Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th May 2024

An immersive 2 day

visual arts experience

Meet the Artists

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See the Work

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Start a conversation

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Meet the Artists 〰️ See the Work 〰️ Start a conversation 〰️

How does this event work?

  • The event takes place over 2 days. Each day is different. Look below to see what venues are on what days.

  • Each day has a different ticket. For more information on tickets, check out this page.

  • When buying a ticket, select the venues you wish to visit.

  • You can start at any of the venues. There is no right or wrong order.

  • A hop-on-hop-off shuttle bus will come every 20 minutes OR you can use an e-hailing service to move directly to your next chosen venue.

  • Kids under 18 are free but no unaccompanied minors will be let into venues or on shuttles.

  • There will be additional paid for activities that you would need to book for separately if you wanted to attend. These tickets can not be bought on the day.

Venues

Saturday 25 May

10:30 to 17:00

11 Alexander Street

11 Alexander Street Studio’s is new to our event. It is independent artist community who share building space that was established in 2019 by Dorothee Kreutzveld and Nolan Oswald Denis.

Bag Factory Artists’ Studios

Located at 10 Mahlathini Street, Newtown, this is one of the older studio spaces in the city, having been founded in 1991.

Grayscale Gallery

Located at 33 De Korte St, Braamfontein, Grayscale is a small urban art and street apparel store that was founded in 2006. With their roots in graffiti they both provide a platform to artists while providing quality art tools, materials and accessories to anyone involved or interested in the graffiti/street art culture and other visual arts.

Play Braamfontein

Play Braamfontein comprises of many different spaces in Braamfontein but for the sake of this event, there is a focus on a series of studio spaces.

Rand Club

The Rand Club is the city's most enduring social institution and finest heritage venue. Located in Loveday Street, Marshalltown, come and experience a “members-only” experience.

WLM Marshalltown

The Experimental Exhibition Space EXPRESS:ON is curated by Khaya Madungandaba and is located at WLM in Marshalltown. The space showcases both emerging and established artists as well as live music.

Creative Uprising Hub @Transwerke

Check out this vibrant creative hub at Constitution Hill Precinct! Here, creative practitioners and professionals thrive, inviting visitors to dive into studios buzzing with innovation across all creative domains.

Venues

Sunday 26 May

10:30 to 17:00

Asisebenze Art Atelier

Asisebenze Art Atelier is a gallery space, artist studios and art dealership in the heart of the Johannesburg inner city, located at 28 Plein Street. Since 2021, AAA has holistically embraced its environment & the cosmopolitan identity which accompany it.

Oovookoo

This building has been tansformed into a hybrid studio-gallery space that provides affordable and accessible spaces for creatives. OOVOOKOO means Uprising, and we chose this name as we want to be a catalyst for Uprising within the industry.

August House - The artists playground

Located at 76 End Street, Doornfontein, this is the largest studio space in Johannesburg. Studio and residency artists will open their studios to the public.

Ellis House

Located at 23 Voorhout Street and nestled between the iconic landmarks of Ellis Park and Troyeville Hotel in the inner-city neighbourhood of New Doornfontein. Ellis House Art Studios houses an eclectic mix of emerging and established artists.

Living Artists Emporium

This organisation supports grassroots emerging artists while facilitating the sales of their work to corporate and private buyers. LAE as it is more fondly known is located at the Ellis Part Tennis Courts.

Victoria Yards

This uniquely integrated urban complex, located at 16 Viljoen Street, is as much about art and design as it is social development.

Featured Events

Art, Wine & Design at Central Kitchen

There are few things that go together as well as chicken and PERi-PERi, but we believe one of them is art, design and wine. Join Nando’s at our head offices, Central Kitchen (aka CK), for a fired-up art, design and wine exPERience on Sunday 26 May. Places are limited.

Screen & block printing with Imbali

Imbali Visual Literacy Project be offering screen and block printing to the public. Come and print your own tote bag, t-shirt or apron and experience first hand how fun and rewarding these processes are.

Immersive Abstract Mark-Making

Join Simone for an immersive exploration of abstract mark-making, where you are invited to step out of the ordinary, close your eyes and enter the world of abstraction.

A big shout out!

It all begins with an idea, an idea that you speak to people about but without the support of those people who share our vision, none of this would be possible. We would like to greatfully thank our sponsors and partners for walking this journey with us.