2020 Vision Workshop

Booking essential Jill Trappler: 2020 Vision 2020 vision: exploring how visual acuity can vary using different approaches and materials – Three day workshop                              Thursday and Friday, 07/ 08 May 2020   from (09h00 -12h00) and (13h00 – 16h00) Saturday 09 May 2020 (09h00 -12h00)                     Course Fee: R900                                               Jill Trappler is a well known … Read more

Weekend art making workshop at Wildekrans Country House, Houw Hoek

Dates; Friday 24 April 2020 to Sunday 26th April 2020. Jill Trappler will facilitate a mixed media workshop titled; 2020 vision. Meals, studio and workshop fee; total R1800. This includes dinner on Friday and Saturday nights; breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday; tea and coffee, studio and tuition fee. Work schedule; 5 x three-hour … Read more

2020 at Ruth Prowse

Teaching sessions, 2020 at Ruth Prowse begin in February.  The last session will be at the end of October.  There won’t be classes in April and August.   On Monday’s the studio will be open for two sessions. 9 am to 12.30 and 1 to 4 pm    There is parking. There are easels, chairs and … Read more

Drawing/painting weekend in Vermaklikheid

  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

What does it mean to be a ‘Weaver’?

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

Review of William (Bill) Ainslie 1934 – 1989.

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

The way we heal by David Koloane

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…