ABOUT
WHO IS MS SIMONE?
With a strong passion for the arts Ms Simone is Tshegofatso Seoka who serves as the director of the company Ms Simone
WHAT IS MS SIMONE?
Ms Simone is an art consultancy company focused on the contemporary South African and African art. Ms Simone has three main objective features which are Art, Research and Design. Ms Simone aims to open up a lens on contemporary South African and African art, by providing support to artists and the art sector through project management, profiling, and research. Ms Simone further purposes artist representation and art collection management, with the aims of expanding the art market to new buyers. The research component of Ms Simone aims at the creation, maintenance, and updating of contemporary South African and African art and artists archive, both on various forms of print media, as well as on digital platforms. With a strong focus on academia, Ms Simone research mandate is based on research for publishing in books and national and international academic journals. Ms Simone design mandate focuses on interior design and aims at designing bespoke interior spaces for the modern contemporary home owner.
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Email: tseoka@gmail.com
SERVICES THAT MS SIMONE PROVIDE
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Artist profiling
Research
Catalogue Text writing
Academic archive of South African and African art and artists
Digital archive of South African and African art and artists
Representation of Artists
Curation of exhibitions
Project management for projects relative to the art sector and creative industries of South Africa
Management of special projects undertaken by South African artists
Art collection management
HOW DOES MS SIMONE CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN ART SECTOR
Ms Simone is in contribution towards supporting, stimulating and promoting contemporary visual arts practice in South Africa and internationally by:
Providing support to the creative industries of South Africa
Promotion of South African art and artists on various platforms.
Supporting of contemporary visual artists with bespoke Project Management
Creation and development of a digital archive of South African and African art.
Creation and development and contribution to the academic archive of South African and African art.
Career History
Education and Experience
British International College Contract
Duties:
# Developing annual art and culture lecturing design for five different levels within an international Cambridge syllabus.
#Providing art and design lectures to students of five different levels focusing on both practical and theoretical practices.
# Identifying various contemporary and traditional international art practices to serve as inspiration and motivation for the learners.
# Develop exam papers for junior students.
#Marking, motivating, and problem-solving assignments and art exams for learners
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July 2016 - July 2018
EDUCATION ASSISITANT
OLIEWENHUIS ART MUSEUM
Duties:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
#Planning, facilitating and implementing projects related to transformation, social cohesion, and cultural heritage
# Planning, coordination, and implementation of socially cohesive celebration programs/projects for National Days such as: Heritage Day, Youth Day, Women’s Day etc
# Consolidating and maintenance of budgets for projects
# Monitoring and evaluation of project success and failures and investigating remedial actions for failed projects for future purposes.
 Compiling quarterly reports and annual reports.
ART EDUCATION
# Research on the temporary and permanent collection of the Museum.
# Facilitate and implement educational activities for students such as guided tours, walkabouts, workshops and African Carousel Rides.
# Facilitate the collection and preservation of heritage-related books for the Oliewenhuis Art Museum Library.
# Facilitate the collection and preservation of heritage related information and compile artist files for the research cabinet at the Oliewenhuis Art Museum Library.
# Advertise and encourage the use of the Oliewenhuis Art Museum Library.
#Planning of art educator workshops (art at school program).
# Manage arts enrichment programs at school level,
# Monitoring and evaluation of art educational programs implemented at school level.
CAPACITY BUILDING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
# Compilation of training documents
# Compiling support guidelines and educational frameworks for educators (educator workshop)
# Facilitate training sessions for student floorwalkers and interns
# Curatorial and project management training
# Facilitate skills development workshop programs
# Facilitate holiday workshops
# Identify and arrange relevant training for staff members (i.e, wining at Human Relations)
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January 2015 - June 2016
# Assisting with daily administration regarding the EPWP program
# Answering to inquiries regarding EPWP project
# Formulation of participants for EPWP
# Collection and Preservation of sensitive information regarding EPWP participants
# Compiling, sorting and verifying accurate lists of data.
# Initial capturing data of EPWP participants on excel spreadsheets
#ï‚·Online reporting of EPWP projects on MIS and ERS system
# Capturing and finalizing EPWP reports from programs
# Developing lists of EPWP reports, reconciliation of received reports as well as expected reports, and advising supervisor on outstanding reports
# Assisting with the preparation of inputs to meet the reporting mandate
# Identifying data errors and reporting to supervisor
# Attending site visits and all meetings relating to EPWP projects
# Facilitating and Assisting crafters and visual artists
April 2014 - March 2015
Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Internship
Duties:
# Artist and Stakeholder liaison
# Facilitating and Assisting Visual Artists
# Assisting with Curating for the Department show at Decorex
# Assisting production Team at Art Logic with the FNB JHB Art Fair
# Assisting with Market Access opportunities for artists and crafters in the province relating to national and provincial opportunities for artists and crafters i.e MGE, DTI international programmes and NAC funding opportunities
# Establishing and continuous updating of Gauteng creative sector Database