"Picasso and Africa", the groundbreaking exhibition, has come and gone, leaving many aspiring young Picassos in its wake.' Thank You Picasso and Africa' , an exhibition in which learners' respond to the exhibition, is proudly presented as a collaborative project involving the Frank Joubert Art and Design Centre, Ibhabhathane Project, Iziko South African National Gallery Special Needs Project and the Public Programmes and Education Division of Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

It runs from 23 September to 20 October 2006 in the Iziko Annexe Gallery and can be viewed from Tuesday to Sunday from 10h00 - 17h00. Saturdays are free. 

Sponsored by Standard Bank and Business Arts South Africa, the exhibition follows on the excitement of the popular 'Picasso and Africa' exhibition, presented in collaboration with the National Picasso Museum, Paris. It attracted more than 50 000 visitors, including 14 000 learners and students to the Gallery in April and May this year.

'Picasso and Africa' and the special education exhibition installed in the Iziko Annexe Gallery inspired learners and educators alike, and in the workshops and back in the classrooms, learners were encouraged to explore themes raised in the exhibition.

Educators from art centres such as Frank Joubert and Battswood shared their skills and resources by designing workshops for learners from different schools. The artworks produced include ceramics, sculptures in wood and clay as well as works in two dimensions. The Frank Joubert Art Centre worked with schools such as Sinethemba and Zola High, Mvula, Vuvukhanye, Parkfields  and Hlingisa Primary. LSEN schools included Vista Nova and The BEST Centre as well as the learners who attend the FJAC for art as a subject. Learners who attend art classes at Battswood were from Prince George Primary, Dominican School for The Deaf and Grassy Park High.

Special Needs Programme

The Iziko SANG special needs programmes, run by Sandra Eastwood, have resulted in impressive and unique contributions to the exhibition. Learners with a wide range of abilities were introduced to mutually reinforcing multi-sensory and cross disciplinary approaches. Discussions in the exhibition were augmented by music and creative movement and in related art workshops. Learners were exposed to wider possibilities of understanding, different ways of learning and to their own creativity. Educators were made aware of unexpected potential in their learners and facilitators were challenged and inspired.  Learners were from Athlone and Pioneer Schools for the Visually Impaired, Eros School for Cerebal Palsied, Dominican School for the Deaf, Molenbeek School for mentally handicapped and Dorothea School for Children with Special Education Needs.

The Iziko Education Division worked mainly with learners who have had limited exposure to art; this included Fezeka and Mondale High Schools and learners from the Lentegeur LSEN School. Educators also collaborated with teachers from the Cape Flats and City Bowl Schools.

Don't miss this refreshing and inspiring look at learners' - abled and differently abled - responses to Picasso and the art of Africa! 

Exhibition queries to 021 467 4660; education queries to 021481 3813.

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