60 UJ ARTS & CULTURE UJ Arts & Culture produces and presents world-class student and professional arts programmes aligned to the UJ vision of an international university of choice, anchored in Africa, dynamically shaping the future. A robust range of arts platforms are offered on all four UJ campuses for students, staff, alumni and the general public to experience and engage with emerging and established Pan-African and international artists drawn from the full spectrum of the arts. Through the Arts Academy students have access to a number of extracurricular arts and culture activities including two choirs, a jazz band, drumming circles and poetry, drama and dance classes. Additionally, a robust artistic programme is presented and includes local and international drama and dance productions, comedy shows, music concerts, arts and culture festivals and art exhibitions presented at the UJ Art Gallery. Arts & Culture’s flagship programme is the Interdisciplinary FADA Theatre Programme, which is implemented as an integral component of course work for second-year FADA students. During a two-week lecture series entitled Theatre 101 students attend theatre design lectures and briefing sessions and then work in groups to design various aspects of a play produced by the division with a professional cast. The division also hosts external events at the Art Centre on the Kingsway Campus with a 428-seater Theatre, an 18-seater conference room and two studios; the Experimental Theatre, also on the Kingsway Campus, is a flexible space primarily used for and by students; and the 180-seater Con Cowan Theatre with adjacent studios is based on the Bunting Road Campus. For more information visit www.uj.ac.za/arts
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