KEY NOTE ADDRESS
I will like to thank everyone who was involved in the Kopanong Art Studio Initiative Open Day. Although we did not have a heavy inflow of crowds coming through to see the exhibition, several people found their way to the facility. Acknowledgements to both the curators and artists, well done!
The recently christen Art Studio might have to use the name Kopanong Art Studio instead of ‘Kopanong Art Studio Initiative’. Tshwane’s Languages Services has expressed a concern with the use of the word ‘initiative’ in the case of a physical structure. Apparently the word ‘initiative’ can legitimately be used in the situation where (quoting from Oxford Dictionary)
1. a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular purpose
2. the ability to decide or act on your own
3. the power or opportunity to act and gain an advantage
Thus, “initiative” is a plan or an ability or an opportunity.
In the light of this argument it will mean KASI will designate our annual happening/programme or Open Day at Kopanong Art Studio, The Kopanong Art Studio name is a workable name. It seems as if this period is marred by name dispute. Our Creative Industries Consortium is facing a similar linguistic challenge. Following our efforts to register a name formally at DTI we have failed to secure the name Creative Industries Consortium due to the word ‘Consortium’ which apparently has a commercial or profit making connotation tied to it in the business world context. Should we prefer to use the name in its original sense then we will be defying the non profit nature of our association.
The interim committee of the ‘Creative Industries Consortium need to deal with coming up with a workable name that we can register our association under. I hope that the committee, which must convene an emergency meeting, in a week’s time, can resolve the name issue as soon as possible so that we can move on to the approval of our constitution and position our selves properly to fundraise for 2011/2012 financial year.
The following are projects that are in progress as well as coming.
CURRENT PROJECTS:
@ KOPANONG ART STUDIO
GENESIS II
4 – 29 October 2010
Exhibiting Artists: AprilLilaRihlampfuNgcaiSetumaneTlatsanaSiyotulaVan ZylSelekaneMarakalala
The Genesis II exhibition comprises of the artworks submitted for the KASI Open Day.
KAS’HOUSING PROGRAMME:
October – December 2010 or
January – March 2011
KAS’ is scheduled to house:
Philiswa Lila, October – December or January – March
Tshepo Mosopa October – December or January – March
Followed by a two week art exhibition in the Studio to give public access to the results.
Space proposal open for May – July
Next Open Day 17 or 24 September 2011
CHILDREN TILE ART PROJECT:
Workshops – 11 September – 16 October 2010
Exhibition Opens: 4 December 2010
Exhibition – December 2010 – January 2011
Opening: 1 December (4 Official Opening)
The workshops are in progress and in their fifth week on 9 October. The current project will comprise six week of which the facilitators will be meeting with the candidates once a wee on Saturdays to help them produce work that wall be shown at the Museum as to commemorate world Aids day as well as to mark the month of December as an HIV/Aids awareness month.
Participants:
Elandspoort Child Welfare
Itumeleng Shelter
PAM KiDZ CLUB:
February and March 2011
EA’s with Fine Art background are invited to plan and conceptualize a series of activities for the next In-reach Project. This will include making contact with the relevant group and carrying out all communications with the identified school in the CBD area of Tshwane. Teboho, Senzi and Tshepang have expressed an interest in leading the project. Meeting not yet scheduled. Concepts expected
Educators Orientation Programme: Easter 2011
EA’s with Fine Art background are invited to plan and conceptualize a series of activities for the next Educators Orientation Programme. The aim of this programme is to expose educators of arts and culture to various art making techniques. This is to empower the educators to cope at school in the teaching of the visual arts in Arts and Culture learning area.
EASTER HOLIDAY PROGRAMME 2011:
Period: 18 April – 6 May 2011
Scheduled, concepts needed
7 October 2010
