Youthful nature

By Roxanne Devonshire This month we decided to focus on our youth as we celebrate Youth Day in South Africa on the 16th of June. This is a very important day I believe as the youth is our future, the generation that will either make or break us. We need to give special attention to …

Peacefully eager

By Anlé Britz I am almost ashamed to admit to it, but this month I finally visited my bucket-list vineyard for the first time… drumroll please – Vrede en Lust. I have been wanting to visit this beautiful vineyard and drink their authentic wine since the Afrikaans film, Semi Soet (Semi Sweet) hit the screens …

A Royal-tea experience

By Anlé Britz I joined in on a very special event at the beginning of June to celebrate the expectation of a brand new Artroute member – though it might take about 20 years before he can join the team. Like mother like son, I believe. I have been to my fair share of High …

An artistic response to Tracey Rose at ZEITZ MOCAA

By Richard Kilpert On a rainy Saturday just after Youth Day, Zeitz MOCAA’s Centre for Art Education (CFAE) unveiled an exhibition of grade 12 learners’. The exhibition is the culmination of a six-week-long project that commenced with a four-day intensive workshop at the end of March 2022. Facilitated by newly qualified art teachers and museum …

Open studios – JHB

By Carol Brown – Curate.a.Space After 2 years of low-key activity the Meta Foundation opened its doors to showcase the results of over 100 artists at the last weekend of May. What a triumphant return it was. The 2 days were over subscribed and I can’t think of a single event held recently which had …

Constitutional Art

By Sarah Barret – Joburg 360 When the interior design of the new Constitutional Court budget was made available, Justice Albie Sachs and Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, spent the entire budget on one artwork; a splendid tapestry called ‘Humanity’ by Joseph Ndlovo. Their cap-in-hand request for more money was met with a stern ‘No’, and so …

Young Basotho blanket designers collection from Lesotho

By Steven Sack From the 1860s until the present time, the blankets worn by the people of Lesotho have been designed through a collaboration between local communities and the proprietors of the general trading stores in the region. These stores were established by British traders who migrated south (often on the grounds of their health, …

Conversation with Scott Eric Williams

By Talita Swarts On the 1st of June I attended the exhibition ‘Salon Afrique – a Homecoming Reimagined’ curated by Beathur Mgoza Baker and Sara Bint Moneer Khan for the reopening of the District Six Museum Homecoming Centre’s cultural venue. The exhibition explored themes of visibility, a safe passage and creating a homecoming away from …

Youth Day – 47 Years later

By Anlé Britz On the 16th of June 2022, we commemorate 47 years since the Soweto Uprising. We recognise and pay tribute to the thousands of students that stood their ground against the decision of the then Bantu Education Department who enforced that Afrikaans were to be used on an equal basis with English as …