Invitation from the Orange Art Group: Please join us in celebrating the work of the children and mentors from the Orange Art Project followed by an exhibition of 25 artists from the Orange Art Group.
WHERE: Spin Street Gallery, 6 Spin Street, Cape Town 8001
WHAT & WHEN:
Orange Art Project – work of the children and mentors 3 – 13 February 2021.
Exhibition of 25 artists from the Orange Art Group. 17 Feb – 6 March
The Orange Art Group
The Orange Art Group is a drop-in group that Jill Trappler has been coordinating for 40 years in Cape Town. The group is made up of locals from all backgrounds and ages. The sessions and studios have always been managed on a drop-in basis and non-paying participants are welcome. There are participants who live abroad and in Africa who drop in when they are in town. This adds to the interaction and exchange of skills, ideas and experience which are the basis of this educational conversation. The community of artists is diverse in age, gender and experience. It is this diversity that assists in promoting interaction and visual literacy on all levels. During lock down the interaction in the group moved to four What’s ap groups and an Instagram page.
The Orange Art Project is an extension of this group.
The Orange Art Project
The Orange Art Project is a project for social coherence, education and creativity using visual arts and crafts.
The Orange art Project in partnership with Home From Home, has introduced image making and craft into eleven of the homes managed by HFH. Each home has a house mother, a social worker and a team supporting their needs. The children range in age from 2 to 18. The 36 houses are spread across the Cape Peninsula.
In August 2020, The NAC responded to a proposal based on the pilot project and financial support was given to The Orange Art Project. This included assisting the artists, the support team and data and materials for each house.
The selected artists are all practising artists. The stipends assist the artists with their own materials and costs plus the time given to working on line with the mothers and children.
The project team coordinates all the partipants involved in the project, assists the artists with projects, collates all the work and comments, (children, artists and mothers,) and manages the finances, materials and data.
The benefits of these interactions have been evident in the work and in the comments from the artists and mothers.
Orange art project Coordinating team: Nonzali Hodini, Letitia Berry, Jill Trappler,
Current artists: Garth Erasmus, Adelle Gordon, Roscoe Masters, Khaya Sineyile, Razia Myers, Janet Ranson, Nomusa Mtshali, Xabiso Nobathana,
See also Cape Town Green Map
