summer 2013 student newsletter (1).pdf

7/27/2019 Summer 2013 Student Newsletter (1).pdf

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/summer-2013-student-newsletter-1pdf 1/81

Lalela Project Newsletter Team’s workshop facilitated by journalists, Maryke and Clifford Roberts

LALELA PROJECT IMPACTLALELA PROJECT/ JUNE 2013/ VOLUME 2 ISSUE NO.2

Dear Lalela Project Friends,

We are thrilled to share with you the second

edition of our student newsletter, Impact, written

and designed entirely by Lalela Project’s Artists

Grades 8 through 12.

Our students share their personal accounts of the

rst six months of this year, providing a glimpse

into the wide range of community events, exhibits,

art workshops, and artist collaborations that they

have enjoyed. From creating and exhibiting unique

artwork inspired by the anti-apartheid artists of the

1970s (CAPs), orchestrating a collaborative mural in

honour of Human Rights Day, to collaborating with

world-renowned artist, Robin Rhode, for the April

Holiday Programme - Lalela Project students have

been busy getting creative, critical, and conscious!

We also announce some exciting new partnerships,such as our Leadership Programme initiative with

Learn to Lead, and our programmatic partnerships

with the David Rattray Foundation and the Amy

Biehl Foundation, which enable Lalela Project

to now provide its Ideas, Arts and Music (I AM)

curriculum to over 1,000 students per week!

I would like to personally thank our Board of

Directors in New York and South Africa, as well as

our dedicated teams on the ground - our continued

growth has been made possible only by their

passion and commitment.

I hope you enjoy this new edition of Impact, and that you share it with your friends and families!

Warm Regards,

Andrea Kerzner

CEO and Founder

Jackson Pollock Art of Freedom: Grade 1- 5 studentsgot hands on with the art inspired by JacksonPollock’s Painting technique

Lalela Project Leaders Sanele Bani and Siyolisi Tyukaare interviewed by Lorna Maseko, Top Billing at theCape Town International Jazz Festival Golf Day inMarch 2013.

Lalela Project students meet Scooter Braun, Psy and TheWanted at Hout Bay High School.

Having Clifford and Maryke Roberts, two professional journalists come in and talk to us “Lalela

Project Journalists” who needed the direction and knowledge was really helpful. It pushed us

in the right direction, they gave us advice and showed us how to get a message across and

connecting with readers through an article. Thank you very much to Clifford and Maryke!

Journalist and Writing Workshop- written by wonga lucas

Every Monday afternoon we have the

pleasure of facilitating a newsletter

workshop with students from grade

8 - 12. The team is made up of

cartoonists, writers, photographers

and poets who attend weekly sessions

where content is created for Lalela

Newsletter WorkshopsProject’s bi - annual newsletter. The

purpose is to allow them space to

express their ideas and opinions about

their communities, the project, events

and curriculum through art and writing.

- Farhana Jacobs, Art Facilitator

Music is a great part of our art making process. Photography by Wonga Lucas



The South African National Gallery gave

Lalela Project students the opportunity to

experience the art of printmaking using

linocuts which ended in an exhibition of

the artwork.

Kathy Kotes, Soe Peters and Ricky Dyaloyi

from the Community Arts Project (CAP)

made sure that we understood the

basics of linocut. Since the 1860’s linocuts

have been used for different purposes.

We learnt about ar tists in South African

history who were not given the privilege

Art of Jazz - CAP Workshops

to express their work. They had pride.

This is what I loved the most about

those artists. After all that history we felt

like the intellectuals, our minds became

brighter and smart with the information

- everybody changed their attitude and

started to focus.Being given the opportunity to do linocutwas an honour and a great privilege. We thank the South African NationalGallery and Community Arts Projectfor everything. Now everyday thosewho attend the workshop has a bit of experience and we understand the worldof printmaking.

