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OFM Artbeat (Kunsteklop)

Stay up to date with the latest developments in the creative industries, as featured on Mid-Morning Magic.
Weekly English South Africa Performing Arts · Visual Arts
472 Episodes
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Visual arts a collaborative effort at Aardklop 2026 hosted by the NWU Gallery

Cornerstone is the visual arts theme for Aardklop 2026, bringing together artists, studios and collectives from across South Africa in a celebration of the foundations of artistic practice. Inspired by the cornerstone as a symbol of beginning, strength and permanence, the theme explores traditional art-making practices as important systems of…
1 Sep 3 min

Musiek om na tuis te kom saam met pianis Nicolene Gibbons

Nicolene Gibbons woon deesdae in Philippolis en dit is van daar waar sy by Yolanda Maartens aan sluit in die OFM Kunsteklop. Haar konsert die 17de September in die Odeion in Bloemfontein beoog om jou van die spanning van die jaar tot dusver te laat vergeet en sy vertel hoe…
27 Aug 4 min

n Viering van musikale samesyn tydens “Sister Act” op 10 September by die Odeion

“Sister Act” bring drie uitmuntende Suid-Afrikaanse musikante byeen – die fluitspeler Malané Hofmeyr-Burger, violis Zanta Hofmeyr en altviolis Jeanne-Louise Moolman. Saam beloof die drie dames ’n viering van vriendskap, musiek en die vreugde van saam optree. Malané Hofmeyr-Burger sluit by Yolanda Maartens aan in die OFM Kunsteklop om te gesels…
26 Aug 5 min

OSM80 vier agt dekades van uitnemendheid by die Odeion in Bloemfontein

Die Odeion Skool vir Musiek (OSM) vier met trots hul 80ste bestaansjaar met 'n galakonsert wat hulde bring aan agt dekades van artistieke uitnemendheid, vernuwing en musiekonderrig. Marius Coetzee van die OSM sluit by Yolanda Maartens aan in die OFM Kunsteklop om jou uit te nooi om op 3 September…
12 Aug 5 min

Share in the evolution of African music at the Odeion in Bloemfontein

The Odeion in Bloemfontein invites music lovers to join them on the 27th of August for Sankofa – An Experience of African Musical Entanglements, which promises to be a vibrant evening celebrating the richness and evolution of African music. Acclaimed trumpeter, composer, and ethnomusicologist Joseph Kunnuji, Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology…
6 Aug 4 min

NWU Gallery collaborates with Honours students in latest exhibition: ‘Metanoia’

The NWU Gallery is proud to present Metanoia a curatorial project organized by the students of the North-West University, History of Arts Honors Degree from 12 August to 11 September 2026. Drawing from the North-West University’s Permanent Art Collection, the Metanoia exhibition boasts an immersive curation of the human experience,…
6 Aug 3 min

Step out into the countryside with the Secret Artist’s Club in Bloemfontein

The Secret Artist’s Club, in collaboration with the Free State Weapons and Ammunition Collectors Association, is hosting their annual Gentlemen’s Tea on Saturday, 29 August at Onze Rust Estate, Bloemfontein. Diandra Steenekamp joins Yolanda Maartens in the OFM Art Beat with all the details. You can make booking enquires with…
24 Jul 5 min

Umzila: Keeping heritage alive through art and music

Umzila (The Legacy) is an exhibition that explores instrument-making as an artistic and archival practice through the Xhosa musical bow, uhadi. Born in Nyanga, Cape Town, Thandeka Mfinyongo is an African musician, scholar, and lecturer in African Music and Ethnomusicology at North-West University. Thandeka joins Yolanda Maartens in the OFM…
15 Jul 4 min

The Choral Celebration Network Foundation strives to keep choral music alive

The Choral Celebration Network Foundation (CCNF) aims to elevate harmony within the South African choral and orchestral industry through non-competitive and neutral performance opportunities. This is achieved through inclusive growth events that foster collaboration and celebrate the diversity of our nation, along with others, through the tools of choral and…
15 Jul 6 min

Vrystaat Kunstefees 2026: Die Klein Prinsie

Yolanda Maartens gesels met Chris van Niekerk oor Die Klein Prinsie Die Klein Prinsie vertel die verhaal van die vriendskap tussen ’n loods en ’n blonde seuntjie wat begin met die vraag: “Teken vir my ’n skaap?” Die Prinsie het waarskynlik van Asteroïede B612 af na die aarde gekom. Sy…
22 Jun 6 min

Vrystaat Kunstefees 2026: Navi Redd

Yolanda Maartens gesels met Hanno Zeeman Moenie hierdie energieke optrede misloop nie. Navi Redd is weer in Bloemfontein en bring vars klanke, bekende lirieke en ’n verhoogteenwoordigheid wat jou van begin tot einde vasgenael hou. Sluit by ons aan vir ’n onvergeetlike musiekervaring. Ouer, wyser en gryser, dis iets vir…
11 Jun 4 min

Vrystaat Kunstefees 2026: Feed/Flesh/Buffering

Yolanda Maartens gesels met Sibahle Mabaso oor hierdie eksperimentele stuk. FEED/FLESH/BUFFERING is ’n eksperimentele, interdissiplinêre uitvoeringsinstallasie wat die emosionele, sielkundige en ekologiese gevolge ondersoek van die lewe binne ’n digitaal-verweefde wêreld. Die werk is gestruktureer rondom drie kernkonseptuele pilare: FEED verteenwoordig die algoritmiese stroom van inhoud en inligting; FLESH verken…
11 Jun 6 min

Vrystaat Kunstefees 2026: Bahumi and His Magical Voice

Yolanda Maartens gesels met regisseur Jane Mpholo. Bahumi and His Magical Voice is ’n hartroerende teaterproduksie vir jong gehore wat die seunkind en die krag van emosionele uitdrukking vier. Wanneer Bahumi ontdek dat sy stem die wêreld om hom kan verander, help hy sy vriende om te sien dat ware…
11 Jun 6 min
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