04/08/2015
See a different side of Cape Town with these unique events!
The art of experiencing South African culture
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NEXT EVENT: supper in the AVA's main gallery this Thurs (23 July), 6h30-9h30pm. Its new Director, Portia Malatjie, will demystify contemporary art in South Africa, along with Emma Bedford, senior art specialist at auctioneers Strauss & Co. Who are the names and places to look out for? What's the best way to buy? We'll also see prints made during the current residency before it finishes next week, plus an exhibition of architectural re-imaginings of our national museum. R350 per head before tomorrow, Wed, 3pm (R550 last min) includes Robert Mulders' supper, De Meye Wine, catalogue and donation to AVA (one of South Africa's oldest not-for-profit galleries, 35 Church St).
UPCOMING: Najwaa Francke will lead our tour of Groote Schuur, Cape Town's finest stately home, 23 Sept, 11am. Prof Vivian Bickford-Smith will be joining us for lunch at Rhodes Memorial to talk briefly about it and Cape Town as the creation of a British city. In the afternoon there's a chance of a talk at Rhodes Cottage Museum, Muizenberg. R400 for early birds.
On Heritage day, 24 Sept, Imam Mohammed Groenewald's Bo-Kaap tour about Islam in the Cape tour includes one of South Africa's oldest mosques and kramats (shrines). Meet at 11am at the Iziko house museum and finish by 2pm after a Cape Malay lunch cooked by Faldela Tolker in her home; R350 early birds.
The art collection at Ellerman House encompasses a cross section of genres representing 100 years of South African culture. For 12 of us, artist and guide Talita Swarts will show us highlights at this top Bantry Bay hotel on 20 Aug, 6-10pm, followed by an exquisite dinner in the John Meyer Room; R1 500 for the last two remaining places.
On 31 Oct, 3-7pm, Suzie Joubert will uncover some of the Waterfront's hidden heritage, ranging from the old rat catcher's house to the silo's becoming Africa's largest art museum - Curator Mark Coetzee will tell us more. Early birds R250 including Suzie's R125 award winning book and R50 Market on the Wharf voucher for our food stop.
Please book soon, pre-paying (bank details below). Do come by yourself, many do and enjoy it.
Would you like your own Culture Connect experience? I organise private tours for individuals and groups - client entertaining, team building and Christmas parties with a difference.
Save the dates: Day at Boschendal "old and new" on Sat 14 Nov - tours by curator Marianne Gertenbach and architect Philip Briel, brief talks by architects and UCT lecturers Kevin Fellingham and Albert van Jaarsveld. R400 early birds including lunch with Boschendal wine.
18 Feb VIP preview of the Cape Town Art Fair, 6pm, followed by dinner nearby - R350 early birds.
Please try and lift share or use public transport. For Uber taxi's you can get R150 off your first ride, anywhere, using CultureConnectSA as the promotional code.
Family friendly: Waterfront and Boschendal.
For those of us who don't like much walking: AVA Gallery, Ellerman, Groote Schuur and Boschendal.
Please do forward this email, cc-ing me.
Hoping to see you soon,
Kate
Kate Crane Briggs
Founder of Culture Connect SA, Fundraising Consultant and Tour Guide (registered WC8893)
+27 (0)72 377 8014
[email protected]
EFT details - K D Briggs
Capitec account: 1307904260
Branch code: 47 00 10
Reference with your surname and event (AVA, Groote S, Ellerman, Bo-Kaap, V&A, Boschendal and/or Art Fair)
Images above: (1) One of the prints created during the AVA residency (2) Najwaa Francke, garden entrance at Groote Schuur museum (3) Architect's model of the new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa; design by Thomas Heatherwick.
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