ASSOCIATION OF ARTS - Pretoria

The Association is a voluntary, non-profit association with a separate legal personality. It is governed by an executive committee, members of which include well-known artists, art teachers and academics and patrons of the arts. The full-time staffs of the Association are Pieter van Heerden, the director, Nandi Hilliard, the gallery manager, and assistants Koni Koma and Dorah Rahlogo. It has more than 800 members and was one of the founding members of the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA), the national organisation to co-ordinate and promote the activities of the various local arts associations.