by Gerrit Bester Visitors to the TUT Arts Festival are stopping to admire the striking ceramic artworks on display, but behind the beautifully crafted pieces stands an artist whose life story is as remarkable as the work he creates. At 58, Phineas Makhwiting, a part-time lecturer in the Department of Fine and Studio Arts within the Faculty of Arts and Design, has spent years proving that determination and passion can overcome even the greatest challenges. A ceramics speci

by Gerrit Bester Students and alumni from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Faculty of Arts and Design have once again demonstrated their creative excellence in one of South Africa’s most prestigious visual arts competitions, the Sasol New Signatures Visual Arts Competition, one of the country’s longest-running art competitions. The winners were announced at the Pretoria Art Museum on 9 September. Inga Lokwe, a Master’s student in Fine and Applied Arts specialising i

by Gerrit Bester Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping conversations across the creative industries. Against this backdrop, the Department of Visual Communication at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) is inviting audiences to engage critically with the technology through a thought-provoking exhibition at the TUT Arts Festival. Rather than avoiding AI or viewing it as a threat, the project uses the technology as a starting point for discussion and experi