CURRICULUM VITAE - MANDA BESTER
2003 - 2013 |
Curator of the Development Bank of SA art collection. |
2003, 2005, 2007 |
Initiator and Co-Curator of the DBSA Soul of Africa Art Exhibition. Art research was conducted in all the nine South African Provinces including, Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique and Namibia. |
2003, 2005, 2007 |
Project Manager of the Visiting Artist programme for artists participating in the Soul of Africa Art Exhibitions. |
2003 |
Won Chief Executive’s Green Award for creating a platform for African Visual Artist to exhibit and sell their art works. |
2004, 2006 |
Curator and Adjudicator of the DBSA SA Youth in Support of Development National Schools Art Competition. |
2006 |
Initiated and Managed an Arts Awareness Programme for Educators from the North West Province in collaboration with the North West Department of Education and Department of Sports, Arts and Culture. |
2007 |
Initiated and coordinated an exterior sculpture garden for the Development Bank of Southern Africa in collaboration with Fried Contemporary Art Gallery and Studio. |
2007 |
Adjudicator for the Contemporary Visions of Southern Africa exhibition in collaboration with SANAVA and Pretoria Art Museum. |
2008 |
Curator of an Art Auction for the Legal Resources Centre held at the Goethe Institute in Rosebank. |
2008, 2009 |
Initiator and team member of a Community Mural project in Attridgeville and Durban to beautify public spaces in collaboration with Fried Contemporary Art Gallery and Studio and the University of Pretoria’s Visual Arts Department. |