---
title: Association of Arts Pretoria
description: >-
  Pretoria visual arts association, since 1947, running exhibitions and the
  Sasol New Signatures competition.
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/association-of-arts-pretoria'
type: organization
createdAt: '2026-09-25'
updatedAt: '2026-10-04'
organizationType: Professional association
location: 'Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa'
website: 'https://artspta.co.za/'
yearFounded: 1947
---

# Association of Arts Pretoria

*Professional association • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa*

## About

Pretoria visual arts association, since 1947, running exhibitions and the Sasol New Signatures competition.

The Association of Arts Pretoria has been a leading force in the visual arts since 1947, enabling creative expression and cultivating a love for visual art. It promotes all forms of the visual arts, encourages an active visual arts culture across South African communities, and develops artistic talent and skills. About thirty exhibitions are held each year, showing established artists alongside avant-garde and new art forms, with a platform for both emerging and established painters and sculptors.

The Association also runs the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, sponsored by SASOL since 1990, and presents regular classical concerts and book launches at its gallery in the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary in Nieuw Muckleneuk.

## Details

- **Founded:** 1947
- **Address:** 173 Mackie Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- **Website:** https://artspta.co.za/

## Programs

View current programs from Association of Arts Pretoria on Artsume: https://www.artsume.com/o/association-of-arts-pretoria