UP Information Design students win six medals at Loeries in big win for School of the Arts

Posted on February 21, 2021

The Information Design programme in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) has won several awards at the 2020 Loeries.

Well done to our Information Design students & lecturers who have been awarded 6 Loeries.

Posted on November 24, 2020

We have some awesome news! Well done to our Information Design students & lecturers who have won 6 Loeries. Of the three gold's given out this year, our students were awarded 2 of them! Congratulations to our winners!

Activating agents of change in the Anthropocene

Posted on November 17, 2020

In April 2020, as a result of the national lockdown, the neighbourhoods of South Africa became uncannily similar to the television series, Life After People (2008–2010) that sought to imagine what would become of the world in the absence of humans. While we spent our days indoors, fauna...

Well done to our Information Design students & lecturers who have earned a whopping 22 Loerie award nominations.

Posted on November 11, 2020

Well done to our Information Design students & lecturers who have earned a whopping 22 Loerie award nominations.

Dr. Rory du Plessis publishes new book on lives of 19th-century patients at the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum

Posted on November 11, 2020

Dr. Rory du Plessis publishes new book on lives of 19th-century patients at the Grahamstown Lunatic Asylum

Department of Visual Arts First-Years excel at ‘Art from Home’ and the Getty Museum Challenge

Posted on September 01, 2020

Community and connection are concepts that many of us have missed out on during the Covid-19 pandemic. The creative sector of the economy, especially, depends on gathering, communicating and communal engagement. The artistic industry has therefore experienced an exceptional loss, not only...

UP Museums archiving knowledge: promoting International Archives Day

Posted on June 09, 2020

In 2007, the United Nations were requested to create an International Archives Day and so 9 June 1948 marks the day that the International Council on Archives (ICA) was created under the auspices of UNESCO. The University of Pretoria (UP) Museums are promoting the International Archive Day...

Message to prospective students in light of COVID-19

Posted on June 04, 2020

Dear prospective students Thank you for your patience with our correspondence about the application and selection process for BA Information Design and BA Fine Arts. While the UP main campus remains closed, teaching and learning continue from a distance. In light of the uncertainty about...