One&Only Cape Town Exhibition at Lalela Project Gallery

Following the linocut exhibition at SANG, Lalela Project Gallery at the One&Only Cape Town

hosted an exhibition with works produced. The exhibition ran until July 2013.

- written by Mathius MakuMba

LP students admire their work

LP artists create linocuts for the rst time Linocut artwork created by Sanele Bani Lalela Project at the SANG exhibition

2



Human Rights Day Event: Hout Bay Police Station

- written by saMantha Miselo

Students hang up recycled plastic bottles tocreate a rainbow roof

On the 21 March 2013 Lalela Project

held it’s Human Rights Day event at the

Imizamoyethu Police Station. We spent

the day making the police station more

attractive and colourful for people to

notice it. The main point of the day was to

bring the community and the police

closer together and forget about

their issues with each other. We had

3 different communities working

together; Masiphumelele, Hangberg

and Imizamoyethu. We were allmaking a difference. Students give a new face to chopped tree barkscreating make shift chairs

Partnerships

We have just launched our partnership with the David Rattray

Foundation to bring Lalela Project to rural KwaZulu Natal.

Lalela Project COO, Cat Rieper visits the KZN site in June 2013Mannenberg and Nyanga students have grown in attendance since the inception of thepartnership in January 2013

In January 2013 Lalela Project launched a pilot art workshop as partof the ABF after care programmes in Mannenberg and Nyanga. Thisis an exciting project which we hope will grow and extend into more

of the ABF after care programmes.

Amy Biehl Foundation

Uganda

In February 2013 we

hosted Collins and

David from the ‘Lalela

Project Hope North

Art Center’. Hope

North is a campus

in northern Uganda

where refugees

orphans and former

child soldiers nd a

place to call home.

Where music, art and

dance are the basis for

healing the war’s many

emotional wounds

David Rattray Foundation

Silikamva High School

- written by

Melikhaya MDubeki

- written by

Melikhaya MDubeki

Lalela Project students vs. Hout Bay PoliceDepartment in a one day friendly match.

Ramon Mellet’s graftti art gets some colourfrom LP Artists on Human Rights Day



My rst Robin Rhode Experience

The Robin Rhode Holiday Program

was a really inspiring and cool place to

be. I had a great time and learnt new

things about Robin Rhode art. I feel

that doing this project has helped me a

lot and I can now do many things with

what I have learnt at this program. At

rst I felt scared but at the end of the

day I learnt something. Loyiso taught

April Holiday Program: Robin Rhode Art

Growing up, Robin Rhode didn’t

have access to all the material things

he wanted. So that is when he came

up with his own “Dreamscape to

the Impossible”. At Lalela Project

we created our own dreamscapes

drawing things and interacting with

- written by siMaMkele benani

them in ways that we could never

imagine! These were photographed

and made into 5 minute videos. Each

student was part of a group where

there was a director, cameraman,

actors and drawers. A lot of us were

committed and we all did our best!

- written by violet kaluwa me how to be condent with myself and

feel good about who I am and where I

come from. Everyone was friendly and

I could do anything I wanted (Meaning

I could draw and express myself).

What I like about Lalela Project is the

enthusiasm and care all the facilitators

have. They are always patient and

understanding, friendly and honest.

Robin Rhode Art at Stevenson Gallery

Robin Rhode’s Paries Pictus exhibition opened on Thursday

11 April 2013 at the Michael Stevenson Gallery in Woodstock,

Cape Town. Learners from Lalela Project collaborated with

Rhode at the Michael Stevenson Gallery during this week.

On Tuesday 9 April 2013 and Wednesday, 10 April, groups of

grade 1 learners ranging from 6-8 years, from the communities

in Hangberg and Imizamoyethu in Hout Bay participated in

an educational wall drawing experience with Robin Rhode. Working closely with groups of two, Rhode instructed the

children to colour in geometric designs using the oversized oil

pastels and graphite crayons included in the exhibition.

