The MOCAA Art Club 2024 Exhibition – A Seat at the Table – is now open to the public at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and runs until 28 February 2025.
MOCAA Art Club (M A C) is a BMW Centre for Art Education programme for teenagers from diverse localities in Cape Town. This year brought 16 members from Bonteheuwel, Delft, Khayelitsha, Philippi, Mitchell’s Plain, and Nyanga to interact in an environment that promotes social cohesion. Using their collective zeal for artmaking to engender criticality and visual literacy, members explored a myriad of contemporary artistic practices in a series of technical and conceptual workshops.
Meet the MOCAA Art Club Participants
Over the course of 14 sessions, club members (see photo above) were immersed in the works of Neo Matloga, Jody Paulsen, Zanele Muholi and Esther Mahlangu where each project was facilitated as a responsive shift from the drawing processes members were accustomed to – towards explorative making and ideation. The members’ collaborative and individual artworks culminated in an exhibition titled A Seat at the Table. This title reflects the programme’s intention to provide a platform to young people with access to professional art practices where their voices are equally heard and valued. It’s an allegorical table, where each participant’s unique perspective contributes to a larger conversation about art, selfhood, and community.
Through their artworks, the teenagers used their own subjective view to make sense of the world around them, creating a range of works that resonate with the personal and collective experiences of the group.
The four projects completed during these sessions are an indication of their engagement with museum culture, and their contribution to the ever-evolving dialogue about who has a seat at the table in the art world. PHOTO: Lethu Sityoshwana & Lisolethu Pamla, Ngenani! Series, 2024. Mixed media. 594mm x 420mm
- Another good reason to head for Zeitz MOCCA and see our young artists of the future – ENJOY!
WHAT:Â MOCAA Art Club 2024 Exhibition – A Seat at the TableÂ
WHERE: Zeitz MOCAA, BMW Centre for Art Education, Basement Tunnels, Level -1, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: 2 November 2024 – 28 February 2025
MUSEUM TICKETS: available on entry or through Webtickets
INFO: Ecommunications@zeitzmocaa.museum |  VISIT
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