Tenth Business Day/BASA Awards winners

The winners are:

Best Use of a Commission of New Art:

The Sunday Times (a division of Johnnic Communications) for the Sunday Times Heritage Project

First Time Sponsor:

Mogalakwena River Lodge for Synergy Contemporary Bead Art Exhibition
The South African Police Service for The Motswedi Literary Competition

Access to the Arts:

Edgars for Edgars Music Series at the Bassline Jazz Club
Silke Financial Services for Ikwezi Art Centre

International Sponsorship:

Standard Bank for Picasso and Africa

Long Term Development:

PPC (Pretoria Portland Cement) for its support of the Owl House Foundation and Smuts Cottage.

Media Sponsorship:

Die Burger (Media 24) for Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK).

Single Project:

Levi Strauss South Africa for Levi's Young Guns

Sponsorship by a Small Business:

pinpoint one human resources for Artist Proof Studio

Sponsorship in Kind:

CLASSICfeel magazine for Young Women Artists 2006
Deneys Reitz for pro bono legal advice to various arts projects

Strategic Sponsorship:

Absa for ABSA Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK)

Youth Sponsorship

Sanlam for Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature

Barloworld Artworks Mentor of the Year Award:

Irma Albers of Distell for from the hip

Pamela Grayman of Grant Thornton for Ballet Theatre Afrikan

The judging panel included Darryl Accone, writer and journalist; Gordon Cook, Vega School of Advertising; Linda Givon, director of the Goodman Gallery; Andrew Human, MDr, The Loerie Awards; Gianni Mariano, director Mastrantonio; Sizakele Marutlulle, advertising consultant; Ivan May, marketing consultant; Fiona Ramsay, actor and media personality; Peter Vundla, executive deputy chairman AMB Capital; and Annie Williamson, sponsorship and marketing consultant. Courtney Mitchell of Grant Thornton monitored the voting process and verified the validity of the results.

The awards were held on Monday, 4 June 2007, in the newly refurbished Alexander Theatre in Braamfontein.