In 2001, Public Eye was appointed as an agent of the Royal Netherlands Embassy to assist with the Culture and Development Programme until the end of 2004. Public Eye was granted a budget to be distributed amongst Western Cape-based projects whose proposals are evaluated in terms of Dutch International Cultural Policy and other appropriate guidelines. In order to do this, Public Eye established a committee of experts in various fields of the Arts. The committee, which meets twice a year, comprises Mike van Graan (Performing Arts), Alfred Henkel (Dance), Christopher de Vries (Music) and two members from Public Eye (Visual Art). Public Eye’s administrator Dale Dodgen has been administrator of this fund since May 2002. To date a substantial amount of funding has been distributed amongst a wide range of applicants. These include: The Worldwide Video Foundation exhibition of new media art, organised by Professor Malcolm Payne at the Michaelis Galleries; partial funding of Full Dance Circle’s production of ‘Me and You’; a contribution towards the printing of two books by outspoken and controversial social commentator, writer and performer Zebulon Dread; funding for the core teaching programme at Cape Town’s well-established Community Arts Project; funding for a production to premiere at the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees by theatre group Vleis, Rys en Aartappels; money to help establish and run the Umlilo Photographer’s Workshop in Guga S’Thebe centre in Langa; sponsorship for the printing component of the Wondergigs Compilation, a collection of live recordings of emerging musicians, and, funding for the African Hip Hop Indaba, a well-established Cape Town expo showcasing spraycan art, breakdancing and and DJing skills.
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