A group of eight young artists will bare their creative souls when they take visitors on an art walkabout on Saturday morning at the Bird Street Art Gallery in Central.

 

Some stories aren’t just worth telling — they need to be told. Not just to raise awareness, but to change how people see things that often go unnoticed. That’s exactly what drives Micaela Scholtz, a visual artist, researcher, and Graphic Design lecturer at Mandela University.

Trace and Transition, a new Nelson Mandela University exhibition, opens tonight (27 August) at 5.30pm at the Bird Street Gallery in Central.

Reasons to be Proud – #R2bP: Juandré van Eck (25), an Honours student in ceramic art at Nelson Mandela University, is the overall winner of the 2025 Sasol New Signatures Visual Arts Competition, announced on 3 September. 

Knowledge entanglements and convergences were presented through dialogue by Arts, Humanities and Natural Science, on the third day of the University’s Research Week.

Ever wondered what inspires the people who teach, research and create in Nelson Mandela University’s Visual Arts department? On Saturday 4 October at 10am, you have the chance to find out – up close and free of charge – at a special artists’ walkabout in Central’s Bird Street Gallery.

 

Nelson Mandela University’s Horizon 2055 multimedia exhibition at the Bird Street Gallery this month offered its audience a glimpse of the future shaped by imagination, collaboration and ubuntu.

Nelson Mandela University’s second-year Bachelor of Visual Arts Graphic Design students under the auspices of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems of the Built Environment Unit, (IKSBEU), recently completed a symbol design project with the KhoiSan communities.

Earlier this month, Nelson Mandela University and the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) met to advance implementation plans under their strategic partnership aimed at accelerating economic development and expanding opportunities for young people in the Eastern Cape.

Inside a municipal museum hall closed by electrical damage and flooding, a Nelson Mandela University master’s exhibition is asking an uncomfortable question: what happens when the spaces that hold a city’s cultural life begin to crumble?

Nelson Mandela University has officially launched the Humanities Creative Media Lab, a student-driven creative media agency designed to prepare graduates for the world of work.

Mandela University’s School of Visual and Performance Arts has produced 14 honours graduates in visual art and 12 masters’ graduates, eight in visual arts and four in music, during the University’s Autumn Graduation.

Nelson Mandela University recently celebrated its alumni’s remarkable achievements at the 2026 Alumni Awards ceremony, recognising graduates whose leadership, innovation, service and excellence continue to make a meaningful impact across South Africa, the African continent and the world.

Can clothing tell the story of a condition that leaves no visible scars but profoundly shapes the lives of millions of women?

Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Muziwandile “Muzi” Gigaba, a PhD candidate and lecturer at Nelson Mandela University, is off to an artist residency in Singapore.