Artes Awards
The Artes Awards are annual awards made to performing artists.
Founded in Durban in 1969 by the late D. Mothie as a platform for honouring South African performing artists. Managed and presented by Big M Productions, it has become a National Project with awards made in various provinces.
Though most often referred to simply as an Artes (or Artes award). The presentation event itself and the website are nowadays billed as Artes Award (followed by the year, e.g. 2023) In recent years the awards have been expanded to also honour influential people from all walks of life and the awards ceremonies become known as the Influential Women & Artes Awards and Influential Men & Artes Awards.
The performance awards are highly regarded by the industry.
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