- written by Melikhaya MDubeki



Our Artists’Wor ld View

Substance Abuse- written by Zosuliwe Macingwana Gangsterism

Substance abuse is whereby people or

children drink alcohol and smoke dagga,

okah pipe or tik. They drink and smoke

from a young age. Young children must not

drink, smoke or abuse substances that areharmful to them. Some children see their

friends doing it and they think its the right

thing. When children or adults drink more

than they should or overuse medication

such as headache tablets and painkillers, it is

unhealthy and it is also substance abuse.

Imizamoyethu is a diverse township

- but often people are not willing to

be whistle blowers and talk about

crimes that happen behind closed

doors. if people had the voice, Hout

Bay would be a more peaceful place.

Don’t let the gangs terrorize what

God has given us.

- written by siyaMthanDa MaqekeZa

Our Artist’s View on Lalela Project CurriculumArt of Weather

Inspired by the Weather Channel Lalela Project embarked on curriculum that

introduced our artists to new materials in the form of umbrellas. Our high school art

facilitator, Jill Mackail spent time on basic design elements and how to incorporate

these onto an umbrella design. We think that the results speak for themselves.

Masiphumelele High (left) and Hout Bay High (above) Artists implementing their designs

Art of WeatherArtist Tree

I am in grade 8 at Silikamva

High School and I’ll be

telling you how I felt during

Artist Tree. An artist is

something like a tree or a

plant, the tree represents

the person drawing it and

the leaves represents the

emotions.

Doing an Ar tist Tree was an

honour and I felt nervous

- written by siyaMthanDa MaqekeZa

because it was my rst time to

express my feeings through art.

I think that doing an Artist Tree

has helped me a lot because I

can now see myself as a better

person because we have cool

facilitators (Ta Loy a.k.a Loyiso,

Jill and Farhana). They are

kind, helpful, trustworthy, loyal,enthusiastic, committed and

assertive so its kind of easy to

talk to them.

- written by siMaMkele benani

When people talk about

art, we normally think about

drawing, painting and music

- but there is more to art

than that as we learnt on

our journey through different

artists and their styles.

We explored lomography,

photography and sculpture

but my favourite artist was

William Kentridge. He was

the most interesting ar tist

ever! For students who

love illusions and using

imagination, he really inspired

interest, you could see it

in their faces because his

illusions seemed so real.

- illustrations by ivannon sotane




Justin BieberFever!

Arts Aweh!On the 15 March 2013 learners

from different schools were invited

to the Arts Aweh Festival. We

walked out into the streets to

watch the vibrant and unexpected

street performers. Their acts

were so moving because they were based on real life things that

happen in our communitites.

On the 16 March 2013 we were

put into groups and asked to

Lalela Project was commissioned by Christine Cashmore of Fiera

Milano - the organisers of the Good Food and Wine Show - to create

artwork on ceramic plates that would be handed to the recipients of

the ‘Plate de Chef ’; Benny Masekwameng and the Bliss sisters from

Master Chef Fame. Pictured above is Sakhi Sifuba presenting his plate as

well as the plate of Gideon Johnson who was unable to attend.

Cape Town Good Food and Wine Show

Above: Sakhi Sifuba presents the winningartworks on behalf of his peer, Gideon Johnson

Work Experience at the Cape Town

Internationa Jazz Festival

Athenkosi Ngalo and I attended a 3 week work

experience programme with the Cape Town

International Jazz Festival in March 2013. We were

taught about the history of the festival and how Cape

Town got to be the host of this grand gathering.

I felt happy to have had the experience to be part of

a crew and work on such an important international

event, but when I was given the job of “artist liason”

I truly felt like the luckiest girl in the world! I was

responsible for welcoming artists, escorting them to

the marquee, getting them refreshments and ensuring

they had everything they needed on and off stage.

Thank you to Lalela Project and the Cape Town

International Jazz Festival.

