Published Reviews

    Dina in her Studio

  • Latoya Newman “Artistic Journey A Homage to Women” 8 August 2011 in The Daily New TonightDurban http://www.themercury.co.za:80/
  • Shirley Le Guern “Dina Cormick empowers the nameless women of history” 12 August 2009  http://www.goingplacessa.com/article_detail.asp?Article_ID=1880
  • Estelle Sinkins “Art lauds women’s march” in The Natal Witness 8 August, 2009
  • Caroline Smart “Celebrating Women” posted 2:17am Thursday 30 July, 2009  by ARTSMART Art news from kwazulu-natal. http://news.artsmart.co.za/search/label/visual%20arts
  • Karen E. Buckenham, “Creator God Most Beautiful: A Contextual, Feminist Theological and Aesthetic Examination of Women’s Spirituality and Creativity in South Africa”.  PhD Thesis. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2008
  • Look at me. Women Artists and Poets advocate Children’s Rights. A Project of  Art for Humanity   Women for Children Catalogue .  Art for Humanity: Durban 2007
  • [Photo] showing Paddy Kearney holding Diakonia Award carved by Dina Cormick in The Natal Mercury  March 31, 2006
  • Diakonia Council of Churches “Bishop Rubin opens 30th Anniversary Art Exhibition” in Inselelo March 2006.
  • Joanna Manning The Magdalene Moment. A vision for a new Christianty  Vancouver: Raincoast Books 2006. [pp 116, 122]
  • Terry Haywood [photo] in The Mercury February 28, 2006
  • KZNSA  KZNSA KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts. A community of artists.  A photographic book of 106 KwaZulu Natal Artists in their studios and workplace s.  In celebration of 100 years of exhibitions.  KZNSA: Durban 2005
  • Marianne Meijer [and photos] “Survival and Delighting in Life” Review in “Artnotes” The Mercury, November 10, 2005
  • Katja Oosthuis “Delighting in Life” in “Art” The Sunday Tribune, November 13, 2005
  • 1995 Brown, K. & Rankin, E. ‘Secular Thoughts on Sacred Themes: a review of recent research on religious art in Natal’ South African Journal of Art and Architectural History 5 (1-4): 47-60.
  • “ART” in ”Arts & Culture “  Catholic New Times May 9, 2004  p.14
  • SABC TV3 INTERVIEW by Khadija Mugardie  in Special Assignment documentary on Catholic Church’s stance on Sex and AIDS: “Let’s talk about Sex, Father” screened August 2003.
  • Myrtle Ryan “A metaphorical journey in the footsteps of pilgrims”, Khaya Ngwenya[photo] The Natal Mercury December 18, 2002
  • Susan Brittion [photo] “Responding to trauma” in  Diakonia Council of Churches Inselelo May 2002
  • Tara Dix “Lets bring back women deacons” in U.S.Catholic . Vol. 67, No.7 July, 2002
  • Karen E. Buckenham, “ Women’s Experience, Spirituality and Theology for Liberation and Life in Contemporary South Africa as Expressed Through Visual Arts with a Focus on the Lives and Work of Two Women Artists – Dina Cormick and Bonnie Ntshalintshali.”  Master’s Dissertation. Pietermaritzburg:University of Natal. 2001
  • SABC TV2 INTERVIEW in Free Spirit Episode 7 produced by Shoot the Breeze Productions 12 Aug 2001
  • Greg Ardé  “Catholics under fire over women”, Terry Haywood [photo] in Sunday Tribune April 15, 2001
  • Patrick Leeman “Violence against women highlighted”,  Terry Haywood [photo] in The Natal Mercury  March 28, 2001
  • Witness Reporter “Memorial mosaic remembers Peter Kerchoff” Nash Narrandes [photo] in The Natal Witness  July 24. 2000
  • VIDEO/TV INTERVIEW – Melody Emmett 2000 “The Other Voices. Women exploring the sacred spaces” A Project of the World Conference on Religion and Peace SA. Produced by Curious Pictures for WCRPSA
  • Susan Brittion [photo] “Pietermaritzburg’s Good Samaritan” in Diakonia Council of Churches Inselelo October 2000
  • Tai Collard The Collector’s Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa  The South African Institute of Artists and Designers: Claermont 1998
  • Reporter  “Journey – exhibition of sculptures, paintings and prints by local artist Dina Cormick  at Upstairs Gallery, Bat Centre, Durban ” in The Mail & Guardian October 3-10 1998
  • Dan Cook “Cormick’s personal expression” art review in Sunday Tribune October 11, 1998
  • Suzy Bell  “Fascinating African folk-tales” Fine Art Review with photos in The Saturday Independent  October 18, 1998.
