NEWS:
Social Justice Coalition clean up day
for more:
http://www.writeonafrica.org/projects-initiatives/social-justice-coalition-clean-up-day/
Air your dirty Laundry
GRAFFITi BY-LAW UPDATE
ALMOST THERE
New draft to be issued for public comment at the end of this month
read more here:
http://www.writeonafrica.org/projects-initiatives/graffiti-by-law/
AIR YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY
1000 DRAWINGS EXHIBITION PHOTOS
SEE THEM ALL HERE:
http://www.word-of-art.co.za/gallery/1000-drawings/
MOVIE NIGHT
DESIGN INDABA MAGAZINE FEATURE
See the article from this months issue online here:
http://www.designindaba.com/news-snippet/creative-activism-takes-road
SECTION 21 NOT FOR PROFIT
We are almost fully registered as a NGO.
Mandela Park Community Day
Freddy Sam painted a mural and we donated left over”ego characters” from the http://www.word-of-art.co.za/ Loerie Awards “street art campaign’.
Faith47
Faith47 recently participated in ARTotale which took place in Lueneburg, a tiny old town in northern Germany. The ARTotale is initiated by Rik Reinking & the Leuphana University, it invited more than 35 international artists.
For pictures of the project please visit http://just.ekosystem.org/gallery/0/gallery.html
Then Faith was off to Brussels for her show Epitaph:
DOODLE EARTH
9 Artists painted live at “Earth dance festival” this weekend to promote “1000 drawings”
click image to enlarge.
see Projects and Initiatives for more pics and info:
PAPER GIRL
We are collaborating on a new project.
Papergirl is an art project which, in the style of american paperboys, distributes rolled art pieces by bicycle to random passers-by in the streets. It consists of an exhibition, the action (distribution of the art) and a party.
Submissions now open.
http://www.papergirl-sa.com/
Graffiti By-Law update:
The public participation process is now over.
We have handed in our submission and look forward to a positive result:. We will have an opportunity to give a visual presentation to the City of Cape Town on the 3rd of November.
Including in our proposal was the petition signed by over 2000 people,
Endorsements and letters of support from:
Design Indaba-Ravi Naidoo
VANSA-Peter Hayes
FXI-Freedom of Expression Institute
Creative Cape Town-Zayd Minty
Heart -Peter Shrimpton
Human Rights Media Centre.
Read more in the Projects and Initiatives section .
ROAD TRIP:
We recently traveled to the Transkei to paint murals in poor and rural areas as a case study supported by the Scrutanise campaign.
See more in the New TRAVELS section.
UPCOMING EVENT:
1000 Drawings is a very special event and fundraiser.
see ,Projects and Initiatives for more..
and http://1000drawings.co.za/
