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Fikile Skosana - Nelspruit: " Believe it or not I was left at Broederstroom standing, thinking that my lover will come back to me. Not a letter, phone call or sms I received from my love. I thought he was dead, for so many years we parted. Now we meet to part no more. You are too old to run away again and I am too old to run after you. Come down to Mpumalanga and see the sons and daughters I will bear for you. Long live my darling. Long live Thupelo Workshop. For me to be in this workshop it was just like meeting an old lover. I was in Thupelo (Pretoria) 1987, 1989 and now again in 2005. it is good, I enjoyed it. " |
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Velaphi Masondo - Johannesburg: " Very happy for workshop in Koekenaap. Shared my art with different artists from Western Cape, that was good for me. I hope next time you will invite me for Thupelo Workshop. I respect the organizers of Thupelo, accommodation, food and artists was very good. I like to say thanks " |
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Byron Klaase - ClanWilliam: " Toe ek hier aangekom het, het ek ongemaklik gevoel omdat ek nie bekend was met hierdie material nie. In die paar dae het ek oop gemaak en alles laat gaan. Ek het ook baie geleer deur met ander mense te werk. " |
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Desiree Brand - Vredendal: "In this group from day one, a wonderful beneficial brainstorm of new influences could be sensed. Many examples with regards to different ways of handling material contributed to the learning experience. I am sure the creative injection of the visiting artists will have lots of positive repercussions for our area. It was wonderful to see how people’s creative confidence grew within such a short while. The efforts of one person often would not amount to much, but the dynamic energy of the group will really make a difference in a much more natural way. Although this still has to be proved in the longer run, I have much reason to believe that the gel that was brought from Cape Town and used to experiment with with so much vigour and enthusiasm will symbolically also stick this group to each others hearts. A great big thank you to all that made this workshop happen. " |
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Jacky Domberg - Doornbaai : " Baie dankie vir al die vriende van Thupelo workshop… en vir die geleentheid, vriendlikheid asook die menslikheid wat almal getoon het. Ek sal julle nooit, nooit vergeet nie!! Dankie " |
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Jaco Fouché - Vredendal: "Ek is verstom oor die ongelooflike geleentheid wat ek gekry het om deel te wees van hierdie wonderlike geleentheid. Tekstuur kleur en simplisiteit is drie groot woorde waarmee ek myself moes vereenselwig en opbou tot ‘n kunswerk waarop ek kon trots wees. Die meestering van hierdie sal dat ‘n volgende stap geneem word en sal my kuns baie verander. Waarlik onvergeetlik, baie dankie." |
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Julia van Schalkwyk - Nieuwoudtville: " It is the first time in my life that I actually have to admit to the fact that there is so much more to art than just appreciation of it. Thupelo opened a lot of doors towards emotional blocks and fears one have for new things. The medium we used gave me an open canvas to unlimited possibilities of me and freedom. It was almost a virtual freedom experience in reality. Thank you so much. " |
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Kareni Bester - Somerset West: " Uit die 'comfort zone' geruk. Het inspirasie gekry, ontsaglik baie geleer en ervaar. Wonderlike mense leer ken en sommer baie gelag. Baie dankie. " |
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Lindie Melle - ClanWilliam: "Being able to work for a week away from my normal environment has made me reconsider the work that I have been doing in my studio: some aspects have been reaffirmed, others discarded. The artists, workshop leaders, relationships between members and work produced by some artists have been an experience from which I will draw creative energy for a long time." |
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Maria Magdelina Ovis -Rietpoort: " Gedurende die agt dae het ek goeie ondervinding opgedoen. Die persone met wie ek kennis gemaak het was vriendelik en hulpvaardig. Deur verskeidenheid van media kon ek op alle vlakke van kunswerke meemaak. Alhoewel ek nie goeie resultate gelewer het nie het ek tog baie geleer en dit sal altyd ‘n goeie herrinnering wees om weg te bêre en uit te haal vir die dae wat voorlê. Ek dank Thupelo van harte. " |
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Marion Louw - Vredendal: "Vir een week het ‘n groep mense, mans en vroue, 20-70 jaar, verskillende tale, kulture, velkleur, godsdienssieninge, werk in harmonie, deel alles, niemand probeer oorheers of stempel afdruk nie, almal is gelyk aanvaarbaar, bewonder en prys mekaar. Wat is die geheim? KREATIWITEIT! Vir die unieke Godegewe eienskap wat die mens onderskei van die dier is hierdie groep se passie. Baie dankie dat ek kon deel wees." |
