Eastern Cape

 The Keiskamma Art Project was created in 2000 by medical doctor and fine artist Carol Hofmeyr, with the help of Jan Chalmers (Oxford, UK) and Jackie Jezewski (Brantome, France). Carol began teaching arts and crafts to a handful of women who began by collecting the plastic bags that littered the village. They crocheted them into hats and bags. From those humble beginnings the Art Project has grown to become the place where Art and Health interject to create meaning and hope to a population struggling from decades of abuse and poverty. The Art Project is the flagship of the Keiskamma Trust and represents the work of the Trust on the world-stage through its Monumental Artworks, as in Toronto for the the 2006 International Aids conference and in Durban for the Make Art/Stop AIDS exhibition co-curated by David Gere and Carol Brown.

We have developed five Art Studios specialising in Beading, Felt-making, embroideries, ceramics and printmaking. Today the Art Project is running successfully under the leadership of twelve local managers and group leaders. Assisting and training them is Florence Danais, Art History Lecturer and graduate in Arts and Culture Management. Together they work with 130 artists and crafters to create quality art and craft works, generating much-needed income to improve the quality of life in Hamburg and surroundings.

Key People:
Carol Hofmeyr
Annette Woudstra
Eunice Mangwane
Noluvo Xhotyeni

Physical Address:
Hamburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Postal Address
PO Box 483, Peddie, 5640

phone: +27 40 678 1177
email: enquiries@keiskamma.org
website: www.keiskamma.org

Website: http://www.annbryant.co.za

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International interest in South African art and design is growing, and is bringing with it an increased demand for local creative product. The dti celebrates entrepreneurship and ingenuity, and by partnering with Southern Guild, aims to increase international market access as well as export and trade opportunities for South Africa's pioneers of design.

The dti sees its support of premier local design as an ongoing concern. Looking to the future, the dti hopes to develop and inform its partnership with Southern Guild so that the collaboration may ultimately extend beyond our borders and into the global arena.

Making its debut at the Joburg Art Fair in 2009 Southern Guild received an overwhelming response, both publically and critically, for the diverse and original collection of design products inspired by nature.

For the 2010 collection, this year's forty selected exhibitors are again a group of the countries leading contemporary designers, collaborating artists and the most interesting up and coming young design talents. The focus is on new materials, and exploring a very contemporary aesthetic, as they launch 'one of a kind pieces,' limited editions and their new ranges.

Contacts
Contact Person: Trevyn and Julian McGowan
Cell: 082 825 6697
Email: trevyn@source-sa.com & julian@source-sa.com

Physical Address: 13 Die Duin Wilderness 6560 South Africa

Website: www.source-sa.com
 

 A new art gallery designed to promote art in the township in the ‘culturally alive’ New Brighton is to open early in the new year.

The art gallery will be one of five buildings in what will be Africa’s largest cultural centre once completed. The first of these is the Red Location Museum, which is complete and operational. Other structures will house a digital library and library archive, a performing arts centre and a school of the arts.

Corner Malakane and Yaya Street, New Brighton

EPSAC - now rebranded as ARTEC - is a non profit organisation and Community Art Centre, set up for the "advancement of the Visual Arts and Art Craftsmanship" by working to uplift the arts in our province, helping artists and encouraging a public interest in the arts.
The organisation is embarking on an ambitious project (particularly considering the current economic climate) to reposition EPSAC as a society which is relevant to all members of the art and craft community, and to raise the standards of art, both in PE and the rest of the Eastern Cape.

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum is located in Port Elizabeth, a major port city and industrial zone in the Eastern Cape province. Formerly  known as the King George VI Art Gallery, it was first opened in 1956 and renamed in December 2002.  The collections are housed in two buildings framing the entrance to St George's Park and consist of South African art (particularly that of the Eastern Cape), British art, international printmaking and Oriental art (including Indian miniatures and Chinese textiles). The Permanent Collection is supplemented by an active programme of temporary exhibitions of contemporary South African art.

The original Fischer’s building in Govan Mbeki Avenue has been transformed into an art gallery. Its unique Art Nouveau architecture now houses a display of Fine Art and Giftware.

Key People: Deirdre Moser
Address: 33 Goven Mbeki Avenue, Central, Port Elizabeth
Phone: +27 (0)41 585 6755 / +27 (0)82 460 6483
Email: deirdremoser@mweb.co.za
 

The Swallows Partnership / Sihlanganiswa Ziinkonjane is an international partnership based in the arts and culture - between the North East of England and the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Its immediate objective is to develop a mutually agreed programme of arts and more broadly cultural projects between 2008 and 2015 with a further phase of activity to 2020 being researched.

The Partnership was formalised in a signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Premier of the Eastern Cape and the Chair of the Association of North East Councils (ANEC) on February 28th 2008 and renewed at a meeting of the Honourable MEC Xoliswa Tom and the new Chair of ANEC Cllr. Paul Watson in April 2010.

The programme to date has included exchanges; teaching and training; commissions and productions; festivals; placements and residencies - within areas of co-operation, including:
• Arts and Culture.
• Museums and Heritage.
• Film and Media
• Libraries and Archives

With special emphasis on:
• The role of culture in economic and social regeneration
• The role of the arts culture in education.
• Training in cultural leadership and management.

Resources are raised in both countries by two Foundations, Isiseko Senkonjane and The Swallows Foundation UK that are also responsible for delivering the programme.

Key People:
Peter Stark
Peggy Calata
Oyamo Vanto
Gcobani Poltini

Physical Address:
Trafalgar Centre, 16 Clyde Street, Central, Port Elizabeth, 6001

Postal Address:
PO Box 71652, Central Hill, Port Elizabeth, 6006

Phone: +27 (0) 41 582 3662 -
Fax: +27 (0) 41 582 2413
Email: cir@zcm.co.za