculum and also launched the JazzUP Tshwane Festival, which will be held in October 2017.

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