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Marvin Love - Dooringbaai : " Baie dankie dat u ons laat weet het van die kursus. Al wat ek kan sê is dat dit baie lekker was om hier te wees en ek het baie geleer, wat ek glad nie eens ‘n benul van gehad het nie soos bv. die gel. Nogmals baie dankie en ek hoop ons sien weer mekaar. " |
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Miranda Middel - Cape Town: "Met lots of different people, played with different mediums, had very stimulating conversations late into the night over a couple of Lutzville’s best wines… I absolutely thrived on the initial freedom (no brief – just experiment) and then having painted yourself into a corner, the challenge of painting your way out again." |
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Reinette Thiart - Vredendal: " Thupelo-werkskool was beter as Kersfees omdat jy soms geskenke kry wat jy nie regtig wil he nie. Ek waardeer al jou moeite. Ek het wonderlike mense ontmoet, kon baie leer. Die werkskool was ‘n verrykende ervaring sodat ek my visie op vele terreine kon verbreed. Tydens Thupelo vertel Madi van vorm en tekstuur. Anthony leer my die kwas hanteer op kalkeerpapier. Hwan-Cheon told me to look at my hands. Thank you " |
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Riana De Waal - Calvinia: "Think out of the box, be open, be free Experiment The importance of interaction with other artists, learn from them and take what is to offer It was very much enjoyable! Thank you" |
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Ernest Prins - Doringbaai: "Ek het die tydjie hier baie geniet en baie geleer. Ek waardeer dit ten seerste dat ek die kans gegun is om met ander kunstenaars saam te werk. Dankie" |
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Sophia Willemse - Vredendal : "Dit was regtig ‘n voorreg van my leeftyd om deel te he aan hierdie kunswerkswinkel as opkomende kunstenaar. Ek het ‘n goeie inspuiting gekry deur die interaksie met ander groot kunstenaars en my te waag op die terrein van verskillende onbekende (vir my) mediums. Die cherry op die “koek van die aap” was toe ek my hand gewaag het aan die abstrakte kuns van die groot kunstenaar Madi. Ek kon nie glo date k so ‘n “meesterstuk” as eindresultaat gekry het nie. Dankie André dat jy my so gemotiveer het en my selfbeeld so ‘n helse boost gegee het toe ek so onseker was. Die ander cherry op die “aap se koek” was die wonderlike mense wat ek kon ontmoet. Dit het my as mens regtig baie ryker gemaak. Ek stap beslis ‘n beter kunstenaar hier uit as wat ek hier ingestap het. Hierdie werkswinkel en wat ek hier geleer het sal my ‘n leeftyd bybly." |
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Susan Rossouw - Vredendal : "Thupelo Werkswinkel was ‘n belewenis vir my as kunstenaar. Het met nuwe oe? na my kuns gekyk. Probeer om soveel as moontlik te eksperimenteer. Die kunstenaars wat van ander dele van die land asook oorsee gekom het was inspirasie. Hul nuwe o? het my ook na hoogtes gevat waar ek nog nooit was nie. Dankie, dankie baie dankie ek het iets ervaar van die Global Village hier by Koekenaap." |
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| Lindile Magunya's report: In the month of August and September 2005, I have been doing the Artreach programme at Baphumelele Childrens Home. The first time I went there I took the students out to Greatmore Studio, various art shops to get the feel of knowing the art materials. When I did the lessons for the first time< I introduced the pecil and charcoal on drawig hands. Sometime in the middle of these lessons I taught them about primary, secondary, tertiary colours. One thing I loved about them is the passion they have for drawing, painting and to want to learn more. The material we still have and only thing is charcoal its finished. I hope to keep this creative process continuing for a time to come. [Back to top] |
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where the products formed part of the exhibition on the 21st June 2005.
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| SWAPping - Kids-ART-Workhops in Khayelitsha - 14 - 16 October 2005 - Luhlaza High School (2 days) Fikelela Children’s Home (1 day) |
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| KHAYELITSHA AND GERMANY DEVELOP PARTNERSHIP INTO AN ART - October 2005 |
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| STREET CHILDREN - APRIL - JUNE 2005 - Woodstock Community Learning Centre (Masibambisani School) - Greatmore Street |
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a numerous activities they can partake in. The first day went very well,
and I was surprised at the good behaviour of the children. They loved playing
with clay, drawing and being involved with various activities at the school.
