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8 July 2008 at 17h00 marks the 2nd collaborative open studio exhibition of the year at Greatmore. Featuring work by four visiting artists enrolled in the Visiting Artists Programme at the studios, the show invites the community to share and engage in the artists’ most recent explorative and creative journeys over the past few months. Artists featured include Steve Bandoma from Congo (D.R.C.), Merid Taffese from Ethiopia, Mpho Ngwenya from Soweto and Sadia Salim from Pakistan. For more information concerning this programme and the forthcoming exhibition please contact Featuring work by visiting and resident artists Steve Bandoma, Congo (D.R.C.), Mpho Ngwenya, Soweto, S.A, Sadia Salim, Pakistan, Merid Tafesse, Ethiopia |
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the oneminute workshop “A lot can happen in sixty seconds. Stories can be told, opinions can be viewed, feelings can be expressed, stereotypes challenged. A piece of art can take shape. " |
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blast from the past Watch this space as we share converstions with artists that have participated with Greatmore studios over the past 10 years. An art studio grows in Woodstock 10 years grown and Greatmore Studios is still in the business of advancing art making in the surrounding communities, converging professional artists from different backgrounds to exchange ideas and skills in a sympathetic environment. The vision has always been simple-work and art is privileged with special value placed on the unique imprint each artist brings to the studios. The experience offered is less structured and rigid, and more like a matrix of ideas, personalities and raw talent .This is a collective of hard working artists, many of whom have chosen to share their professional and personal lives with each other. 2008 finds Greatmore Studios particularly proud to be recognised as an enduring and resilient space,- despite the many challenges of a cruel industry, it has still maintained its footing. Home to a diverse group of local and international artists, the environment at the studios continues to inspire courage and strength- artists daily take ownership of their careers, investing their lives into art making. At this juncture in its history, the artists and committee at Greatmore feel it is appropriate to rethink and re-engage the values, identity and ethos of this network. With increasing talk of national transformation, the artists have seen it as their responsibility to seriously locate themselves and their role in a larger cultural landscape, negotiating new ways of looking and making art in a communal space. In an attempt to be more inclusive and progressive, the trustees and Friends of Greatmore Studios have seriously considered the possibilities of expanding the current holding capacity of artists-please keep posted to the website throughout the year for further information about plans to redevelop the existing studios. On its birthday Greatmore Studios is proud of the South African artists taking up residency at the studios. Displaying a range of experience, we recognise them as the true creative pulse of the city. Here are men and women who actively pursue their chosen careers with professionalism, whilst making a meaningful impact in the local community. Indeed 2008 is recognised at the studios as a year of new possibilities. We welcome you on this special journey of refection and a graceful entry into a new era in our history. |
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