TOPIC: The Africana Art Collection at Parliament
SPEAKER: Lila Komnick
Lila Komnick, one of our Vernac members, will give an overview of the Africana art collection at Parliament, with an emphasis on artworks and historical photographs that depict the built environment in Cape Town and further afield in the Cape Colony of the 19thcentury.
Lila Komnick joined Parliament 35 years ago as a Hansard reporter, with a BA Hons in Journalism from the University of Stellenbosch. Thereafter she was a Parliamentary procedural adviser for some years. For the past decade, after attaining a Post Graduate Diploma in Heritage Management, she has managed the Artworks Office of Parliament, which looks after the institution’s large collection of artworks, historical photographs and other heritage items.