Africa Centre's Book Launch

On Tuesday (11 November), the Africa Centre had a swish launch of "The Artist's Handbook". It is a really good buy if you are trying to get going as a business in the arts, with lots of good advice and contacts. A wonderful evening to network and meet up with people. I was pleased to meet up with a past colleague (from my community development days) and find that she is also now in the arts field - truly a small world.
As always there were guest speakers. Ismail Mahomed , CEO of the National Arts Festival, was controversial hitting out at the lack of leadership in the arts from both the state and artists themselves. He made a call for the energy of the past when new critical works were produced. He also emphasised that the arts is a business and should be approached as such. It gave me encouragement that there is a role for Encore Entertainment Guide to help promote the arts.
Angela