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| Mamothusi Yvonne Harvey's OUTREACH- JANUARY - MARCH 2005 - Woodstock Community Learning Centre (Masibambisani School) - Greatmore Street |
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for a few days. This was Robert Loders suggestion. He had met Nadia in St.
Petersburg when he went to start discussions about doing a Triangle workshop
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SLIDE & DIGITAL PRESENTATION - 20 JULY 2004 - GREATMORE STUDIOS On Tuesday 20July we held a welcoming lunch for the visiting artists Reem Hassan (Egypt) and Fulvio Bressan (Switzerland) at the studios at midday. Reem Hassan gave a digital presentation of Classical Egyptian Artists, Youth Egyptian Artists as well as showing a half hour video of an outreach project which has been taking place over the past three years in a fishing village in Egypt. Fulvio gave a slide presentation of his own work. Afterwards we gathered in the courtyard for a light lunch and informal discussion. The event was well attended by visitors from outside Greatmore including visitors who Reem had made contact with at the SANG. [Back to top] MURAL PAINTING WORKSHOP - 28 JUNE 2004 - MOUNTAIN ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL On Monday 28 June Ermias Mazengia, Solomon Siko, and Alex Mamacos, Robin Hart, together with 20 Grade 6 Primary school learners painted a mural on the wall of the playground at Mountain Road Primary School in Woodstock. We have not participated in outreach work with this particular school prior to this mural. Mountain Road does have an art teacher at the school. The standard of the mural produced was excellent and the children were a pleasure to work with. The mural covered an area of about 8 x 2 metres. The children mixed their own colours and towards the end were experimenting more and more with colour combinations already achieved. The children were encouraged to paint according to the themes of youth and multiculture, they further were encouraged to paint themselves and there was a mirror provided. Some of the children grouped together and did combined works, whilst others did individual work. The co-operation between the children was incredible and the works blended very nicely into each other in the end. It was amazing to see even when children had finished with their work, they kept going back to add detail, patterning, etc. This workshop was very inspiring. [Back to top] VISIT - DEVON SCHOOL TEACHERS - BANQUET - GREATMORE STUDIOS On Tuesday 13 April, 45 teachers on an educational exchange program visited Greatmore Studios for drinks and dinner. Representational works of some of the artists at the studios was hung in the gallery as well as an open studio situation where visitors could meet and talk with artists within each individual's working environment. The evening was a great success. Garth Erasmus, one of the artists from Greatmore Studios had two years prior, participated at schools in Devon - England, in this teachers exchange program. [Back to top] MASK MAKING WORKSHOP - MANYANO SECONDARY SCHOOL - GREATMORE STUDIOS On Thursday 26th February 2004, Madi, Jamie and Thomas held a mask making workshop at Greatmore Studios for a two hour period. A group of 20 youth and one teacher from Manyano Secondary School in Khayelitsha were brought to the studios by bus where they participated in the workshop and created masks out of cardboard, buttons, fabric and paint. The masks were then attached to dowel sticks so that they could be held in the hand. These masks were exhibited in the foyer of the school for a one month period. The group of youth consisted of some new, but mainly a group who has participated in previous workshops carried out by artists at Greatmore as well as on the visiting artists program. The youth, from having had no art training prior to the three workshops we have held with them, both at Manyano Secondary School as well as at Greatmore Studios, have developed focus, skills as well as interest in the arts on a deeper level. [Back to top] TALKS/SLIDE SHOWS/DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES - GREATMORE STUDIOS On Friday 6 February 2004 from 12.30-3.00pm we held a lunch/walkabout/talk at Greatmore Studios, where the three visiting artists; Jamie Emerick (US), Madi Phala (SA) and Thomas Koch (Germany), based at Greatmore Studios completing a three month artists residency (Jan-Mar 2004) invited us into their studios to look at work which they had produced thus far on the program whilst engaging in an informal discussion and explanation of their work. Artists from Greatmore attended as well as some visitors from outside the studios. The event ended with light lunch. [Back to top] |
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Prior to commencing with the workshop, participants were shown a video where women were involved in various mural projects as well as images of banners depicting rural women within their environment and stories reflecting their personal experiences. This stimulated participants' interest, as it was their first project of this nature. Banners were then painted by the group to inform the community about the International Rural Women's Day (14-16 October 2002). Paintings produced during the workshop were used to decorate the community hall. Sivuyile College in Gugulethu was where Nkoali conducted his second outreach project with a group of students from the college. The objective was to work on basic elements in the art of drawing where he focused mainly on basic structures of the human figure. He also worked with the co-ordinations between Eyes and Hands. At the end of the workshop students realised how