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11 June 2021
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Story Rulanzen Martin
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Photo Courtesy of artists and the Johannes Stegmann Gallery.
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Liminality is an exhibition of first-, second- and third-year student’s work in the
Department of Fine Arts at the University of the Free State (UFS). The works are from 2019 and 2020. Created during the hard lockdown of 2020, the artworks provide a glimpse of what students had to deal with and overcome during these times.
In a proposal for the exhibition, Angela de Jesus, Curator of the UFS Art Galleries, wrote: “The subtitle of the exhibition is ‘threshold, transition, transformation’ and it refers to the creative processes that students engaged with
in these adverse circumstances resulting in a wide array of artworks in both traditional and adapted mediums.”
The exhibition speaks to our shared experiences of insecurity, fragility, and discord, and to the resourcefulness and immutability of creative expression.
The virtual exhibition runs until 2 July 2021.
The exhibition is also currently available for viewing at the Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, Sasol Library, UFS Bloemfontein Campus. Monday - Friday 09:00 - 16:00.
MEGAN JOHNS, Battleground, Tobacco, charcoal dust, plaster of paris and resin, 93.5 x 50 x 7.5 cm
JACOBETH SELINGA, Linda, Installation: Found bed, wool and thread, 257 x 196 x 91 cm
POLOKO MOHANOE, Prayer for rain, Gouache on Fabriano, 66 x 72.8 cm
SEBOTSE SELAMULELA, In my image (Coronavirus head), Clay, 35 x 40 x 60 cm
WILLIAM SHAER, Creator, Deconstructed chair, koat wood and Imbura wood, 100 x 75 x 45 cm
Johannes Stegmann Gallery
Interior of the Johannes Stegmann Gallery
UFS promotes wellbeing of staff
2009-11-03
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Members of the University of the Free State’s (UFS) staff recently attended a seminar presented by Synergy Consultants at Somerton Estate in Bloemfontein. Prof. Johann Coetzee, Honorary Professor at the UFS and industrial psychologist, was the speaker. The topic, Work-life Integration, incorporated issues like balancing life and work, self-management and wellness.
Synergy Consultants is a newly established Career and Human Resource development consultancy firm based in Bloemfontein, which operates nation wide. At the seminar were, from the left: Mr. Frank de Beer (Owner: Synergy Consultants and lecturer at UFS), Ms Annette Weyers (Managing Director of Talent and Wellness Management), Dr Annette Prins (Head of Wellness at the UFS) and Prof. Johann Coetzee (Honorary Professor at the UFS).
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