You walk into a print portfolio exchange exhibition expecting to be impressed by the artists that The Arts Company Soweto and Printing Girls worked on bringing together. I did not expect what happened. I was not only impressed, but I was also heavily triggered by the stories behind the prints that each artist chose toContinue reading “SIBLINGS: A Print Portfolio Exchange Exhibition By The Arts Company Soweto At The IDC Gallery”
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The Work Of My Hands By Centich Toko
Centich Toko is a multi-disciplinary creative who makes Arts and Crafts ridiculously cool. There is nothing fashionably creative that her hands can’t do.
August House’s Open Studio
August House is flat in Johannesburg CBD that houses a significant number of visual artists and sculptors. A few times a year the artists and the management of August House open their studios to the public. The public is afforded a chance to meet the artists they follow and admire, discover new artists and buyContinue reading “August House’s Open Studio”
Kitchen Vibes Restaurant In Fulfilling My West African Food Dreams
Rarely do you find places that marry food with music and art as well as Kitchen Vibes does. Kitchen Vibes is a restaurant in Morningside serving the best of West African food. A fashionable sculpture by talented sculpture artist Nkensani Rihlampfu catches your attention as soon as you step into the restaurant. The pleasant aromaContinue reading “Kitchen Vibes Restaurant In Fulfilling My West African Food Dreams”
Black Hair Matters Exhibition
Our black hair is amazingly versatile and can be styled in as many ways as possible but as black women we always find problems in our schools and workplaces. Black women in the workplace are always restricted when it comes to hairstyles, it can’t be “too wild” and “too colourful” or “unprofessional”. Hair Artist andContinue reading “Black Hair Matters Exhibition”
Thou Art Woman: A Group Art Exhibition By Exceptional Women
9th of August 2018 marked the opening of MM Art House’s “Thou Art Woman”, a group exhibition by some of South Africa’s rising talents like; Teresa Firmino, Nompumelelo Ngoma, Olwethu De Vos, Kea Seema, Lerato Lodi and Althea Nzima. These women are very talented and it is great seeing them get spaces to show theirContinue reading “Thou Art Woman: A Group Art Exhibition By Exceptional Women”
African Artists That You Should Know
Art heals. art saves and art teaches; at least that is what I believe. I have been following a few artists whose work takes me to different worlds that I have imagined and the few that I have seen. I love how relatable all the painting are to me. Michael Soi Michael W. Soi (1972)Continue reading “African Artists That You Should Know”
“Ode To She”: Tony Gum’s Solo Exhibition To Launch At The Christopher Moller Gallery.
Tony Gum, an artist who has who has captured my attention with her unique art launches her first-ever solo exhibition in Cape Town at the Christopher Moller Gallery, Kloof Nek, Cape Town on Friday, 29 September, 2017. Titled, ‘Ode to She’, the solo exhibition centres around Tony Gum’s explorations, discoveries and understanding of the teachingsContinue reading ““Ode To She”: Tony Gum’s Solo Exhibition To Launch At The Christopher Moller Gallery.”
Originally Kasified Clothing Revealed Art Inspired Women’s Collection
This year Originally Kasified Clothing has been showing women’s collection starting with the Autumn/Winter collection that they showcased earlier this year at Soweto Fashion Week, which I absolutely loved. but by far this Spring/Summer collection inspired by elements of Art is my favourite.”Not only was it a part of this year’s plans but also becauseContinue reading “Originally Kasified Clothing Revealed Art Inspired Women’s Collection”
Qhama Maswana Art: The Kind Of Art That Speaks To Me
Artists in Africa have been documenting their work in the best way possible. I love what their art does to me when I look at it. They produce art that is easy to relate to us African children and they capture it in the best possible. I have seen so much beauty in the workContinue reading “Qhama Maswana Art: The Kind Of Art That Speaks To Me”
Afrikan Princess 