FynArts 2023 - Booklet

Dear FynArts Supporters
What a joy it is to welcome you back to Hermanus FynArts and the first full programme of events for
some time. We have taken great pleasure in once again putting together a bumper programme and
we hope attending the events will give you as much pleasure.
This year we stand on the cusp of the next decade of Hermanus FynArts – the Festival, the Development
Fund and the FynArts Gallery. It is a time to look forward and plan for the next ten years of growth and
development, of presenting top-class festivals of relevance to the widest audience, of bringing the amazing artists from
across all disciplines that South Africa is blessed to call ‘our own’. And – as we have learnt over the years – to embrace
change in whatever expected and unexpected form it might take.
A heartful thank you to our generous and loyal sponsors, patrons, lifetime and annual friends; artists and presenters;
media, advisors, many volunteers and Overstrand Municipality – and of course, to you, our old and new festival-goers.
FynArts and its projects continues from strength to strength due to the vital contribution made by you, our FynArts
family.
This year the programme offers events especially for children and teenagers. These are clearly marked in the following
pages, as well as a number of other suitable events at weekends offering reduced-price tickets for scholars.
New events on the programme include a short early morning series of topical talks: Coffee and Croissants (pg24),
a short programme of gallery events (pg 67), as well as a fun competition (pg 68). Through the Development Fund,
we are embarking on a new collaboration with Warwick’s Chef School (pg 41).
Presenting a ten-day arts festival is a team effort.
Firstly, thank you to Chantel Louskitt. Her abiding loyalty, hard work, and acute sense of humour has carried many
a day – and very often the festival too. Thank you also to Hedda Mittner who has come aboard and assisted us for the
past six months. Since 2013, she has fully supported the festival in her capacity as content editor of The Village News.
Hedda knows the nitty-gritty of the programme and how it is put together through writing copiously – and with
passion – over the past thirteen years.
As the festival programme continues to expand, so do the tasks of the many behind-the-scene supporters. We are
grateful to the following people for their commitment, hard work and encouragement:
Welcome to Hermanus FynArts 2023
Non-executive Advisory Board: Christopher Hope, Richard Cock, Mandie van der Spuy and Shado Twala.
Management Committee: Frieda Lloyd (deputy chairperson) Lincoln Wildschut, Adrian Louw and Nhlanhla Biyela.
Pieter Stofberg, after serving on the committee since 2014, and Lou-Anne Lubbe retired recently.
Do join us in celebrating the start of the next decade of the FynArts Festival and spend ten inspiring, challenging,
uplifting, and thoroughly memorable days in Hermanus.
Mary Faure
Director: Hermanus FynArts
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