vital it is to trust the eye, improving improving observation as opposed to relying on memory. Students learnt that they must draw what they see and not what they think. [Back to top] TALKS/SLIDE SHOWS/DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES - GREATMORE/CAP/MICHEALIS Edgar Heap Of Birds was involved in many different outreach talks during his stay at Greatmore Studios. He held a talk/video screening of work he has been involved in at home with a continuation of some of the aspects of painting during his time at the studios. A group of about 20 artists from CAP as well as all the artists at Greatmore Studios joined in the showing and participated in a discussion/debate thereafter around "indigenous art and artists - what classifies this?" Edgar was also involved in a three-week lecture series at Michaelis (University of Cape Town) during his stay at Greatmore. 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A group of about 40 high school children from Dulunku (meaning wisdom) S.S. in Khayelitsha joined Christan, Voyile Voyiya and Alex Mamacos at the Bell Roberts gallery where Christian spoke about his work. It was the first time the children had visited the gallery and continued on to do a tour of the South African National Gallery. Christian also visited Ruth Prowse School of art and spoke to a smaller group of students about his work, which he is doing and specifically did during his time in Cape Town. [Back to top] MANY STORIES - THE ARK Irish artist, Ann Marie-Curran and two local artists Tamsin Relly and Anthony Cawood held a painting workshop for learners at the Ark. The group of 15 teenagers from displaced backgrounds were brought together over three days, two days for working and an exhibition day. The aim of the painting workshop was to encourage the enjoyment in self- expression and to build bonds between people from diverse backgrounds, through image making. 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NORTHCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL - LUTANDA MWAMBA During Lutanda's residency, he was involved in an outreach workshop in Johannesburg with Northcliffe High School, where he was involved in a printmaking workshop as well as attending the schools' exhibition. Further outreach work in which Lutanda was involved was within the One City Festival workshop where he painted the faces of many local children throughout the day. [Back to top] TRUWORTHS - SOCIAL ARTS TRANSFORMATION PROJECT - CAW4 PRINTING PROJECT Four artists who have studios at Greatmore, were involved in a printmaking workshop along with eight other professional artists from Cape Town. The lessons learnt through this workshop being held at Greatmore were as follows: We need to really focus on the function of Greatmore Studios as professional studio space. Although this workshop involved only professional artists, we found that the activity surrounding the workshop created too much distraction for the smooth running of the studios as to their purpose, as well as to those artists based at Greatmore who were not directly involved within this project. [Back to top] MO DIENER - VIDEO INTERVIEWS/VELILE SOHA - PRINTING LECTURE Thirteen pupils from Masibambisane S S participated in the interviews with the video artist Mo Diener during her residency. A camera was set up in her studio where she interviewed the children individually on their depiction of beauty. The children were exposed to being interviewed in front of a camera some taking it in their stride, whilst others found it rather amusing or nerve wrecking. One very productive counter to these interviews was that whilst the children were awaiting their individual interviews, the group was led by Velile Soha into his studio. He took all the students through a talk and demonstration of the process involved in colour printmaking. They were invited to ask questions about the process and the discussion was very inspiring and informative. [Back to top] MARIO SALA - DO THE SPLITS Six students from Masibambisane SS as well as artists from Greatmore were invited to take part in the site-specific photographic work of Mario Sala during his residency at Greatmore Studios. All artists and students were transported to a construction site at the Waterfront where builder’s helmets were donned and a photographic session took place with specific positioning of participants to create a desired measurement. After the shoot we gathered on site where drinks and the frozen table mountain cake were offered to contribute towards an informal gathering and discussion about the work of Mario. The children’s report back from this event was that they had never ever done anything like this before and that they had a great deal of fun being involved in the shoot. The students attended the exhibition. [Back to top] GARTH ERASMUS/JOHANNES PHOKELA - WORKSHOP AT GREATMORE The workshop was attended by five students from Masibambisane SS and was facilitated by Garth Erasmus and Johannes Phokela. A still life was set up and Garth explained to the participants of the workshop what was involved in collage. The pupils continued for the full two hours working on a collage piece, gently guided by Garth and Johannes. There were a few pupils who were very shy and lacked confidence in their work although some excellent work was produced. The expenses of travel and lunch were covered and everyone shared their experience of the workshop in a discussion afterwards. All the students enjoyed the workshop; it was the first time that any of them were involved in an art class or workshop. They all expressed an interest to take part in other such opportunities. |
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