Drawing/painting weekend in Vermaklikheid January 2020/ 24, 25 and 26 Jill Trappler and Ruth Loewenthal invite you attend a weekend drawing/painting/mixed media/collage workshop in Vermaklikheid. Jill and Ruth have worked together as teacher and “artists model” for many years. This weekend offers artists the opportunity to spend dedicated time working with an experienced model … Read more
Reflections on the Ashoka ‘Global Change Leaders’ gathering to promote transformative innovation in education (2 of 4) by Daniel Christian Wahl on Medium.com A weaver is someone who knows how to bridge between the different silos and sectors of society. S/he has mastered the art of connecting people and organizations who were previously unconnected and … Read more
Privately published by David and Jill Trappler. 2014 Bill Ainslie was killed in a motor collision in August 1989 when returning to Johannesburg from an art workshop at Pachipamwe, Zimbabwe. The paintings that he made there were posthumously exhibited in Oxford, England and Johannesburg. This last set of paintings is amongst his freest and … Read more
Gallery South, Muizenburg | February to May 2019
The dance and sound awaken the audience’s imagination and the begin to flirt with the viewer igniting a sensual experience of being present in the space. This moves to the paintings and the viewer becomes aware of the radiating vitality of the colour, the dance and the music. The combination of the three “art forms” … Read more
We dare not forget though, that when the body finally perishes, the bacteria emerge to do away with what of the body remains, signalling the cycle of life…
Mondays at Ruth Prowse. (www.ruthprowse.co.za) There will be two sessions on Mondays from July until the end of October. 9.30 to 12.30 and 1 to 4 pm. This excludes Monday 26th August and Monday, 23 September. All session are R200; (R360 for full day) This includes studio equipment and refreshments. Bring your own materials; all … Read more
From “Ninth street women” Mary Gabriel. “ Artists who were able to , who needed to work despite the desolation of the times, had been forced to look deeper for a subject, to look inside the only thing they could be sure of – themselves. The result was abstraction free of anything but the material … Read more
byOkoronkwo, Ikechukwu Francis, Ph.D. & Peter Alawa, Ph.D. Click here to read more
Greetings to you all. 2018 was a productive year for many in the Monday morning sessions. There was interaction, discussion and suggestions. Some people discovered news kills and tried new ideas, others worked on developing basic drawing. Thanks to all for your work and stories. During 2019 I will offer a similar experience and hope … Read more