Founded in 2009, CCIBA is an interdisciplinary research, teaching and service institute based in the Department of Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University. The Centre is involved in the development, promotion and teaching of the various dimensions of Comic art, Illustration and Book Art. The Centre reports to the Board of the University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
The Centre aims to extend and consolidate the work undertaken by a number of parallel and related initiatives that have taken place over the last five years: the Comics Brew Festival of International Comic Art; the TransAtlant-ink exhibition and the Young Cartoonist Project; the Stellenbosch University Department of Visual Arts programme and MPhil in Comic Art and Illustration; the establishment at the University of Stellenbosch Library of a Special Collection of Comic Art; the Durban Cartoon Project; and the Igubu Comics Project in Cape Town. Visit the website for more info and Calendar of activities:
http://www.cciba.sun.ac.za/
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