Join the Movement Through Artivism
8 – 9 August 2025 | TUT Arts Campus
Canvas for Change: Creative Pathways to Eradicate GBV
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Join artists, educators, and students for two powerful days of performance, conversation, and creative activism.
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Faculty of Arts & Design
The Faculty of Arts & Design boasts five departments, namely Fine & Studio Arts, Interior Design, Design Studies, Performing Arts, and Visual Communication which offer the following twelve programmes: Fine and Applied Arts; Jewellery Design and Manufacture; Interior Design; Fashion Design and Technology;
Higher Certificate in Music; Dance, Music (Jazz and Opera); Theatre Arts and Design with a Technical Theatre and Design or Theatre Arts and Performance elective; Commercial Photography, Integrated Communication Design and Motion Picture Production. Our programme qualification mix is locally relevant and internationally competitive.
All programmes have career-focused progression possibilities – from Higher Certificates and Diplomas at entry-level, to Advanced Diplomas, Postgraduate Diplomas, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The Higher Certificate offers basic practical skills and knowledge in a particular discipline, while our Diploma programmes lay solid foundations for you to enter the world of work confidently and competently.
The Advanced Diplomas give you a deeper understanding of a specific area of specialisation in your discipline.The Postgraduate Diplomas prepare you for the professional world, academia and provide entry to a Master’s degree and later Doctoral studies.
Entrepreneurship, Decolonisation and the Africanisation of education in the creative industries are key and central aims of our programmes. Localised and context-specific knowledge systems are embedded in every programme and provide this purposeful focus on visual art, design, dance, film, music, photography, theatre, and performance. It is worth noting that our programmes aim to keep abreast with international trends and global influences, thereby ensuring success.
