Business Arts South Africa Awards 2019: All the winners

Standard Bank and Joy of Jazz (JOJ) organiser T-Musicman triumphed in the Beyond Borders Partnership category while the Innovation Award went to BMW South Africa for partnering with Southern Guild.

Below is the full list of winners:

Beyond Borders Partnership Award

• Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd and Musicman for the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz.
• Cape Gate for partnering with the Morris Isaacs on Centre for Music.

Innovation Award

• BMW South Africa for partnering with Southern Guild.
• Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and T Musicman for the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz.

Sponsorship In-kind Award

• Looking Back and Moving Forward, Gearhouse Splitbeam and Naledi Theatre Awards NPC for the 2018 Naledi Theatre Awards, for productions staged in 2017.
• DeskLink Media/Creative Feel and Vuyani Dance Theatre for the Vuyani Dance 20 Year Celebration.
• Marimba Workshop and Education Africa for the Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival.

Cultural Tourism Award

• Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge and Madi a Thavha CraftArt with the collective of Venda and Tsonga artisans in northern Limpopo, for the partnership between Madi a Thavha CraftArt and Venda and Tsonga artisans.
• Gauteng Department of Economic Development and Ghetto Mentality Entertainment for the annual Soweto Camp Festival.

Development Award

• FNB Art Joburg and Fordsburg Artists' Studios t/a Bag Factory Artists' Studios for the David Koloane Award.
• MTN SA Foundation and the Imbali Visual Literacy Project for Imbali Artbooks: Adventuring into Art, and Rand Merchant Bank.
• Lefika La Phodiso – Community Art Counselling and Training Institute, for its Train-the-Trainer programme.

First Time Sponsor Award

• Promise Branding Specialists and Moving into Dance for #Est 1978.
• Legends Gaming Promotion and Koloni Consulting Enterprise for the Creative Economy Indaba.

Increasing Access to the Arts Award

• MTN SA Foundation and the Imbali Visual Literacy.
• V&A Waterfront Holdings and the Craft and Design Institute for V&A + CDI – Building Inclusive Markets for Creatives.

Long Term Partnership Award

• V&A Waterfront Holdings and the Craft and Design Institute for V&A + CDI – Building Inclusive Markets for Creatives, Rand Merchant Bank.
• The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative (FATC) for the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative at Ebhudlweni, and Merrill Lynch South Africa and the Wits Art Museum for its education programme.

Media Sponsorship Award

• DeskLink Media/Creative Feel and Vuyani Dance Theatre for 20 Years of Vuyani Dance, Looking Back to Move Forward.
• Bay FM for partnering with the Imibala Arts Festival (cross colours/cross cultures).

Small Business Award

• Wlit Brewery t/a L7 Craft Beer and Baz-Art PBO for the International Public Art Festival.
• Bay FM for partnering with the Imibala Arts Festival (cross colours/cross cultures), CN&CO for supporting small arts projects of various arts partners.

Strategic Project Award

• BMW South Africa for partnering with Southern Guild, Promise Branding Specialists.
• Moving into Dance for #Est 1978.
• Rand Merchant Bank with the RMB Turbine Art Fair 2018.
• Hilton College (during the Hilton Arts Festival).
• Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) – University of Pretoria, and St Stithians College for the RMB THINK Bench Initiative.