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The following news items include press releases and other newsworthy
information relating to Education and Public Programmes activities.
December 2008
Listen, learn, look ... and ramble:
Iziko’s Summer School programme
12/12/2008
There’s plenty of listening, learning and looking to do at
Iziko’s upcoming
Summer School
programme which runs during February-March 2009. The packed
programme includes a discussion on the role of museums (official
opening), films on the theme of soccer, an illuminating lecture on
the creator of the iconic Drum magazine, William Bloke Modisane, a
symposium on the role of art, photography and the performing arts as
a means of expression today, a dialogue on climate change and global
crisis, talks on indigenous astronomy in southern Africa and a
discussion on our cosmic origin and heritage.
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Iziko puts on its finest for summer
05/12/2008
Iziko Museums has lined up a sizzling summer programme. Visitors
to the different sites will be treated to a host of exhibitions,
from Rock Art of the San to works by the acclaimed William
Kentridge, and from the Old Dutch Masters to the world’s latest and
most spectacular award-winning wildlife photographs.
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Make your own gift wrap and cards –
in time for Christmas
03/12/2008
With Christmas around the corner, everyone’s thinking of gifts,
cards and gift wrap! With this in mind, Iziko Museums have organised
two papermaking workshops for December where participants will learn
basic papermaking techniques using recycled materials.
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Learning to love art - despite disabilities
01/12/2008
To mark International Day of the Disabled on 3 December,
Sandra Eastwood, who has long helped unleash the artistic potential in
those with various challenges, will facilitate a MAP (Meaningful
Access Programme) Shared Insights workshop with teenagers of varied
visual abilities.
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November 2008
Emancipate yourself from... stigma
and prejudice 27/11/2008
On 1 December 1834, many hundreds of men, women and children were
emancipated from slavery in South Africa but still had to serve a four
year apprenticeship with their owners, making their official date of
freedom 1 December 1838 and 154 years later, in 1988, the World Health
Organization (WHO) declared 1 December World Aids Day. It is upon this
international declaration that, Iziko Museums of Cape Town will join
the rest of the country and international community in commemorating
World Aids and Emancipation Day.
More >> March
to your own drum on Saturday 6 December at Iziko Museums
26/11/2008
Celebrate the start of the summer
season by putting some rhythm in your life. On Saturday, 6 December at
13:30 – 14:00, in the amphitheatre outside the Iziko South African
Museum, Bevil Spence and Drumba will delight visitors with a
captivating show of skill.
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October 2008
The Slave Revolt of 1808: The Day
Slaves became Masters
16/10/2008
200 years ago, on 25 October 1808, the events of the first uprising by
Cape slaves led by Louis of Mauritius who lived and worked in Strand
Street, Cape Town, began unfolding.
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1808: The day Cape Town was turned
Upside Down
16/10/2008
'1808: The day Cape Town was
turned Upside Down’
is a collaborative initiative between the Rooster Collective and
Iziko Museums of Cape Town. Produced to mark the bicentenary of the
first slave uprising at the Cape of Good Hope, the piece creatively
combines performance and audience participation to recount this
historical episode in Cape history.
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Kids and Cameras – An integral part
of Month of Photography
10/10/2008
An important component of the Month of Photography event – and
one that should not be overlooked - are the children’s photography
exhibitions on view at the Iziko South African National Gallery
Annexe until 1 November. All work on show is the result of
children’s workshops initiated by Cape Africa Platform, Iziko
Education and Public Programmes, MoP4, the Greyton Historical
Association and ‘Word of Art’.
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September 2008
The charms of music
18/09/2008
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Photos, photos,
photos - Month of Photography in CT 17/09/2008
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Heritage Day at Iziko Museums
12/09/2008
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Heritage Day Celebration at
Koopmans-De Wet House: Miss Nothing
10/09/2008
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Planetarium holiday fare: Sunshine,
night skies and astrology 10/09/2008 more>>
Make a night of it at the
Planetarium 04/09/2008
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August 2008
Heritage Day at Iziko Museums
31/08/2008
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At play where their forefathers
toiled: Learners commemorate International Day for the Remembrance of
the Slave Trade 20/08/2008
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Papermaking
workshop inspired by Timbuktu Manuscripts
14/08/2008 more>>
Getting up close to Timbuktu with the
experts 06/08/2008
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Events of the past offer lessons
for the present
05/08/2008
more>> July 2008
The right stuff: first prize for Planetarium's talented multi-tasker
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Symposium: Dutch
Museum partners with National Museum of Mali
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The
word on xenophobia - Museum discussion
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Bo-Kaap walkabout offers insight into colourful area
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Public lecture on slave rebellions
and resistance
more>> June 2008
Director of Art Collections & Director of Education and Public
Programmes
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Iziko Winter School 28
June – 30 July 2008
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Amazing holiday - treasure hunts,
taxidermy, puppets, mosaics & wire art
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Members of the media are invited to attend the following event: June
16 Commemoration / Youth Day Lecture at Iziko
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May 2008
'Stiloguedes' by Pancho Guedes - public
lecture on 26 May 2008
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Create a beautiful Malian puppet -
this Friday & Saturday
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Bobbin lacemaking at Groot
Constantia for International Museum Day
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Arabic
Calligraphy Workshop (10 May 2008) - What's it all about?
more>> April 2008
Reading matters for International
Museum Day
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Free entry on Freedom Day
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The Amersfoort Legacy:
Education,
Freedom and Development:
Commemorating 350 years of formal schooling in South Africa - 17th
April 1658 – 2008
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Archaeological findings shape our
viewpoints
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March 2008
Ancient crafts at
Iziko- practical and enjoyable
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Treasures by
torchlight
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The State of Architecture in SA
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February 2008
Edu'ndaba Autumn 2008 now available
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Summer school ends on a poetic note
on Friday
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January 2008
Symposium on the
Timbuktu manuscripts
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Iziko Symposium On Climate Change
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Iziko
Summer School 2008
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Timbuktu Manuscripts
inspire hands-on events (2)
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Timbuktu Manuscripts inspire
hands-on events - (1)
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Visit Sutherland, climb Table Mt with Iziko Summer School
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Learn to laugh with Evita
Bezuidenhout
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Beginner's guide to highlights of
Summer School
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