  • Marianne Meijer “Tracing Mbatha”  Artnotes in The Natal Mercury October 20, 1998.
  • Audrey Olivier  “Revisioning Scripture: A  Study of Selected Paintings by Dina Cormick – Artist and Feminist Theologian”  Fine Art Research Paper for University of South Africa, Pretoria 1998
  • Southern Cross correspondent “Time for women priests right now, says new group” The Southern Cross 27 April, 1997
  • Marjorie Copeland  “Tree represents the rebirth of KwaZulu-Natal”   Ms Roy [photo] in The Sunday Times,  March 23, 1997
  • Karen Buckenham “Dina Cormick and Bonie Ntshalintshali: Two Women Artists of KwaZulu-Natal. Unpublished paper. Towards Fine Art Degree, University of Natal: Pietermaritzburg 1997
  • Frieda Harmsen “ Religious Art in South Africa since 1990” in Vlaanderen January/ February 1996
  • Mercury Reporter  “Prayers for election peace”, Patrick Mtolo [photo] in The Mercury, March 26, 1996
  • Paul Cock  “Clergy to lead march for peace”, Peter Duffy [photo] in The Daily News, April 3, 1996
  • Suzy Bell [and photo] “Feminist artist on show in Europe” in The Daily News, August 8, 1996
  • Sue Brittion: Photo] “Izinkulungwane zimashela uJesu” in Diakonia Council of Churches  Inselelo June, 1996
  • “Out and About” with Suzy Bell [photo] in The Trefoil, The Southern African Catholic Quarterly 32 Spring 1996
  • Suzy Bell [and photo]  “Women plot to challenge the Vatican” in The Daily News , August 28, 1996.
  • Janis O’Grady [and photos] “Acclaiming women with her hands”  in The Natal Witness,  August 30, 1996.
  • Suzy Bell [and photo] “Heaven & Earth : Durban sculptor Dina Cormick has created two joyfully painted sculptures now on show at the Westville Arts 1996 exhibition”  in Exhibitions, The Daily News, October 30, 1996.
  • Crystelle Wilson [and photos] “Churches encouraged to use local art” in Anglican News, November/ December 1996
  • Ingrid Shevlin “Out the Comfort Zone”, Grant Erskine [photo] – art review of “Women-Myths, Fantasies and Expressions” at Anthea Martin Gallery in The Highway Mail,  May 21, 1995.
  • Marianne Meijer  [and photo] “Working Women Exhibit at NSA August 1-12th”  Art review in The Daily News,  August 2, 1995
  • African Art Centre reporter “True Colours Exhibition: Women Artists of Natal.” September  7 -21 1995 in AAC Newsletter, September 1995.
  • Highway Mail reporter “Art at Home”  review in The Highway Mail, March 18, 1994
  • Ranjeni Munusamy  “Long service for little drum” in City & Country,The Natal Witness, September 27, 1994
  • Ana Luisa Perreira  “Poignant Lives: AIDS and Art” Fine Art Research Paper for Durban University of Technology (DUT), Durban, South Africa. 1994
  • ADA 12: DURBAN and surrounds 1994 p41
  • Ana Luisa Pereira “Catholicism and Feminism in relation to Audrey Flack, Dina Cormick, Frida Kahlo and Paula Rego”  Fine Art Research Paper submitted in partial fulfillment o the requirements fot the National Higher Diploma (Painting) in the Department of Fine Art, Technikon of Natal, November 1993
  • Daily News Reporter “Young Bus massacre survivors in procession on Good Friday”, Marilyn Bernard [photo] in The Daily News, 1993
  • Jo Cossarella [and photo] “Dina Cormick: Artist from Africa” and photo in Unisa News, October/November 1993
  • Elizabeth Rankin – “review of Bernard Gcwensa and Ruben Xulu. Christian artists of Natal” in African Insight,   Vol. 23, No. 4,1993
  • “Review of Bernard Gcwensa and Ruben Xulu. Christian artists of Natal” in S.A. Catholic quarterly Trefoil, No. 3, Spring 1993
  • “Secular thoughts on Sacred themes: Recent research on Religious Art in Natal” in South African Journal of Art and Architectural History 5 (1-4): 47-60.
