Thirteen innovative business and arts partnerships were acclaimed at the 13th Annual Business DayBASA Awards, supported by Anglo American, earlier this week, while successful businessman Dick Enthoven was named the recipient of the first Art Champion Award, for his philanthropic contribution to the arts.
The Chairman's Premier Award went to the South African Schools' Festivals and its sponsors, the Grahamstown Foundation, Standard Bank and Sasol.
Other winners:
Innovation - BRT Station Public Art Project (sponsor Johannesburg Development Agency)
First Time Sponsor - Mo-bil-ity: Artists in Residence (Kwelapele Investments t/a Modern Autohaus BMW)
Increasing Access to the Arts - Africa meets Africa: Ndebele women painting in the city (Plascon Paints SA)
International Sponsorship - Rendezvous Art Project (Air Liquide)
Sustainable Partnership - Standard Bank Young Artist Awards (Standard Bank of SA)
Media Sponsorship - The Witness Hilton Arts Festival (The Witness Printing and Publishing Company)
Single Strategic Project - Daddy Bloom (The Grand Daddy Hotel)
Small Business - Suidoosterfees (The Movers aka Bakgat Movers)
Youth Development - The UCT Clanwilliam Arts Development Project (Fairheads)
Sponsorship in Kind - Thuthuka Jewellery Development Programme (Studio 5)
Mentor of the Year - Hilton Lawler, Origins Centre Association
and Art Champion - Dick Enthoven, shareholder of Capricorn Group (Nando's, Spier, Hollard and Etana, among others).
