Past Programmes

PUPPET-MAKING WORKSHOP 10 JULY 2008

VENUE: Iziko South African National Gallery Annexe
TIME: 09:00–14:00
COST: R50

Suitable for participants aged 9 years and older, younger children welcome if accompanied by an adult. Learn to make an enchanting Malian puppet using recycled material. Highly recommended for educators, especially those whose learners have special needs, the workshop will show how puppets can bring an extra dimension to lessons, whilst providing an effective teaching tool for teachers.

WIRE CAR WORKSHOP
9 JULY 2008

VENUE: Iziko South African Museum
TIME: 09:30–13:30
COST: R60.

Suitable for participants aged 14 years and older. Wire art items are currently all the rage in South Africa. Now participants have the opportunity to create their very own wire car.

MOSAIC WORKSHOP
8 JULY 2008

VENUE: Iziko South African National Gallery Annexe
TIME: 09:00–14:00
COST: R50

Suitable for participants aged 9 years and older; younger children welcome if accompanied by an adult. Beautiful and functional, mosaic tiles have been popular for centuries. Learn this ancient art and create your own ‘Timbuktu’ tile.

TAXIDERMY WORKSHOP
30 JUNE - 4 JULY 2008

VENUE: Iziko South African Museum
TIME:
09:30–13:30
COST: R100

Aimed at those who may be considering taxidermy as a career, the 5-day workshop teaches the basic skills and diverse applications of this complex art. Participants will learn to prepare and mount skeletons of small mammals or birds and how to preserve specimens in alcohol. Suitable for participants aged 15 years and older.

SLAVERY WALKING TRAIL
JANUARY 2008

VENUE: Meet at the Iziko Slave Lodge Museum reception area
TIME: 14h00 – 16h00
COST: R 20, 00 per person

The walking trail begins at the Iziko Slave Lodge Museum where participants view the plaque which commemorates the place where slaves were auctioned, and how the building and street names have changed since 1658. A short tour covers the conditions that slaves lived under at the Slave Lodge, their work, the voyages they were forced to undertake, the different Indian Ocean Islands they originated from and their legacy in the history of Cape Town. After the tour of the Slave Lodge Museum, participants are led to the Bo- Kaap Museum where the focus is the lives of urban slaves, a visit to the first mosque, The Awaal Mosque and The Tana Baru Cemetery. The group will end with a visit to the Slave Church in Long Street, looking at the role of Missionary Churches in Cape Town. Ages: 16 years and older

Please direct your queries to drhodes@iziko.org.za

 

 
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