  • Danie van Niekerk “Voortreflike Zoeloe-kuns” review of Bernard Gcwensa and Ruben Xulu. Christian artists of Natal in Die Beeld, 1993
  • R.G.Focke “Political Violence”  Liberation Theology Research Paper for University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg 1992.
  • Marianne Meijer [and photo] “Sunday Art Fair at the Village”  review in The Daily News, November 13, 1992
  • Caroline Smart “Changes for Berea Meander” interview in Durban Arts, Vol. 9, No. 2, March, 1992
  • Marianne Meijer [and photo]  “Prints such as this one by Durban artist Dina Cormick, are for sale in most galleries during the festive season” in Artbeat, The  Daily News,  December 18 1992
  • Maureen Lewis “Natal Women Artists in a feminist Frame” unpublished Masters dissertation. University of Natal, Durban 1991
  • Mercury Reporter “Artists for Hospice opens on Sunday” in The Natal Mercury, September 13, 1991
  • Carmel Ricard [photo] “Durban procession for peace, healing” in The Southern Cross April 14, 1991
  • Saturday News Reporter {and photo] “Forgiveness the theme at ecumenical dawn service” in The Daily News, March 30, 1991
  • Myrtle Ryan “Pained Easter cross brings a message of hope and reconciliation to strife-torn Natal” Sherelee Clarke [photo] “Dina Cormick puts the finishing touches to the cross” in The Sunday Tribune, March 24, 1991
  • Marianne Meijer [and photo] “One for Africa’s mothers” in The Daily News, February 14, 1991
  • University of Natal (UND)Reporter [and photo] “Earthmother moved” in UND Dome, March 2, 1991
  • Caroline Smart “Dina’s Earthmother” in D’ARTS, April 1991
  • Mariana Evans [and photo] “Profiel. Maria Magdalena was ook ‘n vrou” in Tempo, March 22, 1991
  • John O’Brady OMI “Carmelite Diamond Jubilee”  shows archival photo (circa 1963] of Carmelites in chapel. In The Southern Cross, October 6, 1991 Dina is second from left]
  • Frieda Harmsen The Way to Easter. Stations of the Cross in South Africa Joan Lötter Publications:Pretoria 1989
  • Diakonia Worker have a right to a Living Wage: A Bible Study Diakonia: Durban March 1989
  • Carol Brown “Joyful, appealing tribute to women from the Bible” art review in The Daily News October 18, 1989
  • Meridy Harris [with photo] “Biblical women come to ‘life’”  in UND Dome #9 October 27, 1989
  • Christina Scott [with photo]  “Heroic Women” in New Nation October 6-12, 1989
  • Christina Labuscagne [and photo] “Crusading to change church art” in The Arts, The Natal Mercury October 5, 1989
  • Marianne Meijer [and photo]”In praise of Women”  art review of exhibition “In Celebration of Heroic Women” at Grassroots Gallery in The Daily News, September 29, 1989
  • Sunday Tribune [photo] “One of the paintings by Dina Cormick in her exhibition, ‘In Praise of Heroic Women in the Scriptures
  • Brenda van Rooyen [and photo] “Dina Cormick: Looking for the true value of women through her art” and photo in The Pretoria News, September14,1988
  • Fr Z.Cizkovsky OMI “Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, Pinetown”  Derek Rossenrode [photos] Commemorative booklet for the Blessing of the carved church doors. February 14, 1988
  • Carol Brown, “Spiritual mood strong in wood forms”  art review in The Daily News, October 29, 1987
  • Gill Gowans “Art” in Living October 1987
  • Liz Gower-Jackson  [and photos] “What is it like to be a woman in South Africa today – a memorable exhibition of wooden sculptures”  art review in The Highway Mail, & Berea Mail October 30, 1987
  • Daily News Reporter [photo] “Linocuts to raise funds”
  • Daily News Reporter “Artist Dina Cormick and Marylyn Cason” in The Daily News, November 23, 1987
  • Southern Cross Reporter [and photo] “Durban artist, Dina Cormick is making unusual set of crib figures” in The Southern Cross,  November  29, 1987
