ImpACT Awards nominations open

Musa Nxumalo - ImpACT Awards 2010 Winner for Visual Art

"The encouragement and acknowledgement of excellence is of utmost importance to the future of South African creativity. ACT is grateful to the Distell Foundation for sponsoring the ImpACT Awards for Young Professionals and we value the opportunity to support emerging artists and enhance excellence in the sector," said Pieter Jacobs, GM of ACT.

Artists may be nominated in one of four categories:

• Visual Art (painting and printmaking, sculpting, public installations and photography)
  
• Performing Arts (dance, acting, musical theatre and physical theatre)
  
• Music and Singing (classical, contemporary and jazz)
  
• Design (craft, graphic design, fashion design and web design)

Kayla Davis - ImpACT Awards winner 2010 for Theatre

Independent judges

Winners of the ImpACT Awards are selected by an independent panel of judges. Awards will only be presented if a satisfactory number of quality nominations are received in the various categories and the adjudication panel reserves the right to carry over such awards to the following year.

For guidelines and nomination forms please visit the ACT website at www.act.org.za.

The highlight of the Awards Ceremony is the presentation of three Lifetime Achievement Awards to luminaries for their lifelong contribution to theatre, music and visual arts in South Africa. Lifetime Achievement winners are nominated and selected by the ACT Board of Trustees.