13th annual BASA Awards winners

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).

For more, go to www.basa.co.za.