  • Carolyn McGibbon [and photo] “Forget all the snow and tinsel. Jesus was a homeless refugee” in The Sunday Tribune, December 6, 1987
  • Frieda Harmsen “Meditation for Easter, inspired by Art in South African Churches”  audio-visual presentation Preiss Hall, Pretoria Art Museum, March 26, 1986 [slides #10, 14,]
  • Southern Cross Reporter “Mosaics, tapestries improve church” in The Southern Cross, May,1985
  • Berea Mail [photo of Cormick sculpture of Madonna] 3 December 1987
  • “The Mosaics of St Joseph’s – designed and executed by Dina Cormick“  in St Joseph’s Parish newsletter, September 1986
  • “Beautification progresses slowly” & “Proposed new Altar” in St Joseph’s Parish newsletter #38, December 1985
  • Cathy Knox [and photos] “Beyond the Convent Wall…” in Fair Lady, 15 May, 1985
  • Marianne Meijer [and photo] “The gift of Sound” in  Artnotes  The Daily News,  June 4, 1983
  • Mercury Reporter[& photo] “Unveiling a gift of Sound” in The Natal Mercury June 2, 1983
  • Daily News “Its their silver jubilee”
  • Medical Chronicle “Adcock Ingram Group has associated itself with TAPE aids for the blind…the company commissioned Durban sculptor, Dina Cormick…”
  • The Recorder. An occasional newsletter published by Tape Aids for the Blind “Touch Sculpture – “A Gift of Sound” September 1983
  • Unisa Reporter [photo] in Unisa news, 1983 ”The State President Mr Marais Viljoen recently unveiled  this interesting sculpture called ‘A Gift of Sound’ at Tape Aids for the Blind House in Durban. The sculpture was made by Diana Cormick, a Unisa final year student in the Department of Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics. It symbolizes the way in which those without sight communicate through touch smell and sound”
  • Krystyna Haliburton [and photo] “Piecing together a picture” in Woman’s page The Natal Mercury, March 2,1983
  • Val Carter-Johnson [and photo] “Making a story from bits of glass” The Highway Mail 1983
  • Mercury Reporter “Dina’s carvings will be guitar prizes” in The Natal Mercury, April 22, 1981
  • Star reporter [and photo] “Guitar Festival a delight” in The Star, July 20,1981.
  • “Link between Visual and Performing Arts”  [photo: Norman Nossel with Dina Cormick with National Guitar Festival sculptures ] in S.A.Arts Calendar  Vol.6, nos. 5 & 6, June/July 1981
  • Programme Youth in Harmony. The National Guitar Festival of South Africa [ photo inside]
  • Dick Turpin “Guitar Festival a delight” in The Star, 19 July, 1981
  • “Dina’s Carvings will be guitar prizes” [& photo] in The Natal Mercury 22 April 1981
  • Steve Jordaan “St Joseph’s Statue” in St Joseph’s Parish Newsletter no.19, April 1981
  • S.A.Arts Calendar Vol.6 no 5 & 6, June/July 1981  “Link between Visual and Performing Arts” (p 9-10)
  • Andrew Verster  “Dina Cormick Exhibition”  art review in The Daily News,  June 12, 1980
  • The Daily News [photo] “This chapel-like studio in Durban is a perfect sanctuary for wood carver Dina Cormick now preparing for an exhibition of her carvings to open on June 6, 1980…”
  • Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankani Centre, Chatsworth, Durban Commemorative Booklet on occasion of blessing of mosaic [photo back page] September 8, 1979
  • Glynis Horning [and photos] “The rebel, the nun, and now it’s Dina the wood carver” in Woman’s page The Natal Mercury, December 8, 1978
  • Andrew Verster ”Dina Cormick, Rosemary Adams” art review in The Daily News,  December 15,1978
  • Reporter “Mary’s Christmas present to church” Photo caption reads” Lying on the floor of the Sacred Heart Parish Church in Kitwe is this 15 ft by 6ft mosaic – work of artist Mary Cormick of Kitwe… The Northern News circa 1960
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