Deadline for BASA Awards extended

22 May 2012

The deadline for South Africa's prestigious Business and Art (BASA) awards has been extended to Friday, 25 May. "Throughout the past 15 years, the BASA awards have rewarded excellence and innovation in the field of business support for the arts. They have successfully demonstrated the potential for synergy and the far reaching benefits for business, for the arts and for all South Africans," says BASA CEO Michelle Constant.

"Businesses who have supported the arts in any way are certainly encouraged to use the extended deadline as an opportunity to enter this year's awards," she adds. The awards feature 15 categories with 12 of these being open for general entry. They cover a wide range of creative mediums such as visual arts, dance, theatre, physical performance, music, fashion, design and
architecture.

Any company that sponsors the arts can enter and businesses do not have to be BASA members in order to enter, nor do they have to have received funding from BASA in order to be eligible to enter a project for the BASA Awards.

The online entry system can be accessed on the BASA website at www.basa.co.za. The awards section features tips, guidelines, rules and regulations and online entry forms.