BAT Centre

The Bartel Arts Trust is an urban-based community art centre that is a venue and facility for skills training, promotion and exposure of disadvantaged and emergent artists. The focus of the centre is local arts, culture, crafts and entertainment that reflects the Zulu, Indian and Western heritage of KwaZulu-Natal. The difference at BAT is the grassroots, the experimental, the cross-arts trends and the innovation that is promoted at the centre. It aims to celebrate our unique cultures and encourage cross-fertilisation to create jobs for the artists by sourcing talent, imparting skills and developing markets.