- written by ZiMasa Dyani

Lalela Project Artist, Wandisile was given the exciting

task of creating a Heart Map for international pop singer,

Justin Bieber during his visit to South Africa in May 2013.

Heart Mapping uses symbols, colour and mood to

create a piece of art that represents the four chambers

of the human heart which portray the fears, goals,

dreams and inspiration of the subject.

perform a piece that is close to our

hearts.

I had a wonderful time and experience

and met up with other kids form

different schools. It was my rst time

to see people perform in public and atrst I thought o myself “these people

are insane!” But later I performed in

the streets as well, after that it didn’t

seem so weired, I actually had a good

time! I will never forget that day.

- written by everysha foroMa anD portia qheMekoane

S cooter

B R A U N ’ S V i s i t t o H o u t B a y H i g h S ch o o l a n d I m i z a m o y e t h u

Scooter Braun, manager to JustinBieber visits Lalela Project studentsat Hout Bay High School.

Our Artists’Comic Str ip

- illustrateD by bongani Mtati

- illustrateD by sisonke Matshoba





Leadership

Learn to LeadIn January 2013 we started leadership training with Adam Thomas from

Learn To Lead. It has been very tremendous and a blessing to be taught by

him. We were taught communication, delegation and interactive skills. It has

been an honour working with other leaders from Masiphumele. Now we

are young leaders for change, we can apply our skills on a daily basis.

Many people nowadays would agree to the fact that its hard to nd a good

leader. Some leaders start off with a good foot but are later suspected of

fraud and corruption. This always brings in mixed feelings that leaders are

made and not born. Some people say its all about having leadership skills but

some don’t use it effectively. With Learn To Lead we are educated on how to

develop and use leadership skills.

- written by Melikhaya MDubeki anD

siMaMkele benani

I am Ncedo Jako, 19 years old and a

former Lalela Project Leader. I was one

of the rst group of kids who joined the

project in 2011. Lalela project enhanced

my knowledge in art, leadaershipand public speaking. It taught me to

believe that “I am possible”. Through

the project I was able to ght my

circumstances. I obtained a good

matric pass and Lalela Project has

supported me in my tertiary studies

in Radiology. Thank you to the Lalela

Project family for their everlasting

love, care and support. I hope they will continie providing this support

to children from underprivileged

backgrounds.

Life After Lalela Project

B a l u F a s h i o n Amanda Gretywa was offered an internship

at Balu Fashion in Claremont, Cape Town and

is currently employed there full time.

R a d i o l o g y U n d e r g r a d u a t e

Above left: Ncedo Jako during the 2011 Inside Out Project. Above right: Universityundergraduate at Cape Town University of Technology

Lalela project has helped me in many ways – I

passed my Matric with god results and at the

early age of 17 and it wouldn’t have been possible

without Lalela Project. Even this year, LP is still there,

trying to pick up where I go wrong and striving to

make sure that Nkosinathi

can be who he wants to

be at the end of the day.

R a d i o l o g y U n d e r g r a d u a t e

Nkosinathi Maqoko, undergraduate at Cape Town University of Technology- written by nceDo Jako

- written by

nkosinathi

Maqoko



Meet the Lalela Project Impact Team

Tino Pfupa,Journalist

Sisonke Matshoba,Cartoonist

Portia Qhemekoane,Journalist

Zimasa Dyani,Writer

Lalela Project would like to thank Empowers Africa, South African Airways, The National Art Council,

Singita and The Broadway Association. Special thanks to Scooter Braun for his generous donation!

South Africa

tel 021 7901108

email [email protected]

fax 021 790 1108

address Studio 4B, Mainstream Mall & Village, Main Rd & Princess Dr, Hout Bay, Western Cape, 7806

New York

email [email protected] 5 Hanover Square, Suite 2103, New York, Ny 10004

Nomahlubi Ntongana,Journalist

summer 2013 student newsletter (1).pdf

Documents